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Bioenergy Infrastructure Group (BIG) has appointed a new chief financial officer (CFO). Elliot Renton, a finance director with over 30 years of experience at major firms including Diageo and Luton Airport, has been appointed CFO of the independent power producer. Renton has succeeded Ben Wright, who held the role since January 2018. He was previously the CFO of Vista Global, a Dubai-based…
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Nigeria LNG Limited (NLNG) teamed up with the Lagos Chamber of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) to present the winning work of The Nigeria Prize for Science 2019 to industry players to reduce the country’s carbon footprint and kick-start a “vibrant” bioenergy industry. The winners, Professor Meihong Wang and Dr Mathew Aneke, presented their work on carbon capture, carbon utilisation, biomass…
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UK Power Networks has launched a new project to promote decarbonised heat and help communities reach net-zero. The electricity distributor is launching a ‘first-of-a-kind’ project to help local communities map out their net-zero carbon future. The Heat Street initiative will take a data-driven look into the future to help local authorities in London, the south and east of England plan…
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A new food waste collection service in Glasgow, UK, is being revised due to poor uptake. Glasgow City Council introduced food waste collection in flats and tenements in north-west Glasgow in February, but there were concerns over the effectiveness of the service. Recent figures show that around 2,000 tonnes of food waste are collected from flatted properties in the city and sent for…
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Veolia has been awarded a six-year, £102 million (€112 million) waste-to-energy contract by Norfolk County Council in the UK. Under the contract, starting in March 2021, the firm will manage the treatment of 180,000 tonnes per annum of residual waste, helping the county achieve zero waste to landfill status, reduce carbon, and save its taxpayers £2 million (€2.2 million) each…
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Cardiff and Bridgend in Wales will house new heat network (district heating) projects, which will help to heat homes using excess heat produced at industrial sites. The Welsh Government provided an £8.6 million (€9.5 million) interest-free loan to Cardiff Council for the Cardiff Heat Network – the first large-scale city heat network of its kind in the country. The loan will provide more…
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The Humber Local Enterprise Partnership (LEP) and membership organisation CATCH have submitted a joint proposal with industry for funding to develop a comprehensive plan for decarbonisation in the region. The Humber Cluster Plan (HCP) will show how the Humber cluster can achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2040, potentially making it the first in the world to do so. A joint bid involving…
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Sharp falls in the cost of renewable generation mean that the UK should aim for renewables to meet two-thirds of electricity needs by 2030, according to new research. The research carried out for the National Infrastructure Commission (NIC) shows this could be delivered at the same overall cost as meeting only half of total demand by that date. The findings suggest the UK could make…
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UK-based Northacre Renewable Energy Limited (NREL) has submitted a renewed planning application for a proposed energy-from-waste (EfW) facility. The firm, owned by the Bioenergy Infrastructure Group, a UK independent power producer, and The Hills Group, a Wiltshire-based waste management firm, submitted the application for its proposed £200 million (€222 million) EfW plant, which has been…
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Energy-from-waste (EfW) should not be demonised, according to the UK Environmental Services Association (ESA). According to a statement by the ESA, EfW serves a “vital public sanitation function” in the UK and is a complementary part of a rapidly-evolving, holistic waste management system invested in by the recycling and waste management sector. The ESA claims that for more than 20…
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The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has set out plans to change the way the Transport for London (TfL) tube network is supplied with electricity. TfL, London’s single largest consumer of electricity, uses 1.6 terawatt-hours of electricity every year, equivalent to the electricity consumed by around 437,000 homes, or 12% of homes in London. All passenger rail services operated by TfL are…
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Drax Group is part of a ‘ground-breaking’ carbon recycling project set to transform the UK’s food production systems. REACT-FIRST is the UK’s first-ever scalable route to the sustainable generation of protein by capturing the carbon dioxide (CO2) from bioenergy generation. The scheme has launched with £3 million in financial support from the UK Government and will work towards the…
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Viridor has been acquired by leading global investment firm KKR for £4.2 billion (€4.6 billion) and announced plans for three new UK energy recovery facilities. Phil Piddington, who has been managing director of the UK recycling and energy recovery infrastructure firm since 2016, will take on the role of CEO. Piddington said KKR recognised the strategic value of Viridor’s UK recycling and…
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The Scottish Government has launched a £62 million (€69 million) fund to help the energy sector recover from the COVID-19 pandemic. The Energy Transition Fund will support businesses in the oil, gas, and energy sectors over the next five years as they grow and diversify, and will help to attract private sector investment in the region. According to the government, the investment fund,…
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