Jul 16, 2018
Arensis opens biomass testing laboratory in UK
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Jul 16, 2018
The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) has released its Short Term Energy Outlook for July.
Total renewables consumption is forecast to grow over the next couple of years, according to the EIA figures. While total consumption was 11.016 quadrillion (British Thermal Units) in 2017 (up from 1o.256 quadrillion BTU in 2016), it is expected to reach 11.383 quadrillion... [Read More]
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Jul 16, 2018
Sumitomo Heavy Industries (SHI) has announced that it has secured an order to build a 75MW biomass plant in Kanda City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan.
As part of the deal, SHI has established a joint enterprise Nippon Steel and Sumkin Engineering. The order for the biomass plant has come from Kanda Biomass Energy.
According to a statement from SHI, the primary feedstock for... [Read More]
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Jul 16, 2018
AEBIOM, the European Biomass Association, has rebranded to Bioenergy Europe. According to an announcement, the new corporate identity is aimed at giving a ‘clearer, more united voice to Europe’s first source of renewable energy’.
Bioenergy Europe puts the rebrand down to bioenergy’s consistent industrial success and growing importance to the European... [Read More]
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Jul 9, 2018
London based Active Energy has raised £1 million through the issue of 33,333,333 new ordinary shares of 1p each at a price of 3p per share, according to an announcement from the company.
The net proceeds with be used to fund the execution phase of Active Energy’s business plan, which aims to develop forestry management operations and commercialise the company’s... [Read More]
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Jun 27, 2018
Things are looking up for the UK’s biomass industry with the Wood Recyclers’ Association reporting an increase in the amount of locally sourced biomass materials distributed throughout the UK. These statistics have been countered by a 50% decrease in exports on waste wood and panel board feedstock from 2016 to 2017.
WRA members have reported as having seen... [Read More]
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Jun 14, 2018
Plans for a woodchip biomass power plant have been accepted in Cardiff, various media are reporting.
According to both the BBC and Wales Online, outline plans for the biomass power station have been approved by councillors.
Developer Parc Calon Gwyrdd says the plant would produce 9.5 megawatts of green energy if built.
The outline plans include a 167ft (51m) high chimney,... [Read More]
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Jun 11, 2018
The UK’s Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has announced the outcomes of its consultation on amendments to the Contracts for Difference scheme (CfD). These include a number of revisions for Combined Heat and Power plants (CHP).
CfDs are used by the UK government to support new, low carbon electricity generation projects.
Generators compete... [Read More]
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Jun 8, 2018
On 6 June Drax Power Station in Yorkshire, UK, took its fourth coal-fired power generating unit offline as it prepares to convert it to running on sustainable biomass.
Drax has already converted half its power station and ‘associated supply chain infrastructure’ to use sustainable biomass instead of coal. Having already invested £700 million into the... [Read More]
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Jun 7, 2018
Finnish company Apetit is planning to build a bioenergy plant at its Avena Kantvik rapeseed oil milling plant in Kirkkonummi, Finland.
According to a statement, the planned bioenergy plant would replace the current energy solution that uses non-renewable fuels, in turn significantly reducing the carbon dioxide emissions of the entire Apetit Group.
“In addition to... [Read More]
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May 30, 2018
Prodeman, a major peanut producer in Argentina, has begun commercial operation of its 10MW bioenergy facility. The plant uses peanut shells to generate energy and is expected to consume 50,000 tons of the waste per year.
The facility’s opening comes two months after signing its power purchase agreement with Argentine regulators. Depending on weather conditions,... [Read More]
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May 30, 2018
As part of the Russia-Japan Investment Fund (RJIF), the Russian Direct Investment Fund (RDIF) and JBICIG Partners (a subsidiary of the Japan Bank for International Cooperation) have agreed to 'collaborate and consider' potential investments in Russia’s bioenergy industry. The forestry company RFP Group from Russia and investment company Prospect from Japan... [Read More]
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May 29, 2018
Pinnacle Renewable Holdings announced on 22 May that it has entered into a long-term, take-or-pay off-take contract with Hanwa, a large, diversified trading company in Japan. Pinnacle will supply 75,000 metric tonnes of industrial wood pellets to Hanwa each year from early 2022. The industrial wood pellets will be used by a biomass power generation plant in Japan.
"We... [Read More]
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May 21, 2018
The company, which operates three biomass units in the UK (with a fourth on the way), says it is piloting ‘Europe’s first’ carbon capture storage project.
Bioenergy carbon capture and storage (BECCS) stores the carbon that’s produced when biomass is burned to produce energy. Coupled with the carbon- absorption that takes place while the biomass... [Read More]
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May 18, 2018
On 10 May California Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. issued an executive order designed to address the state’s spate of record-breaking forest fires. The measures included long-term use of small bioenergy generators.
Combatting dangerous tree mortality, increasing the ability of forests to capture carbon and systematically improving forest management are among the order’s... [Read More]
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May 14, 2018
The Bruks Siwertell Group has been established following the signing of a joint venture between bulk materials handling specialists JCE Invest and Cargotec.
Siwertell and Bruks Holding will both be owned by the joint venture. Cargotec will own 48% of the shares in Bruks Siwertell Group while JCE Invest will own the remaining 52%.
"Together Bruks and Siwertell will have... [Read More]
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May 10, 2018
Bloomberg is reporting that ValueAct Capital Management has bought $20 million (€16.7 million) in Enviva shares. Enviva’s market capitalisation is around $772 million (€647.6 million).The deal was made through the hedge fund’s socially and environmentally focused ValueAct Spring Fund.
The fund has previously invested in the power generator AES and... [Read More]
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