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The Environmental Journal has reported that UK researchers have developed a new green technology that generates electricity from discarded cocoa pod husks. The project is led by the University of Nottingham and hopes to benefit Ghanaian farming communities with little or no access to grid power. The green technology project aims to spawn an entirely new biofuel industry which would create new…
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Future Biogas has announced that it will be creating the UK’s ‘biggest’ red nose by lighting up a domed digester tank of a biogas plant at Grange Farm Energy in Spridlington, Lincolnshire.   The plant has a circular main tank that is 38m in diameter and 17m at its highest point and when lit up red, Future Biogas state that it will become the biggest red nose since Red Nose…
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The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) released its 2019 Renewable Energy In Ireland report, discussing Ireland’s progress with its 2020 renewables targets. According to the report, only 10.6% of energy consumed in Ireland was sourced from renewables in 2017. This makes Ireland 22nd of the EU-28 for its overall renewable energy share and 26th for the progress towards its 2020…
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The European Union has announced that it is taking steps to reduce CO2 emissions of lorries. The provisional deal has been agreed upon by the Romanian presidency of the Council as well as European Parliament representatives. The EU’s new rules will make sure that between 2025 and 2029, all new trucks will emit around 15% less CO2 compared to 2019 emission levels. From 2030 onwards, new…
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Major energy supplier Orsted has published its 2018 sustainability report and financial results. Providing an update on the company’s progress towards it sustainability goals, the reports reveal an increase in revenue from its bioenergy business, and Orsted's future green investment plans. Orsted’s bioenergy division covers its CHP plants in Denmark, and its Green Waste Solutions…
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Three renewable electricity trade associations have announced the launch of the RFS Power Coalition. According to a release, the Biomass Power Association (BPA), the American Biogas Council (ABC) and the Energy Recovery Council have formed the coalition in order to get the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to implement a law passed by Congress in 2007. The law itself will mandate the…
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In the UK government’s recently published 2019 Clean Air Strategy, it outlines plans regarding environmental policy and legislation, including what it describes as the ‘air quality impacts’ of the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) scheme. The RHI is an initiative intended to encourage the use of biomass boilers in urban areas. “The government recently consulted on banning new…
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According to Bloomberg, The European Investment Bank (EIB) is being sued over a Spanish loan that climate lawyers are claiming will damage the environment. Bloomberg reports that not-for-profit environmental advocacy group, ClientEarth has filed the lawsuit as it wants European Union judges to determine if the EIB breached its own renewable energy-financing criteria. The case was filed at the EU…
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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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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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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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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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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 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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