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Veolia and Suez agree to merger after weeks of talks
Combined Veolia-led business will have revenues of “around €37bn” a year
Latest News & Analysis
Drax BECCS in late 2020s is ‘no regrets’ option – study
Carbon capture technology could save “around £4.5bn” of the additional costs needed for the UK to meet its fifth carbon budget, which runs from 2028 to 2032
CfD fourth round portal opens
UK: First three rounds have backed several waste and biomass-fired plants, but only one new build project has so far been completed
Legal challenge over EfW’s exclusion from UK ETS due next week
A two-day online hearing will take place as part of a judicial review of the UK government’s decision to exclude EfW plant from the emissions trading scheme
Paprec looks for further EfW expansion after CNIM deal
France/UK/Poland: Company is also in talks in over a deal for Dalkia Wastenergy
Five new barges for EfW firm Cory
UK: Company has now taken delivery of six of the planned 35 barges it has ordered as part of its fleet overhaul
Watchdog drops AEB’s stricter supervision order
Netherlands: Supervision order was placed on company three years ago, a year before a disastrous shutdown hit the EfW business a year later
SME ‘remains fully committed’ to Uskmouth conversion
UK: World’s first coal-to-waste conversion has made progress, but faces political issues on two fronts
Gasum tests LBG for maritime transport
Finland/Norway: Two test deliveries have been to the Finnish Border Guard
Arc21 EfW plant’s electricity export ‘not an issue’, says Indaver
NIE Networks has raised concerns over infrastructure related to exporting power from the facility, but developer says issue has already been dealt with
Latest Project News
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UK: Fire hits Veolia’s Newhaven EfW plant
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Japan/Germany: Weltec delivering two biogas plants
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Norway: Biogas sludge deal tendered
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Netherlands: AEB and AGV settle sludge argument
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UK: Stobart Energy agrees tyre deal with Bridgestone
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Poland: Authorities investigated 11 waste fires at same site
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Denmark: €1.2m biogas-odour removal project scrapped
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Denmark: Amager Bakke CCS ‘almost within reach’
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Belgium: Supply of cooled chutes to two lines
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Switzerland: Biogas plant expansion deal signed
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Poland/Bulgaria: NGO criticises EfW investments
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UK: Marchwood Scientific Services join RDF Industry Group
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UK: Aberdeen EfW-to-heat deal restarts with £30m value
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UAE: Long-term funding deal for EfW development with HZI and Besix
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Norway: HZI lands EfW plant equipment deal
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Norway: Fortum Oslo Varme’s CCS project makes EU innovation funding shortlist
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UK: Scotland’s first biomethane refuelling station under-construction
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France: €40m tender launched for EfW overhaul
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Italy: New owner for 21 biogas-producing plants
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UK: Extension to SRF-storage building approved
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UK: Permission for replacement animal by-products plant
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UK: ‘Good progress’ as wet commissioning continues at ABSL
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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
Keeping the fires out and the lights on
Fire is a critical risk for power generation sites, but blazes remain all too common. James Mountain, sales and marketing director, Fire Shield Systems, explores the issues surrounding fire prevention and protection for power stations
EWB Insight Report: February 2021
This month: Who will build the UK’s pipeline of EfW plants, NGOs “misrepresent” bioenergy, several businesses make moves in the biogas sector, and a full facilities round-up
Why business is hotting up for EfW
Few will remember 2020 as their favourite year, but one positive outcome could be the growth of the energy-from-waste sector, with a flurry of deals meaning heat networks may soon be widespread across the UK, Becca Challis reports
Coal mining ‘necessary evil’ as alternative fuel sector ramps up
Waste Knot Energy (WKE) managing director, Roger Ferguson, says he is not surprised at the recent controversy surrounding planning for a Cumbrian coal mine