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Scottish kitchen, bathroom and bedroom specialist DM Design has boosted its green credentials by investing in biomass.  DM Design has purchased and installed a £250,000 biomass boiler at its head office in Cumbernauld. The new system will save the company the equivalent of 50 large skiploads of landfill each year. The 150kW boiler is fed with wood from old kitchen and bedroom units…
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Norway-based secondary fuels specialist Geminor has secured a major contract with UK-based Hull City Council. The agreement, which is for an initial seven-year term (with extensions for a further three and two-year period), will see Geminor implement an integrated waste processing solution to divert more than 80% of the northeast England-based region’s municipal waste from landfill. Working…
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Passenger planes in the UK could be powered by biofuels made from waste under a scheme to cut emissions, according to the UK’s Department for Transport (DfT). In an announcement, the DfT said that it was keen to cut carbon emissions, which contribute to climate change. Aircraft and lorries powered by waste fuels could use up to 90% less carbon than with fossil fuels. Trials of sustainable…
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Leading US advocates for advanced liquid and gasified biofuels have united to urge the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to stand behind President Trump’s commitment to driving investment in the next generation of ‘homegrown’ fuels under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Leaders of the American Biogas Council, Advanced Biofuels Business Council, Biotechnology Innovation…
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A consortium led by Macquarie has completed the acquisition of the UK’s Green Investment Bank. Macquarie Group (Macquarie), Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund 5 (MEIF5) and Universities Superannuation Scheme (USS) have paid the UK government £2.3 billion to purchase the institution, which was set up in 2012 to fund renewable and low-carbon projects. According to a statement from…
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Sweden has launched a ‘Bioenergy Day’ to promote how bioenergy is benefitting the country. The day was unveiled on 21 August. It is specifically aimed at educating the national media on the benefits of bioenergy. The Swedish bioenergy day is part of a broader pan-European campaign coordinated from Brussels by Aebiom that will be replicated in most EU-28 member states until the…
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A family run farm in Wales has received a six-figure financial package to purchase a new biomass boiler, according to Farming UK. The funding from HSBC will allow the farm to significantly reduce its fossil fuel consumption while increasing its grain yield. The new biomass boiler will provide Tythegston Farm in Glamorgan with a sustainable heating solution to boost the grain-drying process by…
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Scientists at Clemson University have received a federal grant to evaluate the effectiveness of producing biofuels to mitigate climate change. The development of effective land-use policies could be greatly aided by quantifying the net impact that growing biomass feedstock for biofuel has on local temperature and carbon sequestration. This is the key focus of the new research project being led by…
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The UK's geology is unsuitable for fracking as a result of changes that happened millions of years ago, a geoscience expert has claimed. The comments by Professor John Underhill, the chief scientist at Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, have been welcomed by campaigners who object to the technique claiming it causes environmental damage. Underhill said that "the science shows that our country's…
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Danish biotechnology company Novozymes has published its interim financial report for the first half of 2017, revealing better than expected growth from the company, including a strong showing from its Bioenergy division. Bioinnovator Novozymes specialises in developing enzymes and microorganisms for industrial applications, replacing chemicals to accelerate production processes and reduce waste.…
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The UK government has proclaimed that high environmental standards will be maintained post Brexit. The Brexit paper entitled ‘Future customs arrangements: A future partnership paper’ details the UK government’s aspirations for the UK’s future customs arrangements. As the UK leaves the European Union and therefore the EU Customs Union, the government is seeking a new…
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UK-based Minister for the Northern Powerhouse and Local Growth, Jake Berry MP, has officially opened one of the flagship facilities of the Northern Powerhouse and Cheshire Science Corridor - the Energy Centre at Thornton Science Park. The Northern Powerhouse is a proposal to boost economic growth in the North of England by the 2010-15 coalition government…
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The Bioenergy Insight Conference, a world-leading bioenergy event, will be held in Edinburgh, Scotland, on 4 and 5 October 2017, covering the whole bioenergy supply chain. The show will focus on all the new developments and the latest challenges. Topics covered in the seminars include the global biomass market, financing bioenergy projects and ensuring sustainability at scale. The…
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New research claims that air pollution policy reduces the extent to which population growth in urban areas results in increased pollution emissions, without disrupting the economic growth resulting from this urbanisation. More than half of the world’s population currently lives in urban areas, and the United Nations predicts another 2.5 billion people will move to cities by 2050. However,…
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