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Investigation into certificates of Malaysian wood pellets for RWE power plant after complaint from environmental groups
THEO BESTEMAN AMSTERDAM – RWE, the German energy producer with two large power plants in the Netherlands, is facing supervision of the use of wood pellets that it burns in... Lees meer →
Supervisor to scrutinize RWE’s ‘wrong’ biomass
The Dutch Emissions Authority (NEa) will supervise biomass that energy company RWE imports from Malaysia. This is happening after two environmental organizations submitted a request to do so. Bard van... Lees meer →
Nature organizations demand action from regulator against energy company RWE, due to alleged import of ‘wrong’ wood
According to two nature organizations, the Dutch branch of RWE imported wood pellets for combustion in power plants in 2024 that do not meet the legal sustainability criteria. They say... Lees meer →
Opposition washes climate minister’s ears about controversial Biomass-with-BECCS plan
It is incomprehensible but true. The Dutch Climate Minister Hermans is once again investing heavily in the burning of forest biomass by subsidizing the storage of the CO2 released in... Lees meer →
One-sided article in Trouw about biomass and beccs does not do justice to the actual state of affairs
It is very good that the national newspaper Trouw pays attention to the remarkable choice of the Dutch Cabinet to invest heavily in biomass with carbon storage (BECCS) in an article by... Lees meer →
Vattenfall cancels plans to build biomass power plant in Diemen
WEDNESDAY, 16 OCTOBER 2024, NL Times Energy supplier Vattenfall has confirmed they are finally canceling their plans to build a biomass power plant in Diemen. Instead, the company is investigating... Lees meer →
Enviva bankruptcy fallout ripples through biomass industry, U.S. and EU
by Justin Catanoso – April 2nd, 2024, in Mongabay The bankruptcy filing in March by Maryland-based Enviva — the world’s largest maker of wood pellets from forest biomass — is rattling a European... Lees meer →
Officials Jetten helped Vattenfall
Shortcut for biomass plant by Kleis Jager, De Telegraaf. February 27, 2024. AMSTERDAM – Officials of outgoing climate minister Rob Jetten helped energy supplier Vattenfall with 395 million euros to... Lees meer →