Nov 10, 2025
Russia targets Ukraine’s landmark biomass plant
Biomass News
Nov 10, 2025
New research published on 9 November by Stand.earth’s Forest Eye initiative alleges that Drax Group sourced whole logs from old-growth forests in British Columbia in 2024 and likely into 2025.
Using satellite imagery and data from British Columbia’s Harvest Billing System, Forest Eye found that Drax received at least 90 truck-loads of whole logs from cut-blocks in... [Read More]
Biomass News
Nov 7, 2025
More than 100 representatives from EU institutions, industry, and research convened in Brussels this week for European Bioenergy Future 2025 (EBF 2025), Bioenergy Europe’s annual flagship conference.
Held at the Le Louise Hotel on 5–6 November, the event explored how bioenergy can accelerate Europe’s energy transition — from replacing fossil fuels in heating to... [Read More]
Biomass News
Nov 7, 2025
The UK waste wood market remains under significant pressure, according to the Wood Recyclers’ Association (WRA), with growing stockpiles of material reported across the country.
Many recyclers have been forced to pause or restrict their intake of waste wood, as capacity constraints and reduced demand continue to affect the sector.
The WRA has warned that it could take... [Read More]
Policy News
Nov 6, 2025
Drax Group has signed a new 'low-carbon dispatchable' contract for difference (CfD) with the UK government’s Low Carbon Contracts Company, covering all four of its biomass units at Drax Power Station from April 2027 to March 2031.
The agreement, largely unchanged from terms announced in February, sets a strike price of £109.90 per MWh (2012, real) and includes a generation... [Read More]
Biomass News
Nov 5, 2025
The European Bioeconomy Alliance (EUBA) has announced the release of a new expert paper by the nova-Institute, titled “Benefits of Using First-Generation Biomass for Food, Fuels, Chemicals and Derived Materials in Europe: Science-based Argumentation Paper.”
According to EUBA’s statement, the research confirms that using first-generation agricultural biomass - such... [Read More]
Biomass News
Oct 30, 2025
Tuas Power has announced plans to convert its Tembusu Multi-Utilities Complex (TMUC) on Jurong Island to run entirely on renewable biomass by 2028 — 22 years ahead of Singapore’s national decarbonisation timeline.
The initiative marks a major step in the company’s Powering Tomorrow, Together commitment and will transform TMUC into Singapore’s largest green steam... [Read More]
Biomass News
Oct 29, 2025
German energy company Enercity has entered the final commissioning phase of its new 90 MW biomass cogeneration plant in Hanover’s Stöcken district, marking a key milestone in the city’s transition away from coal.
Once fully operational, the facility will supply green district heating to Hanover and the nearby Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles plant.
The biomass... [Read More]
Biomass News
Oct 29, 2025
A $9 million government investment to boost wood energy production has been welcomed by an Australian company planning to build a torrefied wood pellet plant in Kawerau.
Energy Minister Simon Watts last week announced the Wood Energy Strategy and Action Plan, which includes $3 million in co-funding through the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority and $6 million... [Read More]
Policy News
Oct 28, 2025
The Scottish Government has upheld a decision to block plans for a biomass facility near Elgin, rejecting an appeal from Acorn Bioenergy.
The Oxford- and London-based company had proposed constructing a plant at Longmorn to convert distillery waste into biomethane, which could be used as a renewable fuel.
Acorn Bioenergy argued that the project could save approximately... [Read More]
Biomass News
Oct 27, 2025
Ecogas' Ōtautahi Christchurch Organics Processing Facility has entered its next stage of development.
The facility, to be located on Aruhe Road in South Hornby, combines biomass processing with anaerobic digestion to transform organic waste from kerbside collections, businesses and industry into renewable energy and biofertiliser.
In October last year, Christchurch... [Read More]
Policy News
Oct 24, 2025
The Wood Recyclers’ Association (WRA) has welcomed the findings of an independent government-commissioned review into Greenhouse Gas Removals (GGR), published on 23 October, which recommends extending support for waste wood-powered biomass plants capable of delivering GGRs.
The review, led by former minister Dr Alan Whitehead CBE, examined how technologies such as large-scale... [Read More]
Biomass News
Oct 23, 2025
Charwood Energy’s construction subsidiary Energy&+ has signed a new contract with ENGIE Solutions for the installation of a 250 kW wood-fired biomass boiler in Châteaumeillant (Centre-Val de Loire), to be commissioned by the end of 2025.
The project, undertaken in collaboration with the SDE 18 heating and cooling authority, will provide renewable heating and hot... [Read More]
Biomass News
Oct 22, 2025
EDF’s renewables subsidiary, Dalkia, through its Polish division, has secured a contract to construct an 8-MW biomass boiler plant for Edison Next Poland.
The project, located near Rzeszow in southeastern Poland, will see Dalkia Polska Solutions manage the full scope of work, including design, construction, equipment supply, installation and commissioning of the new... [Read More]
Biomass News
Oct 21, 2025
Woodchuck, an AI-powered climate-tech startup, has announced a partnership with Barton Malow, a 101-year-old construction firm. Together, the companies are diverting wood waste from the Hart Solar Farm project away from landfills and into clean energy production.
The collaboration not only prevents thousands of tonnes of wood waste from reaching landfill sites but also... [Read More]
Biomass News
Oct 20, 2025
Agricultural waste may soon play a vital role in tackling industrial water pollution, thanks to new research highlighting the potential of biomass as a low-cost and sustainable adsorbent.
A study published in Environmental Science and Pollution Research has revealed that torrefied rice husks and de-oiled cashew nut shell cake - both by-products of agricultural processing... [Read More]
Biomass News
Oct 20, 2025
Singapore-based Verta Bioenergy Pte. Ltd. is increasing its production of clean industrial fuel in Southeast Asia by turning agricultural and livestock waste into biomass pellets, responding to the rising need for sustainable energy solutions.
The startup collects materials such as rice husks, chicken manure and coconut shells from farms, converting them into pellets... [Read More]
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The conference was opened by Swedish MEP Emma Wiesner (Renew Europe), who underlined bioenergy’s key role in achieving Europe’s energy and climate ambitions
Gasum, in partnership with REMA Distribution, has today inaugurated a new biogas filling station for liquefied biogas (LBG) at REMA Distribution’s facility in Vinterbro, south of Oslo
The agreement, concluded under Singapore’s new 'biomethane sandbox' launched by the Energy Market Authority and the Economic Development Board on 27 October, is designed to pilot biomethane imports for power generation and industrial use
