Jun 20, 2025
Germany allocates 187.3 MW in biomass tender to 244 projects
Biomass News
Jun 19, 2025
India’s 5% biomass blending mandate for power plants has created a daily demand of 100,000 tonnes of biomass fuel, yet current supply stands at just 5,000 to 7,000 tonnes, deepening North India’s stubble burning crisis.
According to Mohit Verma, founder of Biomass Energeons India, major implementation gaps are undermining both India’s Net Zero 2050 goals and urgent... [Read More]
Policy News
Jun 18, 2025
US President Donald Trump issued a high-profile Executive Order on 12 June aimed at overhauling federal wildfire response and turning woody biomass – branches, fallen timber, underbrush – into a strategic resource.
“We’re restoring common sense to federal wildfire management,” Trump claimed in a White House briefing, noting the order directs Interior and Agriculture... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jun 18, 2025
DS Smith has brought online a €90 million biomass boiler at its Rouen paper mill in Normandy, France – one of Europe’s largest mill energy transitions to date.
The new system replaces the site’s coal-fired boiler with a low-carbon, circular solution powered by locally sourced biomass waste.
The project is expected to cut CO₂ emissions by 99,000 tonnes annually... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jun 17, 2025
The company behind a biomass energy facility near Hull, England has gone into administration, though a successful sale of its land and equipment has safeguarded jobs and maximised returns for creditors.
GB-Bio Ltd, the owner of the Tansterne Biomass Plant, was placed into administration on 5 June 2025. Insolvency specialists Jamie Miller and David Shambrook from RSM UK... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jun 16, 2025
At a recent business forum organised by Indonesia’s Ministry of Trade in Osaka, Japan, Japanese companies pledged to import 640,000 tonnes of Indonesian biomass products, including palm kernel shells and wood pellets.
The agreement, announced on 11 June 2025, represents a transaction valued at approximately Rp1.04 trillion (around €63 million).
Fajarini Puntodewi,... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jun 13, 2025
England's Environment Agency has granted an environmental permit to MVV Environment Ltd for a proposed energy-from-waste facility at Canford Resource Park, Arena Way, Magna Road, Poole in the country's South West region.
The facility will process up to 260,000 tonnes of residual municipal and commercial waste each year – specifically household, industrial and non-recyclable... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jun 12, 2025
Hydro-Québec, the Canadian public utility, has entered into a new long-term power purchase agreement (PPA) with a 22-megawatt (MW) biomass-fuelled power plant located in Saint-Félicien, in the Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region of Québec.
The facility is owned and operated by the Société en commandite Bioénergie AE Côte-Nord Canada, a subsidiary of Groupe Rémabec.
The... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jun 11, 2025
A major cocoa biomass energy project in Côte d’Ivoire has reached a new milestone with support from financial partners including CFM and SODEN.
The 76 MW facility, which will be located in the southern town of Divo, will convert cocoa pod husks - a common agricultural by-product - into electricity.
The project, officially named BioDem Cote d’Ivoire, is being developed... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jun 11, 2025
Italian renewable energy distributor Green Alliance has expanded its operations in southern Italy through the acquisition of BioEnergy Europe – Pellet and Fire, a regional biomass distributor based in Sicily.
This move further strengthens Green Alliance’s position as a leading player in Italy’s woody biomass energy market.
BioEnergy Europe – Pellet and Fire is... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jun 11, 2025
ENplus®, the globally recognised certification scheme for wood pellet quality, has now been formally accredited by the European Cooperation for Accreditation (EA), becoming the first and only wood pellet quality certification to receive this distinction.
The accreditation follows a comprehensive evaluation process carried out in line with EA 1/22 A-AB 2023 – the official... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jun 10, 2025
Australia-based forestry company Foresta has received a 12-month extension from New Zealand’s Overseas Investment Office (OIO) for its proposed wood pellet manufacturing facility in Kawerau. The extension allows the company more time to finalise a lease agreement for the site, which is a key milestone in progressing the project.
The plant will focus on producing torrefied... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jun 9, 2025
A new report published by consultancy Baringa, on behalf of the Renewable Energy Association (REA), has stated that biomass could play a significant role in the UK's energy transition - by delivering reliable power, cutting emissions and reducing overall system costs.
According to the report, biomass generation currently provides up to 5.5 gigawatts (GW) of reliable... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jun 6, 2025
A biomass power plant in Gardanne, southern France, has officially resumed operations under a revised framework designed to address sustainability concerns and improve economic viability.
After being offline for over a year, the facility is now functioning with a scaled-back production schedule and a restructured biomass supply approach.
To meet updated environmental... [Read More]
Policy News
Jun 5, 2025
The UK government has referred a proposed subsidy for Drax Power Limited to the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA).
The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) notified the CMA on 4 June 2025, following its intention to grant a subsidy to Drax for the development of its bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) project at its North Yorkshire biomass... [Read More]
Policy News
Jun 4, 2025
A new legislative proposal in the United States aims to establish a federal tax credit to incentivise biomass-based carbon removal and storage (BiCRS) - a development that could significantly boost the commercial viability of biomass projects focused on carbon sequestration.
Introduced by Senator Martin Heinrich of New Mexico, the Carbon Removal and Emissions Storage... [Read More]
Policy News
Jun 3, 2025
Poland's Ministry of Climate and Environment has declared a forthcoming reduction in support for biomass energy development, citing concerns over the sustainability of domestic wood resources.
This announcement was made in response to a parliamentary inquiry.
The parliamentary question, submitted during a recent session of the Sejm (the lower house of Poland's parliament),... [Read More]
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VisionEdgeOne (VE1) has completed its investment in Italian biomethane platform RE2Sources, becoming a joint-controlling co-investor alongside European mid-market infrastructure manager Arjun Infrastructure Partners
The identical facilities, planned for Haugaland, Trøndelag and Innlandet, are scheduled to come online in 2027–28
Renewable energy finance firm Global NRG Advisory has announced two capital-raising initiatives worth a combined £313 million ($395 million) to support new sustainable energy infrastructure in the United Kingdom and United States
