Biomass

Enviva Announces $250 million Investment in New Production Plant for Mississippi

Wednesday, 06 April 2022 REM Enviva Inc., a producer of sustainable wood bioenergy, will invest approximately $250 million in Bond, Mississippi to build a new wood pellet production plant. The facility is a key component of the company’s ...

UK Government launches new scheme for technologies producing hydrogen from biomass

Wednesday, 12 January 2022

The UK government has today (Wednesday 12th January) launched a new programme to help develop innovative technologies to produce hydrogen, a clean energy source, from sustainable biomass and waste.

Drax to Invest £40M in Next Stage of Carbon Capture Project

Thursday, 16 December 2021 REM Drax plans capital investments of around £40 million at its North Yorkshire power station during 2022 on the first phase of its bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) project and ensuring it ...

Drax Pushing to Increase Biomass Use

Thursday, 02 December 2021 REM Drax currently has 13 operational pellet plants with nameplate capacity of c.4Mt, plus a further two plants currently commissioning and other developments/expansions which will increase this to c.5Mt once ...

Enviva and J-Power Join Efforts to Decarbonize Power Generation in Japan

Thursday, 18 November 2021 REM Enviva Partners, a global renewable energy company specializing in sustainable wood bioenergy, and Tokyo-based utility Electric Power Development Co., have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for ...

New UBC bioenergy Facility Set to Pave Way for Carbon-Negative Future

Monday, 25 October 2021 REM A research and demonstration facility aimed at accelerating the development of low-carbon, market-ready bioenergy products and carbon-negative energy systems has opened its doors at the University of British ...

Construction Starts on Drax’s Second Biomass Pellet Plant in Arkansas

Thursday, 23 September 2021 REM

Drax Group, the world-leading sustainable biomass production and supply company, has started construction on the second of three satellite pellet plants in Arkansas, the company announced.

£4 Million Funding Boost for UK Biomass

Wednesday, 25 August 2021 REM The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has awarded £4 million of funding for the project development stage of the Biomass Feedstocks Innovation Program, with up to £200,000 ...

Drax Begins Turbine Upgrade to Reduce Cost of Biomass Power

Wednesday, 11 August 2021 REM

Work has begun at Drax Power Station to upgrade one of its turbines and complete a major £40 million investment in Europe’s largest renewable power generator in North Yorkshire.

World Finance Says Enviva Most Sustainable Biomass Company

Wednesday, 28 July 2021 REM Replacing fossil fuels for power and heat generation will be critical to achieving net zero carbon emissions, but wind and solar power alone cannot solve the world's energy needs. Wood-based biomass, when ...