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€73m plan to export heat from Dublin EfW plant
Ireland: Up to 90MWth could be sourced from the facility and supplied “throughout the city and Dublin area”
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New owner for KPA Unicon
Finland: The biomass plant builder is now majority owned by Partnera
Abandoned waste sparks inferno despite four years of EA intervention
UK: Site was previously used for producing RDF for export and recycling
Leak: EU executive moots tighter sustainability criteria for bioenergy
Biomass-to-energy could face stronger rules and limits on wood it can process
BECCS could cut Europe’s carbon emissions by 200Mt/yr
Swiss researchers find vast benefits from roll out, but say there are “challenges to overcome”
Germany biogas-capacity tender falls well short
Only 60 bids with a total capacity of 44MWe were submitted against a total cap of 168MWe
UK waste wood imports quadrupled in 2020 - WRA
Biomass-to-energy showed the biggest growth in demand for waste wood with the UK making steady growth towards the 3Mt/yr capacity goal
Deal signed to supply tech for biocoal facilities
Finland/Sweden: First plant is due to open next year and will process feedstock including forestry residues, elephant grass, bagasse and other types of fast-growing energy crops
Biomethane boost as MEPs calls for transport barriers to be dropped - EBA
MEPs from different parties come together to call on the European Commission to “remove barriers to the deployment of sustainable fuels and technologies in transport”
Iona and King's Cross in ‘landmark’ biomethane deal
UK: Area’s carbon footprint could be cut by 50% under the deal, saving 20,000 tonnes of CO2 a year
Latest Project News
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Netherlands: Suez’s EfW CCS plan ‘needs more work’
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Germany: SAF switch for Munich Airport
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Norway: New owner for biomass-fired plant
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Norway: Liquid biogas-producing facility overhaul
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UK/Netherlands: N+P confirms Teesside progress
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Italy/Tunisia: Pressure grows to repatriate exported waste
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Netherlands: AEB sale process officially launched
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UK: Stoke clinical waste-fired plant progressing – Andusia
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Netherlands: Neste to ramp up production at Rotterdam SAF facility
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UK: Protest over smelly landfill
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Ireland: Ringaskiddy EfW back in court in June
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UK: Recycling rates plateau for fifth year in a row – Suez
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UK: New waste stats support need for Arc21 EfW plant
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Belgium: Nivelles biogas plant operational
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UK: Viridor and Rock Solid sign IBA deal
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UK: Ensus UK fined for ETS breach
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UK: Allington EfW plant marks 500,000 waste deliveries
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UK: Partnership creating solid fuels from excess AD plant waste
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UK/Poland: ‘Appalling’ EA’s waste dumping investigation collapses
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EU: NGO questions cooking oil-to-biofuel imports
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Norway: pyrolysis plants tender dropped for a second time
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UK: MRF approved at former landfill site in green belt
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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
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