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Foreword
To conclude an exciting year in the bioenergy sector,
we choose to focus on the FTSE 100 energy giant Drax Group, which has attracted
much media attention in the past few months. Drax currently operates 13 pellet
plants globally, with a combined capacity of 4Mt. Additional plant commissions
and expansion projects are expected to increase capacity to 5Mt in the near
future. Overall, Drax’s objective is to reach a total capacity of 8Mt by 2030.
The company believes that the global market for
sustainable biomass and carbon capture and storage (BECCS) will grow at an
unprecedented rate in the years to come, creating with it sustainable long-term
uses for biomass and leading to the expansion of pellet production capacity. As
Drax’s capacity grows and as markets become more favourable for bioenergy, the
company expects to double its sales of biomass to third parties in Asia and
Europe.
Other News this Month Includes:
Markets
- Haldor Topsoe and Green Fuel to develop scalable technologies for green
ammonia
- bp acquires c. 29% stake in Gasrec
- Biomethane has potential for 10-fold increase
by 2030
Research & Development
- Clariant working to reduce CO2 footprint of steam reforming for
hydrogen
- Review of forest carbon accounting
principles
- Drax update on ambitions for pellet plants,
biomass sales and BECCS
Biomass Heat and Power
- Drax pushes on with biomass
- Drax considering biomass plant in US
Biogas
- DHL and Grundfos pilot Bio-LNG in road freight with promising results
- AstraZeneca to build new renewable energy plant to provide clean heat and
power across UK sites
- Industry experts unite to convert global racing championship food waste to
electricity
Carbon Capture
- Biomass CCS for Japanese biomass plant
- EU support for Stockholm Exergi's bio-CCS project
- Projects selected for Phase 1 of the Direct air capture and greenhouse gas
removal programme
Events
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