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United Kingdom: The biomass industry should come clean about its environmental impact
2013-05-03 18:58:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Last year, the RSPB, Friends of the Earth and Greenpeace published a report, called Dirtier than coal?, that shone a light on some evidence that the biomass industry would prefer was kept hidden. We revealed two important facts: Firstly, government plans to support the conversion of coal plants would mean that by 2017 the UK will be burning 30m tonnes of biomass, most of which will be wood. To give you a sense of proportion, this is about six times the entire UK wood harvest. It will mostly...
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UK consortium wins 1bn resource recovery contract for biomass power project
2013-04-30 10:00:00| Power Technology
A consortium led by waste management firm SITA UK has won a 1bn resource recovery contract from the West London Waste Authority (WLWA) for an energy-from-waste facility project in Severnside, South Gloucestershire, UK.
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Combining two different types of enzyme systems could speed breakdown of biomass for lower cost biofuels
2013-04-26 22:30:23| Green Car Congress
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United Kingdom: Drax secures 75m Treasury loan guarantee to switch from coal to biomass
2013-04-25 01:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BusinessGreen: Plans to convert the UK's largest coal plant to run on biomass have been given a multi-million pound boost, after the Treasury confirmed Drax would be the first company to receive a loan guarantee from its new scheme designed to drive investment in infrastructure. Drax yesterday announced it will receive a 75m guarantee from the Treasury scheme, known as UK Guarantees, which will underpin a private loan by Friends Life to fund the biomass conversion of three of its six generators. The company...
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Biomass Gaining a Niche as Coal-fired Plants Converted
2013-04-24 17:50:26| ENR.com: Headline News
Sierra Club leverages $50-million gift from Michael Bloomberg to retire old coal-burners.
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