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Bioenergy sector criticises ‘oversimplified’ EU 2030 Climate Target Plan
The EU wants to limit increases in bioenergy up to 2030, despite the fact the industry currently supplies 49% of all the bloc’s renewable energy jobs
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Covid-19 still impacting waste services
UK: ADEPT has published its final survey covering covid-related disruption of the waste sector
ESWET adds six new members following merger
Industry body for suppliers to EfW plant grows despite global coronavirus pandemic
Tender launched to stop Wolverhampton EfW plant running under capacity
UK: Third-party contractor is needed to supply about 41,000t/yr to facility, which is currently processing slightly more than half its potential capacity
Ireland needs more waste infrastructure - EPA
Country relies too heavily on exporting waste streams for recovery and recycling that it cannot process domestically, according to industry regulator
LafargeHolcim gets go-ahead to process 85% waste feedstocks
UK: Facility already processes a mix of fuels alongside coal, but wants to focus more on waste-derived feedstocks
England’s RDF exports collapsed during lockdown - Tolvik
While residual waste volumes fell during lockdown the amount processed by UK-based EfW plants increased as more plants came online
Plans for €50m clinical waste plant revealed
Tender due to be released in the “coming days”, according to Malta’s government
Andusia confirms two deals to ship waste to Norway
Waste from the UK and Iceland will be sent for recovery in the Nordic nation
Latest Project News
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Portugal: Troubled EfW tender extended for fourth time
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UK: University signs biomass-to-waste boiler conversion deal
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Denmark/Norway/Sweden: Plant operators call for ‘ambitious’ CCS backing
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Turkey/US: Gasification projects develops
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Spain: Further pressure over EIB’s funding of biomass plant
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Estonia/Denmark: NGO and certification body row over biomass sustainability
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Germany: Tender issued for new biogas plant
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UK: New HVO-based biofuel launched
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Sweden: Tender for biogas and natural gas supply
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Spain: Quadpack Wood confirms biomass-fired plant operational
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UK: North East Grains biogas plant gets planning consent
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Spain: Municipality fails to strike bioenergy deal
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Finland: tender awarded for medical-waste plant
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UK: Changes to 45,000t/yr biogas plant plans approved
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UK: Council approves continued landfill to secure restoration
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UK: Valmet and Viridor sign three-year automation deal
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UK: Three councils to tender landfill deals
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Denmark: DBC Invest buys stake in 1Mt/yr biogas plant
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UK: ‘Large-scale’ illegal waste site raided
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Poland: Energy firms consider joint investment in biogas
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Specialist Advisor (Hydrometric Data) Specialist Advisor (Hydrometric Data) Natural Resources Wales Flexible (Wales)
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EWB Comment and Analysis
EWB Insight report: August 2020
This month: Three more waste-gasification hit the buffers, UK faces legal action over excluding EfW plants from its planned ETS, Covanta calls for “dialogue” with protesters and Hoddesdon and Uskmouth-based facilities move forward
EWB Insight report: July 2020
This month: A CfD-backed EfW project crosses the finishing line, CCS technology progresses, REDII faces further legal action, legal ruling states EfW plants primary role is power production and Amey’s Isle of Wight WtE facility misses end of June date to be operational
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
