Mar 20, 2017
Fortum to start construction on Lithuanian energy-from-waste plant in the autumn
Biomass News
Mar 20, 2017
Vietnam has huge potential to produce renewable energy from biomass-based sources, according to a new report for the Vietnam Energy Association (VEA).
Vietnam.net reported that the VEA said that this could amount to up to 1 billion kWh in 2020 and 6 billion kWh in 2050 from waste, Vietnam.net said, with a total amount from biomass and waste of up to 9 billion kWh in 2020... [Read More]
Biomass News
Mar 17, 2017
A Chatham House expert has welcomed the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) contribution to the debate on whether using wood-based biomass for energy is speeding up climate warming.
Rob Bailey, research director of the Energy, Environment and Resources Department at Chatham House, told Bioenergy Insight: “It's good this discussion is being had and,... [Read More]
Other News
Mar 17, 2017
The European Parliament has voted to restore the recycling targets for member states set out in the original incarnation of the Circular Economy Package tabled in 2014.
The votes means by 2030, at least 70% by weight of so-called municipal waste (from households and businesses) should be recycled or prepared for reuse, (ie, checked, cleaned or repaired), say MEPs.
The... [Read More]
Pellets News
Mar 15, 2017
Wood pellet manufacturers in both the US and Canada are increasingly diversifying their feedstock to reduce fibre costs and take advantage of less utilised fibre sources, according to analysis by Wood Resources International.
In a statement, the forest industry consulting firm said that the key fibre furnish in both countries are sawmill by-products and forest... [Read More]
Biomass News
Mar 15, 2017
Active Energy Group (AEG), a London Stock Exchange-listed firm and renewable energy specialist, has raised £11.57 million (€13.50m) via the issue of five-year convertible loan note to existing and new investors, with the cash set to be used to accelerate the development of the company’s CoalSwitch technology.
In a statement, AEG said it plans to build... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 14, 2017
Hong Kong-based China Everbright International has announced that the group has signed a concession agreement for a household waste-to-energy project with the People's Government of Siyang County in Jiangsu Province, and will invest and construct the Siyang waste-to-energy project. Siyang Project will be invested and constructed on a BOT (Build-Operate-Transfer)... [Read More]
Biomass News
Mar 14, 2017
Environmental campaigning organisation Biofuelwatch has published a report which investigates a proposal for the world’s largest biomass gasification plant in Holyhead, and Orthios Group, the company behind it.
The proposed plant would, if successful, gasify pellets or woodchips made from up to 3 million tonnes of wood every year, and it would supply heat to “the... [Read More]
Other News
Mar 14, 2017
A team of researchers at the UK-based University of Cambridge has developed a way of using solar power to generate a fuel that is both sustainable and relatively cheap to produce.
The team used natural light to generate hydrogen from biomass.
In a statement, the researchers said: “One of the challenges facing modern society is what it does with its waste... [Read More]
Other News
Mar 14, 2017
The government of Canada is investing CAN$43 million (€27m) in the clean technology sector to help create jobs and stimulate growth in the environmental sector.
Canada’s Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Navdeep Bains announced an investment of up to $20 million to support clean energy projects at the pre-commercialisation stage.
This... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 13, 2017
A 20MW energy from waste (EfW) plant is to be constructed in Tehran, Iran following the signing of a deal between Iranian Deputy Energy Minister for Electricity and Energy Affairs Houshang Falahatian and Chairman of Czech Parliament's Energy and Commerce Committee Milan Šarapatka in Tehran.
According to a report by the Fars News Agency the plant... [Read More]
Biomass News
Mar 13, 2017
Eggersmann Group is expanding its product offering with the acquisition of fellow German firm and biological drying technology specialist Convaero.
Eggersmann said that Bio-Dry, the biological drying technology of Convaero, is being integrated via an asset deal into its portfolio with immediate effect.
Marienfeld based Eggersmann has been active in the mechanical-biological... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 13, 2017
The UK Treasury has announced that from 1 April 2018 landfill tax will be set at £88.95 per tonne for standard rate material and £2.80 per tonne for lower rate material.
The rate of landfill tax will this year rise from £84.40 to £86.10 per tonne for the standard rate and £2.65 to £2.70 per tonne for the lower rate from 1 April, 2017.
The... [Read More]
Biomass News
Mar 13, 2017
More than 125 academics have joined the International Energy Agency Bioenergy Technology Collaboration Programme (IEA Bioenergy) slamming Chatham House’s recent report on bioenergy, calling it ‘misleading.
The group of academics from across the world and the IEA state that the report “does not present an objective overview of the current state of scientific... [Read More]
Other News
Mar 13, 2017
Growing sustainable energy crops without increasing greenhouse gas emissions, may be possible on seasonally wet, environmentally-sensitive landscapes, according to US-based researchers who conducted a study on Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) land.
Debasish Saha, postdoctoral in plant sciences, Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences and colleagues, measured the... [Read More]
Other News
Mar 10, 2017
US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt has said that he does not believe carbon dioxide is a primary contributor to global warming.
"I think that measuring with precision human activity on the climate is something very challenging to do and there's tremendous disagreement about the degree of impact, so no, I would not agree that it's a... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 10, 2017
Schmack Biogas, a Viessmann Group company, has been awarded a further contract for the construction of a biomethane plant in Sourdun in northern France.
In mid-December, the French government adopted a new feed-in tariff for electricity from biogas. France is the biggest country in the EU and uses a much larger area for agriculture than Germany. The potential for biogas... [Read More]
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