Jan 10, 2023
Standard Biocarbon Corporation receives pyrolysis machines for biochar production
Biomass News
Jan 9, 2023
Researchers from Okayama University have identified an effective mechanical compression system for drying plant biomass for power generation without the need for thermal drying. This is significant because, since plant biomass contains more than 50% moisture, mechanical methods (or heating and natural seasoning) need to be implemented to reduce this to about 35% - to increase... [Read More]
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Jan 9, 2023
The Punjab Agricultural University (PAU) has inked a pact with Sun Energy Power Engineering Corporation, Sangrur, for the commercialisation of paddy straw-based biogas plant made up of Mild Steel (MS) sheet (above the ground) technology, designed and developed under the Scheme “All India Co-ordinated Research Project on Energy in Agriculture and Agro-based Industries... [Read More]
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Jan 9, 2023
Valmet has announced it will deliver boiler conversions and emission reduction solutions for government-owned Veolia Group’s Hungarian subsidiary CHP-Invest Kft at its power plant in Oroszlány, Hungary. The order includes the conversion of two coal-fired boilers to bubbling fluidised bed combustion to enable the boilers to run mainly on biomass fuel.
The order is included... [Read More]
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Jan 6, 2023
Enviva Inc., a leading producer of sustainably sourced woody biomass, has issued a statement expressing support for the Dutch Parliament’s motion on sustainably sourced biomass, which was passed in December 2022.
It said it fully supports the principle that financial assistance should only be applicable for woody biomass that is sourced sustainably.
Enviva added that,... [Read More]
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Jan 5, 2023
The Dominican Republic's National Energy Commission (CNE), has granted a definitive concession to Consorcio Azucarero Central, developer of the 7-MW Energia Renovable Ingenio Barahona biomass-fired energy project.
The definitive concession contract for the plant, which will be located in the municipality of Santa Cruz de Barahona, was signed by Edward Veras, executive... [Read More]
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Jan 4, 2023
A biomass facility has been proposed to be constructed just outside of Jamestown in Tuolumne County, California in the US, reported MyMotherLode.
The site would be constructed on 17 acres near the Sierra Conservation Centre, off O'Byrnes Ferry Road.
Tuolumne Biomass LLC plans to lease the property from T-Five Ranches Inc, with county documents stating that an existing... [Read More]
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Jan 4, 2023
Mississippi is becoming one of the premier sources of sustainable and renewable wood pellets in the world, writes Ian R. Tailyour, senior international advisor, BRYANT SONGY SNELL Global Partners.
Major international wood pellet producing companies are investing billions in the Magnolia State, taking advantage of the state’s tremendous supply of wood and forest products... [Read More]
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Jan 4, 2023
Clean Energy Technologies (CETY), has announced it has entered into an agreement with Synergy Bioproducts Corporation to design, build and operate a biomass renewable energy processing facility using its high-temperature ablative fast pyrolysis reactor (HTAP Biomass Reactor).
Located in Vermont, US this project will convert forest biomass waste products into renewably... [Read More]
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Jan 3, 2023
GAIL Gas Limited (GGL), a central public sector undertaking, has received approval from the Karnataka state government of India to set up a compressed biogas plant on an 18-acre BBMP land at Mandur on the outskirts of Bengaluru, reported Deccan Herald.
The company is expected to install and operate the facility free of charge, whilst the BBMP has been entrusted with supplying... [Read More]
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Dec 22, 2022
Each year, Indonesia produces about 100 million tonnes of the rice straw, and around 60% of this waste is burned in open fields, causing air pollution which has been linked to higher rates of lung cancer.
The amount burned releases enough energy, if it could be harnessed, to power Indonesia’s households 10 times over.
A research consortium which includes Aston... [Read More]
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Dec 22, 2022
The biomass facility that powers Fort Drum in New York, US, is set to close early next year, reported WWNY. The unit employs over two dozen people directly, and it supports dozens of logging and trucking jobs in the north country.
ReEnergy buys wood chips from local lumber yards and sawmills, transfers them into energy, and generates 100% of Fort Drum’s power, a rarity... [Read More]
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Dec 21, 2022
The state-owned West Bengal Power Development Company Ltd (WBPDCL) and Damodar Valley Corporation (DVC) in India have both failed in sourcing biomass pellets after no vendors participated in the tenders floated by them, reported Energy World.
West Bengal's thermal power plants are unable to comply with the Union power minister's 5% biomass co-firing mandate due to a lack... [Read More]
Biomass News
Dec 21, 2022
The preliminary results of a recent study show that the utilisation of forest residues for bioenergy will have a positive climate effect until 2050, according to Bioenergy Europe.
The report takes into account the fact that these residues would otherwise be left in the forests and would decay. Taking into consideration, decay shows that bioenergy from forest residues... [Read More]
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Dec 20, 2022
LG Chem and GS EPS will jointly invest 320 billion won (€234.6 million) in the construction of a biomass facility at its Yeosu plant in South Jeolla.
The two companies signed a formal contract on 15 December, six months after they entered heads of agreement.
The biomass plant will be named "Yeosu Green Power" and it is planned to begin commercial operation in the first... [Read More]
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Dec 19, 2022
The European Parliament has voted in favour of faster approval deadlines for new renewable energy installations, with a view to the law being finalised in 2023, following talks with EU member states, reported Edie.
The REpowerEU package seeks to enhance the union's energy independence, and the proposal was put forward by the European Commission on 18 May 2022.
The... [Read More]
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Dec 16, 2022
Hau Giang Bioenergy Joint Stock Company (HBE) held a ceremony for a biomass plant that uses rice husk as fuel, and which has received a total investment of 875 billion VND (€34.3 million) in the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang on 15 December.
HBE director Truong Ngoc Thuy Trang said that the Hau Giang Biomass Power Plant Project, with a capacity of 2x10 MW, is... [Read More]
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