Biomass News

Hong Kong-based China Everbright Greentech has announced that it has recently secured the Henan Zhecheng integrated biomass and waste-to-energy project, and the Jiangxi Guixi Hazardous waste integrated treatment project with a total investment of approximately RMB918 million (€119m). The Zhecheng integrated project has a total investment of RMB537 million. Around RMB302 million of this…
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UK-based University of Chester and biomass specialist Arensis will run a new research project to trial a range of new waste feedstocks to feed into a decentralised clean energy power system. The development aims to discover which waste materials can be redirected from landfill to create electricity and heat for commercial biomass. A range of feedstocks sources – including rubbish, animal…
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Japanese construction firm Fujita Corp. has announced that it will develop a 1.8MW biomass power project fuelled with rice husk in Myanmar. Fujita will be working with its partner Myanmar Agribusiness Public Corp.(MAPCO) on the project and will work on the scheme through a newly-created joint venture called Myaung Mya FM Biomass Power to under. Fujita has an 80% stake in that project. Rice…
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Active Energy Group (AEG), a London Stock Exchange-listed firm and renewable energy specialist, has announced that it has completed an oversubscribed placing totalling £1.75 million (€1.97m) through the issue of 83,333,334 new ordinary shares of 1p each at a price of 2.1p per share from new and existing investors. The net funds raised will be used to accelerate the international…
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Orsted, formerly known as Dong Energy, has launched its new combined heat and power (CHP) plant in Fredericia, Denmark. The new facility, called the Skærbæk Power Station, will use wood chips as fuel to generate district heating and electricity. It was inaugurated by HRH the Crown Princess of Denmark on 25 October, 2017. The power station is now able to supply electricity and heating…
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The Energy Secretary of the Philippines is not keen on extending feed in tariffs (FITs) for biomass, according to report in Power Philippines News. It was reported on the news channel that Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi said: “The Philippines, as a developing country… it’s difficult for us to be giving subsidy or FIT. Especially when we want to bring down our energy…
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A specialist manufacturing company has invested £500,000 (€565,500) in installing biomass boilers, as part of a five year plan to ultimately switch to exclusively using sustainable and renewable energy. Boardlink has installed the Fröling biomass boilers to fuel its 32,500 square metre site based in Hawarden, north Wales. The new boilers replace Boardlink’s existing oil…
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Power giant Drax has agreed to sell its wood pellet distribution business, Billington Bioenergy (BBE), to Aggregated Micro Power Holdings, an AIM-listed energy company specialising in the sale of wood fuels and the developing of distributed energy assets. Drax said the consideration for the transaction was £2m (€2.24m), comprised of £1.6m of shares in AMPH and £0.4m of…
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Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has completed refinancing worth £250 million (€280 million) of its interest in two biomass power plants in the UK. According to a CIP statement, the fund has provided equity, preferred equity and senior debt for the development and construction of the two biomass power plants. The two facilities have now come into operation and senior debt has…
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Findings from AEBIOM, the European biomass association, confirm that bioenergy is among the most effective options to achieve Europe’s clean energy transition. AEBIOM published its 2017 Statistical Report on 17 October, shortly before the European Parliament’s ENVI Committee is set to vote on sustainability criteria for bioenergy. According to a statement from AEBIOM, the report…
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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 lays out a plan for…
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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, 2017, L’Echo…
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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 10MW lithium-ion…
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 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 growth and clean up…
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