Construction has begun on the Hairy Hill biorefinery in Canada which is to turn farmers’ grain into ethanol whilst at the same time producing power for the...
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True Green Energy says it is going to produce pellets as part of its rubbish to energy production process.

At the moment it turns municipal solid waste (MSW)...
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DSM and POET have joined forces to convert  a facility into its first commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plant in the US, which will be based in Emmetsburg,...
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Italy plans to cut incentives for renewable energy, including biomass, in a new measure which might prevent it from reaching its 2020 targets.

The decree is...
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A brewery based in Cornwall, UK, is expanding its facility to install an anaerobic digestion system which includes an upflow anaerobic sludge blanket which will...
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The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has formed a $25 million (€19 million) partnership with Fiberight, money which will be put towards building a new...
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The founder of Bioenergy Solutions has filed for bankruptcy which means hundreds of people will lose their jobs.

David Albers’ business went into the...
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Green Biologics Limited (GBL), a UK-based industrial biotechnology company has merged with butylfuel, a US-based renewable chemicals and biofuels...
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The province of Manitoba in Canada has introduced a new programme that will give $400,000 (€308,000) in grants to coal companies that switch to biomass energy...
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Cool Planet BioFuels has been granted approval from the California Air Resources Board to test its negative carbon petrol.

The technology converts biomass,...
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Despite receiving hundreds of objections, Hertfordshire County councillors have voted unanimously to allow Cattlegate Farm in the UK to build an anaerobic digestion...
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Australian company Algae.Tec has signed a 50/50 joint venture (JV) with Chinese company Shandong Kerui.

 Working together, the companies will build a...
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Bioenergy crop company SG Biofuels has closed a $17 million (€13 million) round of fundraising to go towards further developments of its hybrid jatropha seeds...
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German Pellets is to build and operate a combined heat and power (CHP) plant in northern Italy in a joint venture with a local company.

German Pellets says...
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The Namibia city of Windhoek plans to upgrade the main sludge treatment system at a local water works, installing new gas engines and improving the existing...
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UK-based Malaby Biogas has received a loan from an anaerobic digestion (AD) fund, Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP), which will go towards building a new...
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PDM says it wants to invest a further £40 million (€48 million) into increasing its network of anaerobic digestion (AD) plants throughout...
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Biomass power generation capacity is predicted to grow by more than 86GW by 2021, a rise from the current 58GW, and representing a total investment of more than $100...
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Verso Paper has finished the construction of a $45 million (€35.5 million) renewable energy upgrade at its pulp and paper mill in Michigan, US.

The...
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The demand for woody biomass in the US over the past three year has decreased because fossil fuel prices have stayed ‘relatively low’, say a report from...
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Boeing and Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) have joined forces to examine the potential for aviation...
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Science Applications International (SAI) and the Carlyle Energy Mezzanine Opportunities are to fund the construction of a new $225 million (€176 million)...
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A biomass plant planned for Munford Road in Thetford, UK, has been opposed by the local council, which says the facility would have a visual impact on the surrounding...
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A farm in Kirkton, Ontario, has begun to produce electricity and thermal energy through the use of waste streams such as manure and organic material.

The...
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Kenyan electricity provider Tower Power is to build two biomass power plants in the country.

One facility will provide 30MW of power and will be built at...
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BioDiesel International (BDI) has secured a contract to build a multi-feedstock biogas plant in northern France for €4.45 million.

The plant was...
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The Nigerian government has signed a deal with Global Biofuels, a local biofuel producer, to build 15 biofuel plants in the country, costing about N414 billion...
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Florida-based company BioTork has converted papayas into fatty acids which it says can be refined into biofuels.

Under a research development programme...
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World Health Energy Holdings (WHEH), a public holding company that works on forming joint ventures with algae companies for the production of biodiesel and fish food,...
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German chemical company BASF has participated in a $50 million (€38 million) funding round with an investment of $30 million into biofuel producer...
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The Indian government says last year it intensified its bioenergy power generation across the country and now 30 villages in total have had biomass gasifiers...
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A prison in the US is to install a thermophilic anaerobic digester covering 3-4 acres which will produce about 1MW of electricity each year, with the electricity...
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Renewable energy company Amersco has received a Final Acceptance Certificate from the United States Department of Energy (DOE) Savannah River Operations Office and...
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Canals throughout the UK might soon play a part in bioenergy production as energy company Dalkia says the waterways could be used to deliver biomass.

The...
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Dutch electricity company Eneco has begun construction of a 49.9MW bioenergy plant at Delfzijl port in the Netherlands.

The plant is due to come online in...
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Biomass fuel producer Enviva says it will build a 454,000 tonne wood pellet plant in Courtland, Virginia, with operations set to begin in the first half of...
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Neste Oil has commissioned its Rotterdam facility to produce hydrated vegetable oil (HVO), opening it on 19 December 2011.

This follows the opening of...
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Swedfund has invested €10 million into Addax Bioenergy, a company based in Sierra Leone.

Swedfund’s investment, which Addax & Oryx is also a...
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Energy systems company Danish Stirling DK has commissioned a four-engine biomass plant at the spa resort of Tabbs in Tabarz, Thuringia, Germany.

The plant,...
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Xergi has signed a deal with the Minnesota Municipal Power Agency (MMPA)to build a new biogas plant in the US which will feature gas-fired CHP engines that will...
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The body representing biofuels in the US is calling for the cellulosic biofuel tax credits to be extended so that companies can raise the funds they need to build...
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The German biofuels association UFOP has dismissed claims in a new report carried out by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) into the predicted...
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A new municipal solid waste (MSW) to energy centre will be built in Plymouth, processing up to 75,000 tonnes of MSW a year and exporting 3.2MW to the national...
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Biomass to ethanol producer TMO Renewables says it has raised £7.6 million (€9 million) in a financing round from new and current...
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OriginOil, an algae technology developer, has joined forces with Australian company Future Energy Solutions (FES), and its subsidiary Alternate Energy Systems (AES),...
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Shipping company Maersk and the US navy are working together to test biofuels derived from algae by fuelling a container ship with the alternative fuel for a journey...
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BNP Paribas Clean Energy Partners has bought a straw-fired renewable energy plant from Eco2 for its clean energy fund.

It is the first biomass facility the...
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The UK and India have made a £10 million (€11.8 million) deal to collaborate on sustainable bioenergy research.

The programme will see scientific...
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Clayton Hall Farm in West Yorkshire, UK has invested in a £1.6 million (€1.9 million) anaerobic digestion plant which is anticipated to pay itself off...
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