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Bioenergy Insight asked industry experts for their thoughts on the progress of biomass and biogas, and their predictions for the sector in 2020.

Built in 2017, ReFood’s plant in Dagenham, London is the newest and largest of its UK facilities. The company, which specialises in food waste recycling, has two other facilities in Doncaster and Widnes. Bioenergy Insight was invited to see the new facility and learn more about the many ways our food waste can be utilised as part of acircular economy. 

Stephen McCulloch of DMT Environmental Technology explains how the company’s new service can support businesses with biogas upgrading projects.

Pump and mixer manufacturer Landia assisted UK-based Cannington Bio Energy in solving grit issues at its anaerobic digestion plant.

The opening of a new decade sees European bioenergy producers poised to play a major role in support of the region’s 30-year drive towards carbon neutrality. The need for change has arguably never been more graphically illustrated than by the raging bushfires in Australia and the devastation they havecaused in recent weeks to people, their homes and their livelihoods.

The US Industrial Pellet Association and Natural Resources Defense Council answer the biomass sector’s most burning question.

Researchers at Bio4Energy, a research environment based in northern Sweden, have been exploring sustainable bioenergy solutions in sub-Saharan Africa. Christoffer Boman spoke to Bioenergy Insight about his research on the development of clean-burning biomass gasification technology for household cooking and medium-scale electricity production on the continent.

As an industry, the bioenergy sector has many new influential trends; global warming, competing technologies, lowering prices, questioning whether bioenergy is green. Thinking about our industry’s image and how we minimise the effects of climate change is more crucial than ever.