Large-scale biogas plant planned in Pakistan’s dairy area with support by IFC
On 14 November the International Finance Corporation of the World Bank (IFC) announced its support to the development of a waste to energy biogas…
Biograce project extends its GHG calculation tool to gaseous and solid biomass
The BioGrace project has been granted another 3-year-period by Intelligent Energy Europe. In the project BioGrace I which run from 2010 to 2012,…
Malaysia biomass industry building on momentum of keen industry players
The Malaysian government announced in August this year in its Budget 2013 an additional allocation of MYR 2 billion for the Green Technology…
Sustainability of bioenergy – trade and market issues
Biomass (solid, liquid and gaseous) is considered to play a key role in the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, and increasing the energy…
Sugarcane for bioenergy in Southern Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is a key testing ground for the future global bio-economy, as it lies at the heart of the “biomass-poverty belt,” i.e.…
EuroBioRef – designing the next generation of European biorefineries
With the depletion of the fossil and natural resources and the need to shift to resource efficiency in developing a sustainable bio-economy is…
Harmonizing biofuels greenhouse gas calculations
The EU funded project BioGrace aims at unambiguously defining key parameters of biofuel greenhouse gas emissions and thus enhancing the level playing field…
The future of biomethane as transport fuel in Europe
Biofuels are a good alternative to fossil fuels for transport in terms of reduced carbon dioxide emission. The European Union (EU) has recognised…
The dawn of commercial torrefaction
Torrefaction is a mild pyrolysis process (250-350°C) in many aspects resembling the roasting of coffee beans. Done right, the biomass is refined into…
Malaysia’s biomass potential
This post is based on an article by Nurhidayati Abd Aziz and Dato’ Leon Kin Mun, BiomassSP published in April 2012 in BE-Sustainable magazine.…