Tag: UK

UK’s National Audit Office unconvinced of biomass sustainability for fuel

UK’s National Audit Office unconvinced of biomass sustainability for fuel

January 24, 2024 |

In the UK, over the past two decades, government has provided more than £20 billion of support to businesses using biomass in the power and heat sectors – a key part of its net zero ambitions. Yet government cannot currently demonstrate that its approach to making sure generators comply with its sustainability requirements is adequate, […]

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Thames Water to heat West London homes with sewage sludge-based biogas

Thames Water to heat West London homes with sewage sludge-based biogas

January 23, 2024 |

In the UK, Thames Water has announced sewage sludge will be used to heat homes in West London early this year, after successfully delivering its second gas-to-grid (G2G) project, at its Mogden Sewage Treatment Works (STW). The success of the gas-to-grid model established at Deephams STW in North London in 2021, where biogas is converted […]

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Greenergy commissions biodiesel production expansion in UK and Amsterdam

Greenergy commissions biodiesel production expansion in UK and Amsterdam

January 22, 2024 |

In the UK, Greenergy announced the successful commissioning of expansion works at two of their biodiesel plants in the UK and in Amsterdam. The works included upgrading the pre-treatment process capability, allowing for a wider range of waste oils as feedstocks to be processed into lower carbon biodiesel that will be used in transport fuels […]

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LeadEdge Flexo launches new biobased offering

LeadEdge Flexo launches new biobased offering

January 20, 2024 |

In the UK, LeadEdge Flexo, a provider of corrugated post-printing solutions, announced the launch of its brand-new cbak evolve mounting material. The new product utilizes bio-based Polyethylene (PE) in its construction and aims to reduce the industry’s reliance on synthetic virgin material at this crucial point in corrugated printing, without sacrificing performance or versatility, the […]

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HutanBio secures $2.85 million funding

HutanBio secures $2.85 million funding

January 20, 2024 |

In the UK, Hutanbio said it secured $2.85 million seed investment to fast-track supply of biofuels to global shipping and aviation industries “Our low carbon fuel – HBx biofuel oil – is a sustainable and scalable high energy density, low carbon, sulphur-free, fuel solution, that uses CO2 greenhouse gas as a feedstock,” the company said. […]

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Cambridge University spin-off HutanBio lands $3.15M investment

Cambridge University spin-off HutanBio lands $3.15M investment

January 18, 2024 |

In the UK, after a decade of research and development in the UK and around the world, HutanBio, a bio-tech company founded by scientists from Cambridge University, based in Cambridge (UK) and in Malaysia, has secured a £2.25 million investment from Clean Growth Fund to accelerate the commercial use of its HBx bio-fuel oil to […]

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ABSL successfully produces syngas from waste-based UK demo plant

ABSL successfully produces syngas from waste-based UK demo plant

January 16, 2024 |

In the UK, Advanced Biofuel Solutions Ltd (ABSL) announced successful first production from the 22 GWh waste-to-syngas line at its demonstration plant in Swindon, using its patented RadGas technology. RadGas combines a gasifier, electric arc furnace and waste heat boiler in a highly efficient, reliable process that converts household waste and biomass residues into a […]

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UK approves Drax Bioenergy’s CCS project

UK approves Drax Bioenergy’s CCS project

January 16, 2024 |

In the UK, the Drax Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage Project application has been granted development consent by the Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero. The project proposes to install post-combustion capture technology that would capture carbon dioxide emissions from up to two of the existing biomass units at Drax Power […]

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Diageo to provide seed funding for expanding Glass Futures in North America and India

Diageo to provide seed funding for expanding Glass Futures in North America and India

January 16, 2024 |

In the UK, Diageo will be providing seed funding to enable the expansion of Glass Futures activities into North America and India, two of Diageo’s largest markets, to accelerate the decarbonization of the glass industry internationally. Glass Futures, a leading glass research and technology organization, is exploring the most effective routes to decarbonize the glass […]

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Two more of Bio Capital’s UK biomethane plants get upgrades

Two more of Bio Capital’s UK biomethane plants get upgrades

January 11, 2024 |

In the UK, following the announcement of the renewable CO2 project at Granville Eco Park in Northern Ireland, UK company Bio Capital Ltd. is to deploy further enhancements at two more of their plants. The East London Biogas plant is adding biomethane production and gas-to-grid injection to the existing electricity generation. At a separate project […]

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