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Drax Group is exploring the conversion of part of its former coal-fired power operations in Yorkshire, England, into a large-scale data centre as early as 2027, according to reporting from Reuters.
The company aims to repurpose land, grid connections and cooling infrastructure that date back to the site’s coal-generation era.
The move reflects a wider trend across Europe in which tech…
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Clean Energy Technologies has announced the launch of a dedicated platform designed to increase renewable natural gas (RNG) production at anaerobic digestion facilities whilst converting digestate into valuable biochar.
The California-based clean energy technology company has unveiled the HTAP-based solution, which integrates with existing and planned anaerobic digestion (AD) and RNG facilities…
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The Ontario government is investing $2.25 million through the Forest Biomass Programme to help CHAR Technologies commercialise biocoal, a rapidly emerging low-carbon fuel derived from forest mill by-products and underutilised wood.
This work will develop a new supply chain for made-in-Ontario forest products, create new revenue streams to drive growth in forestry and empower heavy industries to…
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A new international initiative aims to help Ukraine rebuild its energy infrastructure and promote low-carbon development by growing Miscanthus on abandoned and contaminated land.
Terravesta, a specialist in Miscanthus cultivation, has announced the launch of the MERIT (Miscanthus Evaluation for Resilience, Innovation and Transformation) project in December 2025.
The initiative seeks to…
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Reedbut Group's Milton Keynes manufacturing facility has installed a comprehensive biomass heating system that reduces its annual energy requirements to less than 10% of what a comparable factory would typically consume.
Reedbut designs and manufactures sustainable corrugated packaging solutions for customers worldwide.
The renewable heating system, designed and installed by Treco, centres…
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SPIE Industrie, the French subsidiary of SPIE and a major European multi-technical services provider, is helping Bretagne Pellets improve production at its Mauron site in Morbihan.
The collaboration supports Bretagne Pellets - one of Brittany’s leading wood pellet producers - in enhancing efficiency as demand for renewable heating fuels continues to rise.
France’s wood pellet market has…
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Germany’s Federal Network Agency (BNetzA) has released the results of its October biomass tender, confirming strong demand as bids exceeded the available volume by more than 120 megawatts (MW).
A total of 813 MW of capacity was offered, while 940 MW in bids were submitted.
Despite the tender being expanded at short notice, the round remained oversubscribed.
Sandra Rostek, head of the…
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The UK government has opened a wide-ranging consultation on plans to establish a common sustainability framework for biomass, aiming to strengthen oversight, improve public confidence and ensure the sector continues to support the country’s transition to net zero.
Published on 2 December, the consultation seeks views on proposals to align and tighten existing sustainability rules that govern…
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A decade’s worth of harsh weather, whisky mould and industrial wear has been stripped away from the Rothes CoRDe facility following a major restoration project carried out by specialist cleaning contractor NEREC Ltd.
The plant, which opened in 2013, had never undergone a full exterior clean.
Years of exposure to Speyside’s damp climate, combined with chlorinated processes on site, had left…
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Drax has announced it will cease operations at its pellet plant in Williams Lake by the end of 2025, citing a significant decline in available fibre supply.
The company said curtailments and closures at nearby sawmills, along with the loss of a bid for key local fibre, have made continued operations at the facility commercially unviable.
According to Drax, the plant will undergo an orderly…
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Sendai-ko Biomass Power GK, a joint venture funded by Sumitomo Corporation, Tokyo Gas, Hokuriku Electric Power Company and Sumitomo Corporation Tohoku, has begun commercial operations at the Sendai Port Biomass Power Plant following the completion of construction in November 2025.
With an output of 112 MW and expected annual generation of around 800,000 MWh - equivalent to the electricity…
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New computational modelling tools developed at Idaho National Laboratory (INL) could significantly improve how biomass materials are milled and processed for use in fuels and biobased products.
As demand grows for renewable feedstocks made from wood chips, crop residues and municipal waste, the U.S. Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) has identified material handling as…
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Drax has pushed back against allegations about its Canadian biomass supply chain following coverage of a Stand.earth report in The Guardian.
The company’s Chief Sustainability Officer, Miguel Veiga-Pestana, wrote to the newspaper to challenge what he described as misconceptions about the firm’s role in Canadian forestry. An excerpt of his response appeared in The Guardian on 21 November,…
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India's state of Haryana has inaugurated a 240-tonne-per-day biomass pellet plant in Rewari. The facility was opened by Union Minister for New & Renewable Energy, Pralhad Joshi.
The project is part of Haryana’s broader clean energy initiative, aimed at supporting rural livelihoods, increasing farmer incomes, and strengthening India’s renewable energy sector.
The new plant will…
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In Australia, the company behind a proposal to revive the long-idle Redbank power station as a biomass facility has launched legal action after New South Wales’ final planning authority refused the plan.
Verdant Earth Technologies has applied to the state’s Land and Environment Court to overturn a September ruling by the Independent Planning Commission (IPC), which rejected its bid to…
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