Aug 8, 2022
Sasol Chemicals achieves sustainability milestone at its three largest European sites
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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
Biomass News
Jul 27, 2022
Although biomass is sometimes seen as an "old technology" because it's been around for a long time, the sector has not reached its potential in Ireland, according to Paddy Phelan of 3 Counties Energy and the Irish BioEnergy Association.
Addressing the recent Energy and Farm Business Show in County Tipperary, Ireland, he observed that biomass can be used "for combined... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 27, 2022
Drax has announced it is accelerating its investment in renewable energy generation as it commissions new biomass pellet production plants in the US.
The company said: "We are accelerating our investment in renewable generation, having recently submitted planning applications for the development of BECCS at Drax Power Station and for the expansion of Cruachan Pumped... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 26, 2022
The Chennai Corporation in India is planning to set up an integrated solid waste management plant at the Kodungaiyur dump yard.
It will have facilities such as a waste-to-energy plant, bio-CNG plant and material recovery centre. This will be done to process and reduce the fresh waste arriving at the dump yard on a daily basis, said, corporation officials.
At present,... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 25, 2022
The Davao Oriental provincial government is pursuing partnerships to speed up electrification in remote communities and possibly create a biomass facility for cheaper power rates.
In a statement, the local government said that Governor Corazon Malanyaon met with officials of Davao Oriental Electric Cooperative (DORECO), the province’s sole distributor, to discuss... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 25, 2022
ENEOS Corporation, Suzuki Motor Corporation, Subaru Corporation, Daihatsu Motor Company, Toyota Motor Corporation and Toyota Tsusho Corporation established the Research Association of Biomass Innovation for Next Generation Automobile Fuels on July 1, 2022, to study ways to optimise the process of producing fuel.
It is crucial to provide diverse energy options to meet... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 22, 2022
According to a new study by researchers in the University of Georgia’s Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, replacing coal in Georgia’s power plants with woody biomass could not only meet Georgia’s power needs, but reduce carbon emissions.
The research calculated both economic and environmental factors to provide a comprehensive picture of the... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 22, 2022
The 40MW power station entered commercial operation in 2019 and uses waste wood to generate renewable electricity for homes and businesses via the National Grid.
It was the first power station of its type to be built in Wales and is owned by funds managed by Greencoat Capital, one of Europe’s largest fund managers that focuses exclusively on investment in clean... [Read More]
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Egypt’s Ministry of Environment, through the Bioenergy Foundation for Sustainable Development, has signed a cooperation agreement with Italian energy company Eni to advance biogas production and support the country’s clean energy transition
