Biomass News

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,' says Bob Chiarelli, Minister…
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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, including connection to…
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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% of its total energy from…
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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, hosted by Resolute, were…
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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 biofuels,' Debbie Hammel,…
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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 consumer. By 2030, the…
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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 CO2 emissions by…
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On 11 May the US Department of Energy (DoE) Savannah River Operations Office (SR) and Ameresco held a ceremonial groundbreaking for construction of a new biomass heating plant project at DoE's Savannah River Site (SRS). The event will mark the start of phase two to the original energy savings performance contract (ESPC) to increase critical steam security and provide additional green power to…
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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 plant, designed to…
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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 investigation into the…
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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 of 600 tonnes and will be…
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On the 23 January, REG Bio-Power formally unveiled its 18MW power plant in Selby, North Yorkshire, UK. The plant will recover used cooking oil (UCO) into renewable energy for the National Grid. In partnership with local councils and waste contractors, including Selby District Council, Living Fuels operates a scheme by which UCO can be recovered into sustainable, clean and renewable energy for…
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Sustainability software and data company Ecometrica has teamed up with Scotland's Rural College (SRUC) to de-risk the investment in the UK biomass energy industry by combining a powerful computer model with state of the art mapping software that will help fire up the UK's energy crop industry, with potential to unlock tens of millions of pounds of new investment. The Biomass Market Assessment…
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DONG Energy has entered into an agreement to divest its waste-fired Måbjerg combined heat and power (CHP) plant near Holstebro to the Danish utility companies Struer Forsyning Fjernvarme and Vestforsyning Varme. Thomas Dalsgaard, executive VP of DONG Energy Thermal Power, says: 'The divestment is part of our strategy to focus on the central power stations in Denmark. With the agreement…
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