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2/2/2022 News

German power plant switches from lignite to biomass

Koehler Paper is converting the power plant at its paper production plant in Greiz, Germany, from utilising pulverised lignite to fine wood fraction fuel. Koehler Renewable Energy has developed a technique for using biomass in the existing coal-fired plant.

Bioenergy

Lady standing on green hillside, with grass and trees behind and track path to right

18/9/2024 Comment / Ieda Gomes Yell

Shining a Spotlight on Energy People: Ieda Gomes Yell MSc FEI

In our latest Spotlight on Energy People interview with Energy Institute (EI) members, Ieda Gomes Yell MSc FEI, non-Executive Director, Saint-Gobain, Prumo, Seatrium and Manx Utilities, explores the role of the Energy Institute in an energy industry career spanning two continents.

Biofuels

Stationary biofuels HGV

9/2/2022 News

BP boosts biofuels portfolio

BP has acquired a 30% stake in Green Biofuels (GBF), the UK’s largest provider of hydrogenated vegetable oil (HVO). GBF has delivered over 55mn litres of HVO to the UK market in the past two years.

Bioenergy

Close up of two hands, each palm upwards, holding a different form of shredded biomass feedstock

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7/2/2024 Feature / Nick Cottam

Bioenergy turns up the heat in the UK

The UK’s journey on the road to net zero will be powered in part by sustainable bioenergy according to the government’s Biomass Strategy, published last year. But how much of this zero-carbon energy can the UK produce and how much is needed as part of the energy mix? asks energy journalist Nick Cottam.

Bioenergy

Close up of thermal hydrolysis installation at WSSC’s Piscataway bioenergy project site in Maryland, US

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23/3/2022 Feature / Abigail Williams

Thermal hydrolysis improves the efficiency of biogas production

The production of useful biogas through the anaerobic digestion of waste sludge at wastewater treatment plants is an elegant example of the circular energy economy. But system efficiencies can be improved through the addition of thermal hydrolysis plants, writes Abigail Williams.

Bioenergy

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30/3/2022 Feature / Michael Norton

Up in smoke – could subsidies for BECCS increase emissions?

Burning forest biomass instead of fossil fuels and capturing some of the carbon emitted seems to be a win-win situation. Not necessarily, writes Professor Michael Norton from the European Academies Science Advisory Council (EASAC), who argues that uncertainties around carbon capture plant performance and, particularly, varying carbon payback periods mean that nothing is certain.

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