ArcelorMittal has announced that CHAR Technologies (CHAR) has been selected as the winner of its inaugural XCarb™ Accelerator Programme, securing a $5 million (€4.6 million) investment through ArcelorMittal’s XCarb™ Innovation Fund. ArcelorMittal launched the XCarb™ Accelerator Programme in mid-2022. The programme – a search for the best companies and brightest... [Read More]

Two circular biomass boilers have entered operation at olam food ingredients’ (ofi’s) cocoa processing factories in the Netherlands and Germany, reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The boilers use cocoa shells, a by-product of the production process, as fuel to generate steam, which in turn powers the crafting of cocoa ingredients from ofi’s brand, deZaan, at its... [Read More]

KEW Technology has secured over £4.4m (€5.1m) of funding to take its successful research into waste-to-hydrogen technology solutions into ‘real-world’ demonstration at its Sustainable Energy Centre facility in the West Midlands, UK. The award from the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero’s Hydrogen BECCS (Bio-Energy with Carbon Capture and Storage) Innovation... [Read More]

Biomass producer Enviva has broken ground on its forthcoming Epes plant under construction in Sumter County, Alabama in the US. Enviva has been active in Sumter County since its initial assessment of the site in 2018. In 2020, Enviva acquired over 300 acres in the Epes Industrial Park, located next to the Tombigbee River in Sumter County, to build its largest wood pellet... [Read More]

Jonathan Wilkinson, Canada's Minister of Natural Resources, has announced a $10 million (€6.9m) contribution to BioLesna Carbon Technologies LP, a joint venture between BC Biocarbon and Dunkley Lumber Ltd., for a new biorefinery in Carrot River, Saskatchewan. The contribution comes through the Investments in Forest Industry Transformation (IFIT) program, which aims... [Read More]

Musser Biomass and Wood products, a division of family-owned and -operated Musser Lumber Company based in Virgina, US, will invest $7.5 million (€6.8m) and create ten new jobs to expand its operation in Wythe County. The expansion will more than double production of dried hardwood chips and sawdust the company supplies to composite decking manufacturers, plastic extrusion... [Read More]

India's Power Ministry has decided to benchmark the prices of biomass pellets used for co-firing in thermal power plants (TPPs). The decision comes due to the evolving market conditions for biomass pellets and requests received from stakeholders including TPPs, pellet manufacturers, farmers, bankers etc, according to the Ministry. “The benchmarked price shall take... [Read More]

Japanese power utility Chubu Electric Power plans to invest in a 2MW Yahaba biomass-fired power generation plant in northern prefecture Iwate, aiming to begin commercial operations by January 2026, reported Argus Media. Chubu and domestic material supplier Inabata agreed to finance Furusato FIC Energy, the developer of the power plant, on 27 June. Chubu did not disclose... [Read More]

The UK government has once again delayed releasing a strategy to outline its vision for the role biomass will play in the country’s energy system, reported Bloomberg. Climate change minister Graham Stuart said the UK's biomass strategy could be delayed for another three weeks - as late as 20 July. It was first announced in November 2020 and was scheduled to be published... [Read More]

The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) said the Philippines could develop a sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) industry by tapping its biomass resources, reported BusinessWorld. Trade Secretary Alfredo E. Pascual said he discussed the country's SAF potential in talks with aerospace companies at the Paris Air Show on 19 June, which was held for the first time after... [Read More]

Specialist Australian green investor CEFC has announced it is backing HydGene Renewables, a new Australia-based company that has developed an alternative green hydrogen solution that turns biomass into hydrogen. The process is both renewable and carbon negative. The HydGene technique uses novel biocatalysts to convert the sugars derived from organic waste, including agricultural... [Read More]

Whisky and beer producer Whisky Simpsons Malt Limited has announced a project that it said will help decarbonise Scotland's whisky industry, and provide a solution to a compensation system that has been costing consumers millions of GBP each year. The £45m (€52.5m) AMP Clean Energy Project will see the installation of an energy centre containing biomass and electric... [Read More]

Arkansas' City of Clarksville, Clarksville Connected Utilities (CCU) in the US and Ecostrat have announced the issuance of a new Bioeconomy Development Opportunity (BDO) Zone designation for poultry litter. The Clarksville BDO Zone has been rated ‘AA’, or very low risk, based on steady and reliable generation of large volumes of biomass, well-developed and mature... [Read More]

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced it is investing more than $43 million (€39.8 million) to expand innovative uses of wood, including as an energy source, as a construction material and in manufacturing and processing input for wood products used in framing homes, making paper products and more. The funds are being invested in 123 projects across... [Read More]

A delegation of officials from the British Embassy in Tokyo and Japanese industry have been welcomed to Drax Power Station in Yorkshire - the UK's single-largest generator of renewable electricity. The group included the British Embassy in Tokyo’s Counsellor on Energy and Infrastructure, as well as a delegation of Japanese supply chain partners, customers and industry... [Read More]

Enterra has secured €35m project financing from UniCredit for a biomass plant in Italy. Located in Foggia in the southern region of Apulia, the 13 MW plant produces electric and thermal energy from biomass. A unit to remove alcohol byproduct will be installed to extract the distilled alcohol produced during the biomass process. This alcohol will then be sold to other... [Read More]