Search Results for: "biomass"
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Wind, biomass and solar will all likely contribute to the Isle of Wight’s future renewable energy supply, but it is the sea that looks set to drive it. Louise Bateman reports on plans to power...
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...systems, reduce thermal bridging and add renewables, such as solar panels, ground source heat or biomass, to meet the Code Level 4 For Sustainable Homes – the latest assessment for new...
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...based in North Yorkshire, is set to become greener, thanks to a £10 million deal to install biomass co-firing systems at the station. [summary]Doosan Babcock Energy Limited, which...
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...(VWP). [summary]The VWP is a waste management system that transforms household rubbish into biomass before converting it into a range of energy resources, including electricity and...
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A major biomass heat project is set to launch next month in the East of England with £4.3 million of funding from the EU and UK Government.[summary]Woodfuel East aims to bring...
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Despite a lack of incentives, the small-scale renewable heat sector – particularly biomass heat – is quietly growing, but there are calls for more to be done. [summary]Earlier this month, the...
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...and operating renewable energy projects throughout the UK, from onshore wind, to landfill gas and biomass. The company is behind a proposal for another straw-powered fire station near the...
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...and ones that can thrive in a changing climate, as well as creating a new supply source for biomass fuel from post-harvest waste. “There has been a good deal of controversy in recent months...
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The Somerset-based yogurt and desserts producer Yeo Valley is to benefit from a state-of-the-art biomass boiler at its head office in Blagdon, thanks to a £44,000 grant.[summary]The new...
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...recycling, aims to have its new business venture up and running by next year, with the help of a biomass grant, which it is currently applying for. It says it will source all of its wood...
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...currently gets its electricity supply from wind, small scale hydro, solar power and sustainable biomass, said its renewable heat incentive scheme would initially cover solar thermal,...
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...land owned by the public sector is suitable for the current renewable technologies of wind and biomass, but as other technologies develop more public land could be used to build a low...
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...from outgoing air and uses it to heat incoming air. Other energy-efficient features include a biomass community heating system – fuelled by locally-sourced wood chips – and rainwater...
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...that independent generators can get renewable energy projects off the ground, whether they are biomass, waste-to-energy or in this case, wind turbines,” he said.Sainsbury’s said it wanted...
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...generation’ biofuels – produced from waste, residues, or non-food cellulosic and ligno-cellulosic biomass – will be double credited in order to meet the 10 per cent in renewable energies in...
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...carbon fuels from sustainable second and third generation feedstocks such as jatropha, algae or biomass waste, could provide a further 10 per cent reduction in emissions by 2030, when it is...
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...businesses in North East England have secured more than £70,000 in grants aimed at building biomass supply chains in the region.[summary]The cash, which marks the first funding round...
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The Carbon Trust is urging businesses to invest in biomass heating systems as a way to reduce energy bills and cut CO2 emissions. [summary] The Government-funded organisation has published a...
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...the Northwest of England, has launched a major programme to get the region’s industries to adopt biomass energy systems.[summary]The £750,000 project, which is being funded by the...
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...Vantage Waste Processor (VWP) is a patented system that transforms household rubbish into biomass before converting it into a range of energy resources, including electricity and...
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...the UK's first example of a combination photovoltaic and thermal heating system, an 11 kilowatt biomass boiler and insulation from recycled newspaper.The build has also made use of...
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...maintenance costs.The ‘Black Phantom’ is effectively a ‘giant microwave’ designed to turn biomass – agricultural waste, wood-chips, even possibly sewage – into charcoal, a very stable form...
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...courses will cover everything from the installation of solar photovoltaic systems and biomass boilers to the design of underfloor heating systems and renewable energy awareness, awarding...
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Biomass energy, which uses energy crops or waste materials as fuel for generating electricity and heat, can – in the worst cases – actually produce significantly higher greenhouse gas...
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...energy comes from a variety of technologies including landfill gas, waste to energy, hydro, biomass and wind. The new service will allow its customers to identify exactly which renewable...
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...inconceivable to think that commercial aircraft might one day be powered by fuels derived from biomass. It is no longer inconceivable. Indeed, far from it. The last two to three years have...
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...RDPE funding limits. A number of RDAs, including One North East, have already advanced funds to biomass projects under existing rules, for example, and are keen to support similar projects...
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...of the largest wave energy projects on the planet; as well as developing and consenting hydro and biomass projects. Harnessing all these opportunities has the potential to create more than...
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...developer specialising in electricity from renewable energy sources including wind, wave, solar, biomass and hydro power. The MRC site will be connected to the Portuguese electricity grid...
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An extra £1.3 million of fresh funding has been allocated under the Scottish Biomass Heat Scheme (SBHS), which aims to increase the take up of renewable heat used by Scottish...
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...for locally produced woodfuel can now access a comprehensive list of suppliers through the Biomass Energy Centre.[summary]The independent advisory service, managed by the Forestry...
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...the power and gas company, is putting plans forward to local residents for a £300 million biomass plant in the Port of Bristol.[summary]E.ON, which has not yet submitted a full...
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...from sustainable, local sources rather than using gas and oil for heating – mainly due to new biomass boilers fitted – but the region still needs another 1,850 MW to meet its 2020 renewable...
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...last year, the company announced planning permission for a £100 million, 40 MW straw fired biomass plant in Sleaford, Lincolnshire, the first of 10 such projects that Eco2 intends to...
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...from renewables.This is technically possible; we have the technologies, such as offshore wind and biomass heating, to deliver the scale of changes required. But, although we’ve made real...
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...investigate all options to boost the sector, from large scale industrial plants, more energy from biomass and waste, through to microgeneration. We will support growth in, and...
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...the green light to a controversial £20
million wood burning combined heat and power (CHP) biomass plant to be
built in Barrow-in-Furness on the North West Coast of England....
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One of the world's largest biomass plants has received Government consent for development in Teesport, Cleveland. [summary]The Tees Renewable Energy Plant, which will cost £500 million to...
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...their transportation, disposal and recycling. The HSE produced horizon scanning documents on biomass and wind energy in February this year.
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...projects around the UK, including onshore and offshore wind, new tidal and wave technologies and biomass projects. "Our results show that people generally support renewable energy, but that...
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...in over a century – is powered by
gas-fired Combined Heat and Power (CHP) units, along with biomass
boilers and gas-fired back up boilers. These provide five megawatts of heating and...
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...in onshore wind capacity
and a four per cent increase in the capacity of sites fuelled by
biomass and wastes. Meanwhile, in 2008 Combined Heat and Power (CHP)
capacity stood at 5,469...
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MGT Power has announced plans to develop a second major biomass power generation project at the Port of Tyne in North Tyneside, after receiving consent to build one in Teesport last month....
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...to biodiesel conversion process uses
advanced biological science to convert sugars derived from biomass into
lipids using unique fermentation micro-organisms; the lipids are...
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A joint venture between several Scottish distillery companies and a
biomass plant developer will see whisky create green energy and help
reduce the carbon footprint of one of Scotland's most...
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The Government has announced its approval of a 60 megawatt (MW) biomass
and Solid Recovery Fuel plant to be built on a disused site at Tilbury
Docks in Essex.[summary]Tilbury Green Power...
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...grid system. Meanwhile, a back-up battery also ensures that if there is no wind, sun, water or biomass, power can be delivered for at least three hours. In heralding this...
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...submitted its planning application to the Government for what could be one of the UK’s largest biomass-fired power plants at the Royal Portbury Dock in North Somerset. [summary]The company,...
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Wales’ first commercial biomass plant was officially opened yesterday by First Minister, Rhodri Morgan. [summary]The £33 million, 14 megawatt Western Wood Energy Plant in Port Talbot...
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...Biosciences at the University of Helsinki has estimated that from 1990 to 2005, expanding forest biomass in the EU27 sequestered 360–495 million tonnes of CO2 from the atmosphere each year...
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Britain’s biggest biomass plant moved a step closer to being realised, this week, when the Environment Agency granted a licence for the 350 megawatt (MW) Prenergy plant in Port...
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...as solar energy for heating buildings, hydrogen for powering transport, power generation using biomass and photovoltaic (PV) technology to generate electricity. The programme will also...
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...the next decade, nuclear research would get €7 billion (£6.4 billion), energy from biomass and other waste €9 billion (£8.2 billion) and CCS €13 billion...
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...in April next year and will apply to renewable technologies, such as wind, photovoltaic and biomass up to five megawatt in size. Under current proposals, those eligible for the cashback on...
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Windhager UK has become the first biomass heating company to successfully achieve certification for its full range of wood pellet boilers and log gasification boilers under the...
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Tesco's recently opened Teesport warehouse facility is to be powered entirely by biomass.[summary]The supermarket giant has signed a deal with MGT Power, the independent, biomass power...
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...being developed by Peterborough Renewable Energy Ltd (PREL). As well as an energy from waste and biomass-fuelled power station, the site will also house processes that bring together...
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...leading green generators with 20 wind farms across the country, and operates the UK’s largest biomass power station at Lockerbie. It says its renewable development portfolio could power...
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A 290 megawatt (MW) biomass-fired power station, planned to be built by Drax Power, near Selby, has moved a step closer to realisation this week, after getting the unanimous backing of North...
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...district heating.Currently, over 90 per cent of Scotland’s renewable heat is generated from wood biomass, with energy from waste developing as a rapidly growing sector. To reach the...
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...liquid biomethane (LBM), a carbon neutral fuel. [summary]LBM is produced by the decomposition of biomass in landfill or as an industrial by product, such as in food manufacturing or retail....
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A Midlands inventor, who discovered a way to turn waste leaves into biomass fuel for domestic use, is looking to expand his business by finding commercial applications to his...
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...ambitious plans by the UK Government to generate 15 per cent of the UK’s renewable energy from biomass by 2020 will not come to fruition unless supply chain challenges are...
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...A key objective of the project is to achieve a zero carbon development through the use of a biomass boiler, solar thermal water heating, rainwater harvesting and a robust waste management...
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...install renewables, such as wind turbines,ground, water and air source heat pumps, solar panels, biomass systemsand combined heat and power systems. Agricultural and forestrypremises,...
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...a share of £1.5 million worth of grants from the Government to help develop the supply of UK biomass.[summary]The grants, which local authorities (LAs) and charities can also bid for,...
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...stove technologies have the potential to bring emission of products of incomplete combustion from biomass stoves down nearly to those of clean fuels, such as liquefied petroleum gas,”...
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...in the short or long-term. These projects are often renewable energy ones, such as wind farms, biomass energy, or hydroelectric dams. Because offsets usually fund projects in developing...
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...living. New homes in the green towns will be fitted, it is said, with a combination of biomass fuel, solar panels, insulation, water recyling and double glazing, as well as state-of-the-art...
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...launch a fossil fuel free cargo ship in 2012. Its innovation, which will target the UK's growing biomass import business, was being recognised last night at a Downing Street reception with...
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...at the Ford factory in Dagenham.The energy facility is being developed by renewable energy and biomass company Bioessence Ltd and will use ‘Advanced Thermal Conversion’ gasification...
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...wheat into 400 million litres of bioethanol a year.Bioethanol is an alcohol produced from organic biomass such as sugar, wheat or maize, and represents over 80 per cent of global biofuel...
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...cent the country will be able to source its energy through renewable means.“Wind, waves, tides, biomass, solar, geothermal – all of these are harvestable with current technology widely...
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Businesses can now claim grants of up to £500,000 to buy and install biomass-fuelled heating and combined heat and power (CHP) systems thanks to £4 million of new funding announced...
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...volcano and covered in indigenous grasses, has been put forward in plans for a £150 million biomass plant on the River Tees.[summary]Bio Energy Investments Ltd (BEI) has submitted...
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...use of renewables in heating through our Renewable Heat Action Plan and a new grant scheme for biomass heating."
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...£400 off the price of a new, modern A-rated boiler or a renewable heating system, such as a biomass boiler or a heat pump. The scheme will work in a similar way to the Car Scrappage...
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...to its calorie content’ led the family
to consider Combined Heat and Power, bio digesters and biomass boilers
as a means of utilising straw as fuel. Straw logs were being
manufactured...
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...of micro-renewables, including wind, solar hot water, solar photovoltaics, hydro, heat pumps, biomass and micro-combined heat and power.As well as helping SMEs reduce their energy bills and...
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The UK’s first international trading service for medium to large-scale users and producers of biomass pellets has launched – racking up a million tonnes of supply and demand requests in its...
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...for the first time at how 10 per cent of underused UK land could be turned into the production of biomass for UK energy needs. "There is 2.4 million hectares of land in the UK that is not...
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...still offers huge potential for growth, and I think technologies like anaerobic digestion and biomass will improve immensely over the next few years along with other forms of energy from...
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The Forestry Commission is calling on more UK businesses to install biomass boiler systems as a new report suggests the European biomass market will double capacity over the next five years....
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...and existing social enterprises develop community based renewable energy schemes, such as wind, biomass and hydro power. In addition, around 135 small grants of up to £3,000 will be...
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...future energy price rises," said Ben Cosh, founder and managing director, The Green Company.Biomass left out of feed-in tariff schemeThe Renewable Energy Association (REA), which campaigned...
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...Clean Energy Cashback scheme set to launch in April. Some further funding will go towards a biomass boiler for the mill, and Lancaster Cohousing also hopes to be able to get some of its...
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...research to find ways to make plants grow thicker more quickly, which could lead to increased biomass production without competing with food crops.Scientists at the University of Manchester...
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A new plant in east London, producing jet fuel from waste biomass, could be powering part of British Airways' fleet from as early as 2014.[summary]The destination for Europe's first...
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...600 members. It represents all renewable energy technologies, including wind and wave energy, biomass, solar and anaerobic digestion, among others.Paul Thompson will replace Hartnell as...
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...that they take away land that would otherwise be used in food production.The team working on the Biomass, Remediation, re-Generation (BioReGen) project – which is backed by a €1.2...
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...detailed guidance on a range of renewables, including large and small scale onshore wind, biomass, hydro power and solar energy.As well as looking at the availability of the natural...
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...organic matter through heating. In this case it is developing the process to transform waste biomass into commercially viable, sustainable biofuel for transport.If successful, the project...
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...£400 off the price of a new, modern A-rated boiler or a renewable heating system, such as a biomass boiler or a heat pump.npower has pledged to continue with its scrappage scheme Since...
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...as a great feat and a sign of things to come.”Sainsbury's new larger Durham store uses 'first' biomass boilerThe ‘carbon negative’ impact of the new extension has been brought about in part...
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...include electricity and heat generated by the sun (photovoltaic electricity and solar thermal), biomass, wind and small scale hydroelectric power. Larkfleet Group is already heavily...
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...for up to 23 years for those who install technologies such as ground or air source heat pumps, biomass boilers or bio-methane or bio-diesel projects.
The sums involved are huge....
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...in wind power, both offshore and onshore, as well as other renewables, such as hydro, solar, and biomass – effectively turning Britain from an oil and gas importer to a net exporter of...
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...33 per cent of offshore – accounting for 37 per cent of total renewable electricity generation. Biomass generation rose by 14.5 per cent and (including landfill gas) accounted for 44 per...
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...Process Technology, which uses anaerobic digestion to convert gases derived directly from biomass into bioethanol. This bioethanol production is integrated with combined heat and power...
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The growing biomass energy industry risks thousands of UK jobs and could increase UK carbon emissions by one per cent, the wood panel industry said today.[summary]The Wood Panel Industries...
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...store it is building in the Isle of Wight the first of its retail outlets to be fully powered by biomass.[summary]The retailer has submitted a planning application to the local council to...
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...are increasingly going to play in this market. Waitrose is seeking planning permission to build a biomass plant to power a new store it is building in East Cowes, Isle of Wight. The scheme...
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...and fibres for clothes. This is a serious warning that all businesses would do well not to ignore.Biomass does not offer a silver bulletEver since the Isle of Wight first unveiled its plans...
