Oct 30, 2014
Harvest Power raises $20m in new financing
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Oct 30, 2014
In Texas, US, Gemma Power Systems, an EPC company and wholly owned subsidiary of Argan, has finished building the East Texas Electric Cooperative (ETEC) Woodville Renewable Power Project, three months ahead of schedule.
The 49.9MW biomass in Woodville has now completed testing and been turned over to ETEC for commercial operation.
'The Gemma team worked in close partnership... [Read More]
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Oct 28, 2014
Renewable fuels company BlueFire Renewables has received a letter of intent (LOI) from the Export Import Bank of China (China EXIM) to provide up to $270 million (€212.7 million) in debt financing for its bioenergy project in Fulton, Mississippi.
'There are significant opportunities for replicating the BlueFire Fulton size or larger facilities in China and the US... [Read More]
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Oct 7, 2014
RWE Innogy and Fri-El Green Power have concluded the transfer of RWE Innogy's 80% stake in Enna, a biomass power plant based in Sicily, Italy, to Fri-El. The deal includes the respective biomass harvesting and forest management activities.
RWE Innogy Italia, with an 80% share in the power plant, and Fri-El, with a 20% share, were the sole parties in the joint venture following... [Read More]
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Oct 3, 2014
Renewable energy producer ReEnergy Black River has been awarded a 20-year contract by the US Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) to supply renewable energy to the Fort Drum army base in New York.
This contract is the largest renewable energy project in the history of the US Army. The federal government is increasing its demand for long-term renewable energy as a result of renewable... [Read More]
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Sep 26, 2014
NexSteppe, a seed company developing crops for the biofuels, biopower and bio-based industries, has raised $22 million (€17 million) in its third round of funding.
The company will use the proceeds from the round to continue to improve its Palo Alto biomass sorghum and Malibu sweet sorghum product lines, already available to customers in Brazil and the US. It will... [Read More]
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Sep 26, 2014
The Allendale, South Carolina joint venture project between Vega Biofuels and Agri-Tech Producers – ATP-SC – has been awarded a $200,000 (€157,000) Value-Added Producer Grant from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Vega entered into the JV to build and operate a 'biocoal' production plant in the US state of South Carolina. Feedstock for the plant... [Read More]
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Sep 22, 2014
Glennmont Partners, an investment firm dedicated to clean energy in Europe, has started operations at the 38MW Sleaford straw-fired renewable energy plant.
Sleaford will generate enough electricity to power 65,000 homes as well as providing free heat to local sports clubs and community facilities.
The plant was built by a consortium of Burmeister & Wain Scandinavian... [Read More]
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Sep 19, 2014
The Nebraska Forest Service (NFS) will offer two cost-share assistance grants to organisations that are looking to install woody biomass-fired energy systems.
These grants are open to range of institutions including municipalities, universities, hospitals and greenhouses.
Funding for the programme has come from the Wildfire Control Act of 2013, which advocates the development... [Read More]
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Sep 18, 2014
Renewable energy providers Procter & Gamble move forward with their biomass facility in Georgia, US.
The $230 million (€178 million) biomass facility has got permission from local officials to continue with the build and have received some tax incentives to bring the plant to operation.
The project has seven partners including Georgia Power, the Georgia Public... [Read More]
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Sep 17, 2014
New Generation Power International, a global renewable energy company, will build three 11.5 MW wood biomass plants in Japan.
In collaboration, Chicago-based New Generation Power International (NGPI) and wood and biomass power specialist Nippon Energy Solution (NES) will initiate a new wood-based biomass energy generation project.
The project will include the construction... [Read More]
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Sep 17, 2014
Irish renewable energy group Gaelectric has acquired Imperative Energy, a biomass energy provider.
Brendan McGrath, CEO, Gaelectric Group, says: 'Just 2% of the 60 million TOE (tonnes of oil equivalent) UK heat market, with 28 million TOE in commercial and industrial buildings, is currently provided by biomass. The continuing focus on sustainability, energy security and... [Read More]
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Sep 17, 2014
Energy company E.ON’s £120 million biomass power station in Blackburn Meadows, Sheffield nears completion.
The 30MW facility in the Blackburn Meadows area is now in the final stages of construction and is due to be fully commissioned later this year.
It will burn locally-sourced waste wood to create electricity. Once fully operational, it will utilise an additional... [Read More]
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Sep 15, 2014
JFE Holding's Engineering unit will build a 50MW biomass plant for Erex in Oita prefecture, southwestern Japan.
The plant will use palm kernel shells and coal as fuel.
Production at the facility is expected to begin late 2016.... [Read More]
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Sep 15, 2014
Glencane Bioenergia, a local sugar and ethanol producer, has gained permission to operate a 40-MW biomass plant in Junqueiropolis municipality as an independent power producer (IPP).
Brazil's electricity regulator Aneel has authorised Glencane's Rio Vermelho 2 plant, which will use sugarcane bagasse and straw as fuel, to begin production later this year.
The facility has... [Read More]
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Sep 15, 2014
Kuala Lumpur-based Fitters Diversified is investing RM 14 million (€3.4 million) in three biomass-gas generators to be opened early 2015 in Sabah and Negeri Sembilan.
Through its wholly-owned subsidiary Future NRG, the company has teamed up with German-based AHT Services to update AHT's existing biomass gasification technology.
As part of the agreement, AHT will outsource... [Read More]
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Sep 11, 2014
Ontario Power Generation's (OPG) Atikokan Generating Station (GS) in Canada is now operating on biomass, making it the largest power plant in North America fuelled by 100% biomass.
OPG's president and CEO, Tom Mitchell, comments: 'Close to 100% of the electricity OPG producers is from sources that are virtually free of emissions that cause smog or contribute to climate... [Read More]
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