£26m Funding to Support UK Biomass Projects

(Bioenergy Insight) Innovative biomass projects across the UK can now bid for a share of £26 million (€30.4 million) in government funding. Biomass, which is backed by the independent Climate Change Committee, will be an important part of the UK’s renewable energy mix, helping it to reach net-zero emissions by 2050.

The chosen projects will drive biomass productivity in the UK through the breeding, planting, cultivating, and harvesting of organic matter, from water-based materials such as algae, to whole trees through sustainable forestry operations.

The funding, available through Phase 2 of the government’s Biomass Feedstocks Innovation Programme, will see projects previously supported under Phase 1 with government funding to design new ways of boosting biomass production in the first round, able to apply for further support.

Each project will be able to bid for up to £4 million (€4.6 million) in funding or up to £5 million (€5.8 million) for bids from the multi-site demonstrator projects that will showcase new biomass feedstock production projects in multiple locations across the UK. READ MORE

Excerpt from Bioenergy International: Innovative projects across the UK can bid for a share of £26 million (≈ EUR 30.45 million) to increase UK production of sustainable biomass as the government ramps up plans to boost the use of materials such as grasses, hemp, and seaweed to help the country reach net zero.

The projects supported under Phase 1 included a range of biomass production ideas, such as producing algae using wastewater from breweries and dairy industries, farming seaweed off the North Yorkshire coast, and increasing the planting and harvesting capacity for willow.

Each project will now be able to bid for up to GBP4 million (≈ EUR 4.86 million) in funding or up to GBP5 million (≈ EUR 5.87 million) for bids from the multi-site demonstrator projects that will showcase new biomass feedstock production projects in multiple locations across the UK. READ MORE