Feb 17, 2025
Bharat Petroleum partnership to develop sorghum as feedstock
Biomass News
Feb 17, 2025
Green Earth Institute (GEI), Nippon Paper Industries and Sumitomo have reached an agreement to establish a joint venture company, Morisora Bio Refinery LLC, which will focus on the production and sale of bioethanol and biochemicals derived from woody biomass.
Establishment of the joint venture is scheduled for March 2025.
The agreement will bring the construction of... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 17, 2025
Poland's first odourless biomethane plant has began operation.
The facility, which is located on the premises of the Agricultural Experimental Farm in Brody, belongs to the University of Life Sciences in Poznań.
The 0.499 MW electric installation will produce approximately 650 thousand m3 of biomethane compressed to bioCNG and sold as transport fuel per year.
The biomethane... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 14, 2025
As Europe's second-largest gas transmission operator, NaTran is adapting its facilities to enable the injection of renewable gases into the French grid.
Its Clemessy experts carried out a design-build project to install and commission a biomethane injection station at Fontaine-le-Dun, in order to connect TotalEnergies' new biomethane production site (BioNorrois) to the... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 14, 2025
VIDA bioenergy has announced the groundbreaking on its second UK facility, VIDA bioenergy Wormslade, marking another step in the company’s mission to deliver sustainable energy in the countries where their plants are located.
When operational, the plant will provide enough energy to heat over 5,000 homes annually, said the company.
Construction has commenced, and completion... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 13, 2025
The Noida authority will set up a biogas plant to recycle the waste in an animal shelter located in Sector 94 of the city, officials announced.
The move is aimed at recycling the excrement at the Sector 94 animal shelter to avoid odour pollution.
There are at least 1,000 cows and other animals in Sector 94, meaning that managing waste is a challenge.
The health department... [Read More]
Biomass News
Feb 13, 2025
The Wood Recyclers’ Association has called for urgent clarity over future support for waste wood-powered biomass plants after the government acknowledged the important role that the technology has to play.
In a written statement, Energy Minister Michael Shanks announced support for large-scale biomass plants, including Drax, to transition to carbon capture and storage... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 12, 2025
Nedgia, the Naturgy group's gas distributor, has increased its biomethane injection capacity by more than 30% over the last year, with a total of eight biomethane plants already connected and in operation.
These facilities have the capacity to produce a total of 226 gigawatt hours of this renewable gas, an amount that avoids the emission of 40,500 tons of CO2 into the... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 12, 2025
The VITAGRO Group of companies has begun exporting Ukrainian biomethane to the European Union.
The group's biomethane plant, which was built between 2022 and 2024, started production in September 2024.
Until that time, the company was injecting biomethane into Ukraine's gas transmission system.
ERU, together with its partners, will transport the biomethane from the... [Read More]
Biomass News
Feb 12, 2025
px Group, an operator of several critical infrastructure sites in the UK and Europe, has secured an Operations and Maintenance (O&M) contract for Tees Renewable Energy Plant (Tees REP).
The contract marks px Group’s further expansion into the biomass power generation industry.
Located in Tees Valley, one of the world’s largest purpose-built pellet biomass power... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 11, 2025
Poland's Finance Minister Andrzej Domanski has unveiled a six-pillar plan that aims to accelerate economic growth through transforming energy, investing in modern technologies and infrastructure.
Domanski said that transitioning to clean energy is vital for Poland's economic future.
The Polish government will therefore allocate 65 billion zloty (€15.5 billion) over... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 11, 2025
Following the withdrawal of guidance on the use of biomethane certificates in the GHG Protocol, over 145 companies and trade associations from around the world have issued a public joint letter to the governance bodies of the GHG Protocol calling for the key role of market-based instruments to be recognised in the Protocol’s Scope 1 inventory.
The GHG Protocol is the... [Read More]
Biomass News
Feb 11, 2025
Evero Energy (Evero), a leading waste-wood-to-energy and BECCS company, has announced its strongest quarter to date, increasing net exported power to provide 113,000 MWh of clean electricity to the national grid and local industrial partners.
The company’s Ince, Mersey and Lisahally waste wood biomass plants achieved consistently high availability and generation hours.
In... [Read More]
Features
Feb 10, 2025
Biomass represented 8.6% of the UK’s energy supply in 2022 and is set to play an important role in the government’s plan to meet net zero goals. However, there are concerns about the supply of biomass fuels and whether it is viable on a large scale. Here, Mike Torbitt, managing director of resistor manufacturer Cressall, explores the importance of sustainable... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 10, 2025
The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) has signed a 16-year DKK 250 million (approx. EUR 33.5 million) loan with Tønder Biogas A/S to fund the construction and operations of one of Europe’s largest biogas facilities in Tønder, Denmark.
The Tønder Biogas facility is set to begin commercial operations by the first half of 2025. With the capacity to produce more than 41 million... [Read More]
Biomass News
Feb 10, 2025
The UK government has agreed a new subsidy arrangement with Drax for its Selby biomass plant.
The facility, which has received billions of pounds in subsidies to date, generates about 5% of the UK's electricity.
However, the Drax plant's emissions are unabated, making the station the single largest CO2 emitter in the country.
According to the government, the arrangement... [Read More]
Biomass News
Feb 10, 2025
Electricity produced from bioenergy has bounced back after production issues last year, with energy hitting 9.7TWh in the third quarter of 2024, waste-to-hydrogen company Compact Syngas Solutions has revealed.
Analysing government data, it found that maintenance outages at three large power stations were blamed for the fall in last year’s figures, explaining a 23% increase... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 7, 2025
Acorn Bioenergy, a leading UK-based renewable energy company focused on biomethane production of biomethane, welcomed Winchester councillors to tour its Three Maids Hill anaerobic digestion (AD) site, to learn more about the city’s first AD facility before it becomes fully operational later this year.
Expected to create 50 engineering, rural and infrastructure jobs... [Read More]
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