Oct 1, 2018
Additional biochar process could save 619,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions
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Sep 24, 2018
US-based technology solutions company, EQTEC, announced in a press release that it had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with California-based power firm Phoenix Biomass, to supply its EQTEC Gasifier Technology (EGT) for two plants.
Both contracts are estimated to be worth €10 million ($11.7 million) collectively.
The press release detailed Phoenix’s... [Read More]
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Sep 24, 2018
Two biomass plants in South Carolina are to be acquired by Atlantic Power Corporation. One is located in Allendale and the other in Harleyville. Both plants were originally owned by EDF Renewables Inc. and were sold together for a total of $13 million (approximately €11.10 million).
The deal is expected to be finished by the third or fourth quarter of 2019 after a... [Read More]
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Sep 20, 2018
The Corinth Wood Pellets manufacturing facility in Corinth, Mississippi caught fire on Wednesday evening. Over 20 fire departments were controlling the fire that broke out.
The fire began at around 6pm in the manufacturing part of the mill. The blaze was described by the dispatcher as a large fire that would take some time to control. The firefighters were fighting the... [Read More]
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Sep 19, 2018
Power Philippines has reported that electric power distributor AboitixPower is looking to sell its 8.8 MW biomass plant located in Lian, Philippines.
The biomass plant was acquired by the company in 2016 and led to the expansion of its renewable energy work, as they previously produced hydro, run-off-river hydro, geothermal and solar energy.
The company’s... [Read More]
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Sep 18, 2018
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) announced in a press release that their combined heat and power plant (CHP) Kent Renewable Energy had commenced operations on September 13, two months ahead of schedule ‘to specification and within budget’.
The CHP plant has a capacity of 27MW and is in Sandwich, Kent within the United Kingdom.
With fuel locally sourced... [Read More]
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Sep 14, 2018
Edmonton Maple Reinders has completed construction of the High Solids Anaerobic Digester at the Edmonton Waste Centre.
The Canadian facility has been commissioned and handed over to the City of Edmonton. It is designed to integrate into the existing processing and transfer facility and will be able to process up to 48,000 tonnes of organic waste per year.
The digester... [Read More]
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Sep 14, 2018
As reported by local media outlet, New Hampshire Public Radio (NHPR), New Hampshire legislators voted and subsequently overturned the vetoing of Senate Bill 365 (SB365), a bill which focused on the subsidisation of biomass plants across the state.
The overturning occurred by a narrow margin of 226 to 113 (66.7%) legislators, which was the minimum number of votes needed... [Read More]
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Sep 12, 2018
J Murphy & Sons announced that it had landed a contract to develop a new energy and recycling facility in Huddersfield for Yorkshire Water. The firm estimates the deal to be worth over €64 million ($74 million).
The development will include new aerobic digesters; a new sludge reception plant; sludge thickening plant and storage; CHP and dual fuel boilers; sludge... [Read More]
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Sep 6, 2018
New Hampshire Public Radio reported that the Toxics Action Center (TAC) and the Energy Justice Network (EJN) have both come forward in their support of the Governor of New Hampshire Chris Sununu’s decision in June of this year to veto a bill designed to subsidise and encourage the development of biomass and solar energy across the state.
The biomass bill, Senate... [Read More]
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Aug 28, 2018
Biomass could cover the energy needs of all 28 member states of the EU from 19 November to the end of the year, according to Bioenergy Europe.
The figures have been announced as part of the build up to Bioenergy Europe’s ‘European Bioenergy Day’, which will be held on 19 November to mark the point in the year from which Europe’s energy needs could... [Read More]
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Aug 21, 2018
Major UK energy supplier Drax has switched on the fourth biomass generating unit at its power station in North Yorkshire, marking a significant step in what it claims to be Europe’s largest decarbonisation project.
Back in June this year, Drax took the coal-fired generating unit offline in preparation for its conversion to running on sustainable biomass. Three of... [Read More]
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Aug 1, 2018
European stakeholders involved in the wood chips sector can now review and comment on the main elements of Bioenergy Europe’s (formerly AEBIOM) proposed woodchip certification guidelines.
Since the start of 2018, Bioenergy Europe has been ‘actively’ working on a quality scheme for woodchips ‘at the international level.’
Named ‘GoodChips’,... [Read More]
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Jul 31, 2018
In a bid to improve the efficiency of its biomass generating units Drax has signed a £40 million (€44.9 million) contract with Siemens for turbine upgrades.
Drax operates the UK’s biggest power station, near Selby in Yorkshire. As part of a massive decarbonisation project, Drax is converting the facility and its associated supply chain infrastructure from... [Read More]
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Jul 30, 2018
In a press release, the European Investment Bank (EIB) announced a EUR 50 million loan to assist in financing a new biomass-fuelled power plant, to be built in the Spanish La Coruña municipalities of Curtis and Teixeiro on a 103000 m² publicly owned site. The plant will be supplied with forest waste sourced within a 100 km radius.
Planned to be operational... [Read More]
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Jul 30, 2018
The Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) and the Institute for Applied System Analysis (iIASA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to begin a cross-disciplined research collaboration into Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS).
According to a statement, the BECCS collaboration is expected to begin shortly. It is expected that scientists from both institutions... [Read More]
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Jul 24, 2018
Major British power generator Drax has reported its half year results for the six months ended 30 June 2018.
Although the company’s full year expectations remain unchanged, results from the first half of the year were impacted by two unplanned outages.
Drax currently runs Europe’s biggest biomass-fuelled power station, near Selby in Yorkshire. As part of a... [Read More]
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