Jun 22, 2017
Investigation launched into what London does with its waste
Biomass News
Jun 20, 2017
PRM Waste Systems are redesigning an anaerobic digestion plant in the east of England. The company’s objective is to provide a reliable system for the separation of plastics from food waste.
The busy plant, the identity of which hasn’t been disclosed by PRM, takes in domestic food waste from local authorities, plus food waste from the hospitality and retail... [Read More]
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Jun 19, 2017
A Scottish biomass specialist is set to unveil its UK expansion plans this week, at the Royal Highland Show.
Uphall-based Scot Heat and Power is expanding its core offering of highly efficient wood chip/wood pellet-fuelled boilers across multiple Scottish depots. Recently, the company established a new base in Windermere, Cumbria, which it believes will become the lynchpin... [Read More]
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Jun 13, 2017
The World Bioenergy Association (WBA) has launched its WBA Global Bioenergy Statistics report for 2017. The report claims that across the world, bioenergy remains the biggest source of renewable energy.
A number of key findings are unearthed by the report. Most significantly, the global supply of biomass increased to 59.2EJ in 2014, a 2.6% rise on the previous year. In... [Read More]
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Jun 12, 2017
UK based innovators in waste-to-energy technology SEaB Energy are expecting to secure new investment at the Clean + Cool trade mission.
Along with twenty other UK based cleantech companies, Southampton-based SEaB will join the Clean + Cool entrepreneur mission visiting San Francisco from 10th to 17th June 2017. Clean + Cool Mission 2017 is backed by Innovate UK,... [Read More]
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Jun 7, 2017
The Goldman Sachs Group is set to expand into Japan’s biomass industry, according to an article by Nikkei Asian Review.
Japan Renewable Energy, a solar power company established by Goldman Sachs, intends to build new biomass plants at ten or more locations by 2020, investing roughly 40 billion yen (€326 million). It is projected that the total power generation... [Read More]
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Jun 5, 2017
A new study argues that carbon emissions are drastically lower when biomass is used to generate electricity instead of natural gas.
The new research was commissioned by the US Biomass Power Association. Dr. Madhu Khanna, professor in Environmental Economics at the University of Illinois, and Dr. Puneet Dwivedi, assistant professor in Sustainability Sciences at the University... [Read More]
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Jun 2, 2017
Vega Biofuels has announced that it will build a new biochar manufacturing plant in Anchorage, Alaska. The new facility will produce biochar for use in a high grade agricultural growing medium for legal cannabis growers in the Pacific Northwest, as well as Alaska.
It was recently announced that Vega had entered into a reseller agreement with an Anchorage cannabis start-up... [Read More]
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May 30, 2017
Bioenergy researchers are looking for ways to increase the efficiency of biofuel production in an unusual place – fungi.
Finding a cost-effective way to breakdown bioenergy crops is one of the biggest obstacles to sustainable biofuels production. A team from the University of California, Santa Barbara are focusing their research on the estimated 1.5 million species... [Read More]
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May 24, 2017
Thailand’s Energy Ministry will show the country’s potential as “the land of energy crops” at Astana Expo 2017, an international exposition themed on ‘future energy’ held in Kazakhstan’s capital.
The Thailand Pavilion or ‘Sala Thai’ will showcase the country’s ‘Bioenergy-for-all’ concept in the hope... [Read More]
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May 24, 2017
Yorke Biomass Energy is building a demonstration plant in South Australia to demonstrate how a straw burning generator can provide miners with a competitively priced power source for the first 10-20 MW of power.
It is hoped that the new project will eventually allow remote mining projects in farming areas to access their baseload electricity from straw powered biomass... [Read More]
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May 23, 2017
China’s ‘first’ fully integrated biomass and waste-to-energy project launched in Lingbi
China Everbright Greentech has announced that construction is complete on the Lingbi integrated biomass and waste-to-energy project, with the site commencing commercial operation. The Lingbi urban-rural integration project is the first of its kind in China to have... [Read More]
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May 23, 2017
Active Energy (AEG) has entered into an agreement in principle with the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador, which would provide the company and its affiliate, Timberlands, with a Crown timber licence and forest management agreement related to two Forest Management Districts covering 1.2 million hectares.
Both parties are considering other potential joint ventures,... [Read More]
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May 23, 2017
EU countries looking to improve their environmental credentials by increasing the amount of bioenergy they use, have been accused of threatening the fight against global warming.
“The normally climate friendly countries - including France, Finland, Sweden and Austria - are trying to weaken EU rules on emissions from land and forests. They plan to significantly increase... [Read More]
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May 17, 2017
Discussion on a bill to boost Maine’s biomass industry has been postponed until next year, because of both time constraints and concerns over the complexity and controversial nature of the legislation.
According to the Portsmouth Press Herald, the bill’s sponsor, Senator Tom Saviello, suggested the State Legislature’s Energy, Utilities and Technology... [Read More]
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May 17, 2017
A new research project, called To-Syn-Fuel, aims to build up, operate and demonstrate the production of synthetic fuels and green hydrogen from sewage sludge.
The To-Syn-Fuel project is funded by Horizon 2020, the EU’s new research and innovation programme. It comes in the wake of the European Commission’s proposed Renewable Energy Directive for the post 2020... [Read More]
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May 16, 2017
US based company BugLab has announced the release of the ‘first’ online sensor capable of accurately measuring cell biomass over the full range of process conditions typically encountered during microbial fermentations.
According to a statement from the manufacturer of sensors for bioprocess monitoring, its new probe 3000 can be applied to fermentation processes... [Read More]
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Teagasc has released a substantial new research report examining the role of farm-based feedstocks in supporting the development of Ireland’s emerging biomethane industry
The company aims to repurpose land, grid connections and cooling infrastructure that date back to the site’s coal-generation era
The first project, located in Biburg, Lower Bavaria, represents EnviTec’s debut in the Bavarian market following the construction of 112 biogas plants across Germany
