Industry feels lowering cap from 20MWe to 5MWe will hit smaller businesses that have invested in biomass, while proposals could create “excessive red tape”
Denmark: Project at the 100MWe facility would be the energy company’s first such development and would see CO2 used to make alternatives fuels
UK: Cramlington-based facility has been operational since 2018 and had a development value of £138m
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
UK-based facility is operational but has consent to expand the types and quantity of feedstock it can process
Move takes forward the technology for Drax’s pioneering BECCS project, while criticism of the cost of subsidising the technology continues
Renewable biomass and waste-derived fuel is being supplied in the country for the first time as G7 leaders fly into the UK
Drax has pioneered the technology in the UK and will now partner with the US-based engineering firm to look for new opportunities
This month: Forged pellets certificate circulated by WKE, bioenergy sector faces stricter rules, waste wood and EfW market evolves and a full facilities round up
Germany: €60m conversion aims to cut 150,000t/yr of CO2 by dropping coal and RDF feedstocks
UK: EfW and biomass processing plant developer and operator appoints new CEO
Ireland/UK: Deal is currently subject to the approval of competition and market authorities
UK: Facility has proved controversial after it was given planning permission without an EIA seven-years ago
Company says it could eventually produce the fuel with up to “95% bio-based content”
UK: Gasification equipped facility is one of several projects backed by the government with a total of £165.5m (€191.5m) in funding
IEA says governments need bioenergy to make climate targets, but NGOs oppose expanding production
Italy: 7,000t/yr facility was developed with the company’s gasification technology
UK: Company has also said it is looking at battery storage investments on top of its large biogas-producing portfolio
Alongside biomass-fired Drax a number of EfW plants are developing CCS technology in the country
Netherlands/Sweden: One of the world’s most prominent climate activists says project “risks leading to increased carbon dioxide emissions”