biomass
New technology
Three novel blockchain projects in the energy sector
An auditing system, clean energy loan fraud and biomass traceability are among the novel blockchain use cases currently emerging.
Renewable Energy
Renewables selected to power Europe’s French Guiana Spaceport
Solar PV and biomass are to be deployed to reduce energy costs and ‘green’ Europe’s Spaceport at Kourou in French Guiana.
Energy & Grid Management
UN study: ‘Urgent action’ needed to reduce biomass use in Africa
A new UN Environment Programme study calls for urgent action to address the production and consumption of biomass as a source of energy in Africa.
Policy & Regulation
Finland commits to 2035 zero-carbon target
Finland has committed to achieving carbon neutrality by 2035, one of the earliest legally-binding national climate neutrality target dates.
Policy & Regulation
The UK won’t reach greenhouse targets without bioenergy – report
The UK will not be able to achieve its greenhouse gas emissions targets, nor its legally-binding Fifth Carbon Budget without the increased use of bioenergy.
Renewable Energy
UK’s BEIS launches next renewables projects funding round
The UK’s Department of Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) will launch the third Contracts for Difference allocation round for new renewable energy projects on 29 May 2019.v
News
US-based Atlantic Power expands its portfolio of biomass energy
North American-based independent power producer (IPP) Atlantic Power Corporation has acquired stakes in two biomass plants in North Carolina and Michigan.
Electric Vehicles
Utility efficiency investment hits record levels
Despite volatile weather, and a rise in GDP, the US electricity sector continued to improve on its carbon intensity levels through 2018.
News
Europe’s first carbon capture storage project announced
Drax has announced that it is to pilot the first bioenergy carbon capture storage (BECCS) project of its kind in Europe, which, if successful,...
