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BIG’s Hoddesdon and Energy Works (Hull) gasification facilities ‘operational’
UK: Both facilities now appear to be working after suffering delays, although work to complete them is still ongoing
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Thunberg criticises biomass-fired plant development
Netherlands/Sweden: One of the world’s most prominent climate activists says project “risks leading to increased carbon dioxide emissions”
Second Aberdeen EfW plant faces planning test
UK: Local area committee has been advised to back the plans, which are due to be decided by the full council at a later date
Two more EfW plants drop out of CfD process
UK: The projects were the only two EfW facilities supported in the 2019 allocation round but failed to make project markers
Stoke clinical waste plant applies for permit
UK: Facility is due to be operational later this year and is being built within a former biomass-fired facility
Bioenergy sector backs Ireland’s renewable heat drive
Trade associations come together to call for 40% target for renewable heat by 2030
€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”
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
Latest Project News
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Lithuania/Denmark: Waste wood-to-heat plant revealed
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UK: Cheshire East plans ahead for HWRC contract
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US/UK: Drax reveals plans for three new wood pellet facilities
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UK: Brewdog picks DMT biogas for upgrading project
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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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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