Drax has agreed to acquire the remaining 10 percent minority interest in the Alabama Pellets LLC joint venture from Two Rivers Lumber Co LLC for $22 million. Alabama Pellets is comprised of the Aliceville and Demopolis pellet plants.
Missouri Gov. Mike Parson on Oct. 5 signed HB 3. The legislation, in part, retroactively extends the state's wood energy tax credit program from June 30, 2020, through June 30, 2028. Wood pellet producers are among those eligible to claim the credit
Enviva Inc. has published a white paper that discusses unlocking the future of biomass beyond fossil fuels into other industrial applications, including steel, cement, lime, chemicals, and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), among others.
Drax Group plc is speaking out to correct inaccurate and misleading information contained in a BBC video report released on Oct. 3 that focuses on the company's production of wood pellet fuel in Canada.
TrustBIX Inc. is launching a biomass traceability pilot project with members of the BQNC. The project will demonstrate importance of biomass traceability for assuring product quality and important production attributes throughout the supply chain.
Clean power generation provider Mainspring Energy announced on Sept. 28 that it has entered into an agreement with Yolo County, California, to pilot a Mainspring Linear Generator running biogas at the Yolo County Central Landfill.
Nearly half of Danes have never heard of Denmark's largest source of renewable energy. The finding, reported in a study from the University of Copenhagen, is the first to explore Danish attitudes to woody biomass as an energy source.
Independent analysis by Oxford Economics has shown that last year renewable energy leader Drax contributed CA$1.1 billion towards the Canadian economy. The company has 10 wood pellet plants in British Columbia and Alberta.
Worldwide renewable energy employment reached 12.7 million last year, according to a report released by the International Renewable Energy Agency. Liquid biofuels, solid biomass and biogas accounted for a combined 3.44 million of those jobs.
Independent analysis by Oxford Economics has shown that Drax contributed £1.8 billion towards the U.K. economy and supported 17,800 jobs across the U.K in 2021. The company's operations in the U.K., U.S., and Canada generated £3.1 billion in GDP.
The Canadian government is seeking proposals for projects that will support the establishment of biomass supply chains to ensure that a steady and usable supply of sustainable feedstock is available to clean fuel production facilities.
Drax has signed an MOU with Respira under which Respira will be able to purchase up to 2 million metric tons of carbon dioxide removals (CDRs) from Drax over a five year period. The CDRs would be linked to a future BECCS project in North America.
A new study confirms that wood pellets in British Columbia are sourced entirely from sawmill and harvest residuals or from low-quality logs and bush grind rejected by other industries, according to the Wood Pellet Association of Canada.
Qnergy Inc. announced on Sept. 16 its first ever landfill deployment to abate methane, create clean electrical energy, and generate voluntary carbon credits. The company installed its PowerGen5650 product at a Maryland landfill.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sept. 16 signed an expansive package of climate legislation, including a bill that extends for five years a requirement for electric investor-owned utilities to purchase energy from biomass generating facilities.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration recently released data showing U.S. manufacturers produced approximately 870,000 tons of densified biomass fuel in May, with sales reaching 890,000 tons.
The USDA on Sept. 14 announced it is investing up to $2.8 billion in 70 selected projects under the first pool of the agency's Partnerships for Climate-Smart Communities funding opportunity. Projects include those addressing RNG and SAF.
MEPs on Sept. 14 voted in favor of proposals for a revised RED. The proposals aim to raise the share of renewables in the EU's final energy consumption to 45 percent by 2030. They also address the use of woody biomass.
The White House hosted an event Sept. 13 to celebrate the Inflation Reduction Act, which was signed by President Biden on Aug. 16. Biden also issued an executive order on the implementation of the energy and infrastructure provisions of the IRA.
FutureMetrics LLC on Aug. 29 published a white paper that explains how the Inflation Reduction Act, signed by President Biden on Aug. 16, could support the implementation of bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECSS) in the U.S.
An Industrial Decarbonization Roadmap released by the DOE on Sept. 7 identifies four key pathways to reduce industrial emissions from American manufacturing, including through the use of biofuels, biobased feedstocks and CCUS.
Renewable electricity is expected to account for 22 percent of U.S. generation this year, increasing to 24 percent in 2023, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration's latest Short-Term Energy Outlook, released Sept. 7.
The U.S. exported 649,185.7 metric tons of wood pellets in July, down from 832,092.2 metric tons the previous month, but up when compared to the 546,519.1 metric tons exported in July 2021, according to data released by the USDA FAS on Sept. 7.
A new report from NREL examines the types of clean energy technologies and the scale and pace of deployment needed to achieve a net-zero power grid in the U.S. by 2035. BECCS is among the technologies addressed in the report.
Clarke Energy USA Inc., a KOHLER Company, has secured a project to supply Peaks Renewables LLC, a subsidiary of Summit Utilities, Inc., with a new natural gas fired CHP system, as well as a KOHLER back-up gas-fuelled generator.
Funding for researchers at Cranfield University to look at new ways to generate hydrogen energy from biomass has been announced by the U.K. government. The funds support a collaborative pilot project called Bio-HyPER.
The U.K. government on Aug. 24 announced it is now accepting submissions from power bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) projects that want to take part in Track-1 of its carbon, capture, usage and storage (CCUS) sequencing process.
IHI Power Services Corp has announced a 15-year asset management deal with California Ethanol + Power to oversee its forthcoming Sugar Valley Energy campus in California. The facility will produce ethanol, biomass power and RNG.
Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker on Aug. 11 signed a climate bill that, in part, makes biogas from certain anaerobic digestion and landfill gas facilities eligible to participate in the state's Clean Peak Standard Program.
Liberty (RNG) LLC has acquired Sandhill Advanced Biofuels LLC, a developer of RNG projects located on dairy farms that currently has four projects in Wisconsin. Liberty has also joined a multi-state hydrogen hub project.
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