Drax To Generate Electricity Using 100% Biomass

The Drax power station in North Yorkshire is set to give up coal and start generating electricity generated using biomass. Read More

Grade 1 Listed Church Goes Carbon Neutral

A church in Withington will soon become the first carbon neutral religious building in the country when work is completed on St Michael and All Angels Church at the end of September, reports solarpowerportal.co.uk. – The Grade 1 listed church is set to be fitted with several sources of renewable energy including solar panels and a new biomass boiler. It will have 22 solar panels fitted to its roof and the electricity generated from the different sources will provide power for the building’s lighting which is low energy. Read More

Drax Return Extra £35m And Boost Biomass

Drax, the operator of Britain’s biggest power station in Selby, North Yorkshire, is set to return an additional £35 million to shareholders after the company delivered earnings “marginally above” market expectations – as confirmed at the company’s annual general meeting this week. When added to the dividends paid last October – the total return to shareholders for 2009 is £50 million Read More

Shell Demo Plant Turns Biomass Into Fuel

A demonstration plant which will turn plant matter into petrol rather than ethanol or biodiesel has begun in Wisconsin, USA, reports BrightEnergy.org. – The demonstration project is being run by Shell and Virent Energy Systems who have been developing the technology known as “BioForming” since 2008. It’s the first demonstration plant of its kind in the world. Read More

Stobart Drives Towards Renewable Energy

Stobart, the UK’s leading provider of multimodal transport and logistics solutions, is investing £30 million in a new joint venture project which will see it driving into the renewable energy supply market. Together with AW Jenkinson Forest Products, the biggest supplier of wood-related biomass in the UK, they have formed Stobart Biomass Products Limited (SBPL) – a company that will source and distribute biomass fuel to the renewable energy market. Read More

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