BMW – Plant Dingolfing relies on locally produced heat from regional biomass to reduce CO2. BMW Group Plant Dingolfing will use heat produced from regional biomass and its own waste wood to meet about 50 percent of its process hot water requirements from 2025 onwards. The company signs a supply contract to this effect for just under 100,000 MWh of thermal energy per year with UP Energiewerke GmbH, a joint subsidiary of the public works department Stadtwerke Dingolfing and Bayernwerk Natur. This will save BMW Group Plant Dingolfing around 20,000 tonnes of CO2 per year, compared to using co ..read more

Enerkem wins “the sky’s the limit challenge”, for producing sustainable aviation fuel from forest biomass. Enerkem announce that, as the project leader in partnership with CRB Innovations, it has been selected by an independent panel of international aviation experts as the winner of “The Sky’s the Limit Challenge” hosted by Natural Resources Canada, from among the four finalists. This prestigious honour underscores its significant achievement in producing sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from forest biomass carbon. The resulting biogenic fuel will contribute to a 93% r ..read more

CIMC Enric and Maersk to collaborate on biomass green methanol project. IMC Enric Holdings Limited (“CIMC Enric”, or “the Company”) and its subsidiaries announced a strategic partnership with global container shipping and logistics giant A.P. Moller – Maersk (“Maersk”) to launch a biomass green methanol pilot project. By taking advantage of the Company’s key equipment and core process technologies, the project will facilitate the landing of Maersk’s first generation of green container vessels. The two sides have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) online to explore long-term cooper ..read more

Hindustan Unilever, HUL, eliminates coal usage across operations, using green alternatives such as biomass and biodiesel. Hindustan Unilever Limited (HUL NSE 1.64 %) said it has eliminated coal usage across its operations replacing it with green alternatives such as biomass and biodiesel. To facilitate this, the company has collaborated with biomass suppliers and local farmers, to ensure sustainable supply of green fuel and made the necessary changes for the renewable transition in its coal-fired boilers. The shift from coal to renewable energy sources has also resulted into savings, it said ..read more

A network of over 100 NGOs is calling on the European Union to end the use of some biomass as renewable energy. [Euronews] The Forest Defenders Alliance (FDA), an initiative to amplify the voices of NGOs in Europe and in countries with forests that are threatened by EU policies, wants Brussels to protect forests, rather than encourage more logging in order to produce biomass fuel that is burned in power plants. The EU counts biomass fuel as a zero-carbon renewable energy, but environmentalists want it to be excluded from this criteria due to the fact that burning wood emits more carbon polluti ..read more