Sep 15, 2022
Jim Beam invests $400 million in renewable energy for bourbon production
Biomass News
Sep 14, 2022
On 13 September the US Department of Energy (DOE) announced $178 million for bioenergy research to advance sustainable technology breakthroughs that can improve public, health, help address climate change, improve food and agricultural production and create more resilient supply chains.
The funding intends to support cutting-edge biotechnology research and development... [Read More]
Biomass News
Sep 14, 2022
Although the Vietnamese government hoped for deeper biomass energy investment through a previously-introduced feed-in tariff (FiT), some experts advise that a new one must be coupled with other legal incentives to ensure a more significant share in the country’s energy mix, according to Vietnam Investment Review.
Since 2020 the Vietnamese government has applied FiT... [Read More]
Other News
Sep 14, 2022
Non-binding offers (NBOs) for Danish biogas company Nature Energy are due to be submitted at the end of this month (26 September 2022). Last month, it was reported that energy majors including BP and Shell were pondering making bids.
An investment consortium consisting of Davidson Kempner, Pioneer Point Partners and Sampension are in the process of selling Nature Energy... [Read More]
Biomass News
Sep 14, 2022
The European Parliament voted today (14 September) to recognise primary woody biomass as a renewable energy source. This is consistent with its prior classification under both the first Renewable Energy Directive (RED) and RED II.
Primary woody biomass is an essential renewable energy source for meeting the ambition sought by the EU Parliament to increase renewable energy... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 13, 2022
The Municipality of Bar in Montenegro plans to build a plant for the production of electricity from biogas from the Možura regional landfill, reported Balkan Green Energy News. It has presented a feasibility study for converting biogas into electricity at the Možura sanitary regional landfill.
Preliminary analysis showed that a facility of one megawatt (MW) could be... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 13, 2022
The developer behind plans for a biogas plant on the outskirts of Keynsham in the UK has withdrawn its appeal, reported Keynsham Voice.
The proposal for an anaerobic digester facility on the Queen Charlton Quarry site was unanimously rejected by Bath and North East Somerset Council planning committee in March 2022.
Resourceful Energy Aerobic Limited (REAL) proceeded... [Read More]
Policy News
Sep 13, 2022
The state of Uttar Pradesh in India's government has announced the formulation of a bioenergy policy, which is designed to regulate the production and demand-supply of biofuel.
Chief minister Yogi Adityanath announced the implementation of a bioenergy production framework as a means to offer cheaper fuel options and to cater to soaring energy demands, using technologies... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 12, 2022
Logan City Council in south-east Queensland, Australia, has opened a $28 million (€18.9m) biosolids gasification facility, with backing from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA).
Logan City Council aims to turn waste human sewage into renewable energy and a money-spinning fertiliser and building product, whilst taking a step towards its target of carbon emissions... [Read More]
Policy News
Sep 12, 2022
As the European Parliament (EP) prepares to vote on biomass amendments on 14 September, and amidst a report that the three largest groups in the EP have backed proposals to end subsidies for biomass used in power plants and exclude primary wood burning from the EU’s renewable energy targets, IEA Bioenergy has released a statement.
Dr Paul Bennett, Chair of the Executive... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 12, 2022
The City of Omaha in Nebraska, US is moving forward with a plan to turn human waste into green energy, and expects to make millions of dollars in the process, according to Omaha World Herald.
With a $20 million investment approved last month, one of the city’s wastewater treatment plants will increase its ability to turn the waste into renewable natural gas, also... [Read More]
Features
Sep 11, 2022
With their company, Biogastechnik Süd, the brothers Clemens and Gregor Maier offer solutions for the treatment and handling of digestates. Initially, it was the improvement of the components of their own biogas plant that prompted them to develop the first product, the paddle agitator Varibull. Over the years, further products were added: from the Easyfeeder feeding technology... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 9, 2022
Technology group Wärtsilä has signed a two-year tailored Service Agreement with Denmark-based Nature Energy, a leading operator of biogas upgrading facilities.
The agreement covers six existing biogas plants in various parts of Denmark, all of which feature Wärtsilä biogas upgrading technology (Puregas).
Special features of the agreement include an annual safety... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 9, 2022
Chris Huhne, former Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change and current chairman of the Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA), has written an open letter to the government. It urges the incoming administration to recognise the value of AD and biogas as shorter-term solutions to the sizeable challenges facing the new government.
“Biogas derived... [Read More]
Biomass News
Sep 9, 2022
Biomass Secure Power (BSP) has signed a Letter of Intent, (LOI) with a Japanese trading company. The LOI outlines an agreement under which the Japanese trading company intends to purchase biocoal from BSP.
BSP intends to produce Biocoal in the amount of up to one million tons year in its first plant in Natchitoches, Louisiana.
The buyer intends to purchase and accept... [Read More]
Features
Sep 9, 2022
Dawn Stephens-Borg reflects on the European Pellet Conference 2022, which took place in Wels, Austria and online in April.
Hot on the heels of the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, which was cautiously optimistic on bioenergy, the European Pellet Conference felt like an opportunity for bioenergy industry actors to defend the sector's potential.
As... [Read More]
Other News
Sep 9, 2022
Everyone at Bioenergy Insight has been saddened to hear of the death of Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II on September 8.
Her Majesty has dedicated a lifetime of service to the United Kingdom, the Commonwealth, and countries far beyond.
We can all draw great inspiration from Queen Elizabeth who leaves behind a legacy of dignity, integrity, hard work and compassion.... [Read More]
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