Biomass News

Erex held a ground-breaking ceremony for its biomass plants in Yen Bai and Tuyen Quang, Vietnam on 4 October. The biomass plants were identified as priority projects in Vietnam's 8th National Power Development Plan, with their implementation being approved in April. Each plant will possess 50MW of generation capacity. They will process around 500,000 t/yr of wood residue, which will be sourced…
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Qemetica Soda Polska, a soda ash producer company, has secured funding to convert a coal-fired boiler to biomass at its Inowrocław plant in Poland. The funding is coming from Poland's National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management. The conversion is one of the main elements of the company's strategy in energy transformation and will allow the reduction of coal consumption by…
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A new report has expressed concerns about the safety of Southeast Asia's tropical forests, following the rise of the wood-to-energy sector. The report, which is called 'Unheeded Warnings: Forest Biomass Threats to Tropical Forests in Indonesia and Southeast Asia', looks at how energy policies in Indonesia, Japan and South Korea push what it calls a 'false climate solution'. The document is…
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Initially set at €350 million, Greenvolt Group has successfully upsized its syndicated financing to a total of €400 million, following strong interest from the financial community. This increase was supported by two additional banks, including a new corporate lending partner, bringing the total number of international lenders in the facility to eight. At first, the syndicate was composed of…
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Renewable energy company Evero has announced its two CCS projects have both passed the 'deliverability assessment' in the UK Government’s Hynet Track 1 expansion process. This lays the foundation for the delivery of two large-volume Greenhouse Gas Removals (GGR) facilities operational by 2030. The news follows the government giving the go ahead for a £22bn investment into CCS, including the…
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International biomass experts gathered at Aberystwyth University last week to discuss various crops’ potential to decarbonise agriculture and other industries. Delegates from Japan, the US, Germany and the Canary Islands were among the attendees of the conference of the Association of Applied Biologists at the University. As part of the events held over three days, the attendees visited…
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OneFortyOne has announced an investment c.$30 million (€18.5 million) in a renewable biomass power generation project at its Jubilee Sawmill in Mount Gambier - one of the largest sawmills in Australia. The project, which includes the installation of a new boiler and steam turbine, represents a total investment of approximately $90 million (€55.7 million). The new turbine will generate more…
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Woodchuck, a climate impact startup focused on transforming waste to energy with AI, has announced it is developing its first-of-its-kind AI innovation environment & biomass processing facility at its new global headquarters in Grand Rapids, Michigan. Woodchuck.AI was developed in partnership with NorthStar Clean Energy, a CMS Energy company, and High Alpha Innovation, to improve the biomass…
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Dall Energy, a Danish biomass energy and pyrolysis technology company, has completed the acquisition of French biomass technology-market leader Weiss France Energie and its branch Biomasse Services et Maintenance (BSM) from Groupe Roullier. Together, they will deliver solutions that help drive the green-energy transition for the French district-heating and processing industries, said Dall…
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GazelEnergie (part of Czech energy group EPH) is considering converting the Émile Huchet power plant (647 MW), located in Moselle department, from coal to gas, instead of biomass as previously announced, reported Enerdata. The cost of converting the site to biomass was estimated to be €100 million, rather than the €110 million cost of switching to gas. The cost is still much less than…
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The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) has announced up to $15 million in federal funding to make clean hydrogen a more available and affordable fuel for electricity generation, industrial decarbonization, and transportation. Specifically, the funding opportunity will support research and development projects that convert feedstocks — such…
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French utility EDF has abandoned its plan to convert its 1.2 GW Cordemais 2 coal-fired plant to biomass, with plans to cease power production by 2027, reported Montel. France's CGT energy union said EDF CEO Luc Remont had previously informed staff representatives of the plans on 16 September. CGT urged the French government to protect the plant from closure. The planned project involved…
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Altamaha Green Energy (AGE), a joint venture between Beasley Green Power, LLC and Rayonier Advanced Materials (RYAM), announced that the Georgia Public Service Commission has certified a Power Purchase Agreement for AGE to produce and sell up to 70 MW of electricity to Georgia Power Company for a 30-year period. This approval marks a significant milestone in AGE's development of a renewable…
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The UK waste wood industry’s important contribution to reducing carbon emissions has been revealed today with the launch of new independently-verified figures from the Wood Recyclers’ Association (WRA). The figures show that waste wood biomass – which makes up roughly two-thirds of the UK market for waste wood – saved almost three-quarters of a million (701,000) tonnes of carbon…
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