Biomass News

Gas South, one of the leading natural gas marketers in the south east United States, has announced an agreement with Element Markets to offer a new, first-to-market sustainable energy product, FlexRNG.  FlexRNG is a blend of renewable natural gas (RNG), derived from organic waste material, and certified carbon offsets generated by a range of projects that reduce carbon emissions. The initial…
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UGI Energy Services (UGIES) has announced an agreement with MBL Bioenergy to fully fund the first set of renewable natural gas (RNG) projects currently under development in South Dakota. In total, the project will represent over $70 million of investment by MBL Bioenergy, of which 100 percent of the funds will be provided by UGI. MBL Bioenergy is a joint venture partnership between UGIES,…
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Valmet has been selected in a new public procurement process as the tenderer for completing the biomass boiler, flue gas cleaning and flue gas condensing system works for Vilnius Combined Heat and Power Plant (Vilnius CHP) in Lithuania. Vilnius CHP is working on a modern heat generation capacity expansion project in the city’s central heating system. The new public procurement process was…
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With recent plans to phase out dependency on Russian gas, oil and coal by 2027 and an ambitious 10-year environmental programme that includes phasing out fossil fuels completely by 2030, Europe is planning to supercharge progress towards a low-carbon economy.  And a sustainable fossil-fuel alternative which is seeing rapid expansion in Europe - Miscanthus – a plant-based grass, is…
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The BMW Group is the first carmaker to place its trust in more sustainable automotive OEM coatings certified according to BASF's biomass balance approach. The BMW Group has chosen to use BASF Coatings' CathoGuard® 800 ReSource e-coat at its plants in Leipzig, Germany and Rosslyn, South Africa, and the iGloss® matt ReSource clearcoat throughout Europe. Using these more sustainable product…
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Biomass Secure Power (BSP) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Sunyani Energy  to build a one million tonne biocoal plant in Suriname. Each party will have a 50 percent stake in the new company.  BSP brings patented technologies and off-take agreements to the Sunyani Project. Sunyani Energy will provide plant site for construction, a long-term fibre supply agreement that…
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Phillips 66 has announced its Jet Renewable Diesel will go on sale at two Jet forecourts this summer, following positive customer feedback after it was launched as a wholesale offering in February 2022.  The renewable diesel is a paraffinic fuel that is chemically similar to conventional fossil-fuel-based diesel but derived from biomass sources such as used cooking oil, fats, greases and…
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Nextleaf Solutions has reached an agreement with Hempcrete Natural Building Ltd to commercialise a US patent related to the use of hemp ash as a material in the production of concrete.   Hemp ash, processed using Nextleaf technology, can be used as a replacement for fly ash, which is produced as a by-product of burning coal. The ash is a key ingredient in Portland cement, the most…
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Drax Group has partnered with the University of Nottingham and Promethean Particles to trial a “pioneering new bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) process” at its North Yorkshire power station.  The new process uses a type of solid sorbent called metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), which Promethean Particles are a global pioneer in the development and deployment of, to capture…
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The German Federal Environment Ministry’s initiative to reduce the cap on biofuels from cultivated biomass has met with “incomprehension” from UFOP, which has said it rejects any change to the existing regulation. Behind the utilisation of rapeseed oil for biodiesel is a production and processing structure that has grown over decades and is now closely networked with other branches of…
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While projects in the sector – in Oslo and Copenhagen, to name a few - have been developing at a fast pace over the last few years, showing that the technology is mature, a comprehensive regulation at EU level is still missing in the successful implementation of CCUS in waste-to-energy plants, according to ESWET. ESWET said: "The certification of carbon removals by the European Commission…
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The Irish Bioenergy Association (IrBEA) has launched a Wood Fuel Quality Assurance (WFQA) animation video, which highlights the benefits of wood fuels in sustainable forest management. This animation video also highlights the broader benefits of forests including: the provision of timber for construction, biodiversity, spaces for recreation and a source of renewable sustainable fuel.   Sean…
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A major rice husk biomass power plant in south-eastern Phnom Penh’s Chbar Ampov district is still on track to be completed and start operations by July. Designed to contribute to the Kingdom’s emission reduction efforts, the plant broke ground on December 8, 2021, in collaboration with Singapore-based Berkeley Energy Commercial and Industrial Solutions (BECIS), with capital investment of $5.8…
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Swedish Biofuels, alongside Danish engineering consultancy COWI A/S, intends to build three plants to produce and supply sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) to the Swedish market. They said they will construct the first SAF production facility in Brista, close to Arlanda Airport and Stockholm. The goal of the partnership is to supply 400,000 tonnes of SAF per year in Sweden, with first deliveries…
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