Biomass News

Valmet has announced that it has signed a ten year operation and maintenance agreement with Uni Viridas for the biomass plant in Babina Greda, Croatia. The order has been included in the company’s first quarter of 2019 orders received; however the value of the order has not been disclosed. The biomass plant is a fluidised bed boiler, BiowerPower 8, a plant with an electrical output of up to…
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The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has recently released its joint report with Adaptation Committees assessing measures that they feel need to be adopted in the housing sector to manage climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The CCC report states there are currently 27.2 million households in the UK and the government is committed to building around 1.5 million new homes by 2022.…
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The government of Massachusetts announced that the Baker-Polito administration has awarded five grants totalling $2,889,285 (€2,548,681) to Massachusetts businesses to fund infrastructure projects to increase the availability of low-carbon, renewable heating fuels. The grants have been funded by the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) as part of the Renewable Thermal…
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The Lancashire Post reports that plans to build a £200 million (€229 million) biomass plant are underway in Preston, Lancashire that would have the capacity to turn up to 395,000 tonnes of residual waste per year, into alternative fuel. Infrastructure development company, Miller Turner have told the Lancashire Post that the plant will burn largely biomass waste that will generate low…
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Canada’s government announced a federal investment of up to $7 million (€6.19 million) to a biomass cluster under the Canadian Agricultural Partnership. The cluster, led by producer BioFuelNet Canada Network, will also include an additional $3.1 million (€2.74 million) in contributions from the industry for a total of $10.1 million (€8.93 million). Three key areas of research…
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A new anaerobic digestion facility in Utah opened to the public this week will convert food waste to clean, renewable energy, local news outlet Desert News Utah reports. Around 700 tonnes of food waste is to be taken and turned into energy by Wasatch Resource Recovery, a public-private partnership between Alpro Energy & Water and the South Davis Sewer District, daily. Desert News Utah reports…
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UK-based biomass company Drax announced a ‘world’s first’ demonstration pilot of a bioenergy carbon capture and storage (BECCS) technology at its power station near Selby in North Yorkshire. The technology, developed by UK-based C-Capture, can obtain upwards of a tonne of CO2 a day. According to Drax, it is the first-time carbon dioxide has been captured from the combustion of a…
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C-Capture, a company specialising in carbon dioxide emissions removal, has raised £3.5 million in an equity funding round led by BP Ventures, Drax and IP Group. Designed to help mitigate climate change, C-Capture’s technology is a chemical process for carbon dioxide removal. It has been designed for use in power stations as well as aluminium, cement and steel facilities. A…
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According to Reuters, the French government and utility EDF are going to study the possibility of converting the 1.2GW Cordemais coal power generators to burn biomass. Reuters reports that President Emmanuel Macron’s government is set to phase out electricity production from the country’s remaining coal-fired power plants by 2022. The government also plans to reduce France’s…
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Toshiba has announced that its consolidated subsidiary, Sigma Power Ariake Corporation (SPAC) has signed a collaboration agreement with Omuta City of Fukuoka Prefecture. The agreement will reinforce Toshiba’s renewable energy generation work by constructing a new biomass plant in Omuta City through SPAC.   The plant is to begin construction in autumn 2019 and operations are expected to…
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Canada’s minister of Natural Resources, Amarjeet Sohi, announced a $589,629 (€518,599) investment in three Indigenous projects in British Columbia to create jobs and boost local economies. The release was published on news outlet Cision. Two of these investments will be utilised to research the possibility of using biomass to heat and power local Indigenous communities. $475,000 will…
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US research university Dartmouth College (Dartmouth) announced that it is seeking proposals to construct a biomass energy heating facility and transmission system to replace the institution’s existing central heating system. This marks a major step in the university’s commitment to reduce carbon emissions and transition to renewables by 2025. According to a release, the biomass-based…
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Amur has announced that its Yorkshire anaerobic digestion facility has been awarded the PAS110 standard for digestate. Amur state that winning the award will help to bring external recognition to the company’s consistency and robust procedures, as well as classifying the digestate produced as a quality product rather than a waste. The company’s operations manager, Charlie Thompson…
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In order to support biomass energy installations that are located close to forest areas regarded as ‘critical’, Portugal has started a scheme that has received backing from the European Commission. Under EU State aid rules, the European Commission has approved the Portuguese biomass scheme to implement new installations that will produce both electricity and combined heat and power…
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