Feb 21, 2017
Coal-to-biomass conversion could help Alberta to meet green goals, researchers suggest
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Feb 20, 2017
Sustainable Biomass Partnership has suspended PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) from issuing certificates in Canada and the U.S. for not fulfilling an SBP requirement.
According to an SBP statement, PwC did not effectively correct a major non-conformity and demonstrate conformity to the SBP requirements within the required timeframe. The suspension took effect 23 January.... [Read More]
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Feb 20, 2017
A biomass site, based near Daventry, Northamptonshire, UK, is using Heliex GenSet technology to turn the steam produced in its steam-raising biomass boiler into electricity.
The Pedigree Power recycling site, operated by Silvertree and developed by Larch Group, is converting up to 25,000 tonnes of waste wood per annum into a green source of power. The company said... [Read More]
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Feb 17, 2017
UK power giant Drax said it was reviewing its dividend policy after reporting another decline in annual profits on the back of weak energy prices, according to Reuters.
As its core power production business struggled with low market prices, the company more than trebled revenue from providing back-up generation. It saw scope to grow this business significantly as rising... [Read More]
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Feb 17, 2017
A US, Alabama-based, company has agreed to buy a shuttered biomass plant fuelled by wood chips, from Niagara Worldwide in Maine.
42 Railroad Ave plans to reopen the plant by late June and plans to bring around 300 jobs the area.
In a statement, company CEO Steven Johnson, said he plans to rebuild the turbine, activate new transmission lines and build a rotary kiln to produce... [Read More]
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Feb 6, 2017
Canada-based Hefler Forest Products has sold its 3.7MW biomass power plant in Middle Sackville, Nova Scotia, the first sale of its kind in Canada.
The new owners, Hawthorne Capital and Katalyst Wind, are considering having a third party operate the sawmill on site.
Kevin Bromley, a PricewaterhouseCoopers partner, told The Chronicle Herald the sale... [Read More]
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Feb 6, 2017
US-based Rocky Mountain Power will test a new biomass fuel that may reduce the amount of coal being burned by power plants, according to a media report in Bloomberg.
The Utah-headquartered utility, which is part of Pacificorp, will use a plant in Utah to test a biomass fuel made by Active Energy Group Plc, Paul Murphy, a spokesman for RMP told Bloomberg. Active Energy’s... [Read More]
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Feb 3, 2017
Dong Energy has decided that by 2023, coal will no longer be used as fuel at the company’s power stations. The decision is a result of the company’s vision to lead the way in the transformation to a sustainable energy system and to create a leading green energy company.
Since 2006, Dong Energy has reduced its coal consumption by 73%, and the company has now... [Read More]
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Feb 2, 2017
The Africa Development Bank (ADB) has given a grant of $1m (€1.14m) to renewable energy firm Earth Energy to develop a 20MW biomass power plant in northern Uganda in order to mitigate climate change due to deforestation, according to news website AllAfrica.com
, climate change is fundamentally a development issue which is threatening to worsen poverty and hurt economic... [Read More]
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Jan 26, 2017
ILC Construction AS has placed an order worth NOK 35 million (€3.91m) with Pilum, the energy and environmental technology Group’s subsidiary Hotab Biosystems , for a turnkey subcontracting solution to deliver a heating plant to the Oslofjord Convention Centre in Stokke, Norway to provide district heating for the convention centre.
Oslofjord Convention... [Read More]
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Jan 26, 2017
Michael Wild, president of the IBTC (International Biomass Torrefaction Council), gives his views on the year ahead.
Right now, the question on people’s minds is what 2017 might have in store for us. Yet, what we do know is that the turn from 2016 and 2017 seems to be a kind of watershed for the torrefaction industry.
For many years the industry put a lot of... [Read More]
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Jan 25, 2017
A well-known biomass recycling plant located on the Pengarnddu Industrial Estate in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, is to be sold by online auction by Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council.
The council has recently been successful in regaining control over the property through court action.
The green energy recycling complex lies within an elevated 6.5 acre site on the busy... [Read More]
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Jan 25, 2017
Philippines-based Victorias Milling Co. is expected to complete a cogeneration biomass power plant with 40MW capacity by the end of the year, according to media reports.
According to online reports by Business World Online.com, VMC president and chief operating officer Eduardo V. Concepcion said the plant, which will run mainly on bagasse - a by-product of sugarcane, is... [Read More]
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Jan 23, 2017
South Korea-based Hana Financial Investment Co. will finance a project constructing a 200MW biomass power plant worth $550.7 million (€512m) in Gunsan, west of South Korea.
According to Pulsenews.com, the biomass facility will be led by state-run utility firm Korea Midland Power Co. Under the terms of agreement, the financial institution will provide funds to the... [Read More]
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Jan 19, 2017
Environmental group Friends of the Earth has launched a campaign against a planned experimental biomass and waste gasification plant in the UK.
Energy company Egnedol has submitted a planning application for a renewable energy plant to be located in Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire.
The application also includes plans to use its waste CO2 within other industries, such as fish... [Read More]
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Jan 19, 2017
EPH Lynemouth Power has awarded Emerson a contract to help convert the 44-year-old coal-fired Lynemouth power station to a new biomass-fuelled power plant.
As main automation contractor and main electrical contractor, Emerson is responsible for helping the project come online within budget and on time.
Should the conversion be finished on schedule in late 2017, the plant,... [Read More]
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Jan 18, 2017
The Wood Recyclers’ Association (WRA) has joined forces with its German equivalent BAV in a reciprocal arrangement that will see the two organisations sharing knowledge and information.
WRA Chairman Andy Hill and Executive Director Julia Turner attended a conference organised by BAV (the German Waste Wood Society) in Berlin at the end of last year.
Hill gave German... [Read More]
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Egypt’s Ministry of Environment, through the Bioenergy Foundation for Sustainable Development, has signed a cooperation agreement with Italian energy company Eni to advance biogas production and support the country’s clean energy transition
