30 Aug 2011

MINISTERS URGED TO BACK BIOMASS WITH SUBSIDY CERTAINITY

(Just4theplanet.com, printed 30th August 2011) Campaign backed by British Sugar, Drax and E.ON calls for swift, stable support for biomass energy Just4theplanet has been a keen supporter of bio fuel initiatives as an alternative to fossil fuels. Biofuels are any kind of fuel made from living things, or from the waste they produce. Today, the […]

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17 Aug 2011

BIOMASS DEMAND WILL SOAR IN NEXT 10 YEARS

BEDFORD, MA, Aug. 16, 2011 (RISI) – Hard on the heels of the recently released North American Bioenergy Review, the RISI bioenergy team has just released the European Biomass Review. Co-authored by Glen O’Kelly, Consultant, Bioenergy Services, and Anne Rahikainen, Director, Bioenergy Service, RISI, the study provides forecasts for biomass demand for 2015 and 2020 and scenarios on […]

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17 Aug 2011

UK APPROVES TWO NEW DRAX BIOMASS PLANTS

(Reuters – Published 10th August 2011) – Britain on Wednesday approved two new 299 megawatt (MW) biomass plants proposed by power producer Drax , but the generator said its investment decision depended on whether soon-to-be-announced state biomass subsidies are high enough. “I am very pleased to give the go-ahead for these two new biomass power stations […]

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12 Aug 2011

EU LOOKS TO DEVELOP BIOMASS MARKETS FOR ENERGY PRODUCTION:

Clean Technica (Published 11th August 2011) – The use of biomass for producing energy is attracting increasing interest from a number of European countries in lieu of recent EU targets for carbon reduction. Having biomass available in large quantities is now an important concern, however. According to a recent report in Renewable Energy World, it is […]

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