The science behind bioenergy with carbon capture and storage
Negative emission technologies are now included in many of the pathways suggested by a number of climate scientists to meet the internationally agreed limit of…
Category: Power
Performance analysis of a commercial pellet-fired stirling engine
The use of pellets in residential boilers allows the increase of the share of renewable sources in heat production with an added advantage that…
Teaming agreement to build new bioenergy facility in Germany
Five thousand homes and businesses in Herten, Germany, will soon benefit from a clean, renewable energy source as Lockheed Martin and Concord Blue begin…
Joint development for a biorefinery in the port of Rotterdam
What do a Gorinchem-based biobased ingredients company, two power companies and the port have in common? The joint development of a biorefinery in the…
UK’s first electric vehicle to grid charging system
The European Bioenergy Research Institue (EBRI) has announced the successful commission of UK’s first electric vehicle to grid charging system. This technology, which is…
Rice husk gasifiers for cost competitive rural electrification – a study in Ghana
Access to modern energy services is fundamental to improving quality of life, deployment of health, educational infrastructure and socioeconomic development. However, today 25% of…
The Austrian Bioenergy Technology Day at EUBCE 2015 Vienna
As part of the 23rd European Biomass Conference & Exhibition in Vienna, the Austrian Day – a bioenergy technology day, will take place on 3…
Requirements for transportation of fast pyrolysis bio-oil
Fast pyrolysis bio-oil is a renewable liquid fuel which can replace fossil fuels in energy production. In Finland there are currently a few ongoing…
Empyro BV breaks ground of its biomass to liquid pyrolysis plant
This week Empyro BV has announced that the construction of its pyrolysis oil production plant has started at the AkzoNobel site in Hengelo (The…
Eurobserv’ER barometer: +5,4% energy from solid biomass in Europe in 2012
Eurobserv’ER has published the barometer for solid biomass in 2012. Primary energy production from solid biomass is back on the road to growth, which…