Jun 27, 2022
New PET-like plastic made directly from waste biomass
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Jun 27, 2022
French water, waste and energy management group, Veolia, has commenced construction works on a biomass-fired plant that will supply steam to Brazilian thermoplastic resin producer, Braskem SA.
The project at the Marechal Deodoro industrial hub in Alagoas state requires an estimated investment of BRL 400 million ($76.9m/€73.4m).
The plant will consist of four industrial... [Read More]
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Jun 24, 2022
The Brazilian Development Bank, or BNDES, has approved financing of BRL 80 million ($15.5m/EUR 14.7M) for the construction of 40 MW of biomass power plants in Roraima state.
BNDES has granted the loan to Oxe Participacoes S.A., which owns the entities developing the Bonfirm, Canta, Pay Rainha and Santa Luz projects located in the municipalities of Canta and Boa Visa.
The... [Read More]
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Jun 24, 2022
Fintoil, together with Neste Engineering Solutions, has selected Emerson’s automation software and technologies to maximise the operational performance of its biorefinery being constructed in the Port of HaminaKotka, Finland. The plant will be the third-largest crude tall oil (CTO) biorefinery in the world and produce advanced biofuel and biochemical feedstocks that... [Read More]
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Jun 24, 2022
Regina-based Prairie Clean Energy has announced it’s opening a new production plant in the city, turning flax straw into pellets for markets overseas.
The facility, which is pegged to open by the end of 2022, plans to employ 24 people and produce 60,000 tonnes of pellets per year, said the bioenergy company’s president and CEO Mark Cooper.
Mr Cooper said: “It’s... [Read More]
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Jun 23, 2022
Moulded wood pallets are 35 percent lighter than conventional hardwood pallets and are durable enough for reuse, which increases their preference over other moulded wood pallets.
As per a new study by Future Market Insights (FMI), moulded wood pallets sales will increase at 5.8 percent CAGR between 2021 and 2031, enabling overall valuation to surpass $4.5 billion ... [Read More]
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Jun 23, 2022
Sterling TT has been selected to design and manufacture bespoke CACW coolers for a biomass-fired power generation facility in Fukuyama town, Hiroshima Prefecture. This planned biomass power facility is set to commence operation in May 2025. It is predicted to produce enough electricity for 120,000 households in Japan each year.
Sterling Thermal Technology is a UK-based... [Read More]
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Jun 22, 2022
Topsoe’s technologies are set to reduce its customers’ greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 12 million tonnes in 2022 alone. These reductions will not be one-offs, but ongoing for the years to come. The key driver is Topsoe’s renewable fuels solutions, producing low-carbon fuels from waste and biomass.
Roeland Baan, CEO at Topsoe, commented: “Effectively reducing... [Read More]
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Jun 21, 2022
Iran’s Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Organisation (known as SATBA) plans to construct biomass power plants with the capacity to produce 400 megawatt-hours (MWh) across the country, an official with the organisation has announced.
Reza Samadi, director-general of SATBA’s Technical, Economic and Environmental Assessment Office, said the organisation plans... [Read More]
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Jun 21, 2022
Alinta Energy - the operator of what will be one of the last coal generators operating in the grid - is arguing for a short term capacity market for coal that could still see all brown coal capacity exiting the market within a decade, but also provide an option to keep it accessible if it were found to be needed to keep the lights on.
Alinta CEO Jeff Dimery recently... [Read More]
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Jun 21, 2022
In a new measure, the Vedanta-owned Bharat Aluminium Company Limited (Balco), in Chhattisgarh's power hub Korba, has begun greening its fuel mix for thermal power generation with biomass briquettes—a move that has the potential to minimise the detrimental effect of using fossil fuels.
The company is utilising around 50 tonnes of biomass briquettes daily to reduce... [Read More]
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Jun 21, 2022
Enviva’s terminal at the Port of Pascagoula is now delivering a low-carbon, renewable, drop-in substitute for fossil fuels to help decarbonise industries and the global economy by 2050.
Enviva, the world’s largest producer of industrial wood pellets, held a ceremony at its newly opened terminal at the Port of Pascagoula, Mississippi on June 15, to commemorate the... [Read More]
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Jun 20, 2022
Japan Petroleum Exploration Company, also known as JAPEX, has broken ground on a 50-MW biomass project in Japan’s Ehime prefecture.
The Ozu Biomass Power Plant will be located in a 25,700 sq m (276,632 sq ft) area in the industrial park of Ozu city. It is expected to be fully operational in August 2024.
The biomass project is being developed by Ozu Biomass Power... [Read More]
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Jun 20, 2022
A $755,000 study will look at the feasibility of heating towns by burning low-grade wood and wood chips.
In what may seem a counter-intuitive solution to meeting its climate goals, New Glasgow will be conducting a feasibility study on burning renewable biomass to heat 90 percent of the Novia Scotia’s town's buildings.
Natural Resources Canada says it will... [Read More]
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Jun 20, 2022
The international biomass exchange, Baltpool, has presented its new logo, updating the company's brand to reflect their aspiration to become the first choice for sustainable biomass trading in Europe.
The new logo’s compass design highlights Baltpool's expertise in the market and their customer-centred approach. Andrius Smaliukas, CEO of Baltpool, said: "With our... [Read More]
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Jun 20, 2022
Renewable energy company Drax has signed an agreement with British Steel to explore opportunities for its steel to be used to build the world’s largest multi-billion-pound carbon capture project at its power station in the UK.
The signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) brings together two major British industries to support the development of bioenergy with... [Read More]
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Jun 17, 2022
Statistics from the Wood Recyclers Association (WRA) have shown that the tonnage of waste wood sent to biomass plants in the UK rose by more than 400,000 tonnes (16 percent) in 2021, now taking 61 percent of processed wood in the UK.
And, the WRA said biomass capacity could increase further from around 2.4 million currently to 3 million tonnes.
Richard Coulson, the... [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
