2011's most read biorenewable news stories from the NNFCC revealed

PRESS RELEASE. York, UK - 23 December 2011. The top ten most read bioenergy, biofuel and biomaterial news stories featured on the NNFCC website are revealed and suprisingly it's a calculator that comes out on top.

Earlier this month NNFCC Chief Executive, Dr Jeremy Tomkinson, said: "Biorenewables have had a good year and we are seeing growth in the UK
bioeconomy thanks to new subsidies for renewable energy and increasing demand for environmentally sustainable products."

It has certainly been a big year for biorenewables with Tesco's decision to drop oxo degradable bags making headlines, new subsidies being introduced and subsequently delayed, innovations in measuring the amount of renewable energy stored in rubbish and 2012 promises even more.

But here are the top ten stories that made the headlines on the NNFCC website this year, just click on the links to read the full story.

1. UK Biomass and Biogas Carbon Calculator unveiled, October
2. European EnAlgae partnership to unlock the potential of algal bioenergy, September
3. Advanced biofuels needed to meet UK renewable transport targets, November
4. Carbon dating to be used to calculate renewable fraction of EfW, July
5. Compostable bioplastics set for big win at London Olympics, May
6. Huge biomass gasification plant on Teesside gets go-ahead, August
7. O-Gen are first to receive double ROCs for advanced biomass conversion, July
8. DECC report published on UK and global bioenergy resource, March
9. Government announce new delay to Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI), September
10. Choren begins insolvency proceedings, July