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Researchers have demonstrated that biochar-supported catalysts can efficiently convert biomass tar into hydrogen-rich gas at significantly lower temperatures than conventional processes, in findings that could reduce the cost and energy demands of biomass gasification. The study, published in the journal Biochar, tested a series of metal catalysts using toluene as a representative tar…
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Sustainable fuel technology provider Velocys has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with India-based biofuel and carbon dioxide removal project developer Varhad Capital to advance a new generation of biomass-to-sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) projects in India. Under the agreement, the companies will engineer and design scalable biomass-to-SAF facilities using indigenous agricultural…
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Microsoft has agreed to purchase 626,000 tonnes of durable carbon dioxide removal (CDR) credits over 15 years from the North Star bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) project in Saskatchewan, Canada. The deal has been struck with North Star Carbon Solutions LP, a partnership between Meadow Lake Tribal Council (MLTC) and Svante Technologies. It is Microsoft's first Canadian BECCS…
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Construction has begun on a cross-border district heating network linking the German city of Görlitz with its Polish twin city of Zgorzelec, with biomass boilers among the renewable technologies to be deployed as the two cities target full decarbonisation of their heat supply by 2030. The UNITED HEAT project is a joint venture between Stadtwerke Görlitz, a subsidiary of French utility…
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Irish dairy cooperative Aurivo Co-operative Society has announced a €12 million investment in a wood pellet burner and boiler system at its Dairy Ingredients facility in Ballaghaderreen, Co Roscommon in Ireland. The project, co-funded through the Shared Island Sustainability Capital Grant scheme delivered by Enterprise Ireland, InterTradeIreland and Invest Northern Ireland, will replace a…
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The European Commission has approved a €6 billion Italian state aid scheme to support the production of renewable hydrogen for use in the transport and industrial sectors, with biomass-derived hydrogen explicitly included among eligible production routes. The scheme, which runs until the end of 2029, aims to support annual production of 200,000 tonnes of renewable hydrogen. Eligible…
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UK-based Octopus Energy Generation is planning to invest up to $6 billion in a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) facility in Canada, targeting growing demand across European markets. The project will be developed through its Canadian subsidiary, Nova Sustainable Fuels, at a coastal industrial site in Goldboro, Nova Scotia. Construction is expected to take approximately three years, with…
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Ancala's Croatian Biomass Platform has acquired three 5MW biomass power plants from Croatian wood trading business The Sherif Group, more than doubling its renewable generation capacity to 25MW. The deal brings the platform's total portfolio to five sites across Croatia, with a combined annual output of approximately 200,000MWh of renewable electricity, which is enough to power around 45,000…
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Drax Group generated more renewable power than ever before in 2025, the company has announced, as it outlined ambitious plans to invest in battery storage and a potential large-scale data centre at its North Yorkshire site. The biomass and flexible generation giant produced 15.0TWh of renewable electricity last year, equivalent to 6% of UK power output and 11% of all UK renewables, while its…
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Laurel County, Kentucky has received an 'A' rating under the BDO Zone Initiative, certifying the region as a high-viability location for new biobased manufacturing investment on the basis of its woody biomass resources and supporting infrastructure. The rating, issued jointly by the London Laurel County Economic Development Authority, Ecostrat and the BDO Zone Initiative, covers 342,000 bone…
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Octopus Energy Generation is planning to invest up to $6 billion in a sustainable aviation fuel facility in Nova Scotia that will convert forestry waste biomass into SAF for European markets. The project, being developed through Canadian subsidiary Nova Sustainable Fuels, will be built on a coastal industrial site in Goldboro on Nova Scotia's Eastern Shore. Construction is expected to take…
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Aviva Investors is facing further financial difficulties across its portfolio of energy-from-waste plants, as two additional incinerator projects run by the insurer's investment arm encounter significant losses, according to This is Money. The developments follow earlier reporting that a Jersey-regulated green infrastructure fund managed by Aviva since 2015 had lost £500 million after three…
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Woodland Biomass Innovations (Woodland BIO) has completed Front-End Loading Phase 2 (FEL-2) validation engineering for its first commercial-scale biomass-to-gasoline facility in Tioga County, Pennsylvania in the US, marking a significant de-risking milestone for the project. Completed in collaboration with TRC Companies, the study provides third-party technical and economic validation of a…
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The EU's General Court has dismissed a legal challenge seeking to overturn the European Commission's decision to classify forest biomass energy as a sustainable investment under the bloc's green finance taxonomy. The ruling, delivered on 18 March 2026 in Case T-575/22 (Robin Wood and Others v Commission), dismissed an action seeking the annulment of a Commission decision from July 2022, which…
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