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Foreword
Bioenergy derived from wood and wood waste, including sawdust, wood
chips, bark, and wood scraps, accounted for 2.3% of total annual energy
consumption in 2020 in the United States, according to the U.S. Energy
Information Administration. In the UK, the mass of wood pellets being burnt in
biomass power stations increased 36x from 2010 to 2018, and the mass of wood
pellets imported to the UK has increased 13x over the same period, according to
the Office for National Statistics. The Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive
(RHI), which closed on 31st March 2022, was a government incentive that
promoted the use of renewable heat via solar water heating, heat pumps, and
biomass boilers – which utilise wood or approved non-woody biomass as the fuel
source. Eligible installations would receive quarterly payments over seven
years for their renewable heat production. This is being replaced by the Clean
Heat Grant, which will provide grants for upfront costs of heat pump
installation up to £4000, but will only subsidise biomass systems under
specific circumstances.
Similarly, Ireland
has the Support Scheme for Renewable Heat (SSRH), administered by the
Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI). This applies mainly to
businesses, and incentivises heat pump installation via investment grants, and
biomass or biogas boilers (anaerobic digestion) and high efficiency CHP heating
systems via ongoing operational support in the form of a tariff, for a period
of 15 years, available to successful applicants. Recently, over 50 Irish
businesses...
Other News this Month Includes:
Policy
- UK quarterly energy stats
- Market-based mechanism for low carbon heat
Markets
- Greencoat acquires Margam Green Energy
- Gasrec and Reynolds Logistics continue successful relationship as demand
for biomethane grows
Research and Development
- Inauguration of Switzerland’s first industrial power to gas plant
Biomass Heat and Power
- Netherlands to phase out support for wood biomass for low grade heat
applications
- 51 Irish agri-enterprises offered grants for biomass systems, but scheme is
under-subscribed
Biogas
- Nestlé converts diesel truck fleet to bio-LNG
- VERBIO launches the first cellulosic RNG plant in the USA
- Anaergia commissions first of seven renewable natural gas facilities it will
own and operate in Italy
Energy from Waste
- Scottish incineration review offers “balanced perspective on EfW”
- EfW tonnages rise 5% in 2021 according to Tolvik report
- Waste-to-Energy and decarbonisation in the EU
Carbon Capture
- Navigator CO2 and Big River team up for CO2 capture, transportation,
storage, and value optimisation
- Carbon Clean raises $150m (£123m) in record carbon capture funding round
- Drax to pilot more pioneering new carbon capture technology
Events
Capacity Statistics