Jan 29, 2018
Save the date: Biomass and Biogas Congress & Expo Announced
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]
Other News
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]
Biomass News
Jan 16, 2018
PPC Renewables is looking for a strategic partner to participate in the construction of the largest biomass CHP plant in Greece, according to a statement on the company’s website.
A wholly owned subsidiary of Public Power Corporation – the largest electricity and production and supply company in Greece, PPC Renewables is involved in a variety of renewable energy... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 15, 2018
A newly launched certification scheme could be a breath of fresh air for the UK’s anaerobic digestion (AD) and biogas industries, according to Duncan McPherson, finance director at CooperOstlund.
As 2017 drew to a close, the UK’s Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA) launched a new AD certification scheme, the first of its kind in the UK, designed... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 12, 2018
The European Bioenergy Association (AEBIOM) has released an op-ed accusing NGO’s of derailing discussions about the EU’s renewable energy future with ‘radical statements’ and ‘non-peer-reviewed studies’.
On 10 January, FERN, an NGO that monitors forests in Europe, released a report denouncing plans by EU leaders to include wood in their... [Read More]
Other News
Jan 11, 2018
The cell improves on previous plant and algae-based devices, and its Cambridge creators hope that it will be substantially more cost-effective and practical to implement.
The device works using biophotovoltaics (BPVs, also known as biological solar-cells): a method for converting energy from the sun into electricity. During photosynthesis algae produce electrons, which... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 10, 2018
The plastic pollution to electricity project and biomass generator start-up aims to provide solutions for domestic and commercial problems.
The company invested €4.2 million into ETIA Group, which provides services for handling plastic pollution through energy production, and COGEBIO, a start-up focused on developing biomass generators.
ETIA Group is partnered with... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 10, 2018
Two major associations for the biomass industry have responded to a study claiming the burning of biomass prematurely kills tens of thousands of people each year.
The study was commissioned by FERN, an NGO created in 1995 “to keep track of the European Union’s involvement in forests and coordinate NGO activities at the European level”. The research itself... [Read More]
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