Jun 25, 2020
UK could miss food waste recycling target due to COVID-19, says Warrens Group
Policy News
Jun 25, 2020
UK Government Ministers must seize the opportunity to turn the COVID-19 crisis into a defining moment in the fight against climate change, according to the Committee on Climate Change (CCC).
In its annual report to Parliament, the CCC has offered comprehensive new advice to the government on delivering an economic recovery that accelerates the transition to a cleaner,... [Read More]
Policy News
Jun 25, 2020
On 25 June, the Committee on Climate Change released its annual report for the UK Government, outlining essential steps to support a green recovery to the COVID-19 crisis.
The report makes recommendations on crucial next steps to support a green economy through new employment opportunities in the low-carbon sector, strengthening energy networks, green infrastructure... [Read More]
Policy News
Jun 25, 2020
A consortium of trade associations representing the renewables industry and related sectors has sent a joint open letter to UK Chancellor Rishi Sunak, making the case for renewables to be “embedded” into the government’s stimulus packages to address the economic recession caused by the COVID-19 outbreak, while addressing climate change.
In the letter, the Anaerobic... [Read More]
Pellets News
Jun 24, 2020
Drax Group has partnered with Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering (MHI), part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Group, on a new bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) pilot project at its power station in North Yorkshire.
The project, testing MHI’s carbon capture technology, is set to begin in the autumn and marks another step in Drax’s quest to become... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 24, 2020
Naturgy Ireland has injected biomethane into the Irish gas grid for the first time.
The firm, which supplies biomethane to companies including major beverage firm Diageo and Tesco Ireland, said that the introduction of biomethane into the gas network represented an “unprecedented opportunity” for businesses in Ireland.
The newly-launched injection point at Cush,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 24, 2020
Swindon, UK is considering extending its food waste collection service after a successful trial.
The local council trialled the service at 11,000 households and is looking at rolling out the service to 97,000 households permanently. The food waste collected is processed at an anaerobic digestion facility in Wiltshire, where it is converted into energy to power homes.
The... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 23, 2020
Landia’s technology has helped a biogas plant to continue operations following a feedstock build-up in a reactor tank.
Danish firm Ny Rybjerggaard, which covers pig production, plant breeding and green energy, first encountered issues with its existing propeller stirrers when a steel wire broke. The company’s owner Jens Henry Christensen said: “In one of our reactor... [Read More]
Pellets News
Jun 22, 2020
Enviva has agreed to purchase two US wood pellet facilities in Georgia and South Carolina.
Enviva has agreed to acquire Georgia Biomass Holding, which, through its wholly-owned subsidiary, owns a wood pellet production plant in Waycross, Georgia, from innogy SE and one of its subsidiaries for $175 million (€155 million) in cash, subject to customary adjustments.
The... [Read More]
Pellets News
Jun 22, 2020
Aurora Energy Solutions, a new firm owned by Usibelli Investments, has acquired the assets of Superior Pellet Fuels (SPF) and is building a ‘state-of-the-art’ wood kiln in Alaska, US.
The kiln will produce clean-burning dry firewood to help the greater Fairbanks area achieve required reductions in PM 2.5 emissions.
Joe Usibelli Jr, managing member of Usibelli... [Read More]
Pellets News
Jun 22, 2020
Pinnacle Renewable Energy's Williams Lake facility has started operations again following months of capital upgrades.
Between upgrades at the Williams Lake facility and the work undertaken in Quesnel on Pinnacle’s Meadowbank facility, the firm has invested close to $30 million (€19.7 million) in this region over the past year.
Robert McCurdy, CEO of Pinnacle,... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jun 22, 2020
A coalition of environmental advocacy groups has launched ‘Cut Carbon Not Forests’, a campaign to expose the UK’s “wasteful subsidies” for firms that burn trees to generate electricity.
With the launch of the campaign, the groups hope to put pressure on policymakers to support reform. The multi-channel group, led jointly by Biofuelwatch, Dogwood Alliance,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 19, 2020
Three biomethane production plant projects involving Cadent Gas remain on track despite the disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
The firm said the projects are on course to start sending low-carbon “gas from trash” into Cadent’s network this year, as its teams “kept the wheel in motion” during lockdown. Increasing the use of biomethane from food,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 19, 2020
Gasum will open a liquefied natural gas (LNG) and liquefied biogas (LBG) filling station near Arlanda Airport in Stockholm at the end of the year.
The station is Gasum’s first in the Stockholm area. By opening a station offering LNG and LBG for heavy-duty vehicles, the company said it is responding to its customers’ needs to extend the existing station network to... [Read More]
Features
Jun 19, 2020
UK bioenergy leaders seek a green response to COVID-19, by Colin Ley
UK bioenergy leaders are working hard to keep the sector running in the face of COVID-19, striving to address short-term supply issues within a deeply disrupted global marketplace while also starting to focus on the industry’s ‘exit strategy’.
There are obvious downsides for renewable energy... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 19, 2020
California, US-based ReCarbon has partnered with Australian bioenergy developer Utilitas Group to build biogas-to-hydrogen plants across Australia.
ReCarbon, developer of the patented Plasma Carbon Conversion Unit – a greenhouse gas utilisation technology – announced the execution of a memorandum of understanding with the Australian company on 10 June.
ReCarbon... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jun 19, 2020
Vida Group, a subsidiary of US sustainable wood products and pellets firm Canfor, is to purchase three sawmills in Sweden.
Vida will buy the sawmills from Bergs Timber for CAD$43 million (€28.2 million) plus working capital. The three facilities, located in Vimmerby, Morlunda and Orrefors, will add approximately 215 million board feet to Vida’s annual capacity.... [Read More]
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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
Veolia and Waga Energy have inaugurated a renewable natural gas (RNG) facility at the Granges landfill site in Burgundy, eastern France
Repsol is preparing to begin producing biomethane and hydrogen at its industrial complex in Sines, Portugal, with operations expected to start in 2026
