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The Swedish Bioenergy Association (Svebio) has teamed up with Lithuanian online biomass trading platform Baltpool.
Baltpool is a biomass exchange operating in Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, and Poland and, via partners in Denmark and Finland, has 452 members. It is based on an auction principle where buyers and sellers anonymously meet to trade biomass.
Svebio and Baltpool are currently…
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The US Industrial Pellet Association (USIPA) has expressed disappointment that a recent European court ruling regarding the inclusion of biomass in the EU’s Renewable Energy Directive (RED) is being appealed.
A group of six individuals and NGOs first filed a lawsuit in 2019, claiming that the use of forest biomass increases greenhouse gas emissions. The European Court of Justice dismissed…
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Northumbrian Water will use gas generated from the sewage it treats to help power one of its largest sites via a £9.5 million (€10.4 million) gas-to-grid plant.
The firm’s new plant at Bran Sands Regional Effluent Treatment Works in Teesside will significantly reduce the site’s running costs and see enough biomethane to fuel 5,000 homes injected back into the National Grid.
Bran…
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An Australian water company has received one of the highest innovation accolades in the country’s water sector for its waste-to-energy plant ‘ReWaste’.
Yarra Valley Water received the award at the Australian Water Association National Awards for its food waste anaerobic digestion facility, which was the first of its kind in Victoria when it opened in 2017.
Since opening, the plant has…
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Börger’s pumps have been used at a food waste-to-energy facility in London.
Arjun Infrastructures’ facility, which was developed and is now managed by low-carbon energy firm 2OC, generates 17 MW of renewable energy from food waste and also utilises fats, oils and greases.
Built by J. Murphy and Sons, the plant sees 75 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of electricity sold to Thames Water for its…
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Alabama Pellets, a subsidiary of Pinnacle Renewable Energy, has signed an agreement with the State of Alabama to provide incentives for job creation under Alabama’s Job Act incentives programme.
Pinnacle holds a 70% interest in Alabama Pellets with The Westervelt Company and Two Rivers Lumber Co, each holding 20% and 10% respectively.
The incentives relate specifically to Alabama…
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A coalition of UK local leaders, including Conservative majors and major energy firm Siemens, have joined forces to lobby the UK Chancellor to pledge £5 billion (€5.56 billion) towards renewable energy.
The UK 100 group says unlocking private sector investment would net a return of £100 billion (€111.2 billion) to support the UK economy, including potentially £40 billion (€44.4…
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Hawaiian firm Honua Ola Bioenergy has condemned a decision by the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) to reject its proposal to provide electricity to Hawaiian Electric Co.
The company says the move will lead to the loss of more than 200 jobs on the Hu Honua project, which uses wood chips to generate energy.
In a statement, Honua Ola said the decision will result in the “imminent layoffs”…
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Greenlane Renewables’ wholly-owned subsidiary, Greenlane Biogas, has signed a CAD$2.4 million (€1.56 million) contract with Brazilian sugar mill operator Grupo Cocal.
Grupo Cocal (Cocal) refines sugar and produces ethanol biofuel from sugarcane. Greenlane Biogas will supply its pressure swing adsorption (PSA) biogas upgrading system for this first-of-a-kind renewable natural gas (RNG)…
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Czech vehicle manufacturer ŠKODA AUTO (Škoda) is using biomass and other renewables to support its low-carbon goals.
The group’s Vrchlabi component plant is set to become the first carbon-neutral Škoda site in the world. The plant has so far saved carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by converting the high-tech factory to use renewable energy, helping to reduce emissions from 45,000 tonnes to…
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International resource management company Geminor has announced plans to import 50,000 tonnes of waste wood into the UK for recycling.
The first shipment of treated waste wood arrived in the UK from Norway, representing the start of a steady stream of waste wood into the UK market. The loads of waste wood managed by Geminor will be used in the domestic biomass market and panel board…
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Dutch company Rolande has opened the first of five compressed natural gas (CNG) and liquefied natural gas (LNG) filling stations in Germany.
The new station in the city of Ulm is equipped for the use of bio-LNG. Before the end of 2020, Rolande aims to open stations with partners in Dortmund, Duisburg, Grasdorf, Lubeck and Ziesar - further expansion is planned for 2021.
The plant is a 24/7…
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Bioenergy Europe has welcomed the EU Strategy for Energy System Integration and the European Commission’s continued commitment to foster the EU’s path to decarbonisation.
In a statement, the Commission said the strategy refers to the planning and operating of the energy system as a whole across multiple energy carriers, infrastructures, and 'consumption' sectors. The plan will create…
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Chesapeake Utilities Corporation has partnered with enviro-tech firm CleanBay Renewables to produce sustainable renewable natural gas (RNG).
The firms will produce poultry litter-derived RNG, which will generate greenhouse gas (GHG) credits associated with vehicular usage and provide Chesapeake Utilities with the opportunity to bring additional RNG to its Delmarva operations on the US east…
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Chevron is partnering with Californian natural gas retailer Clean Energy Fuels on Adopt-a-Port, an initiative that provides truck operators serving the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach with renewable natural gas (RNG) to reduce emissions.
Chevron will provide funding for Adopt-a-Port and supply RNG to Clean Energy Fuels’ stations near the ports. The funding will enable truck operators to…
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