European support systems for bioenergy appear to be undergoing largescale restructuring efforts. Earlier this year Bioenergy Insight reported on the UK government’s elimination of subsidies to the...

The recent developments in the UK renewable energy policy hardly need recapping, as they have been the hot topic of European energy politics since Chancellor George Osborne’s summer budget announcement...

Biomass in Asia is recognised by experienced market analysts and advisers as a sector with huge potential, driven by strong feedstock resources and generally good government support. The sector is also...

From an environmental perspective, cooking on charcoal is very damaging. About 10 tonnes of wood have to be burned to make just one tonne of charcoal. The way in which the wood is burned does not just...

Empty fruit bunches (EFB) are the solid by-product that remains after the stripping of the palm fruit prior to oil extraction. It is approximately 20 wt% of the fresh fruit bunch. EFB’s low density...

A good photographer will confirm that sometimes a look through another lens can make all the difference in the world. Adopting that strategy and going to a wide-angle view can lead to success for biomass...

Our planet needs decisive solutions to the problems of waste management and sustainable energy generation. In May, the United Nations announced that the concentration of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere...

In May of 2015 the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a New Source Performance Standard (NSPS) for residential wood heaters, setting stricter limits on emissions for the first time since...

Feed-in Tariffs (FITs) were introduced by the UK government in 2010 to help increase the production levels of renewable energy as it works towards the legally binding EU target of 15% of total energy from...

Much of the focus and research into anaerobic digestion (AD) has been on maximising gas yield within the process, but there is an often overlooked area that deserves more attention — the feedstock...

‘Expensive today, cheap tomorrow’ is an old adage in the construction industry. With the stakes being so high on product performance within the anaerobic digestion (AD) market, it is time for...

The UK waste recycling industry holds a great potential of increasing national production of green energy and fertilisers. Increased independency in food and energy production is desirable for the UK,...

Unlike wind and solar, biomass can be used to produce renewable energy all year round. Different materials, from residues (straw, hedgerows) to dedicated biomass crops (grass, maize, king grass), can be...