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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.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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Martin Bentele is the CEO of the German pellet association (DEPV) and will be speaking at the International Biomass Congress & Expo discussing the German pellet sector, including an overview of the heating market as well as an outline of the ENplus certification for wood chips and pellets.
The International Biomass Congress & Expo will be held for the first time in Berlin, Germany on…
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A new report claims the British industrial sector could save up to £540 million (€601 million) per year on its energy bills by switching to new energy technologies such as combined heat and power (CHP), solar or battery storage.
The research comes as part of Centrica Business Solutions Powering Britain report, which has analysed the UK’s major production and…
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In a public release by the University of Michigan (UM), research professor at the U-M Institute, John DeCicco argues that growing and harvesting bioenergy from crops is a ‘poor use of land’.
The UM researcher said that untampered green areas such as forests and fields isolate carbon dioxide effectively enough, and that they are ‘one of society’s best hopes’ for…
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According to the trade body for the AD industry there are “multi million pound financial opportunities” for on-farm anaerobic digestion (AD) plants located around the UK.
On-farm AD plants permit farmers to convert agricultural wastes and purpose-grown crops into renewable heat and power as well as nutrient rich biofertiliser. Across the UK there are 334 AD plants…
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A share of €8 million ($9.2 million) worth of funding has been awarded to a total of 45 innovative energy research projects in Ireland.
The money granted is due to the government’s ambition to develop solutions to help homes, businesses and communities deliver a cleaner energy future, and will vary from one to four years’ worth of funding.
CEO of the Sustainable Energy…
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Policy makers in the UK are being called on to review the impact grants for crop based renewable energies, such as anaerobic digestion and biomass, are having on the countryside.
The National Sheep Association, the association for the UK’s sheep industry, has voiced concerns over the pressure AD and large scale biomass burners exert on forage stocks, suggesting a ‘rethink’ may…
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The August edition of the US Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Short-Term Energy Outlook has been published, revealing forecasts on renewables consumption in the US.
Biomass generating capacity for the electric power sector is expected to hit 7,363 megawatts by the end of 2018, up from 7,313 megawatts in the previous year. The projected figure for 2019 is 7,526 megawatts.
Of this…
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