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Due to the ongoing situation surrounding the pandemic, we have decided to postpone the joint International Biogas Congress & Expo, International Biomass Congress & Expo, and Biofuels International Conference & Expo event to March 2022. “The safety and wellbeing of our attendees is of paramount importance to us,” said Peter Patterson, managing director of Woodcote…
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UK Minister Lord Callanan visited Cory’s Riverside energy from waste (EfW) facility near London to discuss the development of one of the UK’s largest heat networks. Cory, working with Vattenfall, will use spare heat from the facility to develop a heat network that will serve 21,000 local homes with low-carbon heat. The project will be part-funded by a £12.1 million (€14 million)…
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UK-based Carbon Clean has raised $8 million (€6.7 million) from new investor CEMEX and existing investors Equinor Ventures, ICOS Capital, and WAVE Equity Partners. The company, which specialises in carbon capture and separation technology, said the capital raise extends its successful $22 million (€18.5 million) Series B investment round announced in July 2020, bringing the total value to…
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UK gas distribution company SGN has partnered with Vital Energi to develop low- and zero-carbon heat networks. Under the ‘ground-breaking’ 50:50 joint venture, SGN and renewable energy solutions provider Vital Energi will develop, own and operate low- and zero-carbon heat networks. The joint venture will create an Energy Services Company, representing the UK’s leaders in utility…
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Global food waste levels are 1.2 billion tonnes higher annually than previously thought, according to a new study. WWF and supermarket giant Tesco have published Driven to Waste, a report that quantifies the total amount of food lost on farms globally, revealing an estimated 2.5 billion tonnes of food goes uneaten around the world annually. This is an increase of approximately 1.2 billion…
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Cadent, the UK’s largest gas distribution company, has unveiled its green report highlighting plans to decarbonise homes. Green Print – Future Heat for Everyone draws together technical, consumer, and electric considerations to create a ‘pioneering plan’ to transition 22 million UK homes to low carbon heat by 2030. The plan underlines the scale of the challenge ahead, acknowledging…
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CPL Industries, a UK manufacturer and distributor of smokeless fuels, has partnered with Severn Trent Green Power to transform food waste into low-carbon solid fuels used for heating. Using hydrothermal carbonisation (HTC) processing, CPL converts the by-product from Severn Trent’s food waste processing to produce low-carbon fuels. Across its waste sites, Severn Trent processes over…
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The US Department of Energy (DOE) has allocated $52.5 million (€44.3 million) to fund 31 projects to advance next-generation clean hydrogen technologies, including two biomass-to-hydrogen ventures. The fund forms part of the DOE’s recently announced Hydrogen Energy Earthshot initiative, designed to reduce the cost and accelerate breakthroughs in the clean hydrogen sector. Hydrogen is a…
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From 1 October 2024, the UK will no longer use coal to generate electricity, a year earlier than planned. The move forms part of ‘ambitious’ government commitments to transition away from fossil fuels and decarbonise the power sector to eliminate contributions to climate change by 2050. This brings forward the deadline to phase out coal from the UK’s energy system by a year, which the…
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Global action to deliver negative emissions technologies is falling far short of what is required to address the climate crisis, a new study has warned. Research by the newly-formed Coalition for Negative Emissions, conducted with knowledge and analytical support from McKinsey & Company, states that to limit global warming to 1.5oC above pre-industrial levels as agreed in Paris in 2015,…
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Vattenfall will build a 150 MW ‘Power-to-Heat’ e-boiler at its facility in Diemen, Amsterdam. The company has been granted a permit and a Dutch SDE++ subsidy to build the boiler, which is believed to be the largest in Europe and can be put into use in 2024. “We are very glad to have been awarded both the permit and the SDE++ subsidy for building a large 150 MW e-boiler at Diemen,”…
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Cory has been awarded £12.1 million (€14 million) through the UK Government’s Heat Networks Investment Project (HNIP) for a major district heating project. The £1.6 million (€1.86 million) commercialisation grant and £10.5 million (€12.2 million) construction loan will support the development of one of the UK’s largest heat networks, delivered by Vattenfall, to supply low-carbon…
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Biffa will acquire the collections business and certain recycling assets of Viridor Waste Management for £126 million (€145 million). The transaction marks another significant step forward in Biffa’s growth strategy as a leading enabler of the UK circular economy. On completion, the deal will see Biffa acquire Viridor’s network of 15 industrial and commercial (I&C) depots for…
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The UK Government has given a £166.5 million (€192 million) cash injection to the development of green technology. The multi-million-pound investment, awarded to innovators, business, academics and heavy industry across the UK, will accelerate the delivery of the game-changing technologies needed to further drive the UK’s climate change ambitions while creating over 60,000…
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