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Feb 22, 2023
New Zealand’s Genesis Energy announces “successful biomass trial”
Biomass News
Feb 22, 2023
SNP MP Martyn Day visited the UK’s largest waste wood-powered biomass plant to understand the critical role of biomass in producing renewable energy.
The Member of Parliament for Linlithgow and East Falkirk was shown around RWE’s £300 million (€340.2m) biomass combined heat and power (CHP) facility at Markinch in Fife, Scotland.
The tour took place on 10 February,... [Read More]
Other News
Feb 22, 2023
The European Commission needs to reform its electricity market design to place a value on flexible balancing power capacity for the EU to achieve its net zero targets and improve energy security, according to a new study from technology group Wärtsilä.
With the European Commission having engaged in a public consultation for the electricity market design, Wärtsilä... [Read More]
Biomass News
Feb 21, 2023
Chief minister of the Indian state of Haryana, Manohar Lal Khattar, has said the state government will leave "no stone unturned" to transform the area's stubble-burning challenges into wealth-creating opportunities, according to The Statesman.
“Stubble and water management is the need of the hour. Haryana has taken commendable steps to reduce the cases of paddy straw... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 21, 2023
Denmark's Eurowind Energy has thus far been primarily dedicated to supplying local and global renewable needs for renewable energy with electricity generated by wind turbines and solar PV. But the company said there is still a need for gas in industries that cannot be electrified.
It is therefore including biogas within its remit, as a new competence centre has been established,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 21, 2023
Shell Petroleum NV, a wholly owned subsidiary of Shell plc (Shell), has completed the acquisition of 100% of the shares of Nature Energy Biogas A/S (Nature Energy).
The acquisition was announced last November.
By purchasing the shares in Nature Energy, Shell has acquired the largest producer of renewable natural gas (RNG) in Europe, its portfolio of operating... [Read More]
Other News
Feb 20, 2023
The new edition of Biogas Italy entitled "Farming Possible All the energy of biogas" returns to Rome on 8 & 9 March at the Salone delle Fontane, one of the most evocative locations located in the heart of Rome's Eur district.
The event, organised by Consorzio Italiano Biogas (CIB) and in its seventh edition, has become a reference point for the agricultural biogas... [Read More]
Other News
Feb 20, 2023
Workers at Drax power station in North Yorkshire - one of the largest in the UK - are today striking over pay, reported the BBC. It is the first strike of a planned nine.
The Unite union said about 180 staff had rejected an 8% pay offer, which it said was a real-terms pay cut, but the company said the deal was worth 10%.
A spokesman for the site told the BBC it was... [Read More]
Features
Feb 17, 2023
Jeremy Moorhouse, energy analyst at the International Energy Agency (IEA) spoke to Bioenergy Insight to unpick what the World Energy Outlook 2022 report means for bioenergy.
It is predicted that we will see an 85% acceleration in renewable electricity from 2022-2027, according to the International Energy Agency’s report, which is 30% higher than forecast in its last... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 20, 2023
India's National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) signed an MoU with Mexico-based Sistema Bio on 17 February to supply 15,000 biogas plants to farmers in Surat, Kolhapur and Pune, reported The Indian Express.
Farmers owning two or three cows or buffaloes will be offered biomass plants at the subsidised rate of Rs 5,990.
“The actual cost of these plants is around Rs... [Read More]
Policy News
Feb 20, 2023
Estonian transmission system operator (TSO) Elering paid out over €5.4m in renewable energy subsidies and high-efficiency co-generation subsidies in January this year, according to Baltic News Service (BNS).
Elering paid out just under €5.2m in renewable energy subsidies and approximately €277,900 in high-efficiency cogeneration subsidies during the month, the... [Read More]
Biomass News
Feb 20, 2023
Researchers from Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) and University College London (UCL) in collaboration with Diamond Light Source, the UK's national synchrotron, have imaged the porosity of biochars for the first time.
The unprecedented operando experiments were led by Dr Roberto Volpe of QMUL, whose work to address existing knowledge gaps within the thermochemical... [Read More]
Other News
Feb 17, 2023
Decarbonisation, net zero and energy security are set to be crucial topics in 2023 with renewable gas taking centre stage in helping companies and governments meet their goals.
Following on from the European Parliament’s recent target of 45% renewable energy consumption by 2030 and the EU’s REPowerEU plan to secure Europe’s energy future, now is the time for power... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 17, 2023
Canada’s ambassador to Chile recently led the inauguration of the country’s first biogas plant in Osorno, Los Lagos Region, reported Nation World News. It will eliminate emissions of greenhouse gases of about 700,000 tons of CO2 and inject two megawatts into the central interconnected system.
The Ecoprial plant is located 7km from Osorno along a route to its coastal... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 17, 2023
Irish ministers announced a €3 million investment in an integrated anaerobic digestion and green biorefining demonstration initiative on 14 February.
Minister for agriculture, food and the marine Charlie McConalogue, and minister of state with special responsibility for research and innovation, Martin Heydon, said the funding has been jointly awarded to two institutions... [Read More]
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