Converting Huntly Power Plant to Biomass: Impacts on Forests and Climate Click here to download the briefing with references Genesis Energy has started is trialling burning black wood pellets in Huntly Power Station, New Zealand’s largest power plant and the only one...
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The Multiple Failures of Black Pellet Technologies
A recent history of of false promises, company bankruptcies and mothballed plants Biofuelwatch investigation into attempts fo produce black pellets (thorugh torrefaction, steam explosion, or hydrothermal carbonisation) on a commercial scale, 27th September 2021 - ...
Environmental groups from around the world urge French Government to ensure coal power plants are shut down, not converted to biomass
Paris, 28th February 2019 - An Open Letter by 46 environmental NGOs and networks from 19 countries (1) is being delivered to French Environment Minister, François de Rugy today, urging the government to rule out permission to convert Cordemais power station or any...
Biofuelwatch briefing about EDF’s proposals to convert Le Havre and Cordemais power stations to biomass
EDF proposal to convert Cordemais and Le Havre power stations to waste wood or mixed waste: A Trojan Horse for burning coal and forest wood from 2022? Update: EDF decided not to go ahead with a biomass project at Le Havre. In July 2021, EDF cancelled plans for the...