The Carbon Brief Profile: India
In the fifth article of a series explaining how large emitters are positioned to tackle climate change, Carbon Brief sets out India’s key policy developments,…
Biomass
The Carbon Brief Profile: South Africa
In the fourth article in a series on how key emitters are responding to climate change, Carbon Brief looks at South Africa’s heavy dependence on…
A fine biomess
Old power plants switching from coal to wood has been one of the major energy trends of the decade, allowing them to avoid carbon taxes…
What’s the best way to improve bee habitat?
There’s more to making pollinators happy than planting lots of flowers. November 15, 2016 — Each morning last summer, Michael Roswell walked through restored meadows…
The EU’s dangerous biomass delusion
Bioenergy advocates claim that Europe’s forests are well managed and don’t contribute to global warming. Yet, biomass production in Europe is projected to rely more…
A Breakthrough Carbon-Capturing Algae Project
A research photobioreactor designed to capture significant amounts of carbon dioxide (CO2) from power plant flue gas for high-density algae cultivation is showing promise. The…
Now is not the time to kiss the biofuels goodbye
The European Commission’s proposal to scrap the mandate for the use of biofuels and, in effect, to ‘kiss biofuels goodbye,’ is a catastrophic policy based…
The pros and cons of biomass
When most people talk about renewable energy they are referring to wind and solar power, which tend to dominate the news and their deployment is…
Combine solar thermal energy with biomass gasification for natural gas substitute
Even at historically low natural gas prices, bioenergy may not be out of the running — it just may need a little help from the…
Biomass power generation the key to carbon-negative energy, study concludes
In California, a new UC Berkeley study shows that if biomass electricity production is combined with carbon capture and sequestration in the western United States,…
Concerns over carbon emissions from burning wood
Burning wood to fuel power stations can create as many harmful carbon emissions as burning coal, according to a government report. UK taxpayers subsidise energy…