Feb 10, 2022
Move to annual CfD auctions welcomed by UK renewable energy sector
Pellets News
Feb 10, 2022
Pinnacle Renewable Energy and Drax Group’s US pellet business, Drax Biomass, are rebranding to ‘Drax’.
The move supports the group’s growth strategy, climate goals and relationships with people, including colleagues, communities, partners, customers and suppliers.
Drax Group acquired Pinnacle, which has operations across British Columbia and Alabama, US,... [Read More]
Pellets News
Feb 10, 2022
Drax Group is ramping up to full production at Leola – the first of three new satellite pellet plants planned for Arkansas.
Leola, in Grant County, Arkansas, is part of a $40 million (€34.8 million) investment by Drax in the state. Including Leola, Drax operates six pellet plants in the US, which use biomass sourced from sustainably managed working forests in Louisiana,... [Read More]
Pellets News
Feb 9, 2022
Sawlog supply in the US South is tightening, but a surplus of small logs and residues creates opportunities for pulp and wood pellet expansion.
Wood Resources International (WRI) shared its new focus report, ‘US South Softwood Industry – Outlook for the World’s Most Important Softwood Fiber Basket’, establishing a fact base around forest resources and industry... [Read More]
Policy News
Feb 8, 2022
Environmental law organisation ClientEarth has filed an internal review request to the European Commission for “unlawfully labelling bioenergy, bio-based plastics and chemicals used to make plastics as ‘sustainable’ in the EU taxonomy”.
An internal review request is the first step non-governmental organisations must take before being able to bring a court challenge.... [Read More]
Policy News
Feb 7, 2022
A report into the decarbonisation of heating in UK homes does not consider the range of renewable technologies available, including biomass and biomethane, according to the REA.
The REA welcomed the report’s finding that there is much more to be done to decarbonise home heating, but warned it “fails to consider” the potential of green gases, such as biomethane.
The... [Read More]
Biomass News
Feb 7, 2022
SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust (SEEIT) has agreed to acquire an 80% equity interest in a high-efficiency biomass cogeneration plant in Portugal for €22 million.
SEEIT is the first London Stock Exchange-listed investment company of its kind to invest exclusively in the energy efficiency sector. The firm acquired an equity interest in the Sociedade de Iniciativa... [Read More]
Pellets News
Feb 7, 2022
Independent testing of Active Energy Group’s (AEG) CoalSwitch™ pellets in the US shows the fuel burns cleaner and produces fewer pollutants than coal.
The CoalSwitch fuel was produced from the waste wood residuals at AEG’s facility in Ashland, Maine, and was delivered to Utah to undergo the first phase of the extensive testing programme in the second quarter of... [Read More]
Biomass News
Feb 4, 2022
AAK, a producer of vegetable oils and fats headquartered in Sweden, will invest SEK 500 million (€47.8 million) to install biomass boilers at its plant in Denmark.
The initiative is expected to reduce the plant’s CO2 emissions by approximately 90%. The installation will also generate substantial savings, as fossil fuel will be replaced by shea meal, a by-product... [Read More]
Pellets News
Feb 3, 2022
Norske Skog has agreed to sell the Nature’s Flame pellets company for approximately NZD 47.8 million (€28.1 million).
The Norwegian pulp and paper company has entered into an agreement with Talley’s Group, a New Zealand-based dairy, fishing, produce and food company, to sell Nature’s Flame.
“Nature’s Flame is an excellent company producing high-quality... [Read More]
Biomass News
Feb 1, 2022
EQTEC has shared its trading update for the fourth quarter of 2021, revealing strong revenue growth.
The company’s CEO, David Palumbo, said 2021 was a busy and rewarding year. EQTEC confirmed progress towards the commissioning of Market Development Centres (MDCs) in Italy and Croatia. Both are expected to be commissioned in the first half of this year and will be... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 31, 2022
PYREG, an engineer and builder of carbonisation technology for active CO2 removal, has built the first climate-neutral district heating project in Switzerland with Basel-based energy service provider, IWB.
The newly developed PX 1500 from PYREG, a modularly configurable carbonisation system, carbonises unused biomass such as green waste into high-quality biochar. This... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 28, 2022
A project in British Columbia has received funding to collect residual fibre from logging processes and generate bioenergy.
LP Building Solutions received $665,000 (€468,000) in funding from the Forest Enhancement Society of BC (FESBC), to utilise nearly 17,500 m3 of residual fibre – equivalent to 430 logging truckloads – to generate power at its facility in Golden.
Much... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 27, 2022
CHAR Technologies will deploy, own and operate a high-temperature pyrolysis (HTP) system adjacent to a biomass plant in Quebec.
The facility, on land reserved for CHAR by the City of Saint- Félicien, will produce approximately 5,000 tonnes per year of biocarbon and 250,000 GJ per year of RNG, for which the firm has received a letter of interest from the local natural... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 26, 2022
Valmet will supply an automation system to a biomass-fired heating plant in Oriketo, Finland.
With a full heat production capacity of 40 MW, the Oriketo bioheat plant is one of the largest of its kind in the country.
The Valmet DNA Automation System will replace the existing system that has reached the end of its lifecycle. It will also provide a remote-control connection... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 25, 2022
Ingeteam has been awarded a biomass plant operation and maintenance (O&M) contract by Greenalia.
The Basque company will maintain the Curtis plant in the Galician region of Teixeiro in A Coruña. This new contract doubles the power that Ingeteam maintains in biomass, reaching a total of 102 MW.
In 2018, Greenalia Biomass Power Curtis-Teixeiro S.L.U signed off... [Read More]
Other News
Jan 25, 2022
Joensuu Biocoal Oy, a company created by Taaleri, will build a torrefied biomass production facility in Joensuu, Finland with Savon Voima Oyj.
The plant will be built on the site of municipal energy company Savon Voima Oyj's Iiksenvaara combined heat and power (CHP) plant. Savon Voima and Joensuu Biocoal have also established a joint biomass procurement company, Eastern... [Read More]
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