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UK-based autoclave waste specialist Wilson Bio-Chemical has opened its micro autoclave fibre production plant for turning municipal solid waste (MSW) into biomass fibre that can be converted into chemicals or fuels. The facility has been developed with the help of the University of York subsidiary, the Biorenewables Development Centre (BDC) and is based at the BDC’s site just…
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Industry experts have backed a report by the UK’s Energy and Climate Change Committee (ECCC) which suggests that the UK will miss its 2020 renewable energy targets. Despite progress in some areas of its renewables commitments, there is simply not enough being done, ECCC says in its new report titled 2020 renewable heat and transport targets. The UK has set plans to provide for 15%…
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Scottish National Party MPs Callum McCaig and Alex Salmond have condemned proposed changes to the Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme regulations after the UK government failed to bring then to debate in Parliament. The North East MPs have directly criticised the UK government for proceeding to implement cuts that will affect all biomass plants that use less than 20% of their fuel for electricity…
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In the UK, the Energy and Climate Change Committee (ECCC) has warned the government that on its current course the UK will fail to achieve its 2020 renewable energy targets. Despite progress in some areas of its renewables commitments, there is simply not enough being done, ECCC says in its new report titled 2020 renewable heat and transport targets. The island country has set plans to provide…
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UK-based power giant Drax contributed more than £1 billion towards UK GDP in 2015 and supported thousands of jobs across the country, according to a new study from Oxford Economics. The findings were revealed in a new report looking at the group’s UK operations, which includes Drax Power Station - Europe’s largest decarbonisation project. Researchers at Oxford Economics studied…
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M+W Group, the lead contractor for UK-based Surrey County Council’s new Eco Park, under construction in Shepperton in Surrey, has selected Saxlund International to provide the bulk material handling solution for the storage and discharge of RDF (refuse derived fuel) to feed the gasification facility within the site. Saxlund International, is a subsidiary of Opcon, a Swedish energy and…
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Gatwick Airport, in partnership with DHL, is set to become the first airport in the world able to dispose of Category One waste on site – an issue that costs the global aviation sector around £500 million a year – and convert it into energy. Category One forms the majority of waste from non-EU flights and is defined as food waste or anything mixed…
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Energy-intensive industries and the products they make can play a considerable role in the global effort to tackle climate change, according to a new report from the World Bank Group, CLASP and Carbon Trust. Making them part of the solution while helping them stay competitive is a key challenge for policy makers, the report highlighted. ‘Climate-friendly technologies’ The…
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China and the US – the top two greenhouse gas emitters in the world – have both agreed to ratify the Paris Agreement, a global framework to limit the effects of climate change. While China had already earlier announced that it would ratify the agreement, the joint announcement has been hailed by climate campaigners as a significant advance in combating global warming, The Guardian…
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Blue Sphere Corp., a US clean-tech independent power producer, announced that its joint venture waste-to-energy facility under construction in Charlotte, North Carolina, is nearing completion. In 2014, the company entered into a joint venture to develop, construct and operate a biogas facility in Charlotte, North Carolina, under the management of a third party.  In recent weeks,…
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Waste management firm Veolia is planning to invest £750 million (€898m) in its UK-based recycling business in the next five years. Veolia UK chief executive Estelle Brachlianoff told Reuters  that gradually rising landfill taxes had been a major revenue driver for Veolia in Britain, where it has annual revenue of about £2bn, making it the company's second-largest market…
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Hong Kong-based environmental services provider China Everbright International has completed its acquisition of Polish waste management and recycling firm, Novago. The acquisition was worth approximately €123 million, including an equity purchase price of €118 million and €5 million for the land bank. According to Everbright,  the deal marks the beginning of the…
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Aquapak Polymers has developed a process to produce a multifunctional packaging polymer that is both 100% recyclable and 100% biodegradable in standard waste management facilities, it has announced. Currently at demonstration phase and with a full-scale production factory on the way, Aquapak is now in talks with retailers, local authorities and the waste sector to explore the…
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UK bioenergy giant Drax has announced that it will step in to fill a potential energy gap if the UK government drops plans for a €20 billion nuclear station in Somerset. Andy Koss, CEO of Drax Group, told Bloomberg that biomass is the UK’s most cost-effective form of energy on a whole-systems cost basis. The company, which converted three of its six units to biomass from coal,…
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