Jan 17, 2025
Erex to begin trial Vietnam biomass plant production next month
Biomass News
Jan 17, 2025
Modelling commissioned by think tank E3G has shown that the UK government can achieve its clean power mission by 2030 without biomass power from Drax.
The UK taxpayer-subsidised firm has come under criticism for its activity - including being the biggest CO2 emitter in the country. Last week, a group of Labour MPs urged the government to rethink the subsidies awarded... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 16, 2025
A Stormont contract to source wood pellets to heat government buildings has increased more than three times, reported The Irish News.
In August last year, Northern Ireland's Department of Finance granted timber firm Balcas a £7.25 million contract.
Beginning last October, the six-year supply contract involves sourcing wood pellets for biomass boilers for use in dozens... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 15, 2025
Piramal Pharma has converted its coal-fired steam boiler to a biomass-fuelled one at its manufacturing facility in Digwal, India.
The strategic conversion at the Digwal facility will eliminate approximately 24,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (tCO2e) GHG emissions annually, accounting for about 17% of the company's total emissions, said the company.
Adopting biomass... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 13, 2025
Chinese firm Landuo Biotech claims to have produced a "super giant reed" that has become a high-yield renewable resource, reported China Daily.
The bamboo-like grass undergoes genetic modification, and includes more than 40 varieties that are developed using a gene database tailored for specific applications such as biofuels.
Landuo Biotech, which is based in Wuhan,... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 10, 2025
CPM, a solutions provider of process equipment, engineered technologies and aftermarket parts and services, has announced the acquisition of Jacobs Global, a supplier of aftermarket parts for hammermills and pellet mills.
This strategic transaction will enhance CPM's product offerings, expand its market reach and add capacity to better serve CPM’s growing global customer... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 10, 2025
Terviva, Inc., an agricultural innovation company working with farmers to grow and harvest pongamia for food, feed and fuel, has announced a strategic investment from integrated energy company Idemitsu.
Idemitsu, in partnership with Terviva and Stanmore, an Australia-based coal resource company, is beginning a trial plantation of Terviva’s pongamia in Queensland, Australia.
This... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 9, 2025
A Labour environment group has asked the UK government to reconsider support for Drax's biomass plant in Selby, reported PoliticsHome.
The Labour Climate and Environment Forum (LCEF) observed that Drax's plant is the country's 'single biggest emitter of carbon dioxide'.
In the US, the company was found to have breached environmental regulations 'over 11,000 times'.
PoliticsHome... [Read More]
Policy News
Jan 8, 2025
Brazil has changed its National Biofuel Policy Act to ensure independent producers of biomass used for biofuels benefit from Decarbonisation Credits (CBIOs).
The Law changes the existing Renovabio framework, in which only biofuel producers had access to revenue generated by the sale of CBIOs.
The new wording establishes that such revenue be shared with the producers... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 6, 2025
Dairygold Co-operative Society has received planning permision approval for a biomass plant in Mitchelstown, County Cork in Ireland.
The works will involve a single-storey woodchip boiler building, with a parapet height of 16.236 metres, and a stack height of 24.735 metres above ground level.
Over 30 conditions accompany the planning permission - including limiting the... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 6, 2025
CM Biomass has appointed Simon Plagborg as its new CEO, effective today (6 January).
Since December, Ask Michael Munck has been the interim CEO for CM Biomass, one of the world’s largest suppliers of wood pellets and biomass.
Ask Michael Munck will reassume his position as Group CFO at CM Biomass.
“We were looking for a profile that had the right commercial and... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 3, 2025
RENOVA's Tokushima-Tsuda biomass plant in Japan resumed regular operation on 22 December, and is continuing stable operation.
The facility, which is owned by its consolidated subsidiary Tokushima-Tsuda Biomass Power Plant G.K., is powered by wood pellets and palm kernel shells.
The facility began operations in December 2023, but experienced operational problems the following... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 3, 2025
The Irish government's COFORD Council for Forest Research and Development has published a paper that recommends future policies to support an expanded role of forest-based biomass.
The paper, entitled "Forest Based Biomass and Modern Bioenergy, Moving to Net Zero", complements and rounds out an earlier series of COFORD statements on the role of forests and forest... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 2, 2025
The Irish Bioenergy Association (IrBEA) has launched its Solid Biomass Capacity Statement (SBCS) report.
The objective of this report is to demonstrate the potential of the sector to deliver decarbonised heating solutions using solid (woody) biomass to a wide variety of heat users across the residential, commercial and industrial sectors.
Speaking at the launch, Seán... [Read More]
Biomass News
Dec 20, 2024
The Ministry of Industry and Trade of the Czech Republic has announced a new scheme of support for local companies to produce energy from biomass.
Under the specific objective of promoting renewable energy, the government allocated 500 million Czech koruna (€20 million) in the framework of the Operational Programme Technologies and Applications for Competitiveness (OP... [Read More]
Biomass News
Dec 19, 2024
Macquarie Asset Management, on behalf of its institutional clients, has provided approximately €420 million of debt financing to Nadara, one of Europe’s largest renewable independent power producers (IPP).
Nadara is a developer, owner and operator of a diverse portfolio of more than 200 biomass, wind, solar, and energy storage assets across Europe and the US.
The... [Read More]
Biomass News
Dec 18, 2024
A biochar processing plant in Upper Lake, California, has had its permit approved, following months of opposition.
The project, which is led by Scotts Valley Energy Corporation with the Habematolel Pomo Tribal Nation, will convert forest woodchips into syngas to power generators.
Approval was granted on 12 December by four votes to none, with one commissioner absent.
Laura... [Read More]
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