Bioenergy Europe has released its 2023 Statistical Report Pellets and its Policy Brief. The report analyses the state of play of the pellet sector. The geopolitical crisis and the EU sanctions against Russia made 2022 an exceptional year for the pellet market, according to the trade association. Fluctuations in pellet prices significantly grew due to flow disruptions... [Read More]

The International Energy Agency (IEA) has released its World Energy Outlook 2023, which observes that the energy sector remains fragile, but "has effective ways to improve energy security and tackle emissions". Noting that some of the immediate pressures from the global energy crisis have eased, the report nevertheless stated that energy markets, geopolitics and the... [Read More]

The European Parliament Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) voted on its Report on the Revision of Regulation EU 2019/1242 on 24 October, setting CO2 emission performance standards for new heavy duty vehicles. The ENVI Committee position does not include a mechanism or definition that is able to account for the contribution of renewable fuels,... [Read More]

Ameresco, a cleantech integrator specialising in energy efficiency and renewable energy, has achieved commercial operation at its landfill gas to renewable natural gas (RNG) plant at Republic Services’ Benson Valley Landfill in Frankfort, Kentucky in the US. The Benson Valley facility has a gross nameplate in excess of 483,552 Dekatherms per year and is capable of processing... [Read More]

The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) has signed a grant agreement with Ecostar Energy Côte d’Ivoire for technical assistance to support the development of an estimated 25-megawatt cotton stalk biomass power plant in the Boundiali region of Côte d’Ivoire. Ecostar selected Washington, D.C.-based Delphos International Ltd. to carry out the assistance. Upon... [Read More]

Hycamite and Kokkolan Energiaverkostot have agreed that the latter will supply methane for the former’s Kokkola plant in Finland. Hycamite and numerous other major Kokkola-based companies have agreements to receive methane Kokkolan Energiaverkostot, meaning that the Kokkola LNG terminal project is progressing from the design phase to the construction phase. Before... [Read More]

Following the recent news that Mote has received $1.2 million (€1.1 million) in grant funding, Joshuah Stolaroff, CEO, tells Bioenergy Insight about the company’s new installation. Mote was founded in 2020 and is based in Los Angeles, California, in the US. It is a clean energy startup dedicated to reimagining biomass for what Stolaroff described as our new climate-focused... [Read More]

The Shadow Minister for Energy Security, Dr Alan Whitehead, learnt about the important role that waste wood plays in delivering renewable biomass power during a meeting organised by the Wood Recyclers’ Association (WRA). Dr Whitehead, who is also Labour MP for Southampton Test, was shown around the waste wood operation at Eco Sustainable Solutions’ Eco Park in Dorset... [Read More]

Italian consultancy RINA has announced it is kicking off a six-year research project, called Hydra, to build a 100% hydrogen-fuelled steel production pilot plant. The €88 million project is backed by the European Commission as an IPCEI (Important Projects of Common European Interest) project. It calls for the design and construction of a pilot plant that will use hydrogen... [Read More]

Tree Energy Solutions (TES), on behalf of Deutsche Grüngas und Energieversorgung GmbH (DGGEV), has announced the launch of a second procurement procedure for long-term terminal capacities at the Wilhelmshaven Green Energy Hub. Following the success of the initial Open Season and the positive market response, TES is inviting market participants to submit non binding expressions... [Read More]

Valmet has announced it will supply a biomass plant to Göteborg Energi AB in Gothenburg, Sweden. Göteborg Energi is building a new plant to produce electricity and district heat from renewable and recovered sources by 2025. The order will be included in Valmet’s orders received of the fourth quarter 2023. The value of the order has not been disclosed. Valmet’s... [Read More]

Technip Energies has been awarded Engineering, Procurement Services and Construction Management (EPsCm) contracts by Galp for an advanced biofuels unit and a green hydrogen unit for its Sines refinery in Portugal. Both projects are part of Galp’s programme to reduce the carbon footprint of the refinery and its products. The Green Hydrogen Unit, composed of a 100 MW... [Read More]

The production of biomethane, bioethanol and biodiesel is important for the agricultural sector and the processing industry and for ensuring Ukraine's energy independence, and the potential of this sector is very large, according to the country's deputy minister of agrarian policy and food. He was speaking during an online training session centred on the energy potential... [Read More]

Methaplanet has raised new funding, led by strategic partner EIT InnoEnergy, to accelerate the international expansion and increase the impact of its Maxximizer technology. This is a patented energy pellet production facility converting feedstock such as straw, straw-based manure or grass into high-yielding energy pellets. The unique process ensures that the organic... [Read More]

On 12 October, the European Parliament’s Committee on Industry, Research and Energy (ITRE) voted its Opinion on the Revision of Regulation EU 2019/1242 setting CO2 emission performance standards for new heavy-duty vehicles. The European Biogas Association has approved of the ITRE Committee's recognition of the need for the introduction of a Carbon Correction Factor,... [Read More]

VORN Bioenergy, a leading project developer and biomethane producer, has acquired the entire share capital of Alvus S.r.l. (Alvus) including its several project participations held via Favus S.r.l.. Alvus is a project developer in the biomethane and biogas sector based in Bolzano, Italy. Launched in 2019, it has successfully developed more than 10 biomethane projects... [Read More]