All Entries Tagged With: "UK"

$20 billion for UK biomass power, as policy changes

In the UK, the government removed a major financing obstacle for biomass power plants and committed to supporting the industry via obligations on utilities to use clean energy over the next 20 years. The move should release approximately $20 billion in private sector investment for the industry.
According to the Department of Energy and Climate Change, [...]

Renewable Energy Systems proposes 100 MW biomass plant in UK

In the UK, Renewable Energy Systems (RES) is inviting residents living near the proposed site of a 100-megawatt biomass generating plant next to the River Blyth to express their views during public consultations in September.

RES says the power plant could be operational by 2015 and would generate enough electricity to power 150,000 homes per year [...]

Eucalyptus tree planting in UK begins

In the UK, Humberland biomass pellet producer Silvigen has begun planting eucalyptus trees on brownfield sites such as old coal tips and industrial sites around the country to secure its biomass supply but also to create the only integrated biomass business in the UK.
The eucalyptus planting program is undertaken in conjunction with the UK’s Forestry [...]

Opinion: “[The government is] threatening to destroy an industry that adds economic value”

Traverse City Light & Power board Chairman Mike Coco: “We’ve listened to many of our ratepayers tell us they don’t know enough about biomass and some have suggested they are more comfortable with natural gas as a power generation resource, even though natural gas is not a renewable energy.”
Alastair Kerr, director general of the UK’s [...]

UK protesters aim at biomass plant siting: Clean energy good, NIMBY better

In the UK, neighbors of a proposed biomass co-generation plant in East Yorkshire are protesting the siting of the facility in a rural area, claiming the damage to the local environment and local infrastructure far outweigh the benefits of what proponents claim is cleaner energy.
Because the plant will not take advantage of the heat generated [...]

Clessidra renews efforts to sell 350 MW Prenergy biomass project in UK

In the UK, Italian private equity firm Clessidra announced that it will sell the 350 MW Prenergy power station project which, when completed, will be the UK’s largest biomass-fired power plant. The Royal Bank of Canada has been retained to manage the sale process, which Clessidra expects to close this year.

The South Wales-based plant will [...]

UK to award $2.48 million under Bio-energy Infrastructure Scheme: apps due 02/10

In the UK, the national government announced a $2.48 million set of grants in the third round of projects that will be awarded support under the Bio-energy Infrastructure Scheme.

The goal of the Scheme?: to develop biomass sources for heat, power and combined heat and power systems. Grant applications are due at the end of February [...]

First UK mixed waste biomass project, 80 MW, gets green light from gov’t

In the UK, the Minister of Energy and Climate Change gave the go-ahead for an 80MW biomass power plant in the UK – the first in the island nation to process mixed landfill waste. The Peterborough project will provide renewable power for 60,000 homes, saving 600,000 tons of CO2 emissions per year.

The project utilizes anaerobic [...]