Biomass News

The government of the Dominican Republic has inaugurated a 30MW biomass plant, the first one connected to the country’s National Interconnected Electric System (SENI). The San Pedro BioEnergy co-generation plant uses sugarcane bagasse as feedstock, and its construction was carried out by Spain's Cobra Group over a period of two years. Empresa Generadora de…
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The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) said it lent more than £1 billion to support UK customers’ sustainable energy projects in 2015, more than doubling lending from 2014 in a third consecutive year of growth for the sector. The record £1bn confirms RBS’s position as the largest lender to the UK renewable energy sector and comes as the bank ramps up support for all businesses,…
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A cross-party group of MPs has said that the UK government would probably abandon the EU’s biomass land policy if it was not committed to it by EU law. The group, part of the Environmental Audit Committee based in the UK, published its views in a House of Commons report entitled ‘EU and UK Environmental Policy’. The report comes as the UK prepares for an EU referendum on whether…
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The Philippines is pushing ahead with its biomass production and now has a total of 18 biomass plants, according to an ex-government official. According to local news website, InterAksyon.com, the Philippines has the ability to use enough biomass power plants to provide energy to more than 300,000 homes. According to the news channel, former Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri said: "Fired mainly by…
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The Nova Scotia government is ending a legal requirement to operate a biomass plant based in Port Hawkesbury as a must-run facility. In a statement, the Nova Scotia government said it introduced the new rules due to concerns expressed from the local community about the "use of primary forest biomass for electricity". Under the terms of these new regulations, the number of new trees being cut down…
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The silent residents of the Arnos Vale cemetery in the UK may get a chance to put in some after-life work hours powering the graveyard’s new lighting system. A research team from Columbia University (CU) in the US has won a competition, organised by the University of Bath’s (UoB) Centre for Death and Society, to reimagine the historic resting grounds, opened near Bristol in 1836. The…
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Hale Construction has reaped the rewards from going green, with a £10,000 (€12,805) saving since installing biomass boilers to heat their Neath, UK, headquarters. The family-run business, which incorporates Hale Construction, Hale Homes, and Seven Oaks Timberframe, has won awards for its sustainability credentials and environmentally-friendly building processes.  Hale has also…
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The US Ambassador to Finland sees huge opportunities for developing renewable energy from forestry resources in the Arctic for Finland and Russia. Ambassador Charles Adams Jr. sees the large forestry sectors of the Finnish Lapland and Russian Kola Peninsula as an increasingly attractive opportunity not only for the two countries’, but also the EU’s bioenergy industry. "Renewable…
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Thousands of jobs for specialist contractors in the biomass industry could be unlocked as Denmark takes steps to improve the sustainability of its pig meat production, according to professional services consultancy Procorre. The biomass industry, which has come under close scrutiny in recent times, is now being addressed by agricultural ministers across Europe who are attempting to clean things…
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The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) has joined efforts with Brazil’s largest paper producer Klabin to finance the construction of a new state-of-the-art green field pulp production mill. The new facility will be located in the municipality of Ortigueira, one of the poorest cities on the state of Parana, Brazil. Through an A/B Loan of $300 million (€270m), the IDB has provided…
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Comet Biorefining, a Canadian cellulosic dextrose technology provider, is getting €7.4m (CA $10.8 million) in federal funding for a new sugar from biomass plant, to be built in Sarnia, Ontario. The money is part of $206-million in funding for 36 clean energy projects across Canada. It is being provided by Sustainable Development Technology Canada (SDTC) – a provider of funds for…
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Renewable energy firm HRS Energy is developing a UK-based multi-million pound waste wood biomass plant which will be located in an East Yorkshire village. The site near Tansterne, located near Hull, will produce enough electricity to power 11,000 homes and is expected to open in 2017. The 22MW facility will also have the capacity to process up to 175,000 tonnes of waste wood each year, with 100%…
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UK’s largest biomass power generation project has been quietly abandoned after having never run for more than 30 minutes. The £10.5 million (€13.5m) plant, built in 2007 to reduce CO2 emissions at the University of East Anglia (UEA) in Norwich, was intended to produce renewable electricity from woodchips. The facility, which received a £1 million grant from the UK…
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Kwadcha First Nation in Canada is seeking financial help to build a small-scale biomass power plant to replace petroleum diesel with a sustainable alternative. The Kwadcha community – one of two remote First Nations on the north end of Williston Lake, British Columbia – is looking to set up a biomass facility to produce around 145kW of electricity for its just over 300 residents. The…
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