Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) has filed an application with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to support the development of a pilot project that would utilise organic waste such as chipped wood, along with nut shells, and convert it into renewable natural gas (RNG). If approved, the project would be the largest RNG project in the state of California,... [Read More]

The UK government set out its Biomass Strategy on 10 August after months of delay, with its purpose being to set out the role biomass can play in reaching net zero, what the government is doing to enable that objective and where further action is needed. A key commitment of the Biomass Strategy is to develop and implement a cross-sectoral common sustainability... [Read More]

Japanese renewable power firm Renova has postponed the start of commercial operations at two of its biomass power plants, the 74.8MW Tokushima-Tsuda and 75MW Ishinomaki Hibarino, to September from this month, according to a report from Argus Media. Operation of the Tokushima-Tsuda plant was previously postponed from March to May, due to facility inspections. It was delayed... [Read More]

Mote Inc. has received $1.2 million (€1.1 million) in grant funding from the US Forest Service, the California Department of Conservation, and the California Department of Forestry (CAL FIRE) to establish its second biomass-to-hydrogen and carbon sequestration plant, in partnership with the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD). As Mote’s hydrogen offtake partner... [Read More]

A biomass plant in Teesside, North East UK, backed by Macquarie has secured emergency funding of £80 million (€92 million) to avert an “imminent cashflow crisis”, reported The Times. The Tees Renewable Energy Plant has raised additional funding as it seeks to relaunch operations following delays and setbacks to the £1 billion (€1.1 million) project. The plant... [Read More]

Sumitomo Corporation  has signed an agreement with Axens North America, a bioethanol technology provider, and Allotrope Partners, a US clean energy advisory and investment firm, for a joint project to study the commercial production of bioethanol derived from woody biomass in California state. According to Sumitomo, bioethanol is currently gaining a reputation on a global... [Read More]

Japan’s Nihon Toyo and Vietnam’s Power Engineering Consulting JSC 2 (PECC2) have agreed to cooperate in a trial production of biomass pellets, reported Vietnam News. Nihon Toyo, a subsidiary of Japanese giant Toyo Group, and PECC, a part of national utility Vietnam Electricity (EVN), will cooperate in establishing a production line deploying a high-temperature, high-humidity... [Read More]

A Bloomberg investigation said that Drax idled one of its generating units at the North Yorkshire power plant for a significant period in 2022, during a time when soaring energy prices placed immense pressure on household bills. The unit earns a fixed subsidy levied on energy bills, and if Drax had kept the unit running, it would have been obliged to repay approximately... [Read More]

EQTEC, a global technology innovator powering distributed, decarbonised, new energy infrastructure through its waste-to-value solutions for hydrogen, biofuels and energy generation, has announced completion of steam-oxygen gasification tests. The tests were carried out in partnership with the Energy from Biomass and Wastes (ERBE) team, part of the Laboratoire d'Etudes... [Read More]

Allotrope Partners (Allotrope), Axens North America (Axens) and Sumitomo Corporation of Americas (SCOA) have agreed to develop a joint study for a commercial plant producing cellulosic bioethanol utilising the Axens Futurol™ process, produced from woody biomass through Allotrope Cellulosic Development Company (ACDC), a project development company based in the State of... [Read More]

West Biofuels has received $1.5 million (€1.3m) in grant funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to increase the sustainable use of forest products while promoting innovation and bolstering local economies. The Woodland, California-based company engineers, procures, and constructs (EPC) and operates and maintains biomass facilities. Approximately $1.2m... [Read More]

NorthStar Clean Energy has awarded Babcock & Wilcox (B&W) a contract to undertake a bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) engineering study at its power plant in Filer City, Michigan in the US. The study is the first phase of a commercial-scale project, as Northstar Clean Energy seeks to convert the coal-fired plant to utilise biomass fuel, and to... [Read More]

The UK government’s long-delayed document detailing its plans for the role of biomass in the economy is now planned to be published in the coming weeks, reported Bloomberg. It was first announced in November 2020 and was scheduled to be published at the end of 2022, until being postponed to the second quarter of this year. It had widely been expected to be released... [Read More]

CHAR Technologies Ltd (CHAR), a leader in sustainable energy solutions, has closed a CAD$6.6m (€4.5m) strategic investment by a world-leading steel and mining company, ArcelorMittal S.A., through ArcelorMittal XCarb S.à r.l‎ (ArcelorMittal) and ArcelorMittal’s XCarb® Innovation Fund (the Fund). With a presence in 60 countries and primary steelmaking facilities... [Read More]

AquaGreen's current lead investor, Nordic Alpha Partners, and Swedish FMG Circular Invest have invested 30 million DKK (€4m) in AquaGreen. AquaGreen's groundbreaking technology eliminates environmentally harmful substances in biomasses and reduces greenhouse gas emissions, and is now ready to be put onto the global market. "AquaGreen is a technology pioneer within... [Read More]

ABB has secured its ninth contract with TOYO Engineering Corporation in Japan to supply its distributed control system (DCS) ABB Ability™ Symphony Plus, to the Wakayama Gobo Biomass Power Plant, around 120 km south of Osaka. When operational in 2025, the 50 MW biomass power plant, which will use wood pellets and agricultural byproduct as a feedstock, will be capable... [Read More]