Mar 27, 2026
Drax posts record renewable generation as it eyes data centre and storage expansion
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Mar 26, 2026
Laurel County, Kentucky has received an 'A' rating under the BDO Zone Initiative, certifying the region as a high-viability location for new biobased manufacturing investment on the basis of its woody biomass resources and supporting infrastructure. The rating, issued jointly by the London Laurel County Economic Development Authority, Ecostrat and the BDO Zone Initiative,... [Read More]
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Mar 25, 2026
Octopus Energy Generation is planning to invest up to $6 billion in a sustainable aviation fuel facility in Nova Scotia that will convert forestry waste biomass into SAF for European markets. The project, being developed through Canadian subsidiary Nova Sustainable Fuels, will be built on a coastal industrial site in Goldboro on Nova Scotia's Eastern Shore. Construction... [Read More]
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Mar 23, 2026
Aviva Investors is facing further financial difficulties across its portfolio of energy-from-waste plants, as two additional incinerator projects run by the insurer's investment arm encounter significant losses, according to This is Money. The developments follow earlier reporting that a Jersey-regulated green infrastructure fund managed by Aviva since 2015 had lost... [Read More]
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Mar 20, 2026
Woodland Biomass Innovations (Woodland BIO) has completed Front-End Loading Phase 2 (FEL-2) validation engineering for its first commercial-scale biomass-to-gasoline facility in Tioga County, Pennsylvania in the US, marking a significant de-risking milestone for the project. Completed in collaboration with TRC Companies, the study provides third-party technical and... [Read More]
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Mar 19, 2026
The EU's General Court has dismissed a legal challenge seeking to overturn the European Commission's decision to classify forest biomass energy as a sustainable investment under the bloc's green finance taxonomy. The ruling, delivered on 18 March 2026 in Case T-575/22 (Robin Wood and Others v Commission), dismissed an action seeking the annulment of a Commission decision... [Read More]
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Mar 18, 2026
The Carbon Business Council has launched the Direct Storage of Biomass (DSB) Coalition, a new industry working group bringing together companies to advance direct biomass storage as a carbon dioxide removal (CDR) pathway. Direct storage of biomass — also referred to as terrestrial storage of biomass — involves durably storing organic material such as waste wood,... [Read More]
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Mar 17, 2026
Two of Sweden's largest forest companies have called on the European Union to revise its bioeconomy strategy to include a stronger commitment to expanding sustainable wood supply, warning that current policy signals risk undermining Europe's green transition goals. In a joint statement published this week, the chief executives of SCA and Holmen argued that the EU Commission's... [Read More]
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Mar 16, 2026
Dutch law enforcement authorities are considering a criminal investigation into RWE, one of the Netherlands' largest energy providers, over allegations that the company misrepresented the source of wood pellets used to generate energy at its power plants. The case has been brought by two forest advocacy groups — Netherlands-based Comité Schone Lucht and UK-based... [Read More]
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Mar 13, 2026
Ecostrat Inc and the BMI Group have announced a collaboration to use BDO Zone Ratings to prepare BMI's legacy pulp and paper assets across Canada for next-generation biorefinery investment. The partnership will apply the ratings framework to advance multi-product biorefinery platforms capable of producing biofuels, renewable chemicals, biogas, engineered wood products... [Read More]
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Mar 12, 2026
PT PLN Energi Primer Indonesia (PLN EPI), the energy procurement subsidiary of Indonesian state utility PT PLN, is targeting exports of around 1 million tonnes of biomass this year as surplus feedstock outpaces domestic demand.
Hokkop Situngkir, director of biomass at PLN EPI, said approximately 200,000 tonnes of export contracts had been secured so far, with the remainder... [Read More]
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Mar 10, 2026
A new global industry platform representing the woody biomass sector has launched in Washington DC, bringing together organisations across power, advanced fuels, industrial processing and carbon removal.
The Advanced Woody Biomass Alliance (AWBA) evolves from the US Industrial Pellet Association (USIPA), which helped establish a global supply chain for responsibly sourced... [Read More]
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Mar 5, 2026
Biomass electricity generators in the United States could benefit from two new technology-neutral tax credits introduced under the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), according to analysis published by KPMG.
The credits — the clean electricity production credit (section 45Y) and the clean electricity investment credit (section 48E) — are available to a broad range of generation... [Read More]
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Mar 4, 2026
Kanadevia Inova has broken ground on what it describes as one of the most advanced organic waste-to-renewable gas projects in North America, establishing what the company says is a new benchmark in circular waste management and renewable energy production.
The Louisville Township Renewable Gas Project, located in Louisville Township, Minnesota, is a large-scale anaerobic... [Read More]
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Mar 4, 2026
Three California counties have launched a pair of free online tools designed to connect private landowners with qualified forestry professionals, supporting wildfire risk reduction and improving the regional woody biomass supply chain.
Placer, Nevada, and El Dorado counties have been working together under the California Forest Residual Aggregation Market Enhancement... [Read More]
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Mar 3, 2026
Household wood-burning emissions in Flanders have risen sharply in recent years, even as official figures submitted to European authorities indicate a decline, according to an investigation by Flemish public broadcaster VRT.
Data collected through field measurements by the Flemish Environment Agency (VMM) show that concentrations of benzo(a)pyrene — a carcinogenic compound... [Read More]
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Feb 27, 2026
Energy company Drax Group has confirmed plans to cut up to 150 jobs next year while reporting record levels of renewable power generation in 2025.
New documents unearthed by GMB, including a Section 188 notice served to staff, indicate that between 89 and 148 roles are expected to be lost at the plant around 31 March 2027. The cuts could represent more than 30% of the... [Read More]
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New documents unearthed by GMB indicate that between 89 and 148 roles are expected to be lost at the plant around 31 March 2027.
The cuts could represent more than 30% of the site’s 465-strong workforce
GreenValue GmbH has advised Balance Erneuerbare Energien on the acquisition of a biogas plant portfolio spanning Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania — with a combined thermal input capacity of 46 MW.
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Ireland is backing five research teams with €2.6 million to tackle some of the biggest challenges in renewable gas — from biomethane production using macroalgae to AI-powered digital twins of gas infrastructure.
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