Biomass
Ecotricity launches world's first 'vegan electricity' offer
Green energy specialist promises to take on industry's dirty secret and deliver power that avoids all animal by-products
'Government must provide more certainty': Drax, biomass CCS, and the end of coal
Drax Power CEO Andy Koss talks to BusinessGreen about the firm's new carbon capture project and why new gas is needed to balance the ever cleaner power grid
Atlantis proposes £20m share issue in support of expansion plans
Renewables developer to raise funds in support of waste to energy and marine energy expansion plans
NAO: Locking bigger biomass plants out of clean energy contracts to cost consumers £100m a year
Government hints cap on power plants to be dropped, as analysis of CfD auctions concludes rule changes for 'fuelled technologies' drove up costs
Fir things first: A route to truly sustainable biomass
Labour's Alex Sobel suggests a course of action that might help policymakers and biomass power firms see the wood for the trees
When will the biomass bubble burst?
The sustainability myth of burning wood for energy is perched on a thin branch, argues ClientEarth's Caroline Haywood
Can sustainable bioeconomy be a driver of Green Growth?
Dr. Frank Rijsberman of the Global Green Growth Institute reflects on the challenges and opportunities faced by the revolution underway in the bioeconomy
Bristol Energy taps 'poo bus' creators to run city on sewage
Bristol-based utility teams up with GENeco, the company behind the 'poo bus', to roll out green gas produced from toilet waste
Network problems: The peculiar case of home heating in Northern Ireland
The recent cold snap - and the ensuing spike in home heating oil prices - underscores the decarbonisation challenge in Northern Ireland, argues Policy Exchange's Matt Rooney
German water treatment company EnviroChemie acquires cheese waste start-up Clearfleau
British start-up turns cheese waste into green gas
Renewables meet equivalent of entire British electricity demand - in 1958
Sixty years ago annual electricity demand hit 91TWh - in 2017 the UK produced 96TWh from renewables alone
Drax to proceed with new coal to biomass conversion following government subsidy reforms
Government response to consultation on controlling biomass ROC subsidy costs opens path for energy giant to convert a fourth biomass unit
Home biogas: turning food waste into renewable energy
Australians love cooking with gas, but what if you could make your own supply, using leftover food waste? It may be time for more households to embrace home biogas - and stop paying gas bills
Where there's muck, there's biocoal
A UK firm is planning to this year deliver the first facility in Europe capable of turning a wastewater plant's sewage into a source of 'carbon neutral', clean burning biocoal
Mayor Sadiq urges government to give him the tools to tackle construction pollution
Mayor claims new powers needed to tackle the 50 per cent of London air pollution that is not generated by road transport
UK energy supply needs biomass to help eliminate coal and aid rise of renewables
Drax's Matthew Rivers hits back at biomass criticism, arguing the technology acts as a guarantee of reliable supply as the UK grid goes low-carbon
The new UK government needs an immediate exit strategy from bioenergy
Sasha Stashwick of the Natural Resources Defense Council argues biomass is a false hope for cutting carbon emissions
Frozen grocer Greenyard cooks up clean energy with old veg boxes
Greenyard Frozen is set to power its frozen vegetable business with new biomass boilers fuelled by discarded vegetable boxes
Could bioenergy crops offer British farmers a post-Brexit boost?
ETI report argues investing in second generation bioenergy crops could cut emissions and aid rural job creation
University of Northampton opens £6.5m biomass energy centre
Vital Energi worked on 1MW biomass project following completion of 1.6km district heating network on University's Waterside campus
ETI: Planting 1.4 million hectares of biomass crops can boost green energy
Energy Technology Institute report argues more home-grown energy crops for biomass would be cost-effective means of producing low carbon energy
Drax eyes 'coal-free future'
Energy giant reports £83m loss in first half of year in part due to depreciation of its coal assets
Report: Green gas could now power one million homes
Anaerobic digestion capacity has grown 18 per cent over the last year, but with more support from government it could get bigger, industry claims
How to fix India's burning issue: turn unwanted straw into bio-energy pellets
Could biomass technology help cut India's carbon emissions and curb the country's smog crisis?
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