Mar 9, 2015
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Mar 9, 2015
In Glenrothes, Fife, RWE's £160 million (€223 million) Markinch biomass combined heat and power (CHP) plant has been officially opened by Fergus Ewing, minister for business, energy and tourism.
Constructed and operated by European renewables operator RWE, the plant replaces the former 1950's coal and gas fired CHP power station on the site of premium paper... [Read More]
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Mar 2, 2015
Foresight Group and the UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) have announced a £30 million (€41 million) investment in the construction of a new £60 million waste-to-energy gasification facility in Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire.
The plant will be the first commercial-scale, refuse derived fuel (RDF) gasification plant to be construction financed by third party investors.... [Read More]
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Mar 2, 2015
Brazil-based ethanol producer USJ Acucar e Alcool SA will expand its 12MW biomass plant in Sao Joao after receiving a permit from Brazilian regulator Aneel.
The facility, in Sao Paolo state, will have its capacity increased to 40MW. USJ will install an additional 28.75 MW unit to operate alongside the four 3MW bagasse-fuelled units currently on site.
The permit also allows... [Read More]
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Mar 2, 2015
Japanese trading firm Marubeni Corp. is reportedly set to build a 37MW biomass power station in Fukui prefecture, western Japan.
Work is expected to begin on the facility in November 2015 with the scope to have it completed and running in summer 2017.
According to a statement from the company earlier this month, the plant will run on wood chips and will have the capacity... [Read More]
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Mar 2, 2015
Delipapier Frouard's new biomass plant is now operational. The overall investment for the plant was approximately €6.5 million. The works are part of the BCIAT 2011 project (Biomasse Chaleur Industrie, Agriculture et Tertiaire) launched by ADEME (Agence de l'Environnement et de la Maîtrise de l'Energie) to encourage the industry to produce thermal energy using... [Read More]
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Feb 26, 2015
A draft law to cap the production of traditional biofuels and accelerate the shift to alternative sources was approved by the Environment Committee on 24 February. It aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions that result from the growing use of agricultural land to produce biofuel crops.
Current legislation requires EU member states to ensure that renewable energy accounts... [Read More]
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Feb 23, 2015
The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has announced that Forest Research and E.ON will deliver the latest project in its bioenergy programme – a study into the characterisation of feedstocks.
The project will provide an understanding into the properties of UK-produced second generation biomass, how these vary, and relate this variability to the origins of the samples... [Read More]
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Feb 23, 2015
The American National Standards Institute (ANSI), coordinator of the US voluntary standardisation system, has been selected by International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) to be the accreditation body for its certification system for sustainability and greenhouse gas emissions related to biomass products. ANSI is accepting applications for this pilot programme... [Read More]
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Feb 23, 2015
Seneca Sustainable Energy's biomass plant, located in Oregon, US, has received its final Title V permit from the Lane Regional Air Protection Agency (LRAPA).
The granting of this permit, which took a very long time, confirms that the plant has been operating within its stated pollution limits since it went into operation in 2011. Seneca also has received confirmation that... [Read More]
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Feb 18, 2015
A new report has found that renewable materials such as biomass have been an important driving force in reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Europe.
A new report from the European Environment Agency (EEA), titled 'Renewable energy in Europe – approximately recent growth and knock-on effects,' says that without the deployment of renewable energy since 2005,... [Read More]
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Feb 17, 2015
Renewable energy will play an important role in sustainably meeting India's growing energy needs. This was the message delivered by Adnan Amin, director-general of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) at RE-Invest, the First Renewable Energy Global Investors' Meet & Expo in New Delhi.
India is the world's third largest economy and the fourth largest energy... [Read More]
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Feb 16, 2015
Resolute Forest Products, an owner and operator of 40 pulp and paper mills and wood products facilities, and power generation facilities, and six First Nations chiefs have signed a memorandum of agreement (MoA) that sets out a framework for negotiating business agreements related to the company's sawmill investments in north western Ontario.
In attendance at the signing,... [Read More]
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Feb 16, 2015
In the US state of Georgia, Procter & Gamble (P&G) and Constellation, a subsidiary of Exelon Corp., will jointly develop a biomass plant with a capacity of up to 50MW which will help run one of P&G's largest US facilities.
The plant will significantly increase P&G's use of renewable energy and move the company closer to its 2020 target of obtaining 30%... [Read More]
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Feb 16, 2015
The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) has published a 'first-of-its-kind scorecard', which evaluates airlines on their adoption of biofuels.
The highest scoring carrier was Air France/KLM, followed by British Airways, United Airlines, Virgin Atlantic, Cathay Pacific and Alaska Airlines.
'It's great to see certain airlines becoming leaders in the use of sustainable... [Read More]
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Feb 10, 2015
Renewable energy company Viaspace has announced that the comprehensive, independent feasibility study conducted by Pelican of the 12MW biomass power plant and co-located 834 hectare (2,060 acre) Giant King Grass (GKG) plantation project in Nicaragua has been completed.
The feasibility study addresses the technical and economic issues of both the plantation and power plant,... [Read More]
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Feb 10, 2015
Ontario Power Generation's (OPG) Thunder Bay Generating Station (TBGS) is now able to produce renewable power after being successfully converted to use advanced biomass.
'Ontario is a leader in building a clean energy system, and the completion of the conversion to use advanced biomass at Thunder Bay is key to building a cleaner future for the people of our province,'... [Read More]
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