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Investors boost Poolbeg EfW plant holding to 50%
Ireland: Fund initially bought into the plant in 2019 but has taken on more of Green Investment Group’s share of the facility
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Biffa sued over alleged ‘failure to prevent’ slavery
Workers hired through a subcontractor by the waste firm were proven to be victims controlled by a gang that was convicted of modern slavery following two criminal trials in 2018 and 2019
Lohja biogas-producing plant operational
Finland: Facility will process around 60,000t/yr and produce up to 40GWh of biogas
‘Landmark’ heat supply deal from Edmonton EfW plant signed
UK: “Long-term” heat and hot water supply deal through a district heating system has been finalised
Financial close confirmed for Rivenhall EfW project
UK: Project made it through planning last year after a drawn-out process related to its stack height
New deal brings ‘scaleable’ EfW plants to market
Finland and Japan-based companies combine for a “unique solution” for between 30,000 and 200,000t/yr of waste
Quantafuel takes 40% stake in waste aggregator Geminor
Move is designed to increase the reach and capacity of Geminor, while securing plastic waste for Quantafuel
Waste fires caused by batteries cost industry £158m annually
UK: Batteries are responsible for around 48% of all waste fires, according to report
AEB releases biomass plant emissions data
Netherlands: Company says data recorded last year proves the facility “meets the legal emission standards”
Redundancy process launched for workers at UBB’s Tovi Eco Park
UK: Facility has never worked as expected and its owners lost a legal battle with Essex County Council last year
Latest Project News
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Denmark: Construction ‘stopped’ on woodchip-fired build
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Sweden: Linka boosts renewable heat for Vida
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UK: Northacre permit consultation extended
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Sweden: ‘100%’ biogas-to-heat deal tendered
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Norway: Repair tender issued for EfW plant
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Russia: KPA Unicon signs biomass plant deal
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UK: Deadline for Alton EfW plant extended
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Germany: Plant owners ‘disappointed’ over new organic waste rules
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Greece: Eqtec developing 0.9MWe gasification plant
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Denmark: Flue gas cleaning contract
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Italy: €15.5m biomethane plant construction tender due
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Finland/US: Neste reveals plans for European-based waste plastic-to-oil facilities
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France: €75m biomass-fired plant goes into operation
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UK: Humber Cluster Plan secures decarbonisation funding
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Netherlands: Renewi goes Dutch over Brexit
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UK: Five-star BCS audit for FCC
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Poland: PLN1.6bn Warsaw EfW build deal confirmed
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Czechia: Tender issued for two-line EfW plant
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Denmark: EfW companies to merge facility operations
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Denmark: Fish-waste-to-biogas plant starts up
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UK: Simec Atlantis confirms funds for EfW and other projects
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UK: Drax sells ‘non-core’ gas-fired business to focus on bioenergy and CCS
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EWB Comment and Analysis
EWB Insight report: November 2020
This month: The EU ETS should not be extended to EfW plants, BWSC shifts away from EfW and bioenergy plant builds, Suez and BP work on the UK’s first CCS project at an EfW plant, still no EIA for the Barry biomass plant and Nature Energy is building another large-scale facility
EWB Insight report: October 2020
This month: Two judicial reviews and two wins for the EfW plants, crooks cashing in on plastic exports, Edmonton EfW plant deal down to three bidders, Corby EfW plant develops, Lynemouth Power offline and Ductor to deliver 200 biogas-producing plants
What makes a supportive policy environment for AD?
Mark Sommerfeld, policy manager at the Association of Renewable Energy and Clean Technology (REA) and Chris Winward, chief commercial officer at Privilege Finance, share their views on what a truly supportive policy for AD looks like
EWB Insight report: September 2020
This month: English RDF exports collapse, Norway’s CCUS project moves forward, LafargeHolcim reveals plans to double waste processing by 2030 and Severn Water unveiled plans for another thermal hydrolysis-powered facility
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
