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Concerns have been raised over the UK Government’s omission of bioenergy in its ‘England Trees Action Plan’.
The plan has set a new target to triple woodland creation rates by the end of this Parliament and has confirmed that £500 million (€581 million) of the £640 million (€744 million) ‘Nature for Climate Fund’ will be spent on trees and woodland between 2020 and…
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EQTEC has announced the acquisition and planned recommissioning of a 1 MWe waste-to-energy plant in Italy.
Originally commissioned in 2015, the plant will be built around EQTEC’s proprietary, patented advanced gasification technology.
The company has acquired, and will lead a consortium to repower, own, and operate the biomass plant in Castiglione d’Orcia in Tuscany. The consortium will…
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Scottish gin and whisky maker Eden Mill has announced plans for a new distillery and visitor centre, which will use bioenergy.
The £8 million (€9.2 million) project, which will be based at St Andrews University in Fife, Scotland, is already well underway, according to The Courier, with around half of the money already secured to deliver the project.
A local energy network will supply the…
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Several UK bioenergy projects under the Non-Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) will be granted a 12-month extension, in a move that supports the nation’s decarbonisation goals.
The Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy has increased the budget cap for non-Tariff Guarantee Extensions under the Non-Domestic RHI.
Welcomed by the Association for Renewable Energy and…
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International biomass exchange Baltpool has started selling sustainable biomass programme (SBP)-certified sustainable biomass that is in high demand in the market.
From now on, exchange participants can trade in biomass that meets the requirements of sustainability and has a SBP certificate, which is particularly relevant to Scandinavian and Baltic companies. The certificate is recognised…
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INNIO Jenbacher will supply two gas engines for SynCraft’s wood gas power plants in Austria.
SynCraft biomass power plants equipped with Jenbacher gas engines are already in operation in Austria, Germany, Italy, Croatia, Switzerland, and Japan.
INNIO will supply two Jenbacher J412 gas engines, each with an electrical output of 500 kW, for the two new SynCraft wood gas power plants in…
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On 29 April, Clean Energy Technologies (CETY) announced it had entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Ashfield Ag Resources to co-develop its initial biomass processing facility using the high temperature ablative fast pyrolysis reactor.
Located in Massachusetts, US, this project will convert forest biomass waste products into renewable electricity and biochar fertiliser. The…
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Mitsubishi Power has received a turnkey order for a 50 MW woody biomass-fired power generation facility in Japan.
Mitsubishi Power, a subsidiary of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, will provide the full turnkey solution for the plant, handling engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC), with commercial operation scheduled to commence in November 2024.
The EPC work will be carried out for…
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Taaleri will have the right to license NextFuel’s new torrefaction technology in its planned biocoal project in Joensuu, Finland, under a new agreement.
NextFuel’s new torrefaction technology makes it possible to produce a clean version of coal in less than 30 minutes, using biomass. The fuel can be produced from a variety of abundant biomass raw materials, including forestry residues,…
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Ontario’s government has released a draft Forest Biomass Action Plan for public review and comment.
The plan examines innovative uses of forest biomass, mill by-products and other wood matter, with applications from heat and power generation to sustainable, low-carbon consumer products.
Developing the action plan is a key commitment of Sustainable Growth: Ontario’s Forest Sector…
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Drax Group will begin constructing the first of three new ‘satellite’ pellet plants in Arkansas.
The three plants are together expected to produce around 120,000 tonnes of sustainable biomass pellets annually from sawmill residues, supporting the company’s plans to increase self-supply to its power station in Yorkshire, UK.
Drax will begin construction of the first plant later this…
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Renewable Energy Ireland (REI) has published 40by30, a roadmap to achieve 40% of heat from renewable sources in Ireland by 2030.
The plan was developed by XD Consulting on behalf of REI with advice from organisations working in district heating, bioenergy, heat pumps, renewable gas, and geothermal. The plan would reduce Ireland’s CO2 emissions by 7% annually, in line with the Climate Action…
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New Zealand Forest Service said it aims to turn forestry waste into a potential biomass source.
The government agency will also be working on a business case with help from global investment consulting service Indufor Asia Pacific Ltd.
“Establishing a biofuels industry in New Zealand will require significant investment, so we’re moving ahead with developing the business case for this…
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On 19-20 October, we will be hosting the International Biomass Congress & Expo in Brussels, alongside the International Biogas Congress & Expo and the Biofuels International Conference.
Ahead of the event, we caught up with some of the speakers and asked them to share a bit about themselves and the area of the industry they are focused on. Here, we speak to Manish Verma, business…
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ReEnergy Biomass Operations and Ember Infrastructure have entered into a joint venture to create a new bioenergy platform.
The new company will be named ReGenerate Energy and will be led by experienced team members from both ReEnergy and Ember. The company will acquire an ownership interest in ReEnergy’s two biomass plants in Maine – ReEnergy Stratton and ReEnergy Livermore Falls – and…
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