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German experts on CO2 utilization from the Nova-Institut have launched a petition for the full integration of renewable carbon capture and utilisation (rCCU) in the EU Renewable Energy Directive. According to the authors, the ongoing development of the 2030 Climate and Energy Framework and the reform of the RED is a unique opportunity to establish a regulatory framework in which rCCU is fully…
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EXCLUSIVE. The date for the publication of the post-2020 Renewable Energy Directive (RED) has been mooted by an industry expert speaking at a biofuels conference. An industry expert close to the sector, who spoke at the Argus Biofuels conference and wished not to be named, said that he believed  RED phase two was due to come out on 7 December, 2016. However, in a statement to Bioenergy…
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UK-based biogas and landfill gas specialist ENER-G Natural Power has rebranded as Ylem Energy. This follows the transfer of the ENER-G trademark as part of Centrica’s recent acquisition of former sister company ENER-G Cogen International. The biogas business has developed more than 150MW of landfill gas-to-energy projects over the past 25 years in the UK, Poland, Mexico and South…
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UK logistics specialist Stobart Group has seen its half-year pre-tax profits soar by 1700% to £10.8 million, up from £600,000 in the same period last year. The Group, which also has an energy division, claims it is the number one supplier of biomass in the UK, sourcing and supplying fuel to biomass plants under a mix of short and long-term contracts. Underlying profits, rose 252% from…
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Canada-based wood pellet producer Viridis Energy has closed on the sale of its Okanagan pellet brands to American Biomass Corp., a wood pellet distribution specialist. The sale includes all international trademarks, domain names, and other assets associated with the brand. The purchase, by American Biomass Corporation is on an earn out basis and will depend on the volume sold in the year…
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The government of the West Africa-based country of Guinea-Bissau has signed an agreement with Chinese firm Shenyang Lan Sa Trading Co for the construction of a biomass power plant to supply energy to the cities of Bissau and Mansoa in the centre of the country. According to reports on Machuhub.com, Xuguang Li, president of Shenyang Lan Sa Trading Co, signed the contract. Shenyang Lan Sa Trading…
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The UK government has proposed a compromise deal to the biomass industry, intended to soften the blow of the sudden changes to incentives for certain biomass combined heat and power (CHP) plants. In July, the government introduced changes to the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) tariffs for biomass CHP plants with under 20% power efficiency with no formal consultation with industry and only 21 days…
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Bioenergy currently contributes to 61% of the total share of renewables, according to the latest European Biomass Association’s (AEBIOM) Statistical Report. Biomass is on the way to become the first European energy source, surpassing coal and has the potential to deliver more, the association says. Often overlooked, the heating and cooling sector accounts for half of the EU-28’s…
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UK waste management company Biffa has slashed its stock prices, selling its shares at 180p per share in its initial public offering (IPO). The price, according to BBC, is significantly lower than the expected price range of 220-270p and equates to a market capitalisation of £450 million (€498m). Despite its status as a waste management business, Biffa also works in converting waste to…
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Siemens has appointed George Giles to a newly created role as head of environmental power to strengthen the company’s offering in this market across all divisions of Siemens in the UK & Ireland. Giles, who previously headed up Environmental Power and Oil & Gas across Siemens’ Process Industries & Drives and Digital Factory divisions, will lead a team focusing on developing…
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The UK government has released its response to the Committee on Climate Change’s (CCC) recommendations to reduce the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions. The CCC’s progress report, published in June 2016, focused on its priorities for the UK Government’s forthcoming emissions reduction plan. The response report, however, fails to give high hopes to the renewables industry,…
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Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has joined forces with former vice-president Al Gore to urge America’s voters not to risk sending a “climate change denier” to the White House. In a joint address in Miami, Clinton and Gore criticised the Republican nominee for his stance on climate change and his belief that global warming is a hoax initiated by the…
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Six Poet biorefineries in Ohio and Indiana are installing a new energy generation system using combined heat and power. These systems will reduce reliance on the electrical energy grid, recover waste energy for additional use in the plant and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the US bioethanol producer said in a statement. The system will use steam in a turbine to generate electricity to run the…
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UK-based Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has published the results of three case studies which show how farmers can diversify their income and increase the productivity of their land by planting energy crops. The studies examine the financial impact of transitioning to planting second generation energy crops such as Miscanthus and Short Rotation Coppice (SRC) Willow and also provide an…
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