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Consett-based EfW plant eyes September planning consent
UK: Heat supplying facility will process RDF produced from C&I waste sourced from within 15 miles of it
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New owner for £246.5m Tilbury biomass-fired plant
UK-based facility is operational but has consent to expand the types and quantity of feedstock it can process
Consultation launched into Powerfuel Portland’s EfW development
UK: Facility is planned to treat up to 202,000t/yr and a total capacity of 18.1MWe, although it “not economically feasible” to supply heat
Scotland could follow Wales with ‘incinerator ban’, say Greens
Scotland’s Green have backed the move as government reveals it will review energy-recovery planning rules in the autumn
Drax and MHI sign deal for solvent-based carbon capture tech
Move takes forward the technology for Drax’s pioneering BECCS project, while criticism of the cost of subsidising the technology continues
Biogas-powered crypto business hits £5m sales
UK: Company supplies 'mining’ equipment run of biogas in a move aimed at heading off concerns over the huge amount of fossil fuel the technology needs to run
Bridgwater-based EfW secures draft permit
UK: 130,000t/yr facility is due to open this year after securing consent in 2016, however it will not feature gasification technology as first planned
Council points to lack of EfW availability as landfilling increases
UK: Local authority reveals landfilling increased due to “down-time or unavailability” at EfW plants over 2019/20
Local authority raises feedstock-sourcing concerns for Buttington EfW plant
The facility is currently being decided as a nationally significant development application, against the background of a moratorium on new EfW capacity in Wales
Dutch-led consortium plans Palestine’s first EfW plant
Company spun out from AEB Amsterdam to build 40MWe plant in Jenin, on the West Bank in Palestine
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Finland/Germany: Valmet snaps up two firms
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UK: Northacre tech-switch decision day confirmed
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UK/Poland: AvantiGas signs bioLPG deal
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UK: Wastewise lands Derby food waste deals
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Ireland: Challenge over EfW plant approval returns to court
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UK/Canada: CoalSwitch gains patent
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Poland: Turbine deal confirmed for Olsztyn EfW plant
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Sweden: Scandinavian Biogas places SEK700m in green bonds
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UK: More info needed for Veolia’s Alton application
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UK: Mid-UK puts SRF-producing plant into operation
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Australia/Netherlands: Bright plans down under’s first biomethane plant
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France: Biogest reveals two more biomethane-producing plants
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US/UK: First production of CoalSwitch at Ashland facility
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Netherlands: Controversial biomass-fired plant plan faces axe
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Netherlands: AEB part of ‘carbon dioxide removal’ project
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Sweden: Volvo uses biogas for first ‘carbon neutral’ site
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Norway: Tender issued for biogas plant
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UK: Investor eyes Augean
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UK/Ireland: Eqtec in £15m fund raising drive
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Netherlands: Moerdijk biomethane plant in development
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Netherlands: Boardview buys DMT
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Germany: Line overhaul for Wuppertal EfW plant
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EWB Insight report: May 2021
This month: Forged pellets certificate circulated by WKE, bioenergy sector faces stricter rules, waste wood and EfW market evolves and a full facilities round up
How England should prepare for separate food waste collections
Waste management specialists Paul Palmer from GAP Organics, Grant Keenan from Keenan Recycling and Chris Negus from Privilege Finance highlight the opportunities that will arise and the pitfalls to avoid as public sector and waste management businesses get ready for the change
EWB Insight report: April 2021
This month: The biomass sector continues to consolidate rather than expand, the UK launches a probe into the same sector and a new EfW plant builder is revealed. Here’s the full round up of the month’s industry news and facilities updates
Why the heat is on to join up EfW plans
A recent planning decision on an energy-from-waste plant has flagged up the importance of considering recycling and carbon capture and storage and, writes Catherine Early, the overriding need for more effective collaboration
EWB Insight report: March 2021
This month: Welsh government brings in immediate moratorium on 10MWe+ EfW capacity, RDF sector questions Eunomia’s support after it releases another anti-EfW report and a full facilities round up