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Research from Durham University has suggested that the increasing use of bioenergy could be just as damaging to global biodiversity as climate change. Durham University researchers have suggested that familiar UK species including red squirrels, hedgehogs and red grouse could be affected by the increasing use of bioenergy. Researchers use palm oil production having a detrimental impact on…
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Fire crews responded to two structural fires located at the back of a mill in Nova Scotia, Canada, owned by Canadian pellet manufacturer Great Northern Timber Resources, according to a report in local news outlet The Chronicle Herald. Chief of the local Upper Musquodoboit fire department Robert Kay said that the source of the fire could not be determined, only that five or six employees were…
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The Anaerobic Digestion & Bioresources Association (ADBA) has announced it has begun the process of recruiting a chair to lead it into its second decade. A new position in the association, replacing the chief executive position, the chair will be responsible for leading the association’s strategy, developing its business plan, representing the association at the highest levels and…
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The UK aims to double the ‘size of the impact’ of the bioeconomy by 2030, according to the Government’s newly published Bioeconomy strategy: 2018 to 2030. Defining the bioeconomy as “the economic potential of harnessing the power of bioscience”, the strategy outlines the approach government, industry and the research community will take. The strategy aims to create…
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A PhD researcher from Brunel University London has won Santander’s University Entrepreneurship Award for his ground-breaking modular wastewater treatment system. Brunel student, Tom Fudge and cofounders Llyr Williams and William Gambier, won the competition and collected the £25,000 (€28,000) award on behalf of WASE. There are currently 2.3 billion people worldwide who are…
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UK Government has announced that it aims to have the country’s first carbon capture, utilisation and storage unit (CCUS) project fully operational by mid-2020. The plan has been set out by energy and clean growth minister, Claire Perry and International Energy agency executive director Faith Birol.    The projects intend to tackle some of the biggest challenges that the country…
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A call on the UK Government to “fast-track” the rollout of separate food waste collections across the UK has led to a coalition of more than forty trade bodies, campaign groups, businesses and local authorities. In a press release the UK’S trade body for anaerobic digestion, ADBA has announced that it has joint the coalition. In a bid to get the Government to separate food waste…
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With the European Parliament’s approval of the revised Renewable Energy Directive (REDII), Brussels-based trade association Bioenergy Europe has released its annual collection of updated statistics, Bioenergy Europe’s Statistical Report, to provide insight into bioenergy’s role in REDII and more. You can download the report here. According to the association, 83% of…
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In a press release, UK-based technology company Renovare announced that it has been awarded support by Innovate UK for aviation fuel testing through the Sustainable Aviation for Clean Growth programme. With an office based in London, the firm has developed a technology it describes as converting waste into biofuel that could ‘replace’ traditional fossil fuels. The technology itself…
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Global biofuel producer Verbio announced in a press release that it has signed a contract to acquire a cellulose ethanol plant from chemical conglomerate DuPont in Nevada, Iowa, US. The purchase includes 100,000 tons of baled corn stalks, located at several sites within a 50km radius around the plant. The plant’s capacity involves the processing of 300,000 tons of corn stalks to…
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According to Forest News, both Indonesia’s landscape restoration targets and growing energy demands could be met with the help of biofuel plantations.  Scientists with the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR), the Korean National Institute of Forest Science (NIFOS) and Indonesia’s University of Muhammadiyah Palangkaraya (UMP) are all currently conducting research to…
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The phasing out of all John Lewis & Partnership diesel-powered heavy trucks has been put in motion and is to be completed by 2028. Announced in a statement released by John Lewis Partnership on Tuesday the 16 October, the company will be rolling out over 500 new state-of-the-art Waitrose & Partners as well as John Lewis & Partners delivery trucks. All of the new trucks are to be…
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The International Energy Agency’s (IEA) current market forecast has predicted that modern bioenergy will have the biggest growth in renewable resources between 2018 and 2023. According to the IEA’s market analysis and forecast report, renewables are to continue increasing over the next 5 years and will be covering 40% of global energy consumption growth. They are mostly increasing…
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Ahead of their November Autumn statement, The Anaerobic Digestion & Bioresources Association (ADBA) has described the UK’s anaerobic digestion (AD) industry as a huge economic opportunity.  This week chief executive of ADBA Charlotte Morton has written to Robert Jenrick MP, Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury to outline the economic and environmental benefits of AD. Morton…
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