Biomass News

Mote, a technology leader in carbon-negative energy production, announced the successful first close of its Series A funding round this month, securing $7 million in investment led by Nella Next and Preston-Werner Ventures. The round also included Counteract and other strategic partners. This first phase is part of a targeted $15 million Series A funding round. Mote’s focus is its approach…
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Fortum's CHP plant in Częstochowa, Poland, is undergoing a transition project to enable it to be fully fuelled by biomass. Currently, EC Częstochowa uses 30% biomass and 70% coal. As part of a €100 million investment, the plant will switch to 100% biomass, with completion scheduled for 2027. The CHP plant will use certified wood biomass, consisting of 90% wood chips from sawmills and 10%…
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Anora is investing in a new, state-of-the-art biomass-boiler at its Koskenkorva Distillery in Finland. This replacement investment will allow the distillery to fully transition to fossil-emissions-free fuels by the end of 2026 and help the distillery to achieve its carbon neutrality target. The new biomass-boiler is set to replace the existing fossil fuel-fired steam boiler, which is reaching…
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Solvay has announced it will phase out coal at its soda ash and bicarbonate plants with a new energy transition project in Torrelavega, Spain, aiming to nearly halve CO2 emissions by 2027 and ensure the site’s long-term competitiveness. The Group secured a long-term energy supply agreement with ENSO, which will invest in, construct, and operate a biomass cogeneration unit for the production of…
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The Vietnam Sugarcane Association (VSA) has proposed adjusting the draft revised Power Plan VIII, to resolve the ongoing problem of disposing of waste and to fully exploit the potential of biomass development in the country, reported VietNamNet Bridge. The association's proposal to the Ministry of Industry and Trade involved reviewing and abolishing regulations that classify biomass projects,…
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RENOVA has postponed the operational start date of its Karatsu biomass facility from this month to September this year. This is due to additional time required for adjustments to the boiler and turbine facilities, to ensure long-term stable operation at the plant. Karatsu Biomass Energy G.K., the owners, are expected to receive liquidated damages from the EPC for a period of time, due to the…
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A Korean investor has spent $2.7 million to replace coal-fired boilers with biomass ones, at a Nam Dinh textile dyeing factory. The Youngone Corporation's biomass boiler will use rice husk pellets. The refit was completed by 15 January, and aligns with the organisation's aim to reduce carbon emissions by 40% by 2030. The coal elimination project kicked off in early 2023. By the fourth quarter…
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The Mazda Motor Corporation has conducted a demonstration operation of a cupola melting furnace (cupola), the core casting facility installed at its Hiroshima Plant, by fully replacing fossil fuels that emit CO2 during combustion with bio-coal briquettes, a biomass fuel derived from coconut shells. The initiative is part of the emissions reduction plan announced by Mazda, which aims to achieve…
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The independent Climate Change Committee's annual carbon budget has stated large-scale biomass must end after 2027, if the UK is to reach net-zero. The report outlines a route to the greenhouse gas emissions cuts from 2038 to 2042, which it says is a deliverable and cost-effective means for the UK to reach its legally binding goal. Although the committe backed Drax's plans to install bioenergy…
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Drax has said it will implement an enhanced approach to deliver on its global sustainability targets and to enhance the way it manages its impact on the climate, nature and people. The company has received a spate of criticism in recent months, including reports that, in the US, it breached environmental regulations 'over 11,000 times'. There have also been questions about its value to the UK…
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India should look to biomass to ensure the energy transition to hydrogen, said Maurits Van Tol, CEO of Catalyst Technologies, a division of Johnson Matthey (JM) one of the global leaders in sustainable technologies. Talking to businessline during India Energy Week 2025, he said: “When you look at cleantech for India, there are a few things that that I would like to highlight. First of all,…
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TESS Holdings' subsidiary, PT PTEC RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT (PTEC), held a ground-breaking ceremony for a biomass plant last month, in West Java, Indonesia. Biomass fuel will be derived from agricultural crop residues. TESS established PTEC in Indonesia in 2018, as a research and development base in Indonesia, to best explore how to process agricultural crop residues into biomass pellets. It…
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Germany's Federal Network Agency for electricity and gas (the Bundesnetzagentur), set the price ceilings for biomass and biomethane auctions to be held in the next 12 months at the same levels as last year. The maximum price that can be bid for new biomass installations remains 19.43 cents per kilowatt hour and that for existing biomass installations 19.83 ct/kWh. The maximum price for…
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