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Biomass

University of Northampton opens £6.5m biomass energy centre
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

  • Biomass
  • 03 August 2017
ETI: Planting 1.4 million hectares of biomass crops can boost green energy
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

  • Biomass
  • 25 July 2017
Drax eyes 'coal-free future'
Drax eyes 'coal-free future'

Energy giant reports £83m loss in first half of year in part due to depreciation of its coal assets

  • Energy
  • 19 July 2017
Report: Green gas could now power one million homes
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

  • Biomass
  • 05 July 2017
How to fix India's burning issue: turn unwanted straw into bio-energy pellets
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?

  • Biomass
  • 15 May 2017
Iona Capital reveals jobs boost from £130m North West bioenergy funding
Iona Capital reveals jobs boost from £130m North West bioenergy funding

Infrastructure projects in region expected create 300 jobs by June this year and a further 600 over the next two years

  • Investment
  • 19 April 2017
ETI launches project to clean up biomass impurities
ETI launches project to clean up biomass impurities

Research aims to boost efficiency and cost-effectiveness of biomass power plants

  • Biomass
  • 31 March 2017
Just how carbon intensive is biomass power? The debate continues
Just how carbon intensive is biomass power? The debate continues

The government quietly released a new technical study on North American wood pellets for UK biomass last week, but it once again fails to quell an increasingly heated debate

  • Biomass
  • 14 March 2017
Poultry industry in a flap over potential impact of renewable heat reforms
Poultry industry in a flap over potential impact of renewable heat reforms

Industry fears planned changes to Renewable Heat Incentive will block roll out of low emission combined heat and power systems at farms across the UK

  • Biomass
  • 13 March 2017
Rush to cut carbon emissions by burning wood instead of coal and gas risks doing more harm than good
Rush to cut carbon emissions by burning wood instead of coal and gas risks doing more harm than good

European countries' support for wood-based energy sources is based on a flawed assumption that they are carbon neutral

  • Biomass
  • 24 February 2017
Ignore the Chatham House report - biomass has a crucial role in the clean energy system
Ignore the Chatham House report - biomass has a crucial role in the clean energy system

The REA's Nina Skorupska hits back at yesterday's Chatham House report which denounced the burning of woody biomass as more harmful than coal

  • Biomass
  • 24 February 2017
Chatham House: 'Flawed' assumptions mean biomass does more harm than good for climate
Chatham House: 'Flawed' assumptions mean biomass does more harm than good for climate

But green groups hit back at 'pseudo-science' used in study, insisting biomass has a viable role in low-carbon energy system

  • Biomass
  • 23 February 2017
Drax profits down 17 per cent, hit by climate levy change
Drax profits down 17 per cent, hit by climate levy change

Core annual earnings fall to £140m due to weak commodity prices and government changes to climate tax

  • Biomass
  • 16 February 2017
Caffè Nero teams up with bio-bean and First Mile to turn waste coffee into fuel
Caffè Nero teams up with bio-bean and First Mile to turn waste coffee into fuel

Partnership is transforming coffee giant's waste coffee grounds into renewable fuel

  • Biomass
  • 13 February 2017
European commission approves Drax biomass subsidy
European commission approves Drax biomass subsidy

A third unit at Drax's coal power station will switch to burning wood pellets after commission's state aid investigation approves financial support

  • Biomass
  • 20 December 2016
Ecotricity submits planning applications for Green Gas Mills on Lancashire fracking sites
Ecotricity submits planning applications for Green Gas Mills on Lancashire fracking sites

Green energy specialist files two planning applications to build biogas plants on proposed shale gas sites in bid to highlight that 'there's an alternative to fracking'

  • Infrastructure
  • 09 December 2016
Report: Green gas grid production doubles in 2016
Report: Green gas grid production doubles in 2016

Industry body reveals rapid expansion in anaerobic digestion and biogas industry

  • Infrastructure
  • 08 December 2016
Survey shows widescale public support for bioenergy
Survey shows widescale public support for bioenergy

ETI survey shows support for bioenergy similar to that of solar and offshore wind, but reveals on-going concerns about that biomass production's potential impact on food supplies

  • Biomass
  • 08 December 2016
Drax CEO: 'Our purpose is to help change the way energy is generated, supplied and used for a better future'
Drax CEO: 'Our purpose is to help change the way energy is generated, supplied and used for a better future'

Dorothy Thompson dishes the details of the coal and biomass giant's new plan to become a "diversified energy business"

  • Biomass
  • 07 December 2016
Drax to buy energy supplier Opus Energy for £340m
Drax to buy energy supplier Opus Energy for £340m

Coal and biomass giant will also buy four gas projects in a separate deal

  • Biomass
  • 06 December 2016
Renewable energy to crown Buckingham Palace's £369m makeover
Renewable energy to crown Buckingham Palace's £369m makeover

Solar panels and anaerobic digestion plant to both feature in refurbishment plans

  • Solar
  • 22 November 2016
Perfect is the enemy of the good
Perfect is the enemy of the good

The REA's Dr Nina Skorupska argues much of the criticism of biomass energy is failing to engage with the reality of the industry

  • Biomass
  • 25 October 2016
Ecotricity announces winter price hike
Ecotricity announces winter price hike

Green energy specialist says government policy and cost increases from grid operators have forced it to up its prices for first time in four years

  • Energy
  • 21 October 2016
Biomass industry welcomes government re-think on CHP support
Biomass industry welcomes government re-think on CHP support

Government admits transitional period is needed to move sector towards lower tariff levels

  • Biomass
  • 21 October 2016
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