For the past decade, Japan has been expanding the use of woody biomass for power generation to replace or be mixed and burned with coal. The country is now the second-largest wood pellet consumer in ...

Biomass co-firing involves the simultaneous combustion of biomass materials alongside conventional fossil fuels in existing power plant boilers to reduce net carbon emissions and enhance ...

Singapore-based Tuas Power has revealed plans to fully overhaul its 133MW coal-fired power plant and operate solely on biomass fuel sources by the end of 2028. This new development marks a marked ...

The climate impact of biomass cannot be understood only at the power plant; it has to be traced back through the supply chain ...

The ReEnergy biomass plant at Ashland's Machias River Industrial Park seen in February 2018. Credit: Anthony Brino / BDN The BDN Opinion section operates independently and does not set news policies ...

The UK’s fleet of wind, solar and biomass power plants all set new records in 2025, Carbon Brief analysis shows, but electricity generation from gas still went up. The rise in gas power was due to the ...

This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. This voice experience is generated by AI. Learn more. SELBY, ENGLAND - JANUARY 30: The winter sun sets behind the Drax Bio mass Power Station ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. The Sustainable Biomass Program (SBP) is a private certification scheme developed by the bioenergy industry to assure the sustainability of biomass ...

If you liked this story, share it with other people. In the past few years, there have been at least 14 fires, explosions and accidents at biomass power plants across Japan. Accidents, rising prices ...