Biomass News

Last year, Enviva expanded wood pellet production capacity by 17% to 6.2 million MTPY, the company announced in its full-year and fourth-quarter 2021 results. Enviva also announced plans to accelerate the construction of a third pellet plant and signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to supply pellets to facilities across the UK and Europe. The MOU was signed with a new European…
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Solvay, a global leader in materials, solutions and chemicals, is adapting one of its existing boilers to increase its co-combustion rate with biomass. The boiler is located at Solvay’s largest European soda ash (sodium carbonate) plant in Devnya, Bulgaria. By powering the boiler with 30% biomass, the CO2 emissions related to energy production activities will be reduced by 20%. The biomass…
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Ørsted has stopped sourcing biomass and coal for its power stations from Russia in response to the invasion of Ukraine. Ørsted said it finds the situation “deeply disturbing” and that the Russian aggression goes against everything the company stands for. Regarding gas from Gazprom that is supplied to Denmark, Ørsted said it recommends a clear and coordinated effort from the EU and…
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Origin Materials and Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards have announced a major new facility to process wood residues into hydrothermal carbon for fuel pellets, and PET products. Subject to the finalisation of economic incentives, Origin has selected a site in Geismar, Louisiana, for the construction of its first world-scale manufacturing facility – Origin 2. Origin’s patented…
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Canfor Corporation has shared plans to sell its forest tenure in the Mackenzie region of British Columbia (BC). Canfor, a global leader in producing sustainable wood building solutions, has entered into a letter of intent (LOI) with McLeod Lake Indian Band and Tsay Keh Dene Nation to sell its forest tenure, and a separate agreement with Peak Renewables to sell its Mackenzie site, plant, and…
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Drax Group said 2021 was a “transformational year” for the company in its full-year financial results. The organisation reported adjusted EBITDA of £398 million (€477 million), compared to £412 million (€493 million) in 2020. Adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations was £378 million (€453 million), up from £366 million (€438 million) in 2020. Pre-tax profits from continuing…
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High winds have severely damaged a Canadian biomass power plant, causing it to shut down. The Nova Scotia facility, owned by Emera Energy, will be out “for the foreseeable future”, according to reports. The site generates energy using a 30 MW steam turbine powered by biomass. Emera Energy’s spokesperson Dina Bartolacci Seely confirmed to CBC News that high winds on 18 February knocked…
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The first-ever biocoal trial to be undertaken on a standard gauge steam locomotive has been completed on a railway in West Yorkshire, UK. On 14 February, the 2-6-0 locomotive was fired using a batch of Homefire Ecoal developed by CPL Industries, which uses a blend of biomass. The trial took place on the Keighley and Worth Valley Railway and has been hailed a ‘milestone’ for steam. The…
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A new study shows bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) could create 28,000 jobs in Sweden. Stockholm Exergi commissioned consulting company Implement Consulting Group to carry out the study, which found BECCS has the potential to become a new industry with positive economic effects for Sweden. Stockholm Exergi has, with the support of the Swedish Energy Agency, installed a…
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Japanese trading and investment business conglomerate, Marubeni Corporation, has agreed to develop decarbonisation projects, including BECCS, with PT Pertamina - an Indonesian state-owned oil and natural gas enterprise. The companies signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly develop a range of projects, including a BECCS project at Marubeni’s pulp mill in Indonesia, producing biomass…
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Veolia and Braskem, a US-based thermoplastic resins and polypropylene producer, have signed a R$400 million (€68.5 million) investment agreement to produce renewable energy from biomass in Brazil. The project will use steam from eucalyptus biomass in the state of Alagoas to generate renewable energy. The project will generate 900,000 tons of steam per year for 20 years, with an emissions…
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Quebec-based renewable energy producer Boralex has agreed to sell its 34.5 MW Senneterre power plant – the last biomass plant in its portfolio. The facility has been purchased by Resolu Forest Products Canada, a company that has supplied by-product for the plant for the past two years. As set out in its updated 2025 Strategic Plan, Boralex is looking to accelerate its growth in the wind,…
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French investment fund Pearl Infrastructure Capital has to date invested more than €50 million in biomass co-generation plants in Croatia. According to Total Croatia News, Pearl shared the information at a recent presentation of its projects in Virovitica. The three plants, located in eastern Croatia, generate 18 MW of electricity per hour from biomass. These are the Energy 9 facility in…
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A consortium of Japanese companies has agreed to acquire Solariant Capital’s 52.7 MWp biomass power plant – Fukuyama Biomass Power Plant GK. Chubu Electric Power Co, Inabata & Co, Taihei Dengyo Co, Tokyo Sangyo Co and Hitachi Zosen Corporation entered into an agreement with Solariant, a renewable investment and development company based in Pasadena, California, to acquire the project,…
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