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Carbon Dioxide Being Captured in Innovative BECCS Pilot

The first carbon dioxide has been captured at Drax Power Station in their innovative bioenergy carbon capture and storage (BECCS) pilot. The demonstration plant at the power station, near Selby in North Yorkshire, is using innovative technology, developed by Leeds-based C-Capture, to capture a tonne of CO2 a day, during the pilot. It is the first-time carbon dioxide has been captured from the combustion of a 100% biomass feedstock anywhere in the world.

80 percent of Finnish respondents in Neste survey want to reduce aviation emissions at source

Finnish renewable energy company Neste has investigated Finnish citizens attitudes to flight-related emissions and their offsetting or compensation and found that renewable aviation fuel was the preferred method for offsetting or reducing flight-related emissions.

Vaisala launches biogas measurement instrument to get more value from waste

Environmental and industrial measurement company Vaisala has introduced the world’s first in situ 3-in-1 biogas measurement instrument, Vaisala MGP261 for measuring methane, carbon dioxide and humidity in demanding environments.