Co-Gen loses North Lanarkshire EfW legal challenge
17 Sep 2021
UK: Court rules reasons for original refusal by Scottish ministers were “not challenged” by the appeal and refused it
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Slough Multifuel signs ‘long-term’ PPA deal
UK: Construction of the 480,000t/yr facility began earlier this year
Kibo reveals UK-based EfW project it was after
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Renewi, Hills and Britaniacrest still exporting waste as EfW plants delayed
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EA to decide on Northacre permit application
UK: Industry regulator said it had received additional information which it had requested from the developer during the summer
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EWB Comment and Analysis
EWB Insight report: August 2021
This month: 700,000t/yr EfW deal effectively awarded, no appeal over non-inclusion of EfW in EU ETS, Veolia highlights energy importance of EfW, and the usual facilities round up
EWB Insight report: July 2021
This month: EfW continues to attract investor interest, Fortum Oslo Varme’s CCS project rejects EC criticism and legal action over Surrey’s waste gasification plant moves forward. Also read our full facilities round up
Are smaller decentralised EfW solutions the way forward for the UK?
Simon Webb, managing director of Tidy Planet Energy, shares his thoughts on the role that more localised solutions can play in the evolution of embracing a more circular economy, along with the benefits they also bring to the UK’s waste, recycling and recovery landscape
EWB Insight report: June 2021
This month: UK planning systems adds 1Mt/yr of new capacity, a judicial review against the UK government’s decision to exclude EfW from its ETS was dismissed, CNIM struck no EPC deals in the first three months of this year and a full facilities round up
Airlines pin green hopes on SAF
Ahead of key decisions for the aviation sector in the EU’s ‘fit for 55’ package of major climate and energy policy announcements in mid-July, carriers have set out their expectations for sustainable aviation fuel, while a report shows they have been lobbying hard against the new climate targets, Raquel Guerra reports
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