Aug 15, 2022
Prototype plant for biomass pellets with FlashTor innovation opens in Thailand
Policy News
Aug 12, 2022
The UK government has launched a consultation on how to support the development of biomass energy generation with associated carbon captured in the UK over the next decade.
The consultation seeks views on the government's minded-to position for a business model to incentivise deployment of power bioenergy and carbon capture (BECCS) within the UK.
In particular,... [Read More]
Policy News
Aug 11, 2022
The UK's business secretary, Kwasi Kwarteng, has said importing wood pellets from Louisiana, US, is not sustainable and "doesn't make any sense," according to the FT.
Louisiana is one of Drax's sourcing regions in the US.
Kwarteng made the comments during a meeting with a group of cross-party backbench MPs, who raised the sustainability of wood pellets - which Drax... [Read More]
Biomass News
Aug 11, 2022
Oil giant British Petroleum and US commodities trader Bunge have put their Brazilian sugar and ethanol joint venture BP Bunge Bioenergia up for sale, according to newspaper Valor Economico.
It said investment firm Mubadala, based in Abu Dhabi, and Brazilian energy company Raizen (a joint venture between oil giant Shell and bioethanol producer Cosan), were interested... [Read More]
Biomass News
Aug 10, 2022
In a recently signed contract, ICM, Impacto Energia S/A and its sister company, Impacto Bioenergia, have agreed to build a new dry-mill ethanol production facility in Bahia, Brazil, with an estimated Q1 2025 start date.
The greenfield plant, designed for a daily grinding capacity of 1,700 metric tons of corn, will be equipped with ICM’s proprietary Base Tricanter... [Read More]
Other News
Aug 10, 2022
Glenrothes MP Peter Grant recently visited Markinch CHP biomass plant to understand the development opportunities between RWE and Scottish gas distribution company SGN. The partnership is to investigate the feasibility of supplying green hydrogen for heating Scottish businesses and homes, produced at the power station site.
The visit follows a recent agreement between... [Read More]
Biomass News
Aug 9, 2022
A project to facilitate more planting of the perennial bioenergy crop, Miscanthus, has been awarded over £3.3 million (€3.9m) in funding through the second phase of the government’s Biomass Feedstocks Innovation Programme, to contribute to 2050 net zero targets.
Miscanthus specialist, Terravesta, has been successful in its bid to secure Phase Two funding... [Read More]
Other News
Aug 8, 2022
Sasol Chemicals, a business unit of Sasol, has earned certification from the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) system for its three largest manufacturing facilities in Europe.
The company’s facilities in Marl and Brunsbüttel, Germany, and Augusta, Italy, have earned ISCC-PLUS certification for the use of mass balanced bio-based and recycled... [Read More]
Biomass News
Aug 5, 2022
The UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UCEH) is leading new UK-wide trials of crops and trees which can be used to produce sustainable energy from plant material.
Widespread cultivation of biomass crops in the UK could remove significant amounts of greenhouse gases from the atmosphere during photosynthesis, the organisation said. There is potential to store this... [Read More]
Biomass News
Aug 4, 2022
The Biomass Feedstocks Innovation Programme, created by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS), has awarded £37 million (€44.1m) to New Energy Farms (NEF) for an innovative research programme to introduce new high biomass perennial grasses into the UK and to develop novel methods of multiplying and establishing high biomass crops.
The... [Read More]
Biomass News
Aug 3, 2022
UK-based CPL Industries has delivered the first commercial trial of ecoke® to Sidenor's Electric Arc Furnace production site at Basauri, Spain.
CPL Industries said this represents an expansion in its penetration of "hard-to-abate and energy-intensive industries".
Its ecoke® product was developed during the final months of 2021. It is a manufactured fuel containing... [Read More]
Biomass News
Aug 1, 2022
Japanese group Kuraray, manufacturer of chemicals, fibres and other materials, aims to build a new plant for liquid rubber in the US under a strategic capital investment programme to 2026, according to its 2022 annual report.
It is also targeting further development of liquid rubber made from biomass-derived materials.
The planned US plant is included within... [Read More]
Policy News
Aug 1, 2022
The Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority (SLSEA) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have jointly hosted a workshop on the second phase of its "Biomass Energy 2022" initiative.
Sri Lanka aims to be a nation more resilient to shocks in the energy sector by 2030. the objective is to increase the power generation capacity of the country from the current... [Read More]
Biomass News
Aug 1, 2022
Western New York Energy (WNYE) has completed a $38 million (€37m) expansion to produce high purity alcohol products under the ClearSource brand.
The ClearSource brand includes pharmaceutical, industrial and beverage-grade alcohol using New York farm corn and a natural fermentation process. The company sources corn locally and produces everything onsite to reduce... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 29, 2022
Blackwood Technology B.V. and TTCL have introduced a torrefaction demonstration plant in the Lampang province of Thailand.
Hironobu Iriya, president and CEO of TTCL, commented: “We are delighted to launch this biomass torrefaction plant in the presence of the Japanese ambassador to Thailand, his excellency Mr Nashida Kazuya, and of representatives of the local government,... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 28, 2022
Rengo Company Ltd, will install a new biomass boiler for power generation at Tonegawa Division in Japan to promote alternative fuel sources, one of the measures toward CO2 reduction Rengo has stated is an environmental target. With operations scheduled to commence in October 2022, this will be Rengo’s second biomass boiler, following the one in Yashio Mill.
Comprising... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 27, 2022
The development of a circular economy in Malaysia, in line with its status as the world's second-largest exporter of palm oil, could make the country a biomass hub, according to prime minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.
Opening the Malaysian International Agri-Commodity Expo and Summit 2022 (MIACES) on 26 July, he said that focus should be placed upon using raw... [Read More]
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