The recently launched Future Forests + Jobs is an initiative aimed at pushing back against anti-forestry and anti-biomass activists.
Drax has strengthened its biomass sustainability policy and set up an independent advisory board (IAB) of scientists, academics and forestry experts to ensure the biomass the company uses to generate renewable electricity meets the highest standards.
The U.K. government has announced energy production from bioenergy and waste was up 10.4 percent during the second quarter of 2019 when compared to the same period of 2018. The growth is attributed to increased capacity.
The U.S. exported 738,300.5 tons of wood pellets in August, according to data released by the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service on Oct. 4. Pellet exports were up when compared to both July 2019 and August 2018.
The U.K. Renewable Energy Association on Sept. 4 released the third and final installment of its Bioenergy Strategy, urging the government to commit to bioenergy accounting for 16 percent of the U.K.'s primary energy supply by 2032.
The U.S. exported 451,299.1 tons of wood pellets in July, according to data published by the USDA FAS on Sept. 4. Exports were down when compared to the 694,515.3 tons exported in June and the 476,634.8 tons exported in July 2018.
Velocys has announced its subsidiary Altalto Immingham Ltd., a collaboration with project co-investors British Airways and Shell, has submitted a planning application to develop a waste-to-biofuels plant in the U.K.
Doosan Babcock is responsible for the provision of maintenance and outage services to Drax Power Station and is now celebrating an important safety milestone of 10 years without a lost time accident at the site.
A recent report filed with the USDA FAS's GAIN predicts the EU market for wood pellets will likely grow this year but cautions future expansions could be limited by sustainability requirements introduced by individual member states.
Renewables accounted for a record 33 percent of U.K. electricity generation last year, up 3.8 percent from 2017, according to updated data released by the U.K. Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy July 25.
Covanta officials discussed the company's U.K. waste-to-energy development activities during a second quarter earnings call July 25. While no new major projects were announced, progress is being made on several previously announced facilities.
The Environmental and Energy Study Institute released a fact sheet on jobs in renewable energy, energy efficiency and resilience July 23 that shows U.S. jobs in renewable fuels and biomass power both increased from 2017 to 2018.
Drax Group plc released its half-year financial report July 24, reporting increased profit. The company also discussed plans to expand pellet production capacity and reported an increase in biomass power output.
SIMEC Atlantis Energy Ltd. has announced the biomass conversion of the coal-fired Uskmouth power station in Newport, U.K., is on track to begin operations by 2021. Once complete, the 220 MW facility will be fueled with waste pellets.
Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Inc. announced July 15 that its subsidiary, Babcock & Wilcox Vølund A/S, has successfully turned over a biomass-to-energy plant in Margam, Wales, to Margam Green Energy Ltd.
C-Capture, working alongside the Drax Group, has secured a £5 million grant from the U.K. government for a two year program of work to progress its bioenergy and carbon capture and storage (BECCS) project at Drax Power Station.
The U.K. sourced 35.8 percent of its electricity from renewables during the first quarter of 2019, up from 30.5 percent during the same period of 2018, according to data released by the U.K. government on June 27.
FuelCell Energy Inc. announced June 27 it has entered into a contract with Drax Power Station for an application of its carbon capture solution. Drax secured £500,000 ($633,503) in government funding to support the project.
The U.K. officially established a law June 27 requiring net zero carbon emissions by 2050. Earlier in the week, the U.K. REA released a paper outlining the role biorenergy carbon capture and storage (BECCS) can play in meeting that goal.
The U.K.-based Templeborough Biomass Power Plant was officially inaugurated June 24. Located in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, the 41 MW facility takes in waste wood as fuel and can generate enough electricity to power 78,000 homes.
The U.K.-based Margam Green Energy Plant has entered commercial operation. The £160 million renewable energy plant, fueled by waste wood, will generate power for up to 75,000 homes. The facility is owned by Glennmont Partners.
SkyNRG and the Bernal Institute at University of Limerick signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) in mid-June to explore the development of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) manufacturing in Ireland.
U.K.-based Active Energy Group released a progress update June 4 on its CoalSwitch manufacturing facility in Lumberton, North Carolina, reporting the company is making rapid progress in advancing construction of the project.
The U.K. Renewable Energy Association has released the second installment of its industry-led Bioenergy Strategy, reporting that bioenergy can meeting the U.K.'s projected shortfall of the 5th Carbon Budget and the impending nuclear gap.
Data recently released by Imperial College London as part of the Drax Electric Insights Quarterly report shows that biomass accounted for 5.3 percent of the Britain's electricity supply mix during the first quarter of 2019.
U.K.-based Stobart Group Ltd. released fiscal 2018 financial results on May 29, reporting a 51 percent increase in the volume of biomass fuel it supplied to renewable energy plants when compared to fiscal year 2017.
Drax Group, Equinor and National Grid Ventures have signed an MOU committing them to work together to explore how a large-scale carbon capture usage and storage (CCUS) network and a hydrogen production facility could be constructed in the mid-2020s.
U.K. Government Minister and Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury, Robert Jenrick MP, has visited Drax Power Station to find out about its world-first bioenergy carbon capture and storage (BECCS) pilot project.
The USDA Foreign Agricultural Service released updated export data May 9, reporting the U.S. exported 610,554.3 tons of wood pellets in March, up from 501,563.9 tons exported in February, and up from 374,446 tons in March 2019.
Enviva Partners LP discussed plans to increase production capacity during a first quarter 2019 earnings call held May 9. Permitting is underway for the Port of Pascagoula and a new pellet plant in Lucedale, Mississippi.
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