Foreword
Following last month’s
general election result in the UK, the Conservative minority government has
come under heightened scrutiny, and their environmental and energy policies are
no exception. The Committee on Climate Change has praised the UK’s progress in
reducing greenhouse emissions by 42% since 1990, but has warned that continued
government commitment is required if the UK is to reach its overall targets of
80% reductions by 2050. Since 2012, the UK’s reductions in emissions have been
footed by the power sector, with emissions actually increasing elsewhere. The
Committee argues that current policies are not enough to bring about this
change, and that new policies must come into play in order to...
Other News this Month Includes:
Policy
- Looking ahead to post-Brexit UK grain
exports
- Norway commits to palm-oil biofuel ban
- Continued government action needed to reduce
UK emissions
- Resource Management Industry sets out
Government targets
Markets
- Wood chip trade up 75% over 15 years
- Demand for high-quality oils set to squeeze
Rapeseed stocks
- Sugar market set for shakeup with imminent
EU deregulation
- UK continues tendency towards net wheat
import
Research & Development
- Biomass still top renewable energy source in
the world
- Corn Chemical Competition Launched
- Velocys to develop Biomass to Liquids plant
Wood & Crop
- Wood still dominating UK non-domestic
biomass use
- UPM looking to Carinata as alternative fuel
crop
- NWH group acquires wood-processing facility
- Bamboo as feedstock for bio-based ethyl
glycosides
- Drax to forego pellets in favour of gas?
- Fife biomass plant denied planning
permission after public outcry
Other Feedstocks
- Best practice guideline for Waste
Incineration released by EU
- Shell partners with SBI to produce biofuels
from waste oils
Events
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