In Belgium, ensure a competitive transition, boosting market demand for sustainable biomass-based products is becoming increasingly urgent. As the European Commission prepares the upcoming Biotech Act II and broader initiatives, Cefic is calling for an EU-wide sustainability framework for biomass used in products tied to market-pull measures. Sustainability criteria for biomass could support future market-pull […]
In Belgium, the European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, an amendment to an existing German renewable energy scheme, originally approved in December 2022. The amendment will increase the budget of the biomass and biogas support scheme by €7.9 billion. The amendment will increase the tender volume, introduce a dedicated quota for biomass […]
In Australia, the Australian Broadcasting Corp. reports that Verdant Earth Technologies has been denied planning permission to revamp the mothballed former coal-fired Redbank Power Station into the country’s largest biomass power plant, using weeds and bioenergy crops as feedstock. New South Wales’ Independent Planning Commission rejection cited failure to address enviornmental concerns—95% of 600 public […]
In Spain, ENSO has obtained 165 million euros of funding for the development of two newly built biomass plants in Spain, which will supply thermal and electrical energy to two large industrial customers under long-term supply contracts. These are the decarbonization projects of the agricultural cooperative of ACOR located in Olmedo and that of the […]
In Sweden, researchers at Chalmers University have used an advanced model that includes more technologies and a higher level of detail than previous similar studies. The model also shows how all society sectors affect each other within the energy system. The new study thus provides an expanded knowledge base for policy development – not least […]
In Ireland, Research and Markets reported that the global market for biomass and waste-to-energy reached revenues of $32.1 billion in 2023 and is projected to reach $45.7 billion by 2030. The report noted that the market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 5.2% from 2023 to 2030. “The growth in the biomass and […]
In Moldova, an online platform dedicated to the development of the biomass energy market in the Republic of Moldova – piata-biomasa.md – was launched on July 5 during the international technical-scientific conferences “Energy, efficiency, ecology, and education” and “Installations for construction and energy economy”, carried out with the support of the Government of Japan and UNDP. […]
In Belgium, the European Commission has approved a €900 million French scheme to support companies investing in the use of biomass and renewable hydrogen in energy and fuel production, to foster the transition towards a net-zero economy in line with the Green Deal Industrial Plan. The scheme was approved under the State aid Temporary Crisis and […]
In the UK, Peel Ports Logistics has signed a deal to become renewable energy specialist Drax’s new shipping agency service provider for vessels importing biomass into Liverpool. The leading shipping and freight forwarder will support the arrival of all Drax’s ships from locations such as North America into the Port of Liverpool’s £100m biomass terminal. […]
In Wisconsin, University of Wisconsin–Madison researchers have engineered bacteria that can produce two chemical products at the same time from underutilized plant fiber. And unlike humans, these multitasking microbes can do both things equally well. The discovery, detailed in a paper in the December issue of the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology, could help make […]
