Oct 17, 2017
Bioenergy among most cost effective options in Europe’s energy transition
Biomass News
Oct 13, 2017
A number of important figures surrounding the bioenergy industry have reacted to the UK government’s new Clean Growth Strategy.
Greg Clark, the UK’s Business and Energy Secretary, published ‘The Clean Growth Strategy: Leading the way to a low carbon future’ on 12 October. Highlighting the current state of play in UK energy sector, the strategy also... [Read More]
Biomass News
Oct 13, 2017
The Walloon government has decided to cancel its call for tenders for a biomass power plant in Wallonia, Belgium.
The Walloon government is the executive branch of Wallonia, and it is part of one of the six main governments of Belgium.
In May 2016, the Walloon government announced plans to support a 200MW biomass plant and launched a call for tenders.
However, on 12 October,... [Read More]
Biomass News
Oct 11, 2017
The installation and grid connection of a 10MW battery has been completed at a biomass power plant near Sheffield, UK.
According to a statement from E.ON, who installed the battery at the Blackburn Meadows plant, the new energy storage project will help keep power supplies stable and support the range of power generation sources feeding into the UK’s national grid.
The... [Read More]
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Oct 11, 2017
The UK’s Energy Minister Richard Harrington has confirmed that £557m (€621 million) will be made available for less established renewable electricity technologies for future Contracts for Difference (CfD) auctions, starting with the next auction in 2019.
The news forms part of the government’s ‘Clean Growth Strategy’ to drive economic... [Read More]
Biomass News
Oct 10, 2017
UK-based company 4NEW has announced an Initial Coin Offering for ‘the world’s first’ waste-to-energy treatment facilities integrated on the blockchain network.
The new venture aims to tackle both the mounting surplus of waste, and a growing energy shortfall. By 2019, according to a statement from 4NEW, it is projected that all landfills in the UK will... [Read More]
Biomass News
Oct 9, 2017
84% of people in the UK support the use of waste and 77% the use of biomass for energy production, according to new survey results published by the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI).
Other key findings from the survey include 88% of 18-24 years olds believing the UK should be trying to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions. 58% of people surveyed think the government should... [Read More]
Biomass News
Oct 3, 2017
One of the world’s largest plant science research institutes has received a five year, $16 million (€13.6 million) grant from the US Department of Energy (DOE) to enhance the use of sorghum for bioenergy.
The Donald Danforth Plant Science Centre will use the funding to build on earlier research using the model grass, green foxtail (Setaria viridis). The latest... [Read More]
Biomass News
Oct 2, 2017
Firefighters were called to Lisahally Biomass Power Plant in Londonderry, Northern Ireland at 19:30 BST on Sunday 1 October following reports of a ruptured steam pipe, the BBC reports.
Fortunately, no one was injured in the steam explosion, the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service reported.
According to the BBC, several fire engines were called to the scene. Some aluminium... [Read More]
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Sep 29, 2017
Scottish energy manufacturer Heliex Power has been commissioned by Netherlands-based Wattplant to install its innovation at the company’s T Voske mushroom farm.
The farm is located in Uden, between Eindhoven and Nijmegen. Already chemical-free, the estate is aiming to become the world’s first grower with a completely energy and climate-neutral nursery.
Working... [Read More]
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Sep 27, 2017
A 50 megawatt, biomass-fuelled combined heat and power (CHP) plant has been completed at one of Procter and Gamble’s (P&G) largest paper production facilities in the US.
The new plant is owned and operated by Constellation, a subsidiary of Exelon, and provides steam to P&G’s Albany, GA paper manufacturing facility. The CHP plant also generates electricity... [Read More]
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Sep 25, 2017
Advanced Biomass Solutions (ABS), an affiliate of Active Energy, has entered into an agreement with US-based Lumino Capital for the financing, development and operation of eight CoalSwitch plants across Southeast Asia.
Active Energy is a London Stock Exchange-quoted international forestry management and biomass-based renewable energy business.
Under the terms... [Read More]
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Sep 22, 2017
UK-based Essex County Council has announced plans to explore the delivery of a combined heat and power (CHP) biomass boiler facility to treat wood collected at its network of household recycling centres.
The authority is currently seeking expressions of interest from parties within Essex able to maximise use of 6 to 10 MWt of heat produced by a CHP boiler. The facility... [Read More]
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Sep 21, 2017
A new method of carbon storage and monitoring, which can determine the origin of a CO2 sample by analysing its chemical fingerprint, is to be used for a leading research project.
Designed to monitor and ensure the safe storage of industrial greenhouse gas emissions, the new method will aid the development of carbon capture and storage technology, which stores the carbon... [Read More]
Biomass News
Sep 21, 2017
Power giant Drax has announced that its CEO, Dorothy Thompson, will step down from her post after 12 years in the role.
The company’s current finance chief Will Gardiner will succeed Thompson who will step down from the post and leave the group at the end of 2017.
Drax chairman, Philip Cox, said: "We are delighted Will is to become Chief Executive. He has been a... [Read More]
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Sep 15, 2017
The European Biogas Association (EBA) has hosted its first dedicated to power-to-methane workshop in Brussels in joint cooperation with Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE) and the European Renewable Gas Registry (ERGaR).
The event, which took place on 6 September, 2017, showcased the latest technological developments around Europe and it formalised the launch of a common vision... [Read More]
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Sep 15, 2017
Environmental advocacy group Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has responded to criticism of its Money to Burn II report, which claimed that solar and wind can reliably supply the UK’s needs for new electricity capacity and is more cost-effective than biomass.
New economic modelling, commissioned by the NRDC and executed by Vivid Economics, claimed that by... [Read More]
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