U.K. Department of Energy and Climate Change
August 25, 2015
BY Katie Fletcher
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The California Senate on Aug. 26 unanimously voted to pass the Forest Organic Residue, Energy and Safety Transformation and Wildfire Prevention Act, which authorizes a new program to maintain and expand biomass power generation within the state.
Nova Pangaea Technologies, the U.K. company with a unique process to create sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from waste biomass, has completed successful endurance trials that further validate its technology.
The U.K. is expected to consume a record 10.35 million metric tons of wood pellets in 2026, requiring an estimated 10.15 million metric tons of imports, according to a report filed with the USDA FAS Global Agricultural Information Network.
The Ontario government is investing over $2.1 million in four projects to increase forest sector competitiveness and drive innovative uses for mill by-products and underused wood known as forest biomass.
The U.K. Environment Agency on Aug. 14 formally granted Drax Power Ltd. a permit change that will allow carbon capture to be implemented at Drax Power Station. Drax first applied for the permit variation in May 2023.