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European Commission moots more support for sustainable jet fuel
EU airlines may be obliged to use a minimum proportion of synthetic kerosene or advanced biofuels, according to a consultation from the European Commission
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Polish environment fund opens call for waste management projects
The Polish government has launched a €320m fund for new waste management initiatives and installations
Lazio needs another EfW plant, says party chief
Italy: A draft waste management plan for the region surrounding Rome is inadequate and would leave waste to be transported elsewhere, according to centre-right politician Stefano Parisi
Municipal leader backs EfW plan for Oldham
UK: The leader of a municipality in Greater Manchester says he supports the construction of a new 250,000t/year EfW plant in the area
FCC sells half stake in UK energy recovery operations
Company says deal with boost its plans to develop new treatment plants
Green groups raise red flag over Estonia’s renewable subsidies plan
Estonian environmentalists have complained to the European Commission that plans to support biomass power breach state aid rules
Javelin Park legal challenge to continue
UK: Community R4C will seek permission to appeal following a court ruling that it partially won last month
SecAnim unveils ‘state-of-the-art’ ABP plant
UK: Company is set to open a new high-risk animal by-product processing facility in Widnes, Cheshire
Repsol produces Spain’s first aviation biofuel
Energy firm produced 7,000 tonnes of jet fuel containing 5% biofuel and plans to double its annual production by 2030
Latest Project News
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UK: Drax biomass cargo deal extended
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Portugal: EIB agrees loan for paper plant biomass boiler project
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Greece: Envitec starts construction of 1MW biogas plant
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UK: Plans for replacement EfW plant withdrawn
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Italy: Liquefied biomethane plant to open in September
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UK: Wheelabrator’s K3 plant cleared to increase capacity
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Poland: Flood waste to be burned in Rzeszów EfW plant
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UK: Viridor’s Cardiff EfW plant processes millionth tonne of waste
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Germany: EfW plant operator opposes waste supply by rail
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France: EfW plant to power hydrogen fuel system
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Norway: Tender issued for bio coal-producing pyrolysis plant
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Italy: Iren agrees EfW plant’s overhaul deals
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UK: Drax H1 results down as coal-removal costs rise
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UK: Murrow biomethane-producing plant operational
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UK: Biomass-fired boiler allowed at West Midlands recycling site
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UK: Malvern hazardous waste EfW progresses
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Denmark: Ørsted tenders for turbine supplier for Avedøre
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France: EfW contract rises by €5m overall
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Belgium/Italy: Franco Tosi Meccanica secures turbine order for E-Wood
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France/Canada: Deal signed for financing biogas-upgrading facilities
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EWB Comment and Analysis
How can the waste sector help the UK accelerate towards net zero?
David Cullen, programme director for the North London Heat and Power Project, considers a new report from Policy Connect about the waste sector’s role in achieving ‘net zero’
EWB Insight report: June 2020
This month: Political moves hit the EfW sector in Denmark and Germany, politician backtracks after criticising a waste to energy plant, MVV wins “rare” ruling, Amey’s Waterbeach facility loses appeal, and a full facilities round up
EWB Insight report: May 2020
This month: Could CCS at biomass-fired and EfW plants be on the brink of commercial scale success, legal challenge to EU’s bioenergy support is shut down, UK sets new bioenergy record and a new energy recovery plant is planned for Essex
EWB Insight report: April 2020
This month: Facilities moved forward for Wheelabrator, several other UK-based EfW plants progressed, while policy and business remains severely affected by the global coronavirus outbreak
Biogas plants winning the battle against grit
Taking digesters offline to remove the debris that inevitably builds up over time is anathema to many operators. One company tackled the problem by combining a powerful degritter with a chopper pump. Christopher French reports
