Enviva has released a statement following a strong tornado that touched down in Amory, Mississippi in the US, on 24 March. The company affirmed that all of its associates are safe and accounted for, but that the storm damaged the firm's 115,000 metric tonne-per-year wood pellet production facility. Enviva's larger plants and ports in the region were not impacted. The... [Read More]

António Costa, Portugal's prime minister, visited the Caima cellulosic fibre production unit, which is being constructed by Altri Group, to observe the progress of the new biomass plant. The project is being financed by the Recovery and Resilience Program (PRR) - Portugal's post-Covid drive to stimulate sustainable economic growth, consisting of €13.9 billion in grants... [Read More]

Harare City Council (HCC) in Zimbabwe has cancelled a biogas digester contract worth US$465.2k (€429.8k), that was awarded to Synlak (Pvt) Ltd after the company failed to complete the project within set timelines, according to News Day. The European Union granted the non-State actors funding for the construction of a 100-kilowatt biogas project in Mbare in December... [Read More]

The World Biogas Summit and Expo takes place at Birmingham NEC on 29 & 30 March. Charlotte Morton OBE, the association's chief executive, spoke to Bioenergy Insight about the WBA’s journey so far, and some new initiatives it is planning. It seems that the time has never been more ripe for a boom in biogas. Bioenergy Insight asked Morton what she felt the business... [Read More]

India's Ministry of Power organised a National Conference on Biomass - “3P-Pellet to Power to Prosperity” - in New Delhi on 24 March, under the aegis of a National Mission on Use of Biomass in Thermal Power Plants (SAMARTH) and National Power Training Institute (NPTI). The conference was aimed at fostering an enabling environment to boost co-firing of biomass pellets... [Read More]

The German Biogas Association (GBA) has selected EnviTec Biogas' Saerbeck facility as its "Biogas Plant of the Month". The plant is operated by Saergas GmbH & Co. KG, a company of 16 farmers, as well as EnviTec Biogas and the machinery cooperative Maschinenring Steinfurt-Bentheim. It is part of the Saerbeck Bioenergy Park, which has won multiple awards. The GBA... [Read More]

Electricity Generating Public Company (EGCO) has confirmed the successful completion of its acquisition of a 49% interest in Rhode Island State Energy Center (RISEC), a 609MW natural gas-fired combined-cycle power plant situated in Johnston, Rhode Island in the US. The transaction resulted in an increase to EGCO'S MWe capacity of 298MWe. Thepparat Theppitak, EGCO Group's... [Read More]

Future Biogas has been acquired by FTSE 250-listed firm 3i Infrastructure - which has a portfolio worth over £3.4 billion (€3.8bn). The funding from 3i Infrastructure’s funding and support means Future Biogas can push on with its Project Carbon Harvest, its venture to "design and operate the next generation of AD plants delivering Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and... [Read More]

The Asian Development Bank (ADB) and SAEL Industries Limited have signed loan agreements of up to 7.5 billion Indian rupees (around €84.5 million) to promote the generation of biomass energy using agricultural residue, which ADB said would help diversify India’s energy mix and reduce carbon intensity. ADB’s support will fund the construction of five 14.9-megawatt... [Read More]

The UK's Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) launched the mid-scheme review of the Green Gas Support Scheme (GGSS) yesterday (24 March). The GGSS is a government environmental scheme that provides financial incentives for new anaerobic digestion biomethane plants to increase the proportion of green gas in the gas grid. The scheme is open to applicants... [Read More]

EnviTec has said that its strategy to serve the growing French market more quickly is beginning to pay off. The firm invested in an in-house laboratory for EnviTec Biogas France in summer 2022. "This was exactly the right decision, to offer our French customers an efficient and above all time-saving local analysis service,” said Martin Brinkmann, managing director of... [Read More]

Biomass and feedstock supplier Ecostrat has announced that USA BioEnergy has joined the BDO Zone Strategic Alliance as a partner in the Project Group. The BDO Zone Initiative is an economic development platform that enables local communities to deploy powerful economic development tools – BDO Zone Ratings – to achieve the goal of driving, accelerating, and catalysing... [Read More]

Spanish renewables firm ACCIONA Energía has commenced construction of its biomass plant in Logrosán (Extremadura), which it marked with a ceremony yesterday (22 March). Attendees included the president of the Extremadura government, Guillermo Fernández Vara, the mayor of Logrosán Juan Carlos Hernández, the chairman of ACCIONA, José Manuel Entrecanales, and... [Read More]

US-based BioTown Biogas (BTB), a leading renewable energy producer in the waste-to-value energy market, is today (22 March) activating its new digester and processing facility, one of the largest on-farm biodigesters in the world. An on-site commissioning ceremony marking the ceremony will be attended by Indiana's Lieutenant Governor and the state's Secretary of Agriculture... [Read More]

Following five years of work to clarify which waste wood items are potentially hazardous, the Wood Recyclers’ Association (WRA) has welcomed plans by the Environment Agency to withdraw RPS 250 on September 1st. Introduced in July 2021, Regulatory Position Statement (RPS) 250 currently allows potentially hazardous ‘amber’ waste wood items from the construction and... [Read More]

The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced $590 million (€546.9m) to renew its four existing Bioenergy Research Centers (BRCs). The DOE said the funding will help support the department's research into the next generation of sustainable, cost-effective bioproducts and bioenergy from domestic biomass resources, which is critical to reducing greenhouse gas emissions,... [Read More]

Drax has welcomed the UK government's support for carbon capture and storage (CCS) in the recent Budget, but added it needs its bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) project to gain Track 1 status. Without this, Drax Power Station "may become unviable", and unable to contribute secure power at a time of such critical need. This led to Drax's decision to... [Read More]