Bioenergy

Growth in US pellet business swells Drax profit

Drax begins capturing biomass emissions in ‘world first’

C-Capture raises £3.5m from Drax, BP and IP Group

C-Capture has secured £3.5 million of equity funding from Drax, BP Ventures and IP Group

Energy UK backs government response to capacity market freeze

The boss of Energy UK has backed the government’s “common sense” response to the suspension of the capacity market, saying he is “confident that it offers a way out of this impasse”.

Defra to close gap in emissions limits for small generators

Electricity generation falls to lowest level in quarter of a century

Electricity generation in the UK fell to 335TWh in 2018 – the lowest level since 1994

BEIS to resume collecting capacity payments from suppliers

The government has announced its intention to resume collecting capacity market payments from suppliers during the current standstill period.

Drax seeks ‘negative emissions’ with biomass and CCS trial

Drax has kicked off a six-month pilot scheme to trial carbon capture and storage (CCS) on one of the now four biomass units at its power station in Yorkshire.

Letter from the Editor: Court leaves capacity market in chaos

But while the unexpected victory of “the little guys” over what has been termed in

CCC calls for bioenergy to double in UK energy mix

The contribution of bioenergy to the UK’s energy mix could double by 2050, according to

Brexit slump pushes UK down one place in renewable investment ranking

Renewable capacity overtakes fossil fuels

Subsidies withdrawn from two low-carbon energy projects

Subsidies have been withdrawn from two low-carbon energy projects after the developers failed to meet

Bioenergy Infrastructure Group raises £150m for investments

Biomass ‘critical resource’ for UK energy system, says ETI

A new report has backed burning or creating liquid fuels gas from biomass and then capturing the resulting carbon dioxide emissions.