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The state of Uttar Pradesh in India's government has announced the formulation of a bioenergy policy, which is designed to regulate the production and demand-supply of biofuel.
Chief minister Yogi Adityanath announced the implementation of a bioenergy production framework as a means to offer cheaper fuel options and to cater to soaring energy demands, using technologies such as biogas,…
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As the European Parliament (EP) prepares to vote on biomass amendments on 14 September, and amidst a report that the three largest groups in the EP have backed proposals to end subsidies for biomass used in power plants and exclude primary wood burning from the EU’s renewable energy targets, IEA Bioenergy has released a statement.
Dr Paul Bennett, Chair of the Executive Committee of IEA…
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Tecogen, a clean energy company providing ultra-efficient and clean on-site power, heating and cooling equipment, has confirmed the enhanced tax credits available under the Inflation Reduction Act apply to systems that include its combined heat and power (CHP) equipment.
The Inflation Reduction Act increased tax credits - including investment tax credit (ITC) - to rise to 30% of the project…
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Plans to create thousands of Yorkshire jobs are set to be greenlit by the UK government in a move to make renewable energy the solution to future fuel crises, The Yorkshire Post understands.
Work is underway in Whitehall over the future of biomass energy fitted with carbon capture technology which would remove greenhouse emissions from the atmosphere that are produced by burning the fuel, in a…
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The UK government has published its guidance to support organisations in completing the power bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) project submission form.
The submission is for power BECCS projects’ application and assessment to enable project selection and alignment to Track-1 of the Cluster Sequencing programme. The Cluster Sequencing Process launched in May 2021, and aims to…
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The New Zealand government has released a plan to transform the country's forestry sector so more trees are further processed locally and investment in a wood-based biomass fuel is increased, according to RNZ.
The Minister of Forestry launched the draft Forestry and Wood Processing Industry Transformation Plan in Christchurch and said it would boost innovation and investment and unlock the…
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US President Joe Biden signed a $750 billion (€737.1bn) healthcare, tax and climate bill into law on 16 August.
During the signing ceremony in the State Dining Room of the White House, Biden said the Inflation Reduction Act is "one of the most significant laws in our history".
Addressing Democrat members of Congress and administration officials, he stated: "With this law, the American people…
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The UK government has launched a consultation on how to support the development of biomass energy generation with associated carbon captured in the UK over the next decade.
The consultation seeks views on the government's minded-to position for a business model to incentivise deployment of power bioenergy and carbon capture (BECCS) within the UK.
In particular, it hopes to assess how the…
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The UK's business secretary, Kwasi Kwarteng, has said importing wood pellets from Louisiana, US, is not sustainable and "doesn't make any sense," according to the FT.
Louisiana is one of Drax's sourcing regions in the US.
Kwarteng made the comments during a meeting with a group of cross-party backbench MPs, who raised the sustainability of wood pellets - which Drax has claimed are…
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The Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology (REA) has called upon the current prime minister, Boris Johnson, and the Conservative leadership candidates, Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss, to urgently come together and hold an emergency energy crisis summit.
In an open letter sent today (11 August), the REA said the Conservative leadership contest has created uncertainty, with "precious…
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Anaergia has announced it has signed a contract to supply good waste treatment system for Singapore's Tuas Nexus Integrated Waste Management Facility (IWMF).
Anaergia is an end-to-end solution provider for extracting organics from waste, implementing anaerobic digestion, upgrading biogas, producing feritiliser and cleaning water.
The facility will be Singapore's first food waste treatment…
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The Sri Lanka Sustainable Energy Authority (SLSEA) and the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) have jointly hosted a workshop on the second phase of its "Biomass Energy 2022" initiative.
Sri Lanka aims to be a nation more resilient to shocks in the energy sector by 2030. the objective is to increase the power generation capacity of the country from the current 4,043 MW to 6,900 MW by…
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Proposals for a renewable energy development in north Mayo, Ireland has received appeals to the country’s national independent planning body An Bord Pleanála.
The proposed development, which has been approved by Mayo County Council, is an anaerobic digestion biogas facility and associated gas pipeline.
It would use locally sourced silage and slurry as feedstock to generate biogas for…
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The Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology (REA) has welcomed the publication of the Review of Electricity Market Arrangements (REMA) consultation, saying it is looking forward to working alongside the government, REA members and the wider industry on the proposals.
REMA is an extensive review into Britain's electricity market design, and will identify reforms needed to…
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The UK Government’s Energy Security Strategy is “wholly inadequate” and locks the UK into more expensive, non-renewable power sources, according to the Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology (REA).
The Strategy sets out how the UK will accelerate the deployment of wind, new nuclear, solar and hydrogen while supporting the production of domestic oil and gas in the nearer…
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