Foreword
Last month we reported on
UK energy giants (and our fellow Yorkshire dwellers) Drax, and how they were
considering deviating from their current path of converting their coal burners
into pellets by opting for gas instead. Converting a coal burner into a gas burner would make Drax eligible
for a 15-year Capacity Contract, and by allowing them to provide the “backup”
energy to fill the gap left by renewables, would provide a steady income. However,
this month’s news suggests that other options are on the table. As the summer
draws to an end, Drax is nearing the end of its full pellet trial for its
fourth biomass unit, in which wood pellets are being burned at the power
station entirely in place of coal, as opposed to the cofiring the station has
utilised up to now. Once the trial is finished the unit will........
Other News this Month Includes:
Policy
- Annual REA report covers biorenewables
turnover and employment
- EU energy and emissions data released up to
2015
- $40m to fund bioenergy development centres
in the US
- DUKES report shows continued increase in UK
renewables
- Report aims to improve UK's energy crops
growth
Research & Development
- UK Government report on farm GHG mitigation
- Viridor to trial use of CO2 from
AD as fertiliser
- Identifying barriers to SMEs entering the
bioeconomy
Biomass Heat & Power
- US study demonstrates scale of emissions
reduction from biomass
- July degression prompts RHI biomass surge
- Full pellet trial continues at Drax
- University of Northampton adds biomass
burner to provide campus energy
Biogas
- Australian inventor developing AD system for
plastic waste
- Severn Trent begins work on food waste AD
plant near Derby
- AD Digestate as Biofertiliser
- Record seaweed harvest to be trialled as AD
feedstock
Energy from waste
- Slight decrease in median EfW gates fees
Events
ROC Prices