ENDS Waste & Bioenergy Weekly

ENDS Waste & Bioenergy Weekly | 23rd January 2019

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Top Stories This Week

Government considers 'call in' for Carlisle EfW plant
UK: Local authority has backed the plans but central government will now decide whether the application proceeds

Waste-gasification plant’s appeal hearing due
UK: Two-week hearing will decide the future of a 150,000t/yr EfW plant development

Edinburgh EfW plant ‘ahead of schedule’
UK: Facility will process 155,000t/yr of municipal waste and have a capacity of 11MWe

ENVO wins multi-million Euro biogas legal battle
Denmark: Company’s former contractor left with DKK88m bill after quitting deal to build biogas plant

20.8% rise in wood pellet use by CHP plants
Coal conversions and biomass-fired heating networks pushed up Europe’s use of wood feedstock, according to latest figures

Biogen overturns restriction on waste catchment area
UK: Biogas plant’s long-term viability was in doubt unless it could lift a restriction on sourcing waste

Fine for illegal RDF storage
UK: Judge rules Winters Haulage's actions were deliberate and the company had no systems in place to prevent the offences

Green light for medical-waste gasification plant
UK: Facility will process 4,380t/yr of clinical and healthcare waste

EIB faces legal action over biomass plant loan
UK-based campaign group ClientEarth claims “crucial environmental scrutiny” was not applied when the European Investment Bank backed the project

Europlasma suspends share trading
France: Company has previously revealed cash-flow problems

French firms sign EfW deals worth €61.4m
Two seperate deals will see waste turned to energy in two facilities

Potential buyers eye Eneco
Netherlands: Company has been heavily involved in developing biomass-fired plants in recent years

Andusia signs new RDF deal
Contract sees RDF supplied to EfW plants and diverted from UK landfills

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