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Rentech, the owner and operator of wood fibre processing, wood pellet production and nitrogenfertiliser manufacturing businesses, has released selected financial results for the three and six months ended June 30 2014. In a statement, Rentech CEO and president Hunt Ramsbottom commented: 'Our wood fibre businesses continue to grow. Construction of our Canadian wood pellet projects is nearing…
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Construction on a $35 million (€26.5 million) 10MW biomass-fired power plant in Nadroga, Fiji has begun following the formation of a joint venture between Tropik Wood Industries Fiji and Korea-based Gimco. According to reports, the investment for the project will be sourced locally as well as through overseas funding. A timeframe of 28 months has been allocated, with completion slated for…
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Kleangas Energy Technologies (KGET), a producer of alternative clean technologies and products that promote energy efficiency, has shipped 200 tonnes of wood pellets to Busan, South Korea as part of its current purchase order. According to a statement, this shipment is different to previous ones in that it is being packaged for consumer use in 18kg bags instead of commercial use which is packaged…
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The Speyside biomass power station in Moray, Scotland has been guaranteed £48 million (€60 million) of finance by the UK government, and a further £26 million from international infrastructure investor John Laing and the Green Investment Bank (GIB). The new woodchip combined heat and power (CHP) plant will supply 87.4GWh of renewable electricity per annum to the national grid. It…
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Highland Pellets, a private development group which builds industrial wood pellet plants in the US Southeast and upper Midwest regions, announced the building of a 500,000 tonne per year wood pellet facility in Pine Bluff, Arkansas. The $130 million (€98.5 million) plant will create over 35 direct jobs and a further 482 indirect jobs. Highland Pellets Chairman Tom Reilley says the plant 'is…
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Installation and construction is almost complete on an anaerobic digestion plant scheduled to open at Calgren Renewable Fuels at the end of September in California, US. DVO is behind project, which will be fitted with its Two-Stage Mixed Plug Flow AD technology. It is the company's first installation in California, and the state's only next-generation anaerobic digester. The DVO anaerobic…
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Roeslein Alternative Energy (REA), a producer of renewable natural gas, and Murphy-Brown, the livestock production subsidiary of Smithfield Foods, have started building an $80 million (€60 million) biogas plant in Missouri, US. The biogas will be extracted from hog manure, sourced from Murphy-Brown's hog 'finishing farms', in 88 lagoons using anaerobic digestion technology developed and…
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Millar Western Forest Products has awarded Pöyry with the assignment for engineering, procurement and construction management (EPCM) services for an anaerobic bioenergy project at its Whitecourt pulp mill in Alberta, Canada. The project involves integration of anaerobic hybrid digesters into the pulp mill's existing aerobic effluent treatment system. Recovered organic material will be…
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The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending up to PLN295 million (€71 million) to the Polish energy company Tauron Polish Energy for its investments in renewable energy and energy efficiency in southern Poland, to be completed by the end of 2016. With the support of the EIB, Tauron Group will expand its electricity distribution networks and upgrade the existing equipment, which will…
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Ricardo-AEA, an international energy and environmental company specialising in consultancy, policy support and programme management, has been appointed by the European Commission's Directorate-General for Energy to review and update the reference values that help to determine the efficiency of combined heat and power (CHP) plants across the EU. The combined generation of heat and power using CHP…
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The Asia-Pacific (APAC) region's distributed combined heat and power (CHP) installed capacity will grow from around 37.7GW in 2013 to approximately 64GW by 2019, according to an analyst with research and consulting firm GlobalData. Ankit Mathur, GlobalData's project manager for alternative energy, states that the region will spend almost $56 billion (€42 billion) on bolstering its…
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Waste recycling company Viridor has extended its contract with the Borough of Poole in the UK for the receipt and processing of residual and recyclable waste through to 2027. The extended arrangements provide the borough with continuing recovery and recycling solutions, overall budget savings and longer term continuity of budget security. As part of this extended contract Viridor will be…
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US-based Zilkha Biomass Energy, a biomass solutions provider, is building a $90 million (€67 million) facility in Monticello, Arkansas, to manufacture its Zilkha Black Pellets. 'Power companies across the globe are looking for renewable energy alternatives and biomass wood pellets stand as one of the most practical and cost-effective solutions,' says Jack Holmes, CEO of Zilkha Biomass…
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Muntons, a UK-based malted ingredients company, is to build a £5.4 million (€6.8 million) anaerobic digestion plant at its Stowmarket HQ. When it comes online mid-next year, the plant will treat liquid waste streams from the malt extract production process to generate up 500kWh of electricity – around 25% of Muntons' baseload requirement. The plant will also produce a fertiliser…
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