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EMPYRO, in Hengelo, the Netherlands, demonstrates BTG Bioliquids' fast pyrolysis technology, producing pyrolysis oil, steam, and electricity while supplying excess heat and power to neighboring facilities. Don’t hesitate to explore the full version of the fact sheet...

Read more about the Bio-Energy Centrale Cuijk (the Netherlands), who is transforming from a base-load project based on a solid biomass power plant to a flexible renewable energy hub, which is steered on optimizing operational margin instead of maximizing MWh output...

Interesting article from 2022 shows the large potential of flexible biomass utilisation for both, negative carbon dioxide emissions and as carbon source in PtX processes with the aim of energy storage. It highlights the negative emission option of collecting the...

This issue covers the ExCo93 virtual meeting held on 13-16 May 2024. It also features latest updates from all IEA Bioenergy Tasks, a Task Focus by Task 45, recent publications and upcoming events. Task 44 news include information about the latest Best Practice case...

What exactly did Aristotle mean by “The whole is greater than the sum of its parts”? This latest article reveals the pertinence of this question for circular bioeconomy planning. This is another important result of Task 40 Bioeconomy Synergies activity within the Task...

Task 44 published a report on Implementation of flexible bioenergy in different countries in May 2024. The publication involved 14 countries and the European Commission who responded to an extensive questionnaire on the status and development of flexible bioenergy....

This issue covers the ExCo91 meeting held on 11,15 and 17 May 2023. It also features highlights from ExCo91 Workshop held on 22-23 May 2023 in collaboration with UNIDO – United Nations Industrial Development Organization, a Task Focus by Task 42, latest updates from...

After three years of a video-streamed conference, the European Biomass Conference and Exhibition (https://www.eubce.com/) was organized as a real-world conference in Bologna, Italy on 5-9 June 2023. The conference brought together 1500 delegates from 79 countries...

Task 44 organized the first Task meeting in 2023 in hybrid format in Graz, Austria on 16-17 January 2023. Physical participants got to enjoy the beautiful Graz, and get to know colleagues from other IEA TCPs, having meetings at BEST at the same time. Hybrid mode...

This issue covers the ExCo90 meeting held on 17-19 October 2022 in Vienna. It also features an overview of Bioenergy in Austria by Hannes Bauer (Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology of Austria), a Task Focus by...