According to a new study by researchers in the University of Georgia’s Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, replacing coal in Georgia’s power plants with woody biomass could not only meet Georgia’s power needs, but reduce carbon emissions. The research calculated both economic and environmental factors to provide a comprehensive picture of the... [Read More]

A new drive to produce degradable plastic has come from the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland. It has developed a plastic from non-edible plant parts that disintegrates into harmless sugars In the environment. The plastic has properties close to conventional plastics, meaning it is a promising prospect for food and beverage packaging.... [Read More]

New research has found fertile conditions for the potential of producing bioenergy from hazelnut residues in Azerbaijan. Preliminary results for a project entitled “Catalysing the Efficeiency and Sustainability of Azerbaijan’s Hazelnut Sector” have been released. The report found that a large part of hazelnut shells and pruning residues could be mobilised for... [Read More]

Proposals for a renewable energy development in north Mayo, Ireland has received appeals to the country’s national independent planning body An Bord Pleanála. The proposed development, which has been approved by Mayo County Council, is an anaerobic digestion biogas facility and associated gas pipeline. It would use locally sourced silage and slurry as feedstock... [Read More]

Four workers are dead and one hospitalised after an accident involving a biogas pit at Miwon Việt Nam's plant in Việt Trì, Phú Thọ. The four casualties were identified as Vũ Sa Huỳnh, 38; Lê Hùng Vinh, 42; Trần Văn Thắm, 59 and Dương Văn Sau, 38. Nguyễn Trung Kiên, 35, survived and was sent to Phú Thọ General Hospital until his condition... [Read More]

Investment management firm BlackRock is buying Vanguard Renewables, a company that produces renewable natural gas for utilities and energy firms such as Dominion Energy and Enbridge. Massachusetts-based Vanguard Renewables works with dairy farmers and food companies to convert food waste and cow manure into an energy source. The transaction is valued at $700m (€686m)... [Read More]

Renewable energy technology developer Comstock Inc. has announced a significant expansion of its cellulosic technology portfolio by filing for a new patent covering breakthrough pathways to produce renewable diesel, marine, sustainable aviation fuel and gasoline from woody biomass. Production would come at dramatically improved yield, efficiency and cost in comparison... [Read More]

EUROAPI has announced a €24 million investment for the construction of a state-of-the-art biomass boiler at its Seine-Maritime, France site that is planned to be activated in 2025. EUROAPI said the investment should reduce its CO2 emissions by almost 76% in 2026 compared to 2020, and support the Group’s strategy towards greater energy autonomy. The new generation... [Read More]

Gas produced from landfill waste entered Portugal’s supply network for the first time, through an innovative project underway in Mirandela, Bragança district. Duarte Cordeiro, Portugal’s minister of environment and climate action, was on site to witness the first injection of biomethane into the natural gas network. The moment took place in the Autonomous... [Read More]

An Australian-first trial injecting biomethane derived from wastewater into the grid to supplement natural gas is underway at Sydney Water’s Malabar Wastewater Resource Recovery Plant. The project is worth an estimated $16 million in total. $5.9 million in grant support from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency was announced in November 2020. NSW Minister for... [Read More]

A $16 million trial by Sydney Water and Jemena will convert wastewater into renewable biomethane in an Australian first trial that could eventually power up to 6,300 NSW homes. Sydney Water’s Malabar Wastewater Resource Recovery Plant will see wastewater converted into carbon-neutral gas for use across New South Wales. The Malabar Biomethane project, co-funded... [Read More]

For more than three decades , Vibrafloor has devoted its know-how and professionalism to guarantee a total reclaim for many types of storage equipment, in a fully automated and complete safe process, with minimal operating costs. With more than 300 installations worldwide to date, Vibrafloor is the safe, smart and simple solution for all applications: agri-food, biomass... [Read More]

Sunbird Bioenergy Zambia in Luapula Province has disclosed that the company is scheduled to have its first-ever ethanol produced from cassava feedstock, blended with petrol, in August 2022. Sunbird Bioenergy Energy Zambia Agriculture Director Mark Muchinga said the company will have its first ethanol blend, done by Indeni Petroleum Refinery in Ndola, as a trial. Muchinga... [Read More]

ENEOS Corporation (ENEOS), Suzuki Motor Corporation (Suzuki), Subaru Corporation (Subaru), Daihatsu Motor Co. Ltd. (Daihatsu), Toyota Motor Corporation (Toyota) and Toyota Tsusho Corporation (Toyota Tsusho) established the Research Association of Biomass Innovation for Next Generation Automobile Fuels (Research Association) on July 1 2022, to study ways to optimise the... [Read More]

Equis Development PTE, an Asia-Pacific renewable energy and waste infrastructure developer, has announced it has secured $282 million (JPY 31.0 billion) of non-recourse project financing for the 50 MW Niigata East Port Biomass Power Plant in Niigata, Japan.  The non-recourse project financing was committed by 14 syndication banks and insurance companies, led by Sumitomo... [Read More]

Boeing and Alder Fuels have announced a new partnership to expand production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) around the world.  Using Boeing airplanes, the companies will test and qualify Alder-derived SAF, advance policies to expedite the transition to renewable energy in aviation and grow the amount of SAF for the global aerospace market. Alder Fuels’ proprietary... [Read More]