Biomass News

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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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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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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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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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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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, Arkansas, and…
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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, last year. Drax’s existing…
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The UK Government will increase the frequency of auctions for funding through the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme, to boost investment and jobs in renewable energy. CfD auctions will now take place every year rather than every two years. This will support renewable electricity producers and boost the UK’s renewable energy infrastructure. The Association for Renewable Energy and…
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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 in the US South. The…
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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. The Commission must…
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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 2021. CoalSwitch was…
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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 e Aproveitamentos…
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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 report by the…
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