Feb 3, 2015
UCO-to-power plant opens in UK
Biomass News
Jan 30, 2015
China Everbright has signed a concession agreement and an investment agreement with the government of Mianzhu City, Sichuan Province, for the investment and construction of a household waste-to-energy project and a biomass power generation project, both in Mianzhu City.
The Mianzhu waste-to-energy project is designed to have a daily household waste processing capacity... [Read More]
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Jan 29, 2015
On 27 January, an explosion at Electrabel's biomass-powered plant has damaged the facility, the company has confirmed.
The explosion, which caused a fire to break out, happened in one of three biomass silos used to store feedstock for the Max Green plant in Ghent, Belgium.
Emergency services responded and the fire was brought under control. No injuries were reported.
An... [Read More]
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Jan 29, 2015
The Babcock & Wilcox Company's Denmark-based subsidiary, Babcock & Wilcox Vølund, has been awarded contracts by Margam Green Energy for more than $200 million (€177 million) to engineer, procure and operate a biomass power plant in Margam, Wales.
The clean energy technology provider's consortium partner, Interserve Construction, will build the plant.
The... [Read More]
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Jan 26, 2015
The European Commission has authorised UK aid for a biomass combined heat and power (CHP) power plant in Teesside because it is 'in line with EU state aid rules'. The plant will use biomass to provide electricity to the national grid and heat to local customers.
In November 2014 the UK notified plans to support the operation of a CHP plant, to be built in the Tees Valley... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 26, 2015
In France, Delipapier Frouard, part of the multinational paper company Sofidel Group, has launched its new biomass plant with an overall investment of approximately €6.5 million.
This is yet another step forward in Sofidel's strategy to reduce its emissions of greenhouse gases.
The plant is expected to reduce greenhouse gases by over 6.8 million m3 and will cut Delipapier's... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 21, 2015
In Masdar City, Abu Dhabi, the Sustainable Bioenergy Research Consortium (SBRC) is to award a contract to International Mechanical and Electrical Co. to build the world's first bioenergy pilot project to use desert land – irrigated by seawater – for the production of both bioenergy and food.
The contract follows new research that has been carried out at the... [Read More]
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Jan 13, 2015
BlueRock Energy, a privately held energy solutions company, and ReEnergy Black River have entered into a services agreement to support the delivery of power from ReEnergy's 60MW Black River bioenergy facility to the Fort Drum US Army installation in New York.
Under the agreement, BlueRock Energy is performing load forecasting, scheduling and delivery services from the... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 12, 2015
If heat and power plants that burn forest woodchips acquire these chips from optimised supply chains, they can obtain better quality biomass and lower their total acquisition costs. This is according to a study by Ramoll Finland, commissioned by Miktech Oy.
An optimised supply chain includes comprehensive and real-time management features for biomass, resources and conditions.
'The... [Read More]
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Jan 6, 2015
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is to provide a loan of up to €7 million for the construction of a new biomass boiler plant in Prijedor, a municipality in the north west of Bosnia and Herzegovina. This will be EBRD's first investment in renewable energy in the region.
The operator of the plant is Toplana AD Prijedor, the majority of which... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 5, 2015
The Sustainable Biomass Partnership (SBP) has announced that five certification bodies have been accepted as applicants and are now able to progress towards achieving SBP-approved status. These applicant certification bodies are BM Trada, Bureau Veritas Latvia, Control Union, NEPCon and NSF.
The SBP framework of standards and processes enables producers of woody biomass... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 5, 2015
Wheelabrator Technologies has announced the close of its $1.94 billion (€1.6 billion) acquisition by Energy Capital Partners from Waste Management. A definitive agreement for the sale was previously announced in July 2014.
Wheelabrator creates clean, renewable energy from everyday residential and business wastes, and will operate as a standalone company. Wheelabrator... [Read More]
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Dec 16, 2014
Shepherd Construction, a nationally operating contractor, has achieved handover at the UK's largest power station, Drax, following completion of new biomass facilities.
Now independently operating and burning up to 14,000 tonnes of biomass daily, new facilities designed, built and engineered by Shepherd are enabling Drax to generate up to 1,260MW of renewable electricity... [Read More]
Biomass News
Dec 15, 2014
Roxas Holdings, a large integrated sugar business in the Philippines, and Global Business Power (GBPC), a power producer in the Visayas and power generation component company of GT Capital Holdings, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to undertake a front-end engineering design (FEED) study and other pre-development activities for a 40MW cogeneration facility... [Read More]
Biomass News
Dec 15, 2014
In the US, biomass supply company Genera Energy has received a strategic financing commitment from WindSail Capital Group, an investment firm that provides growth financing to companies advancing energy innovation and sustainability.
The investment will provide Genera with the resources to continue expanding by helping scale its energy crop production and supply chain... [Read More]
Biomass News
Dec 15, 2014
CHE Group has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Full Advantage to build a number of biomass-fired power plants across the Philippines.
Under the $480 million (€386 million) contract, the companies will develop 16 biomass plants totalling 191MW constructed in strategic locations in the Philippines. The facilities will be built over the next five... [Read More]
Biomass News
Dec 8, 2014
Biomass supplier Stobart Energy has entered into a strategic partnership with Imperative Energy, a provider of biomass energy solutions.
Imperative Energy has completed 80 biomass installations totalling over 45MW in energy capacity, with a further 10 projects currently under construction.
'This partnership can offer an appropriate solution for all end users needing a... [Read More]
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