Energy

Biomethane Industrial Partnership
Biomethane Industrial Partnership to support 35 bcm target by 2030

Launched last September, a new public-private Biomethane Industrial Partnership (BIP) is set to support the rapid scale-up of sustainable biomethane production and use.

Chemical Recycling ADOBE STOCK
Chemical recycling: The good and the bad

What does the term mean? What are the opportunities? What are the costs?

Anaerobic Digestion Green Gas
Renewables
$1B plan to scale anaerobic digestion across the US

The partnership hopes to be present within 100 miles of 80 per cent of the U.S. population in the next eight years

Mixed waste sorting
Mixed waste sorting should be made mandatory for renewable energy
By
Savannah Coombe
| 2 March 2023 |
Operators need to pre-sort the waste on-site or demonstrate it has undergone prior sorting
Sorting residual waste ‘key to meeting EU’s Circular Economy Objectives’
Sorting residual waste ‘key to meeting EU’s Circular Economy Objectives’
By
Resource
| 16 February 2023 |
New report from ZWE and Reloop finds adoption of mixed waste sorting prior to landfill or EfW could reduce EU waste sector emissions by 25 per cent
UK-first Waste-to-DME plant
£150m funding for novel waste-to-fuel plant in Tees Valley
By
Becky Goodall
| 7 February 2023 |
Planning permission has been sought for a >£150m waste-to-fuel plant, to produce renewable and recycled carbon DME fuel.
Energy from Waste Incinerator
Scottish EfW review calls for end to plastic incineration
By
Savannah Coombe
| 6 February 2023 |
It follows a 2022 review which led to restrictions on the development of further incinerators in Scotland
Energy-from-waste incinerator
ZWE: Stop classifying energy-from-waste as ‘recovery’
By
Savannah Coombe
| 25 January 2023 |
A new study shows that greenhouse gas emissions from low-efficiency waste incineration are double that of natural gas generation 
Pile of portable batteries
EU to introduce new laws around battery recycling
By
Savannah Coombe
| 12 December 2022 |
The new regulation aims to improve sustainability throughout the life cycle of batteries
Artists Impression – Proposed CCS plant
SUEZ consults local communities on plan to build carbon capture plant
By
Amelia Kelly
| 28 November 2022 |
The proposed plant, connected to the East Coast Cluster carbon capture pipeline, could capture 240,000 tonnes of carbon every year
Car recycling
Recycling Lives introduces ‘groundbreaking’ approach to car waste
By
Savannah Coombe
| 11 November 2022 |
The company hopes to produce completely reduce car landfill waste within four years
An artists sketch of the proposed incinerator
Rishi Sunak questioned over proposed Westbury EfW plant
By
Savannah Coombe
| 27 October 2022 |
Developer Northacre Renewable Energy Limited has approval for a gasification incinerator, but wish to switch to a conventional combustion process
Compostable carrier bag
Certification scheme says at least 24 UK sites can take compostable packaging
By
Savannah Coombe
| 24 October 2022 |
Renewable Energy Association body states UK processing capacity approximately 30,000 tonnes of compostables
Incineration
Waste incineration ‘ineffectual’ in meeting Europe’s energy shortage
By
Savannah Coombe
| 20 October 2022 |
ZWE study finds EfW would displace no more than one per cent of Russian gas
Kjetil Vikingstad
Growing demand for waste wood increases the search for alternative fuels
By
Kjetil Vikingstad
| 30 September 2022 |
Geminor’s CEO explores impacts on waste wood prices, and the need for alternative fuels for energy recovery
G7 nation flags
WRAP: G7 could save 0.8 billion tonnes of CO2eq emissions
By
Amelia Kelly
| 26 September 2022 |
The NGO outlines seven strategies to assist G7 in preventing consumption-based emissions
Edmonton ecopark
Edmonton EfW facility: Plans to power heat network sparks legal action
By
Alice Lang
| 23 September 2022 |
Challenge will be brought on the plant’s suggested use for the Haringey Heat Network
EfW facility
Fortum to enter the UK Energy-from-Waste sector
By
Amelia Kelly
| 22 September 2022 |
Its Carbon 2x concept aims to convert emissions from waste incineration into raw materials
european flags outside of building
Energy crisis will have ‘disastrous’ impact on European recycling ambitions
By
Alice Lang
| 22 September 2022 |
With rising costs hindering recycling initiatives, Europe’s transition to circularity is now at risk
anaerobic digestion
SUEZ to submit application for an anaerobic digestion facility in Lancashire
By
Alice Lang
| 5 September 2022 |
The facility would be an addition to SUEZ’s existing resource recovery park
BDC biohydrogen technologies
BDC to join two new projects developing biohydrogen technologies
By
Alice Lang
| 5 September 2022 |
The two projects aim to decarbonise the UK transport sector with the use of biofuels
food waste
Organic matter to hydrogen process granted £220k government funding
By
Amelia Kelly
| 15 August 2022 |
The University of Aberdeen will examine a new conversion process for ‘green sustainable energy’
soft plastic bags
Waste-to-hydrogen technology: leading the way to net-zero?
By
Alice Lang
| 5 August 2022 |
Projects across Europe are developing methods to convert non-recyclables into renewable energy