DeSmogBlog

AUGUST 11, 2021

Heaton had faced mounting pressure from campaigners questioning the compatibility of her role on the CCC’s mitigation committee with her position at the taxpayer-funded biomass company. A recent study on biomass raised concerns over the energy source’s sustainability and efficacy. Sixth Carbon Budget.

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Business Green

APRIL 11, 2021

Deploying carbon capture technologies at Drax's biomass power plant in North Yorkshire could save the UK energy system more than £4.5bn in decarbonisation costs over the coming decade, a new report commissioned by the energy firm today claims.

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Business Green

MAY 24, 2021

The long-running debate over whether biomass energy can deliver promised emissions savings has been reignited this morning, after fresh analysis from think tank Ember warned plans for the UK's largest biomass with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) plant could undermine the UK's net zero transition and land the taxpayer with a hefty bill.

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Business Green

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

By deploying hydrogen production at scale for use in a variety of low carbon applications, alongside CCS to decarbonise gas power, biomass and other carbon-intensive industries, as many as 49,000 new green jobs could be up for grabs in the region, according to Vivid Economics.

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Business Green

OCTOBER 29, 2020

National Grid's plans to decarbonise the UK power grid risk being "severely undermined" by an over-reliance on bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) technology to produce 'negative emissions', which could make it extremely challenging to achieve the network operator's 2050 net-zero goal, think-tank Ember has claimed.

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Business Green

JUNE 25, 2021

I've also been looking into the wide range of methods each is supporting - all are supporting several companies, including bioenergy firm Charm Industrial and direct air capture pioneer Climeworks. Technically speaking, it's made by decomposing biomass - from agricultural or forestry waste - at very high temperatures in the absence of oxygen.

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Renewable Energy World

DECEMBER 29, 2021

Renewable natural gas (RNG) derived from biogas, landfill gas, woody biomass and waste sources of carbon dioxide could provide a near-term solution while the world seeks to minimize or eliminate more carbon-intense energy sources such as coal and oil. . By Jonathan Cristiani, Black & Veatch. They are correct. . Ultimately, the U.S.

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Business Green

AUGUST 25, 2020

The outlook for carbon capture and storage, both with gas and bioenergy, also appears to have improved significantly over the past four years. New reports from the government and the Energy Systems Catapult have today provided further evidence the UK's energy industry is facing a decade of unprecedented and rapid change.

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Renewable Energy World

APRIL 8, 2021

Our cultivated kelp acquired enough nutrients from the deeper, dark environment to generate four times more growth than kelp that we transplanted to a native coastal kelp habitat. Our work is a collaboration between the USC Wrigley Institute and Marine BioEnergy Inc. The Research Brief is a short take about interesting academic work.

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Climate Tech VC

DECEMBER 15, 2023

There are two categories of solution: bio-SAFs which are derived from biomass and e-SAFs, also called power-to-liquid (PtL), which are derived from captured CO2, green hydrogen, and renewable energy. Want to go further? Request a demo for Sightline Climate, or reach out directly to sales@sightlineclimate.com to learn more.

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DeSmogBlog

APRIL 18, 2021

The analyses, which use DeSmog’s research, show how adverts of major fossil fuel companies and energy producers continue to over-emphasise their green credentials, giving the public a misleading impression of their businesses. percent of its investment in new projects going to low carbon sources between 2010 and 2018.

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AGreenLiving

MARCH 3, 2020

In the rural commune of Russi in northeast Italy, Italian architecture firm Giovanni Vaccarini Architetti has converted an industrial zone once used for sugar production into the new grounds for the Powerbarn, a bioenergy production plant with a sculptural appearance. Powerbarn is a bioenergy plant offering power to 84,000 families.

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Business Green

SEPTEMBER 8, 2021

Government should publish detailed policy framework to help drive low carbon investment in heavy industry following recent industrial decarbonisation and hydrogen strategies, sustainable business group warns. Mt of CO2e in 2018, with a further 33.6MT of CO2 produced at industrial sites found outside those hubs.

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Business Green

AUGUST 2, 2022

The rollout of biomass, wind and solar power has enabled the UK to decarbonise its power grid at a faster rate than any other major economy. Long duration energy storage is vital for Britain’s energy security, and the next Tory leader must urgently respond to industry proposals to grow the market, writes Drax's Will Gardiner.

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Business Green

MARCH 29, 2022

warming trajectory depends on $5.7tr being sunk into clean energy technologies, such as renewables, electric vehicles, energy efficiency, bioenergy, and green hydrogen, by the end of this decade. Investment in renewables and other clean technologies must reach $5.7tr a year by 2030, Abu Dhabi based body warns. IRENA has calculated a 1.5C

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Business Green

DECEMBER 22, 2020

The support given to low carbon technologies, including bioenergy and energy crops, was also noteworthy. The support given to low carbon technologies, including bioenergy and energy crops, was also noteworthy. We do, however, need to start seeing more focus on the specifics if we are going to make net zero a reality.

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Business Green

JUNE 29, 2022

Especially in the deep midsummer, the UK's green and pleasant landscapes don't look like they would present a problem for reaching our climate goals. Yet, our agricultural emissions have been mostly static for a decade and have even increased in some areas of the UK. Land is unique in that it can be both a source and a sink of emissions.

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DeSmogBlog

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

A bioenergy declaration signed by Drax during COP26 is further proof of the company’s “greenwashing”, campaigners have claimed. This so-called ‘Glasgow declaration on sustainable bioenergy’ is not an official COP document,” Sally Clark, from biomass campaign group Biofuelwatch, told DeSmog. “It

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Business Green

JULY 19, 2022

What could the UK's energy system look like in 2050, once offshore wind energy is the backbone of the electricity grid, fossil fuel vehicles are increasingly scarce, hydrogen fuel has gone from vision to reality, and energy efficiency is an everyday consideration for families and businesses alike?

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Business Green

MARCH 17, 2021

An all-you-need-to-know guide to the green measures unveiled in the government's plan to cut CO2 from industry, schools and hospitals. Here, BusinessGreen pulls together an all-you-need-to-know guide to the 170-page strategy , setting out the key announcements, funding pledges, and fresh consultation plans.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 22, 2021

New government funding for domestic biomass projects “pales in significance” to the subsidies received by the controversial biomass company Drax, whose North Yorkshire power plant is the UK’s single biggest source of emissions, campaigners have said.

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The Guardian: Energy

JANUARY 16, 2024

Scheme to convert biomass units could become one of world’s most expensive energy projects, experts say Drax has received permission from the government to fit carbon capture technology to its wood-burning power plant, in a project that could cost bill-payers more than £40bn. Continue reading.

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DeSmogBlog

JANUARY 19, 2024

After a year-long planning process, Energy Security and Net Zero Secretary Claire Coutinho on Wednesday gave the green light to Drax’s carbon capture (CCS) proposal for two of its large biomass units. The biomass giant has already benefited from many billions of pounds in subsidies since 2012, and is now chasing more.

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Energy Innovation

JULY 14, 2020

Energy Innovation partners with the independent nonprofit Aspen Global Change Institute (AGCI) to provide climate and energy research updates. The COVID-19 pandemic spurred a global cessation of travel, manufacturing, and countless economic activities. But as many countries’ economic activities have resumed, emissions have quickly begun resurging.

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The Guardian: Energy

JANUARY 18, 2024

Climate groups and MPs criticise proposals for consumers to foot bill to support biomass plant after existing scheme ends in 2027 The government has proposed plans to offer the Drax power plant extra subsidies to burn trees for electricity, provoking a backlash from climate groups and green Tory MPs.

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Grist

JUNE 29, 2022

Industrial Pellet Association, a lobbying group for the biomass industry, proclaims that burning wood pellets from logged trees is “one of our best available tools to mitigate climate change, and achieve renewable energy goals.” would need to “shift away from consumption of wood products and forest biomass energy.”.

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Business Green

MARCH 15, 2023

But players across the green economy were quick to point out the government's package of policies and tax changes was notably bereft of focus on three other critical 'E's that are planks of a prosperous economy: environment, energy, and efficiency. Here, BusinessGreen rounds up all of the reaction from the green economy.

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DeSmogBlog

OCTOBER 26, 2021

The report also calls into questions plans by a company called Drax, one of the largest sources of CO2 emissions in Europe, to eventually capture up to 16 million tons of CO2 annually using Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS). It’s a pollute now, pay later strategy, the report’s authors say.

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Business Green

JANUARY 13, 2023

BusinessGreen rounds up all the key recommendations and conclusions from Chris Skidmore's Net Zero Review. After all, the Net Zero Review - or Mission Zero, as it is officially titled - does not demand a revolutionary overhaul of government policy backed by a blank cheque from the Treasury to spur on decarbonisation efforts. G overnance.

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Business Green

MARCH 3, 2021

The Chancellor Rishi Sunak today unveiled arguably the most important Budget in at least a decade , featuring a raft of policies, tax incentives and funding pledges aimed at supporting the UK economy amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, and plotting a pathway out of the crisis. — Chris Stark (@ChiefExecCCC) March 3, 2021.

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Business Green

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

The decision comes after a comprehensive review of its operations, the firm said, and forms part of Drax's commitment to go from being the UK's single largest source of carbon emissions to being carbon negative by 2030, as it pivots from its previous reliance on coal power to a mix of biomass, gas, and battery storage technologies.

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DeSmogBlog

DECEMBER 16, 2021

As more established oil and gas majors exit the industry, the region’s new players were revealed to have a track record of lobbying against climate policy, polluting the environment, and committing alleged labour violations. This was especially visible in the build-up to the COP26 climate conference in Glasgow, postponed a year due to Covid.

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Green Market Oracle

OCTOBER 20, 2019

The common energy sources are Hydropower, Biomass, Biofuels, Wind, Geothermal and Solar Energy. The sources of renewable energy are present in the natural environment comprising the largest component of ecosystem. New Frontiers in Renewable Energy and Resources will take place on November 25-26, 2019 in Rome, Italy.

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Envirotec Magazine

JULY 11, 2023

The Biden administration’s ambitious projections seem to depend on a mix of agricultural waste (from corn and soya bean production) and woody biomass. Biodiesel production in the laboratory. Are fats and oils the key to the aviation fuels of the future? What is SAF? Destined for a back seat?

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Business Green

MARCH 9, 2023

BusinessGreen rounds up the critical lessons for business, investors, and the government if the UK is to build a decarbonised power system by 2035 When the Climate Change Committee (CCC) has something to say, it is usually well worth listening.

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Green Business Bureau

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Polluting packaging agents build up to foul habitats and ecological systems, creating unstable environments which threaten human well-being and security. Use the links below to navigate this guide: The need for sustainable packaging: Giving perspective to our waste crisis. Business waste management: Strategizing for sustainable packaging.

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Grist

OCTOBER 20, 2019

This story was originally published by Yale Environment 360 and is reproduced here as part of the Climate Desk collaboration. to wood pellets that can be burned to produce electricity in Europe and elsewhere. Cutting trees to burn them is not a way to get there.”. How do you define proforestation? ’ Proforestation.

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