On 14th and 15th of February, members of the biomass community met in Da Nang, Vietnam, for the annual international RISI conference, or “The Wood Chip Conference”, asit is also known. Although...

In the waste and renewable energy sector, there is little more frustrating than the careless language used in relation to green technology. No matter how beneficial renewable energy systemsare to the environment,...

Although capitalexpenditures forenergy-from-waste (EfW) and biogas projects have been on a decline in recent years in the US, more states are exploring various organic waste diversion requirements,according...

The Amager Bakke energy-from-waste (EfW) plant, based close to Copenhagen, Denmark, is currently nearing completion and has been designed with the local community in mind.The architectural landmark is...

Biogas is a very diverse source of renewable energy. Biogas plants can process both residues, from manure to organic waste, and energy crops, from corn to reed. In Germany, there are currently about 9,000...

Describing a highly innovative technology as a“slurry tank with a lid on” is unlikely to win any marketing awards, but with nine successful farm-based AD plants in the UK and a new worldwide...

The approach ofelections in France and Germany this year is already raising questions about how the two countries might address their renewable energy future if the voting public decides to install new...

The use of waste and biomass to produceenergy providesseveral solutions in terms of waste management and alternative sources of energy when innovative technologies are utilised. French renewable energy...

Drying technologyis undergoing an accelerated evolution in the industrial wood pellet sector — mirroring the experience of the composite wood panel industry. It is just now reaching a par with the...

In the UK, the wastewater treatment sector has used both aerobic andanaerobic treatment for many years. It is therefore not surprising that when the Renewables Obligation(RO) was introduced in April 2002...

Securing renewable energy supportcredits in the UK, under both the RenewableObligations Certificates(ROCs) scheme and the new Contract for Difference(CfD) mechanism, requires determining the biogenic content...

In the case of Munich-based recycling specialist Breitsamer Entsorgung, the environmentalrobustness of the processing system was one of many additional considerations to make as the company invested in...

When Astec made the decision toenter the wood pellet plant business as an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contractor, it was immediately confronted with a host of existing issues faced...

In today’s political and economic environment, it is quite common to seeowners and operators of smaller coal-fired boilers (15 to 50MW) convert theirprimary fuel from coal to wood. In some cases,...

Mankind has usedwood to createheat and energy for millennia. In the 21st Century we are still burning wood, fuelled by the demand for renewable power to replace traditional fossil fuels.The UK has wholeheartedly...

Green waste isincreasingly being contaminated with metals and plastics ,as a result of non-organic materials being placed in green waste bins. CBI’s Metal Detection System(MDS) is able to detect...