Apr 24, 2025
Malaysian Timber Certification Council champions sustainable biomass sourcing
Biomass News
Apr 24, 2025
The Ministry of Industry and Tourism has provisionally approved two new projects in Andalusia under line 4 of the PERTE for industrial decarbonisation in Andalusia, for a total value of 16.6 million euros.
Specifically, Biotérmica Villanueva, in Villanueva de los Castillejos (Huelva) has obtained 12 million euros for a biomass plant to produce energy from orange waste.
A... [Read More]
Biomass News
Apr 22, 2025
Industry stakeholders have urged stronger collaboration and more coherent policy direction to accelerate the use of oil palm biomass in supporting Malaysia’s low-carbon goals, reported The Star.
The call was made during the 5th International Oil Palm Biomass Conference 2025, held earlier this month.
Reserchers, policymakers and industry experts came together to discuss... [Read More]
Biomass News
Apr 16, 2025
The UK government recently announced the heads of terms of a new subsidy for large-scale biomass generation at Drax Power Station from 2027-31.
From April 2027, the new subsidy package should see subsidies fall to around £1.2 million per day, with generation falling by 55% to provide just 1.8% of UK electricity supply in 2030.
Emissions will fall to around 5.8 MtCO2e... [Read More]
Biomass News
Apr 16, 2025
Economic efficiency is what counts – wood pellet producers know this only too well. But rising energy prices are threatening the profitability of many companies. The solution lies in technologies that not only perform well but also conserve resources.
At Ligna 2025, AMANDUS KAHL will show how energy and costs can be saved along the entire production chain: from wet... [Read More]
Biomass News
Apr 15, 2025
Jørgen Ballermann, has joined Dall Group as the new Group CEO.
The Danish green-tech company has recruited him to develop its pyrolysis business, while founder Jens Dall Bentzen has chosen to take on the CTO role.
"We have been searching for a Group CEO with the right experience and credentials to mature and internationalise our group as well as optimise our profitability... [Read More]
Biomass News
Apr 14, 2025
Virgin Australia and Qatar Airways have agreed to work together with Renewable Developments Australia (RDA) to become key partners on a project that will set out to deliver a homegrown Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) production facility in the Charters Towers Region of North Queensland.
The project aims to establish a fully-integrated Ethanol to Jet (EtJ) facility that... [Read More]
Biomass News
Apr 10, 2025
Over 300+ biomass trade and tech professionals are expected at the 15th Biomass Pellet Trade Asia and Biocarbon & Torrefied Biomass Summit, hosted by CMT, from May 20-22, 2025, at the Tokyo Marriott Hotel.
This summit is set to be the most impactful yet, offering unparalleled insights into market trends, policy developments and technological advancements shaping the... [Read More]
Policy News
Apr 9, 2025
The Mississippi Department of Environmental Quality's (MDEQ) Permit Board has denied Drax's application to become a “major” source of Hazardous Air Pollutants, or HAPs, reported Mississippi Today.
The new permit would have allowed the company’s wood pellet facility, Amite BioEnergy, to release more potentially harmful air pollutants than what it is currently allowed... [Read More]
Biomass News
Apr 8, 2025
The ButoVal Research Project was officially launched on 11 March 2025 in Witvlei, Namibia.
This strategic initiative aims to enact sustainable biomass utilisation to address the adverse effects of bush encroachment in the country.
The project is funded by the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and is supported by the German Aerospace Centre (DLR).
According... [Read More]
Biomass News
Apr 4, 2025
Sac Economic & Tourism Development Ltd. (SETD), Ecostrat and the BDO Zone Initiative have announced the issue of an investment grade BDO Zone ‘A’ Rating for Sac County, Iowa in the US.
The BDO Zone is rated for 824,000 bone-dry tons per year of corn stover and extends within a 75-mile radius from the centre point, Sac City, IA.
Sac County's 'A' rating indicates... [Read More]
Biomass News
Apr 3, 2025
Canfor Corporation and Canfor Pulp Products Inc. have released their joint 2024 Sustainability Report.
The report describes the companies' approach to managing environmental, social and governance activities, and reports on established targets.
Report highlights include maintaining certifications for sustainable forest management and fibre procurement activities, with... [Read More]
Biomass News
Apr 3, 2025
Evero Energy (Evero), a leading waste-wood-to-energy and bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) company, announces the appointment of Elliot Renton to Chief Executive Officer (CEO). He succeeds Simon Hicks who steps down after four–years in the role.
With two decades of experience in senior leadership positions, Renton brings a strong track record of strategic... [Read More]
Biomass News
Apr 2, 2025
There is renewed interest by large industry users in exploring biomass as an industrial heat decarbonisation option.
This follows the recent publication of the Irish government’s Industrial Heating Decarbonisation Roadmap.
The government is also seeking to extend the biomass support under the Support Scheme for Renewable Heat (SSRH) to the emissions trading sector.
Later... [Read More]
Biomass News
Mar 28, 2025
Austrian holding company Nextwood Two, has submitted a merger report to acquire KUREKSS.
Nextwood is indirectly owned by HS Timber, one of the world's leading wood-working companies. It operates in the fields of bioenergy production, as well as wood processing and sawn timber trade.
KUREKSS is a lumber producer and exporter, which owns a sawmill in the Ventspils region.
It... [Read More]
Biomass News
Mar 28, 2025
Waste-to-energy company Compact Syngas Solutions has been awarded funding to drive industrial decarbonisation in the hard-to-abate Kenyan tea sector – in one of the first five projects in a new United Nations scheme.
Multi-million-pound funding has been awarded by the United Nations Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) Accelerate-to-Demonstrate (A2D) facility,... [Read More]
Biomass News
Mar 26, 2025
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved a programme for high-efficiency cogeneration from biomass-to-biogas projects in Poland.
The initiative will have a budget of €238 million from the EU Modernisation Fund, Polish National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management.
With a particular focus on waste biomass, the funding is designed to accelerate... [Read More]
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