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Foreword
This month sees significant activities in Europe regarding the
bioenergy sector. RED II has set targets for electricity, heating, and cooling generated
through renewable means to demonstrate greenhouse gas (GHG) savings of 70% compared
to a reference fossil fuel from January 2021, and 80% from January 2026. This sub-legislation
is important, to ensure that new bioenergy technologies, processes, and
industrial facilities can meet wider energy mandates and targets laid out by
various initiatives, delivering genuine GHG savings in a sustainable way,
supporting net zero ambitions nationally and globally.
The current ‘global
energy crisis’, kickstarted by an accumulation of factors, has been amplified
by tensions from Russia’s recent invasion into Ukraine. Europe imports almost
40% of its natural gas, approximately 2.3 billion m3/week, from
Russia. As a result of Russia threatening to cut exported gas supplies in
response to economic sanctions imposed upon them, the EU are looking...
Other News this Month Includes:
Policy
- Commission announces ground-breaking biomethane target to cut dependence on
Russian gas
Markets
- French investment in Croatian biomass plants
- bp to spend more on bioenergy
- Veolia and Braskem to cooperate to produce energy from eucalyptus biomass
Research and Development
- BECoop self-assessment tool supports the development of bioenergy projects
Biomass Heat and Power
- Coalswitch - benefits of biocoal
Biogas
- A way out of the EU gas price crisis with biomethane
- World’s largest biomethane refuelling station opens in Avonmouth
Energy from Waste
- EPA selects 11 organisations to receive $2 million to help tackle climate crisis
through food diversion
- Veolia Energy Recovery Facilities achieve new record energy output
Carbon Capture
- Marubeni Corporation sign agreement with PT Pertamina (Persero) for pulp
mill CCS project
- New study shows bio-CCS could create 28,000 new jobs in Sweden
Events
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