The U.K.-based Green Investment Bank announced work began on Dec. 9 to construct a 15.8-megawatt biomass plant in Northern Ireland. The combined-heat-and-power plant is being developed by Evermore Renewable Energy on the Londonderry Port.
A study published by Agra CEAS Consulting shows that an uncertain policy environment in Europe is negatively impacting investment in first- and second-generation biofuels. Without additional investment, the E.U. is likely to miss its biofuel targets.
U.K. Energy and Climate Change Secretary Edward Davey visited the Drax coal-to-biomass conversion plant and announced the Department of Energy and Climate Change would award funding to a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project based at the site.
The U.K. Department of Energy and Climate Change will consult on measures, including a tariff review, in January to ensure that the small-scale anaerobic digestion sector is not unfairly disadvantaged by the anticipated degression of feed in tariff.
Students from Imperial College London have been recognized for a projects that uses harmless engineered bacteria to turn landfill waste into a biodegradable plastic or bioplastic at at the International Genetically Engineered Machine competition.
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