Jul 28, 2023
West Biofuels awarded $1.5 million grant from USDA
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Jul 27, 2023
NorthStar Clean Energy has awarded Babcock & Wilcox (B&W) a contract to undertake a bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) engineering study at its power plant in Filer City, Michigan in the US.
The study is the first phase of a commercial-scale project, as Northstar Clean Energy seeks to convert the coal-fired plant to utilise biomass fuel, and to... [Read More]
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Jul 26, 2023
The UK government’s long-delayed document detailing its plans for the role of biomass in the economy is now planned to be published in the coming weeks, reported Bloomberg.
It was first announced in November 2020 and was scheduled to be published at the end of 2022, until being postponed to the second quarter of this year.
It had widely been expected to be released... [Read More]
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Jul 24, 2023
CHAR Technologies Ltd (CHAR), a leader in sustainable energy solutions, has closed a CAD$6.6m (€4.5m) strategic investment by a world-leading steel and mining company, ArcelorMittal S.A., through ArcelorMittal XCarb S.à r.l (ArcelorMittal) and ArcelorMittal’s XCarb® Innovation Fund (the Fund).
With a presence in 60 countries and primary steelmaking facilities... [Read More]
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Jul 21, 2023
AquaGreen's current lead investor, Nordic Alpha Partners, and Swedish FMG Circular Invest have invested 30 million DKK (€4m) in AquaGreen.
AquaGreen's groundbreaking technology eliminates environmentally harmful substances in biomasses and reduces greenhouse gas emissions, and is now ready to be put onto the global market.
"AquaGreen is a technology pioneer within... [Read More]
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Jul 19, 2023
ABB has secured its ninth contract with TOYO Engineering Corporation in Japan to supply its distributed control system (DCS) ABB Ability™ Symphony Plus, to the Wakayama Gobo Biomass Power Plant, around 120 km south of Osaka.
When operational in 2025, the 50 MW biomass power plant, which will use wood pellets and agricultural byproduct as a feedstock, will be capable... [Read More]
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Jul 18, 2023
Finnish company Joensuu Biocoal Oy has announced it will use innovative technology from Austria to produce renewable alternatives to fossil coal, in the form of torrefied biocoal.
Biocoal is the result of sustainably harvested forest residues being heated in a low-oxygen environment, to produce a carbon-rich end product. It has a higher energy density than traditional... [Read More]
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Jul 14, 2023
Kore Infrastructure has partnered with the Tule River Economic Development Corporation to develop a modular, forest biomass-to-carbon-negative biofuels facility in Porterville, California, with support from the California Department of Conservation.
According to Kore, the project will help solve two major challenges in California: reducing the risk of catastrophic wildfires... [Read More]
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Jul 13, 2023
Clean Energy Technologies (CET) has entered into a fixed-price engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract - valued at $10 million (€8.9m) - with Vermont Renewable Gas for the proposed Lyndonville biogas-to-power facility in Vermont, US.
CET will spearhead the design, construction and operation of the facility, placing its HTAP Biomass Reactor, a high temperature... [Read More]
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Jul 13, 2023
Škoda Auto subsidiary ŠKO-ENERGO, a comprehensive energy provider for the car manufacturer and heating for the town of Mladá Boleslav in Czechia, is launching a project to modernise the plant to utilise 100% biomass.
With estimated costs of €141 million, the upgraded heating plant will be one of the largest projects of its kind in Czechia, and is expected to become... [Read More]
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Jul 11, 2023
BMW Group Plant Dingolfing has announced it will use heat produced from regional biomass and its own waste wood to meet about 50% of its process hot water requirements from 2025 onwards.
The company has signed a supply contract for just under 100,000 MWh of thermal energy per year with UP Energiewerke GmbH, which is a joint subsidiary of the public works department Stadtwerke... [Read More]
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Jul 10, 2023
Airex Energy, Groupe Rémabec and SUEZ have announced a collaboration that will create Canada's first industrial biochar production plant in Port-Cartier, Québec.
The first phase of the plant will be finalised in 2024, with an initial production capacity of 10,000 tonnes per year.
By 2026, annual production capacity is expected to triple, making it the largest biochar... [Read More]
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Jul 6, 2023
ArcelorMittal has announced that CHAR Technologies (CHAR) has been selected as the winner of its inaugural XCarb™ Accelerator Programme, securing a $5 million (€4.6 million) investment through ArcelorMittal’s XCarb™ Innovation Fund.
ArcelorMittal launched the XCarb™ Accelerator Programme in mid-2022.
The programme – a search for the best companies and brightest... [Read More]
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Jul 4, 2023
Two circular biomass boilers have entered operation at olam food ingredients’ (ofi’s) cocoa processing factories in the Netherlands and Germany, reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
The boilers use cocoa shells, a by-product of the production process, as fuel to generate steam, which in turn powers the crafting of cocoa ingredients from ofi’s brand, deZaan, at its... [Read More]
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Jul 3, 2023
KEW Technology has secured over £4.4m (€5.1m) of funding to take its successful research into waste-to-hydrogen technology solutions into ‘real-world’ demonstration at its Sustainable Energy Centre facility in the West Midlands, UK.
The award from the Department for Energy Security & Net Zero’s Hydrogen BECCS (Bio-Energy with Carbon Capture and Storage) Innovation... [Read More]
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Jun 30, 2023
Biomass producer Enviva has broken ground on its forthcoming Epes plant under construction in Sumter County, Alabama in the US.
Enviva has been active in Sumter County since its initial assessment of the site in 2018.
In 2020, Enviva acquired over 300 acres in the Epes Industrial Park, located next to the Tombigbee River in Sumter County, to build its largest wood pellet... [Read More]
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Jun 30, 2023
Jonathan Wilkinson, Canada's Minister of Natural Resources, has announced a $10 million (€6.9m) contribution to BioLesna Carbon Technologies LP, a joint venture between BC Biocarbon and Dunkley Lumber Ltd., for a new biorefinery in Carrot River, Saskatchewan.
The contribution comes through the Investments in Forest Industry Transformation (IFIT) program, which aims... [Read More]
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Germany's Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) has awarded a total of 187.3 megawatts (MW) to 244 biomass projects in the latest round of its competitive tendering process
Veolia and Waga Energy have inaugurated a renewable natural gas (RNG) facility at the Granges landfill site in Burgundy, eastern France
Repsol is preparing to begin producing biomethane and hydrogen at its industrial complex in Sines, Portugal, with operations expected to start in 2026
