Biomass News

The European Commission has authorised UK aid for a biomass combined heat and power (CHP) power plant in Teesside because it is 'in line with EU state aid rules'. The plant will use biomass to provide electricity to the national grid and heat to local customers. In November 2014 the UK notified plans to support the operation of a CHP plant, to be built in the Tees Valley in North-East England.…
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In France, Delipapier Frouard, part of the multinational paper company Sofidel Group, has launched its new biomass plant with an overall investment of approximately €6.5 million. This is yet another step forward in Sofidel's strategy to reduce its emissions of greenhouse gases. The plant is expected to reduce greenhouse gases by over 6.8 million m3 and will cut Delipapier's CO2 emissions by…
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Wheelabrator Technologies has announced the close of its $1.94 billion (€1.6 billion) acquisition by Energy Capital Partners from Waste Management. A definitive agreement for the sale was previously announced in July 2014. Wheelabrator creates clean, renewable energy from everyday residential and business wastes, and will operate as a standalone company. Wheelabrator has a current platform…
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The Sustainable Biomass Partnership (SBP) has announced that five certification bodies have been accepted as applicants and are now able to progress towards achieving SBP-approved status. These applicant certification bodies are BM Trada, Bureau Veritas Latvia, Control Union, NEPCon and NSF. The SBP framework of standards and processes enables producers of woody biomass to demonstrate that they…
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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is to provide a loan of up to €7 million for the construction of a new biomass boiler plant in Prijedor, a municipality in the north west of Bosnia and Herzegovina. This will be EBRD's first investment in renewable energy in the region. The operator of the plant is Toplana AD Prijedor, the majority of which is owned by local…
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If heat and power plants that burn forest woodchips acquire these chips from optimised supply chains, they can obtain better quality biomass and lower their total acquisition costs. This is according to a study by Ramoll Finland, commissioned by Miktech Oy. An optimised supply chain includes comprehensive and real-time management features for biomass, resources and conditions. 'The higher quality…
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BlueRock Energy, a privately held energy solutions company, and ReEnergy Black River have entered into a services agreement to support the delivery of power from ReEnergy's 60MW Black River bioenergy facility to the Fort Drum US Army installation in New York. Under the agreement, BlueRock Energy is performing load forecasting, scheduling and delivery services from the plant to Fort Drum and other…
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Biomass supplier Stobart Energy has entered into a strategic partnership with Imperative Energy, a provider of biomass energy solutions. Imperative Energy has completed 80 biomass installations totalling over 45MW in energy capacity, with a further 10 projects currently under construction. 'This partnership can offer an appropriate solution for all end users needing a biomass energy supply,' says…
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VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd has developed a method of manufacturing chemicals such as benzene, toluene and xylene – known as BTX chemicals – by combining the gasification of lignocellulosic biomass, the Fischer-Tropsch synthesis and aromatisation. Over 85% of the separated benzene exceeded 90% purity and around 50% of the separated toluene was over 70% purity.The…
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Pallmann Group, a manufacturer of innovative size reduction technology, is joining forces with Standard Bio, an expert in novel biomass conversion technologies, to develop a new biorefinery concept that will use low-value organic waste as a resource for clean energy, natural fertilisers and animal protein. The concept is based around the conversion of renewable resources – in the first case…
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Roxas Holdings, a large integrated sugar business in the Philippines, and Global Business Power (GBPC), a power producer in the Visayas and power generation component company of GT Capital Holdings, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to undertake a front-end engineering design (FEED) study and other pre-development activities for a 40MW cogeneration facility in La Carlota City,…
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In the US, biomass supply company Genera Energy has received a strategic financing commitment from WindSail Capital Group, an investment firm that provides growth financing to companies advancing energy innovation and sustainability. The investment will provide Genera with the resources to continue expanding by helping scale its energy crop production and supply chain operations, further expand…
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CHE Group has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Full Advantage to build a number of biomass-fired power plants across the Philippines. Under the $480 million (€386 million) contract, the companies will develop 16 biomass plants totalling 191MW constructed in strategic locations in the Philippines. The facilities will be built over the next five years, with engineering…
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Shepherd Construction, a nationally operating contractor, has achieved handover at the UK's largest power station, Drax, following completion of new biomass facilities. Now independently operating and burning up to 14,000 tonnes of biomass daily, new facilities designed, built and engineered by Shepherd are enabling Drax to generate up to 1,260MW of renewable electricity per day. The project was…
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