Sep 21, 2016
California passes bill mandating use of waste wood biomass in energy production
Biomass News
Sep 20, 2016
UK energy and environmental investment company Newbridge Energy will install three wood chip-fuelled combined heat and power (CHP) units in northern Wales.
The move comes after the company reported receiving a "multi-million pound" investment from Iona Capital.
The three units, to be situated in the town of Ruthin, will have a combined capacity of 3MWe and 12MWh, and they... [Read More]
Biomass News
Sep 20, 2016
Testing will begin at a 20.2MW Northwest England biomass power plant, which is expected to start commercial operation in April 2017, developers say.
The 147,000 tonnes-per-year capacity waste wood biomass facility is being developed within the 180-acre Mersey Multimodal Gateway project – a logistics hub to the west of Liverpool – by Danish firm Burmeister &... [Read More]
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Sep 19, 2016
UK biomethane shipper Barrow Green Gas (BAGG) has welcomed changes to the greenhouse gas reporting regulations, which mean that the use of green gas now allows for near-zero GHG emission reporting.
Green gas certificates are now recognised under the Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Protocol, according to the company. This offers companies an opportunity to reduce their reported carbon... [Read More]
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Sep 19, 2016
Finnish biomass boiler plant specialist KPA Unicon Group has announced that it is merging with Finland-based bioenergy technology company Renewa.
Under the merger contract, KPA Unicon will be purchasing the entire share capital of Renewa. In a statement, KPA Unicon said: “The transaction will give the Finnish and European Cleantech sector a stronger, renewed... [Read More]
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Sep 16, 2016
A project led by Professor Zhiguo Yuan from the University of Queensland will receive almost AUD$680,000 (€605,000) from the Queensland government to demonstrate a pilot scale zero-energy sewage treatment technology.
The university’s research team will set out to triple the bioenergy from sewage than what is currently available.
The bioenergy recovered is expected... [Read More]
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Sep 15, 2016
Forestry Tasmania, a corporation owned by the Government of Tasmania, is signing contracts with two operators to export woodchips from forests in southern Tasmania, but the industry has concerns it will have product left on its hands.
According to media reports on abc.net, the expressions of interest process (EIO) for a solution for woodchip exports in the south... [Read More]
Biomass News
Sep 15, 2016
The upsurge in the consumption of fuel derived from biomass, wood, and waste heat is likely to boost the installation of combined heat and power (CHP) across the globe.
Transparency Market Research (TMR) forecasts the global CHP installation market to exhibit a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 4.38% between 2014 and 2024.
The prospects for CHP installations have improved... [Read More]
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Sep 15, 2016
EXCLUSIVE: Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association’s (ADBA) chief executive Charlotte Morton has urged the UK government to support anaerobic digestion (AD) as it formally announced plans to go ahead with building a new £18bn nuclear power station in Somerset.
The new plant at Hinkley Point in Somerset is being financed by the French and the Chinese.... [Read More]
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Sep 15, 2016
Andrea Leadsom, the UK’s new Environment Secretary, has praised a bioenergy project as she launched a new ‘State of Nature’ report.
In a speech on the environment, she said that the UK will continue to show global leadership on issues such as combatting climate change. She also said that the government had to explore innovative ways of funding to... [Read More]
Biomass News
Sep 14, 2016
Finland’s export credit agency Finnvera will contribute £100 million (€120m) to the funding of the planned Teesside biomass plant in the UK.
Finnvera is the second Finnish player pitching into the project, as the circulating fluidised bed boiler and the flue gas cleaning system are delivered by Amec Foster Wheeler Energia.
The construction of the... [Read More]
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Sep 13, 2016
UK-based autoclave waste specialist Wilson Bio-Chemical has opened its micro autoclave fibre production plant for turning municipal solid waste (MSW) into biomass fibre that can be converted into chemicals or fuels.
The facility has been developed with the help of the University of York subsidiary, the Biorenewables Development Centre (BDC) and is based at the... [Read More]
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Sep 12, 2016
Industry experts have backed a report by the UK’s Energy and Climate Change Committee (ECCC) which suggests that the UK will miss its 2020 renewable energy targets.
Despite progress in some areas of its renewables commitments, there is simply not enough being done, ECCC says in its new report titled 2020 renewable heat and transport targets.
The UK has... [Read More]
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Sep 12, 2016
Scottish National Party MPs Callum McCaig and Alex Salmond have condemned proposed changes to the Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme regulations after the UK government failed to bring then to debate in Parliament.
The North East MPs have directly criticised the UK government for proceeding to implement cuts that will affect all biomass plants that use less than 20% of their... [Read More]
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Sep 9, 2016
In the UK, the Energy and Climate Change Committee (ECCC) has warned the government that on its current course the UK will fail to achieve its 2020 renewable energy targets.
Despite progress in some areas of its renewables commitments, there is simply not enough being done, ECCC says in its new report titled 2020 renewable heat and transport targets.
The island country... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 9, 2016
A £72 million (€85m) new state-of the-art sludge treatment and anaerobic digestion (AD) facility in the centre of Leeds, UK, has been given the go-ahead.
Yorkshire Water’s planning proposal for a bioenergy facility at the company’s Knostrop works was approved by Leeds City Council’s planning committee and the contract has been awarded to Black... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 8, 2016
Ecomaine, a Maine, US-based recycling service provider, has officially opened its new food waste recovery service utilising anaerobic digestion (AD) for biogas production.
The company says the addition of food waste recovery to its portfolio of services will help its member communities reach the statewide recycling goal of 50% by 2021.
“Recent studies have shown... [Read More]
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