Seras, formally known as Esken Renewables, is the new name for the UK’s largest biomass fuel supply business. The rebrand follows the business’ acquisition by Pioneer Point Partners in December 2023. Seras supplies 1.7 million tonnes of UK sourced sustainable biomass fuel a year to UK power plants. The business has five waste wood storage and processing facilities... [Read More]

Last week, Claire Coutinho, UK shadow net zero secretary, backtracked on the former Conservative government's previous approval of Drax fittings its Selby biomass facility with Beccs (bioenergy with carbon capture and storage) technology. She claimed the case for the scheme 'simply unravelled' on closer inspection. She said: “We cannot go green by burning trees at... [Read More]

Bergs, through its wholly owned subsidiary Bitus, has divested its pellet business in Fågelfors to J. Rettenmaier & Söhne (JRS). The pellet business is conducted in Fågelfors in Högsby municipality and has approximately 15 employees. The divestment is made through an asset deal where JRS acquires all assets related to the business. All employees who are currently... [Read More]

Furusato FIC Energy, a joint venture of Chubu Electric Power, Inabata & Co., and Furusato Mokuzai Logistics K. K. has started construction work on the Yahaba Biomass Power Station. The facility is a wood-fired biomass plant to be built in Yahaba-cho, Shiwa-gun, Iwate Prefecture in Japan, which will generate 1,990 kW of electricity mainly from forest timber offcuts... [Read More]

Energy supplier Vattenfall has cancelled its plans for a biomass plant in Diemen, Netherlands. Instead, the Swedish government-owned entity is looking to other options. These include geothermal energy and residual warmth, according a cooperation agreement between Vattenfall and several municipalities - as well as the provinces of  Noord-Holland and Flevoland. Project... [Read More]

Mitsubishi Power, a power solutions brand of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), has completed the construction of a 50-megawatt (MW) class woody biomass-fired power plant in the city of Hyuga, in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan. The Hyuga biomass plant, developed by a consortium led by MHI as part of a full turnkey solution for engineering, procurement, and construction... [Read More]

The New York Stock Exchange will delist Enviva’s stock by October 22, reported Lesprom. This marks the company's decline, following a 2022 market valuation of almost $6 billion. Enviva's financial difficulties emerged from a failed bet on pellet prices, which ultimately caused its bankruptcy and wipted out shareholders. Initially, the company had offered shareholders... [Read More]

Erex held a ground-breaking ceremony for its biomass plants in Yen Bai and Tuyen Quang, Vietnam on 4 October. The biomass plants were identified as priority projects in Vietnam's 8th National Power Development Plan, with their implementation being approved in April. Each plant will possess 50MW of generation capacity. They will process around 500,000 t/yr of wood residue,... [Read More]

Qemetica Soda Polska, a soda ash producer company, has secured funding to convert a coal-fired boiler to biomass at its Inowrocław plant in Poland. The funding is coming from Poland's National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management. The conversion is one of the main elements of the company's strategy in energy transformation and will allow the reduction... [Read More]

A new report has expressed concerns about the safety of Southeast Asia's tropical forests, following the rise of the wood-to-energy sector. The report, which is called 'Unheeded Warnings: Forest Biomass Threats to Tropical Forests in Indonesia and Southeast Asia', looks at how energy policies in Indonesia, Japan and South Korea push what it calls a 'false climate solution'. The... [Read More]

Initially set at €350 million, Greenvolt Group has successfully upsized its syndicated financing to a total of €400 million, following strong interest from the financial community. This increase was supported by two additional banks, including a new corporate lending partner, bringing the total number of international lenders in the facility to eight. At first, the... [Read More]

Renewable energy company Evero has announced its two CCS projects have both passed the 'deliverability assessment' in the UK Government’s Hynet Track 1 expansion process. This lays the foundation for the delivery of two large-volume Greenhouse Gas Removals (GGR) facilities operational by 2030. The news follows the government giving the go ahead for a £22bn investment... [Read More]

International biomass experts gathered at Aberystwyth University last week to discuss various crops’ potential to decarbonise agriculture and other industries. Delegates from Japan, the US, Germany and the Canary Islands were among the attendees of the conference of the Association of Applied Biologists at the University. As part of the events held over three days,... [Read More]

OneFortyOne has announced an investment c.$30 million (€18.5 million) in a renewable biomass power generation project at its Jubilee Sawmill in Mount Gambier - one of the largest sawmills in Australia. The project, which includes the installation of a new boiler and steam turbine, represents a total investment of approximately $90 million (€55.7 million). The new... [Read More]

Woodchuck, a climate impact startup focused on transforming waste to energy with AI, has announced it is developing its first-of-its-kind AI innovation environment & biomass processing facility at its new global headquarters in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Woodchuck.AI was developed in partnership with NorthStar Clean Energy, a CMS Energy company, and High Alpha Innovation,... [Read More]

Dall Energy, a Danish biomass energy and pyrolysis technology company, has completed the acquisition of French biomass technology-market leader Weiss France Energie and its branch Biomasse Services et Maintenance (BSM) from Groupe Roullier. Together, they will deliver solutions that help drive the green-energy transition for the French district-heating and processing... [Read More]