A recent editorial in Sustainable Business.com reported the findings of a recent survey by New Energy Finance, which revealed that the European Emissions Trading Scheme is starting to change the way European power companies make investment decisions, a short 5 years after its introduction. An important trend is the shift of resources towards cleaner power [...]

Global demand for Biomass is rapidly growing especially in Europe, where EU 2020’s target for renewable energy, is a major driver for this growth. The Biomass Trade & Power conference, which meets in Rotterdam on 11-12 March 2010, analyzes latest developments in BioEnergy, tackles issues hampering the establishment of a biomass trading platform, and discusses [...]

BTG-BTL has plans to build a pyrolysis plant at Hengelo’s AkzoNobel site. The letter of intent was signed at the end of September by AkzoNobel Industrial Chemicals, Empyro and BTG Bioliquids. In the new plant wood will be converted to oil. The plant will also deliver steam to AkzoNobel and generate electricity for delivery to the public grid.
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The International Energy Agency (IEA) identified key policies and practices that would contribute to increased biomass utilization throughout the world.”
The paper distinguishes ‘bad’ biomass from ‘good’ biomass and ‘better’ biomass.  Warning that biomass could be ‘bad’ without safeguards, it notes the threat of GHG emissions and loss of biodiversity from land use change, food insecurity, [...]

Europe is leading rapid growth in the wood biomass energy sector with demand for wood pellets seen growing at 8 to 10 per cent annually in coming years, according to Wood Resources Quarterly.
Wood pellets are made mainly from wood waste – bark, sawdust and wood chips – from forestry operations. Compressing wood waste into pellets [...]

The IEA BioEnergy Task 40 & the Port of Rotterdam are supporting the Biomass Trade summit on 11-12 March 2010 in Rotterdam.
Biomass Trade unites current and future producers of biomass-derived power, fuels and chemicals, energy crop growers, municipal leaders, utility executives, technology providers, equipment manufacturers, project developers, investors and policy makers to discuss and debate [...]