Jul 4, 2025
EEA calls for biomass innovation to strengthen Europe’s bioeconomy
Biomass News
Jul 3, 2025
Danish biomass leader CM Biomass has reported resilient financial results for the 2024/25 financial year, maintaining stable trading volumes despite global economic challenges and downward pressure on biomass prices.
The company traded 3.7 million tonnes of biomass during the year, generating revenue exceeding €777 million and achieving a profit before tax of €14.5... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 2, 2025
TRE HOLDINGS CORPORATION and Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Company, Inc. (MGC) have signed a memorandum of understanding to jointly assess the feasibility of producing green methanol from woody biomass and waste in Japan.
The project represents a potential breakthrough in the use of domestic forest resources to create low-carbon fuels and chemicals, with the feasibility study... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 1, 2025
Biomass Renewable Energy Inc. has outlined plans to build a state-of-the-art biomass facility in Oroville, a city located in northern California’s Butte County.
Situated at the base of the Sierra Nevada foothills, Oroville is known for its natural resources and growing commitment to sustainable development.
At an Oroville City Council meeting, the company will... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jun 30, 2025
The UK’s waste wood sector maintained a strong performance in 2024, with more than 96% of all waste wood generated processed for reuse, recycling or recovery, according to new data released by the Wood Recyclers’ Association (WRA) on 26 June.
Out of 4.5 million tonnes of waste wood arising across the country, 4.33 million tonnes were successfully diverted from landfill... [Read More]
Policy News
Jun 27, 2025
At a biomass power plant in the city of Xuzhou, east China's Jiangsu Province, giant mechanical claws repeatedly feed bundles of dried straw onto conveyor belts. The straw is then transported to furnaces and converted into clean energy.
This facility can process around 300,000 tonnes of agricultural residues like wheat, corn and rice straw annually, producing over 220... [Read More]
Policy News
Jun 26, 2025
California lawmakers have advanced a bill aimed at expanding the use of biomass as an alternative to open pile burning, with recent amendments designed to address air quality and public health concerns.
The legislation, which passed the state Assembly this week, now moves to the Senate for further consideration.
The bill is intended to reduce wildfire risk and harmful... [Read More]
Policy News
Jun 26, 2025
The European Commission is launching the “EU Energy and Raw Materials Platform” on 2 July 2025 to help EU companies streamline the sourcing of strategic energy commodities and raw materials.
The initiative aims to leverage the scale of the EU’s single market to enhance supply security, competitiveness, and progress toward the green transition.
The platform... [Read More]
Policy News
Jun 25, 2025
Germany’s leading bioenergy associations have published a detailed set of proposals for reforming the country’s Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG), urging policymakers to take swift action to secure the future of bioenergy in the power and heat sectors.
The Hauptstadtbüro Bioenergie (HBB), which represents a broad coalition of bioenergy stakeholders, released a comprehensive... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jun 25, 2025
Nuada has successfully completed a major trial of its second pilot plant, Nuada Scout, at the Energy Innovation Centre at the University of Sheffield in England, marking a significant step towards commercial-scale carbon capture deployment.
Designed, built and commissioned in under a year, the industrial-scale system has been capturing one tonne of CO₂ per day from... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jun 20, 2025
A US startup using artificial intelligence to convert construction waste into biomass fuel has raised $3.75 million (€3.45m) in seed funding.
Michigan-based firm Woodchuck, which uses AI to sort and process wood waste into renewable energy, secured the investment from a group led by investor Mason Fink, with backing from energy firm NorthStar Clean Energy, Alloy Partners... [Read More]
Policy News
Jun 20, 2025
Germany's Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) has awarded a total of 187.3 megawatts (MW) to 244 biomass projects in the latest round of its competitive tendering process.
This outcome reflects the country's ongoing commitment to expanding renewable energy capacity through market-based mechanisms.
The tender, part of Germany's Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG),... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jun 19, 2025
India’s 5% biomass blending mandate for power plants has created a daily demand of 100,000 tonnes of biomass fuel, yet current supply stands at just 5,000 to 7,000 tonnes, deepening North India’s stubble burning crisis.
According to Mohit Verma, founder of Biomass Energeons India, major implementation gaps are undermining both India’s Net Zero 2050 goals and urgent... [Read More]
Policy News
Jun 18, 2025
US President Donald Trump issued a high-profile Executive Order on 12 June aimed at overhauling federal wildfire response and turning woody biomass – branches, fallen timber, underbrush – into a strategic resource.
“We’re restoring common sense to federal wildfire management,” Trump claimed in a White House briefing, noting the order directs Interior and Agriculture... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jun 18, 2025
DS Smith has brought online a €90 million biomass boiler at its Rouen paper mill in Normandy, France – one of Europe’s largest mill energy transitions to date.
The new system replaces the site’s coal-fired boiler with a low-carbon, circular solution powered by locally sourced biomass waste.
The project is expected to cut CO₂ emissions by 99,000 tonnes annually... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jun 17, 2025
The company behind a biomass energy facility near Hull, England has gone into administration, though a successful sale of its land and equipment has safeguarded jobs and maximised returns for creditors.
GB-Bio Ltd, the owner of the Tansterne Biomass Plant, was placed into administration on 5 June 2025. Insolvency specialists Jamie Miller and David Shambrook from RSM UK... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jun 16, 2025
At a recent business forum organised by Indonesia’s Ministry of Trade in Osaka, Japan, Japanese companies pledged to import 640,000 tonnes of Indonesian biomass products, including palm kernel shells and wood pellets.
The agreement, announced on 11 June 2025, represents a transaction valued at approximately Rp1.04 trillion (around €63 million).
Fajarini Puntodewi,... [Read More]
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The European Environment Agency (EEA) has issued a call to accelerate innovation in biomass and other bio-based sectors as a way to reduce Europe’s environmental footprint and dependency on imported resources
The Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) Coalition has welcomed the inclusion of key clean energy incentives in the United States’ newly passed federal budget reconciliation package - officially titled the One Big Beautiful Big Act
Waga Energy has secured a CA$25 million (approximately €16 million) project finance loan to refinance three of its operational sites in Québec, Canada
