Update:The company, Almond Bank Power Ltd, folded later in 2014 and the proposed plant has not been built. Almondbank Power’s proposed biomass power plant in Perth: A high-risk experimental technology for burning trees
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Burning Wood in Power Stations – Public Health Impacts
Burning Wood in Power Stations: Public Health Impacts , Biofuelwatch briefing
Playing with Fire: Wood pellets, fires and explosions
Fires and explosions at biomass power infrastructure are common occurrences. The two documents linked below were put together by PT-RAPS, Port Talbot Residents Against Power Stations, and list 76 reported pellet fires and wood dust explosions over a four year period,...
A new look at land-grabs in the global South linked to EU biomass policies
A new look at land-grabs in the global south linked to EU biomass policies, report by Almuth Ernsting, Biofuelwatch NGOs, policy makers and industry analysists have predicted that Europe's fast-growing demand for wood pellets and woodchips for bioenergy will...
Recording community opposition to big biomass projects
A new website has been created to allow concerned residents to record experiences of living next door to the UK's biggest biomass power station. In Markinch and Glenrothes in Scotland, the biggest biomass power station in the UK has recently reached completion. It is...
Video by Reel News: Biomass Emergency
Biomass Emergency - Video by Reel News, UK It's as dangerous as fracking - it'll mean deaths in the almost exclusively working class areas where it's happening - it produces up to 50% more carbon emissions than coal - it's destroying vital hardwood forests - it's...
Resources – Biomass
A slist of peer-reviewed studies, NGO reports, briefings and letters on biomass See also: Map of UK biomass power stations Frequently Asked Questions Biomass Sustainability Standards – a Credible Tool for Avoiding Negative Impacts from Large-scale Bioenergy?, joint...
Briefing about RWE’s biomass power station in Markinch
RWE’s biomass power station in Markinch: What might the environmental and public health impacts be?, Biofuelwatch briefing, updated October 2014
DECC’s latest renewable electricity subsidy guarantees threaten forests, communities and climate
+ Drax have been guaranteed subsidies for converting a second of their six coal power station units to biomass. Each converted unit will require pellets made from 5.5 million tonnes of wood [1] - that is wood from slow-growing whole trees, the only type of biomass...
Intergovernmental Climate Report Leaves Hopes Hanging on Fantasy Technology
Intergovernmental Climate Report Leaves Hopes Hanging on Fantasy Technology, Truth Out, article by Rachel Smolker
Trees, Trash, and Toxics: How Biomass Energy Has Become the New Coal
Trees, Trash, and Toxics: How Biomass Energy Has Become the New Coal, by Mary S. Booth, Partnership for Policy Integrity
Biomass Sustainability Standards – a Credible Tool for Avoiding Negative Impacts from Large-scale Bioenergy?
Biomass Sustainability Standards – a Credible Tool for Avoiding Negative Impacts from Large-scale Bioenergy? Briefing by Biofuelwatch, Global Forest Coalition and Econexus
Methodology used in Biomass Power Station Location & Deprivation
The Indices of Multiple Deprivation To generate the data used in the deprivation study included in "Biomass: The Chain of Destruction", a measurement called the Indices of Multiple Deprivation (IMD) was used. The IMD is a qualitative study of deprived areas in the UK,...
Biomass: The Chain of Destruction
Biofuelwatch has released a new report, Biomass: The Chain of Destruction. It explores the global impacts of the UK's biomass boom, looking at what the current demand for biomass for electricity, supportive Government policy and resulting speculative investments mean,...
A Burning Issue: Biomass and its impacts on forests and communities – videos & presentations
Many thanks to all who came to our public meeting A Burning Issue: Biomass and its impacts on forests and communities. If you missed it, below you'll find links to the presentations delivered by speakers and videos of the event. If you'd like to download the report,...
Wood Bioenergy: Green Land Grabs For Dirty ‘Renewable’ Energy
Wood Bioenergy: Green Land Grabs For Dirty ‘Renewable’ Energy, report written by Rachel Smolker for Global Forest Coalition and Biofuelwatch
Enviva’s Wood Pellet Mill in Ahoskie, North Carolina Threatens Endangered Ecosystems and Wildlife
Enviva’s Wood Pellet Mill in Ahoskie, North Carolina Threatens Endangered Ecosystems and Wildlife, NRD and Dogwood Alliance report
Science or Propaganda: New hype about Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage
Science or Propaganda: New hype about Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage, Almuth Ernsting, Hands Off Mother Earth blog