Biomass

N.C. Bioenergy Research and New and Emerging Crops Initiative Awards Nearly $1 Million in Grants

Wednesday, 16 January 2019 REM The North Carolina Bioenergy Research and New and Emerging Crops Initiative recently awarded nearly $1 million in grants for nine projects to boost bioenergy opportunities and crop production in the state. ...

Environmentalists Sue European Investment Bank Over Loan for Spanish Biomass Plant

Tuesday, 15 January 2019 Dan McCue A London-based environmental legal group, ClientEarth, sued the European Investment Bank last week over a $69 million loan for the development of a wood-fired power plant in La Coruna in Northern Spain. ...

New Composite Advances Lignin as a Renewable 3D Printing Material

Monday, 31 December 2018 REM Scientists at the Department of Energy’s Oak Ridge National Laboratory have created a recipe for a renewable 3D printing feedstock that could spur a profitable new use for an intractable biorefinery ...

Japan

27th EUBCE to collaborate with JIE on biomass energy

Thursday, 06 December 2018 Robin Whitlock The 27th European Biomass Conference & Exhibition (EUBCE) has signed an agreement with the Japan Institute of Energy (JIE) with the aim to co-organise two events in the field of biomass gasification ...

NREL algae testbed experiment yields data useful for future projects

Wednesday, 28 November 2018 Robin Whitlock A unique experiment that explored how well algae grows in specific regions of the United States yielded data that could prove useful as the industry moves forward, according to research from the US Department ...

World’s first CO2 negative fuel to be presented at the UN Climate Summit

Monday, 26 November 2018 Robin Whitlock

NextFuel is introducing a completely new energy solution to climate change that is CO2 negative, cheap, profitable and massively scalable in the form of a briquette made from elephant grass.

Andritz to Supply Boiler for Biomass Power Plant in Japan

Tuesday, 20 November 2018 Dan McCue Austrian technology group Andritz has received an order from Toyo Engineering Corporation to deliver a PowerFluid Circulating Fluidized Bed boiler with flue gas cleaning system for a new biomass power ...

UK countryside must be prepared for climate change so that it supports reduced emissions says CCC

Monday, 19 November 2018 Robin Whitlock The Committee on Climate Change, which advises the UK Government on climate change and clean energy, has published two linked reports finding that the British countryside is in need of substantial reform ...

ETI recommends an increase in UK biomass production

Monday, 05 November 2018 Robin Whitlock In a report released last week, the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has reviewed its 10 year bioenergy programme, recommending an increase in biomass production and the creation of the right environment ...

Ence Receives First Boiler Components for New Biomass Plant

Wednesday, 24 October 2018 Dan McCue Ence Energia y Celulosa has received the first batch of boiler components for its new biomass plant being built in Puertollano, Spain. The delivery consisted of the pressure modules for the boiler. GBS ...