Sumitomo SHI FW (SFW) is a global provider of solutions and services that drive the decarbonisation of energy. Timo Aspelin, director TMU Service Asia, and Ilkka Koskinen, director LTSA at SFW, tell Bioenergy Insight more about the company’s work. The company’s solutions include converting energy from biomass and waste, long duration energy storage, the recycling... [Read More]

Independent public body the Climate Change Committee (CCC) has warned the UK government that it should end subsidies for firms that burn trees for biomass, reported Sky News. The CCC did, however, support plans to add carbon capture and storage (BECCS) to extant biomass plants. This would affect companies like Drax, the UK's largest bioenergy provider, which was... [Read More]

Earlier in March, India's power ministry amended its Tariff Policy 2016 under the Electricity Act 2003 to impose a renewable purchase obligation of 40% for new coal or lignite-based thermal power plants from 1 April onwards, according to The Telegraph India. Such plants must therefore either implement renewable energy capacity equivalent to at least two-fifths of the... [Read More]

BioConstruct New Energy Limited, based at Preston Farm Industrial Estate, Stockton-on-Tees, appeared at South Tyneside Magistrates’ Court on 28 February and pleaded guilty to one charge of breaching its environmental permit by allowing odour to be released, and further charges of failing to comply with two enforcement notices. The court heard its anaerobic digestion... [Read More]

EnviTec Biogas will implement its innovative gas upgrading technology as a single-stage process for the first time, the company announced on 7 March. The flagship project will see the Lower Saxony-based firm work with Ohra Energie to enhance the transition to sustainable transport. The project encompasses a single-stage gas upgrading plant that is operated with just... [Read More]

Biomass is widely considered a renewable alternative to fossil fuels, with many experts saying it could play a key role in combating climate change, according to Yale University. Biomass stores carbon and can be turned into bio-based products and energy that can be used to improve soil, treat wastewater, and produce renewable feedstock. However, economic constraints and... [Read More]

Acorn Bioenergy has submitted initial plans for anaerobic digestion plants at Longmorn near Elgin and Rathven close to Buckie in Scotland, reported the Press and Journal. Moray councillors will be asked to give feedback on the proposals at a meeting next week, before formal planning applications are submitted. The plants will convert waste feed stock into biogas. That... [Read More]

Liqvis and revis bioenergy have concluded an agreement for the supply of Bio-LNG. Based on current planning, revis bioenergy is due to supply Liqvis with Bio-LNG from mid-2023 - it will be produced in a revis biomethane liquefaction plant. Liqvis plans to offer Bio-LNG as an alternative fuel for heavy duty transport at its LNG filling stations in Germany from the summer... [Read More]

Malaysia's minister of economy Rafizi Ramli has said that the government intends to focus on three renewable energy sources - namely biomass, hydrogen and ammonia - after announcing the country had joined the Japan-led Asia Zero Emission Community (Azec), reported Malay Mail. Azec is an energy bloc consisting of Japan, Australia and all Asean countries except Myanmar. Ramli... [Read More]

Energy giant TotalEnergies has bought biogas producer Polska Grupa Biogazowa (PGB) as well as some solar power projects in Poland, the French company said on Monday as it further expands its footprint in the country. The takeover of PGB, a company that employs 130 people at 17 sites across Poland, was completed in February, TotalEnergies said, adding the move would add... [Read More]

Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves visited the ABSL biomass fuel plant in South Marston, reported the Swindon Advertiser. In doing so, she said she wanted a Labour government to support such businesses in scaling up, to help make Britain "a green energy superpower". Leader of the Labour group of borough councillors Jim Robbins accompanied Reeves around... [Read More]

The state government of Himachal in India has said it will collaborate with the Indian School of Business (ISB) to provide policy inputs and research support for the emerging bioenergy sector, according to The Tribune. Chief Minister Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu announced this while presiding over a meeting with the representatives of the ISB. Sukhu said: “The government... [Read More]

Anaergia announced it has been approved for a non-repayable contribution from Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada of up to $1.7-million (€1.6m). The development was highlighted by Canada's minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Marie-Claude Bibeau, during a ceremony at Anaergia's global headquarters in Ontario on 2 March. The approved project is part of an additional investment... [Read More]

BALANCE Erneuerbare Energien announced its acquisition of two new biogas sites in Saxony, Germany, at the start of 2023, with its portfolio thus being extended to over 40 biogas plants. Of these, 10 are located in Saxony. The new plants are in Schöpstal and Oberlommatzsch, in the district of Meißen. BALANCE said the Schöpstal biogas facility produces green gas for... [Read More]

The Irish Bioenergy Association has welcomed the relaunch of the Support Scheme for Renewable Heat (SSRH) by the Minister for Environment, Climate and Communication Eamon Ryan T.D. and the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI). Speaking at the relaunch event in Dublin, IrBEA CEO Seán Finan said: “We welcome the relaunch of the SSRH scheme for biomass and anaerobic... [Read More]

Bioenergy Insight hears from Gaz Réseau Distribution France (GRDF), responsible for the largest gas distribution network in Europe, about the steps it is making in enacting the energy transition. Established in 2007, GRDF designs, builds, operates and maintains the largest gas distribution network in Europe. With 200,000 km of network across more than 9,500 French municipalities,... [Read More]