Apr 2, 2026
Biomass key for Germany-Poland cross-border district heating project
Biomass News
Apr 1, 2026
Irish dairy cooperative Aurivo Co-operative Society has announced a €12 million investment in a wood pellet burner and boiler system at its Dairy Ingredients facility in Ballaghaderreen, Co Roscommon in Ireland. The project, co-funded through the Shared Island Sustainability Capital Grant scheme delivered by Enterprise Ireland, InterTradeIreland and Invest Northern... [Read More]
Policy News
Mar 31, 2026
The European Commission has approved a €6 billion Italian state aid scheme to support the production of renewable hydrogen for use in the transport and industrial sectors, with biomass-derived hydrogen explicitly included among eligible production routes.
The scheme, which runs until the end of 2029, aims to support annual production of 200,000 tonnes of renewable hydrogen. Eligible... [Read More]
Biomass News
Mar 30, 2026
UK-based Octopus Energy Generation is planning to invest up to $6 billion in a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) facility in Canada, targeting growing demand across European markets. The project will be developed through its Canadian subsidiary, Nova Sustainable Fuels, at a coastal industrial site in Goldboro, Nova Scotia. Construction is expected to take approximately... [Read More]
Biomass News
Mar 30, 2026
Ancala's Croatian Biomass Platform has acquired three 5MW biomass power plants from Croatian wood trading business The Sherif Group, more than doubling its renewable generation capacity to 25MW.
The deal brings the platform's total portfolio to five sites across Croatia, with a combined annual output of approximately 200,000MWh of renewable electricity, which is enough... [Read More]
Biomass News
Mar 27, 2026
Drax Group generated more renewable power than ever before in 2025, the company has announced, as it outlined ambitious plans to invest in battery storage and a potential large-scale data centre at its North Yorkshire site. The biomass and flexible generation giant produced 15.0TWh of renewable electricity last year, equivalent to 6% of UK power output and 11% of all... [Read More]
Biomass News
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]
Biomass News
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]
Biomass News
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]
Biomass News
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]
Biomass News
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]
Biomass News
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]
Biomass News
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]
Biomass News
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]
Biomass News
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]
Biomass News
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]
Biomass News
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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