The UK government continues its full scale assault on the country’s renewable energy industry. As reported in the last issue of Bioenergy Insight, Chancellor George Osborne’s summer budget...

The effects of the UK’s Conservative government’s radical changes to their renewable energy policy enacted in July-August are already being felt across the sector. Energy Secretary Amber Rudd...

In mid-August, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued two proposals to further reduce methane-rich gas emissions from municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills. The new proposals will require...

Canada’s wood pellet industry has had a good couple of years with prospects for the immediate future appearing to be well set for a further expansion of production, and a sustained increase in exports...

From 5 October 2015, the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) is introducing new sustainability criteria for installations using biomass or biogas fuels, and producers of biomethane under the...

The Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) is a key support mechanism for solid biomass and biogas developments supplying renewable heat and biomethane to the national grid in the UK. In order for generators to...

Managing the supply of sustainable biomass to Drax Power Station in the UK starts thousands of miles away on the banks of the Mississippi River. Thanks to a substantial investment — including a strategic...

Torrefaction is the roasting of wood or other biomass material at high temperatures in a low-oxygen environment. This process removes and recycles low-quality energy from the material and changes its chemical...

Since the Climate Change Act came into force in 2008, the UK has made great progress in efforts to reduce its carbon footprint. There has been a significant increase in sustainable energy sources like...

Wood pellets have multiple uses to justify their production, from energy production to animal bedding to liquid spill sorbents or cat litter. What all of these have in common is the need for standards...

Cogeneration, also known as combined heat and power (CHP), is a process whereby electricity and useful thermal energy are obtained. Applied to industrial processes, CHP increases their energy efficiency...

According to research from The Green Investment Bank, anaerobic digestion (AD) in the UK is going from strength to strength. In fact, since 2014 alone, the industry has witnessed a 55% uplift in overall...

A biomethane plant from UK-based renewable energy company Alfagy is delivering cost-effective solutions for converting biogas into natural gas. The upgraded gas can be injected into the natural gas grid...

New industrial ligninbased products are moving towards commercialisation in New Zealand and may tip the economic scales in favour of biorefining. The biggest source of biomass in New Zealand is wood. Around...