EfW offers the UK a way out of the “perfect storm” of supply challenges, labour shortages, global supply chain disruptions, and an energy crisis - if policy barriers can be overcome
UK: The site was also part of a six-year investigation into an alleged £78m landfill tax fraud, which was dropped without anyone being charged in 2021
Spain: Facility is due to be operational in second half of 2025 and will produce up 376GWh/yr
UK: Workers have rejected a pay increase of 6%, saying wages have seen a “real terms pay cut” of more than 30% since 2012, according to union the GMB
A new Norwegian-Danish collaboration will enable the production of liquid biogas
Environment Agency workers in England will stop attending incidents such as waste fires and fly-tipping over the weekend for three weeks
Drax raises concerns over its future once current subsidies end in 2027, unless the government backs its carbon capture technology
Company is the tenth acquisition by Beauparc, since it entered the UK market seven years ago
UK: Facility is reported to be able to process up to 75,000t/yr
UK: EWB understands waste processing at the 16,000t/yr facility has been halted and the site closed, following similar issues at its sister plant in Malvern
Switzerland: Feasibility study launched for the end-of-pipe carbon capture project
Sector is a key part of energy security and net zero goals, but wants financial support to install BECCS at facilities
UK: Agenda item published last night reveals the Dorset-based facility has been recommended for refusal next week
This month: Interest in biogas facilities continues to rise, Sweden holds stance on bioenergy, Northacre gains planning consent, and our regular full facilities update
This report covers the unusual move by FCC to start the permitting process for an EfW facility it does not yet have the rights to develop, the entry into force of the UK generator levy, Aviva’s plans to sell a stake in its Newport EfW plant and more problems for the delayed MGT Teesside biomass-fired project
This month: Nature Energy sold for €1.9bn, row over banning UK waste exports, a big waste deal for Biffa, developments in CCS and a full facilities round up
This month: Another twist in Essex’s troubled waste-tendering process, EfW progresses towards EU ETS, UK twice rules out energy recovery moratorium and the waste company waiving levies totalling £4.75m (€5.45m)
This month: Essex waste deal and Viridor’s Tilbury EfW plant, Fortum targets UK-based EfW developments and Northacre developers look again at gasification technology
This month: EfW developers need to accept call-ins as part of planning process, low fines are encouraging waste criminals, more ‘wildcat’ strikes could hit facility builds, and Copehagen will miss 2025 carbon neutral target due to EfW missing out on CCS funding
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