Biomass News

Prodeman, a major peanut producer in Argentina, has begun commercial operation of its 10MW bioenergy facility. The plant uses peanut shells to generate energy and is expected to consume 50,000 tons of the waste per year. The facility’s opening comes two months after signing its power purchase agreement with Argentine regulators. Depending on weather conditions, Prodeman can produce up…
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Finnish company Apetit is planning to build a bioenergy plant at its Avena Kantvik rapeseed oil milling plant in Kirkkonummi, Finland. According to a statement, the planned bioenergy plant would replace the current energy solution that uses non-renewable fuels, in turn significantly reducing the carbon dioxide emissions of the entire Apetit Group. “In addition to reducing carbon dioxide…
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The British Columbia, Canada based Biomass Secure Power (BSP) has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a power company located in the United States. The MoU became effective on 18 April. Both companies are engaged in the production of renewable heat and power by using sustainable fuels in their existing infrastructure. The MoU states that Biomass Secure Power will commence…
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Biomass company LC Energy has partnered with Berkshire College of Agriculture and Thames Valley Berkshire Local Enterprise Partnership to deliver the facility. The collaboration is an effort to address the nationwide skills shortage in the renewable energy sector. The opening of The Energy Centre at Berkshire College of Agriculture (BCA) is intended to enable students aged between 16 and 19 to…
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A major waste-to-energy project is a step closer to realisation, with the site’s 21.5MW biomass facility now generating low carbon energy. Bioenergy Infrastructure Group (BIG), a specialist investor and operator in the biomass and waste-to-energy sector, is working to establish a portfolio of bioenergy facilities capable of diverting 1 million tonnes of waste each year from landfill and…
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Bloomberg is reporting that ValueAct Capital Management has bought $20 million (€16.7 million) in Enviva shares. Enviva’s market capitalisation is around $772 million (€647.6 million).The deal was made through the hedge fund’s socially and environmentally focused ValueAct Spring Fund. The fund has previously invested in the power generator AES and education company Strayer…
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The Bruks Siwertell Group has been established following the signing of a joint venture between bulk materials handling specialists JCE Invest and Cargotec. Siwertell and Bruks Holding will both be owned by the joint venture. Cargotec will own 48% of the shares in Bruks Siwertell Group while JCE Invest will own the remaining 52%. "Together Bruks and Siwertell will have a strong position in the…
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On 10 May California Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. issued an executive order designed to address the state’s spate of record-breaking forest fires. The measures included long-term use of small bioenergy generators. Combatting dangerous tree mortality, increasing the ability of forests to capture carbon and systematically improving forest management are among the order’s goals. It also…
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The company, which operates three biomass units in the UK (with a fourth on the way), says it is piloting ‘Europe’s first’ carbon capture storage project. Bioenergy carbon capture and storage (BECCS) stores the carbon that’s produced when biomass is burned to produce energy. Coupled with the carbon- absorption that takes place while the biomass is growing, biomass power…
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Drax CEO Will Gardiner told Reuters April 20 that the company plans to cut the cost of the electricity it generates by a third over the next decade. The goal is to reduce the company’s dependency on subsidies. Improvements cited by Gardiner are more efficient turbines and cheaper wood pellets. A spokesperson for Drax told Bioenergy Insight: “We’re looking at a range of options…
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Voltalia has commenced construction work on a new biomass power plant in the city of Cacao, French Guiana. The plant will have a 25 year contract with secured tariff, generating between 10 and 15 million euros of annual energy sales revenues, according to a statement from Voltalia. The power production generated into the public grid will be sold at a much lower price than that from diesel power…
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Veolia has been selected to operate and maintain three biomass-to-energy facilities on the US east coast. Georgia Renewable Power (GRP) chose Veolia Energy Operating Services, a division of Veolia North America, to take charge of the new projects in Georgia and North Carolina. Veolia will support the startup and commissioning of the biomass projects in Lumberton, North Carolina, and Carnesville…
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An EPC contractor has been appointed to construct a 25MW biomass plant as part of the South African Government’s recently signed Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Programme (REIPPP). Working as a consortium, ELB Engineering Services, KC Cottrell and the ELB Educational Trust have been appointed to construct the new facility by Ngodwana Energy. The biomass power plant will be built…
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Nippon Paper Industries announced last month that an onsite biomass mixed combustion power generation facility had commenced operation at its mill in Ishinomaki. The Japanese paper manufacturing company held the completion ceremony for the new facility on 16 March. The plant had begun operation on 1 March. According to a statement, the facility ‘permits’ mixed combustion using wood…
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