Feb 2, 2018
$115 million bioenergy research centre opened at University of Illinois
Biomass News
Feb 1, 2018
Scottish energy users will receive advice on low-carbon, environmentally friendly energy alternatives from biomass specialists re:heat.
The Scottish Government and Forestry Commission Scotland have appointed the Northumberland based company to provide “impartial technical and specialist commercial” information to consumers through the Wood Fuel Support Service... [Read More]
Other News
Feb 1, 2018
A report by climate change policy think tanks Sandbag and Agora Energiewende shows that renewables generated more energy than coal in 2017.
According to their calculations, renewables as a whole were up from 29.8% to 30% of the EU’s energy mix in 2017. Hydroelectricity was the only green source that was down, at 9.1% from 10.9% in 2016. The numbers come from EUROSTAT... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 31, 2018
Construction is underway on a new waste to biogas facility in Yabu City, Japan.
The new facility will use anaerobic digestion to convert both farm and food waste into renewable energy. Toyo Energy Solution, which has invested in the facility, will also build it, and operate it once completed. It will utilise ‘advanced solid waste processing wastewater treatment equipment’... [Read More]
Policy News
Jan 30, 2018
The UK’s Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy has released its response to a consultation on The Non-domestic Renewable Heat Incentive: further proposed amendments. Addressing the types of fuel drying that are supported under the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI), the UK’s government backed heat decarbonisation scheme, the outcome could have... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 30, 2018
At the annual get-together, the biogas industry looked for ways to strengthen in the political and public consciousness how it can help in the transition to clean energy.
Held in Antwerp, the yearly conference for the European Biogas Association had added consequence on a backdrop of the EU’s impending Renewable Energy Directive for 2020-2030 (RED II) and Brexit.
The... [Read More]
Other News
Jan 29, 2018
On 10 – 11 October the International Biomass and Biogas Congress & Expo will take place in Berlin, Germany.
Organised by the publishers of Bioenergy Insight, the event in the German capital will unite key figures from the international biomass, biogas and pellet industries to address the most pressing issues facing the bioenergy sector – from the continued... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 29, 2018
The UK’s Environment Agency has closed the consultation on its proposed Strategic Review of Charges, a series of revisions which could have significant consequences for the country’s anaerobic digestion industry according to the Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA).
“We are significantly simplifying the way customers work out their... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 29, 2018
Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, has figures on Renewable Energy use in 2016. The newly published data reveal that the share of renewables reached 17% in 2016, with the biggest contributor to that being from wood biomass.
The statistics show that renewable use has grown significantly, more than doubling from the 8.5% share of the energy mix of 2004.... [Read More]
Other News
Jan 26, 2018
Anaerobic digestion could be used to provide food for astronauts, according to new research from Pennsylvania State University.
The Penn State team has shown that it is possible to rapidly break down solid and liquid waste to grow food in microbial reactors, while simultaneously minimising pathogen growth.
"We envisioned and tested the concept of simultaneously treating... [Read More]
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Jan 26, 2018
Enviva, the 'world’s largest' producer of industrial wood pellets, has released its latest Track & Trace data.
According to Enviva, Track & Trace is a proprietary data system that enables the pellet producer to monitor every truckload of wood it procures from the forest throughout the entire supply chain process.
Controversy
Last year, the Natural... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 22, 2018
The new direct carbon fuel cell (DCFC) design allows it to exploit three times as much energy in the fuel as previous cells.
Materials like biomass and coal can be used in the cell, which will improve the potential for carbon capture as the new process only emits CO2, rather than the mix of pollutants that come out of current coal-fired plants, researchers said. The fuel... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 22, 2018
A Northern Irish waste-to-energy anaerobic digestion plant has been certified under the Anaerobic Digestion Certification Scheme (ADCS) just six weeks after its launch.
Granville Ecopark, an enhanced AD facility in Northern Ireland, treats organic waste to produce renewable energy.
The ACDS was launched at the Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association’s (ADBA)... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 22, 2018
Southern California Gas (SoCalGas), San Diego Gas & Electric, the Pacific Gas and Electric Company and Southwest Gas have jointly issued a draft solicitation for dairy biomethane pilot projects.
The solicitation is issued under California Senate Bill 1383, and projects proposed must demonstrate the ability to capture and process biogas from cows to produce renewable... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 19, 2018
The UK’s first commercial waste-to-biocoal facility is in development, thanks to a collaboration between the University of Nottingham, smokeless coal manufacturer CPL and the Energy Research Accelerator (ERA).
Capable of producing next-generation biocoal from high moisture biomass such as food waste, the £4 million facility will contribute towards reducing... [Read More]
Policy News
Jan 17, 2018
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial strategy has outlined its plans for its renewable energy credit system following public consultation. Following unanticipated levels of participation, the department is limiting the amount of credits that co-firing and biomass plants are eligible to produce.
The decision was made to reduce the possibility of increased... [Read More]
Other News
Jan 17, 2018
A new study from MIT adds to growing criticism of biomass ahead of RED II decision. The European Biomass Association (AEBIOM) and the US Industrial Pellet Association (USIPA) have both taken out editorial space to make their case for biomass before the EU’s Renewable Energy Directive (RED II) is finalised.
In a new study slated to be published in Environmental... [Read More]
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Moeve has announced a €600 million investment plan for the construction of up to 30 new biomethane plants by 2030
During the signing ceremony, Sweden’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Maria Malmer Stenergard, announced a donation of USD 1.5 million for prefeasibility and detailed engineering studies
ADTechOptima’s technologies aim to solve two key problems: the underperformance of anaerobic digesters and the quality of the digestate produced as part of the process
