Apr 8, 2015
Waste-to-energy gasification plant planned for UK
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Apr 7, 2015
Stuttgart-based global engineering and construction company M+W Group has been appointed as main contractor for the delivery of a £111 million (€150 million) energy from waste (EfW) facility in Lanarkshire, Scotland.
Following the design and development phase, M+W Group will engineer, procure and construct a new 12.5MWe thermal treatment plant alongside a new... [Read More]
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Apr 7, 2015
PureVision Technology, a Colorado, US-based biorefinery developer, will scale up its biorefining technology at an industrial site in Boardman, Oregon owned by biorefinery developer ZeaChem.
PureVision's patented biorefining technology takes in raw biomass, such as corn stalks, wheat straw and industrial hemp, and produces sugars, pulp, lignin and other value-added materials... [Read More]
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Apr 7, 2015
Agricultural biotechnology company Ceres has announced that its biotech sugarcane traits have been advanced to the next stage of testing ahead of schedule due to positive data from initial field evaluations under tropical conditions in Latin America. Leading product candidates are currently being multiplied for wider-scale field evaluations which are scheduled to begin... [Read More]
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Apr 7, 2015
Energy company Fortum has announced that it is planning to build a new multi-fuel combined heat and power (CHP) plant in Zabrze, Poland. The total value of the investment is approximately €200 million. Commercial operations are expected to begin by the end of 2018, providing district heating to some 70,000 households in Zabrze and Bytom.
The new plant, which will... [Read More]
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Mar 31, 2015
In Denmark, DONG Energy is converting the last CHP unit at its Avedøre Power Station from coal to wood pellets.
The unit will be operational from 2016, providing heat for 65,000 households in the Greater Copenhagen area. From Q3 next year, Avedøre Power Station – the largest power station in Denmark – will be able to generate heat based entirely... [Read More]
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Mar 27, 2015
Bulk materials handling company Saxlund International and Axis Industries have announced two new biomass combustion projects to deliver combined heat and power (CHP) for customers in Estonia and Lithuania valued at €78 million.
Under the agreement, Axis Industries will be responsible for full turnkey project delivery, covering design, installation and commissioning,... [Read More]
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Mar 27, 2015
Greenleaf Power, an owner and operator of renewable energy power plants, has entered into an agreement to acquire Plainfield Renewable Energy.
Plainfield Renewable Energy has a net electricity generation capacity of approximately 37.5MW. It is capable of providing baseload renewable energy for as many as 280,000 homes. The facility, which first became operational in December... [Read More]
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Mar 27, 2015
Drax Biomass has appointed Peter Madden as its CEO of US operations.
Madden brings nearly 30 years' experience in the forestry industry and will play a leadership role as Drax's workforce and investment in the US grows. Madden will guide the overall strategy and oversee day-to-day operations in the US.
Madden most recently served as the VP of renewable energy and supply... [Read More]
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Mar 26, 2015
UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) and Irish electricity utility Electricity Supply Board (ESB) have made a combined commitment to invest £70 million (€95 million) in a new £190 million renewable power facility at the Port of Tilbury, Essex.
GIB and ESB are each committing £35 million in a combination of equity and shareholder loans, with an additional... [Read More]
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Mar 26, 2015
The Sustainable Biomass Partnership (SBP) has launched the SBP Framework to representatives of the EU Institutions at an event in Brussels.
The Framework consists of standards and independent certification procedures which together provide a tool enabling users of woody biomass for energy production to demonstrate the legal and sustainable sourcing of its feedstock material... [Read More]
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Mar 19, 2015
Alstom has signed two contracts with Danish power plant company Burmeister & Wain Scandinavian Contractor (BWSC) for Geared Reaction steam turbines (GRT) to be used in two UK biomass projects.
The first contract uses a 23MW GRT for a waste wood combined heat and power (CHP) biomass plant in Widnes, Merseyside that is being developed by BWSC and UK logistics company... [Read More]
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Mar 17, 2015
Balfour Beatty Investments has reached financial close on a £51.6 million (€72 million) advanced conversion technology waste wood power station located in Northamptonshire, UK. Balfour Beatty will invest £17.2 million, as will each of its two consortium investment partners, Noy Infrastructure & Energy Investment Fund and Equitix.
The 26 month construction... [Read More]
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Mar 17, 2015
Some of the leading players in the UK's biomass industry have joined forces to develop a skills standard under the government's Apprenticeship Trailblazers programme.
The programme sees groups of employers pool their expertise to develop apprenticeship standards in their own sector with the aim of ensuring young people develop world class skills to take into industry.
The... [Read More]
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Mar 13, 2015
ICM and JUM Global, a waste solution developer contracted with the City of San José, California, have signed a contract for a gasification demonstration unit using ICM's proprietary technology.
This gasification demonstration unit will be operated at the San José-Santa Clara Regional Wastewater Facility, which will process up to 10 tonnes per day of urban... [Read More]
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Mar 13, 2015
Valmet has announced that it will deliver a biomass boiler plant to Nokianvirran Energia in Finland.
A letter of intent for delivery was signed in November 2014. The delivery will include a HYBEX boiler with a steam power of 68MW that employs the fluidszed bed technology, flue gas purification equipment, and the plant's electrification and automation system.
The boiler... [Read More]
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Mar 13, 2015
A joint venture between Interserve, the international support services and construction group, and Babcock & Wilcox Vølund has been awarded a £150 million (€210 million) contract by the Brite Partnership North East to build a biomass-fired power plant in Rotherham, UK.
Based in Templeborough, the 'Brite' power plant will be fired with locally sourced... [Read More]
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