Apr 7, 2020
EIB launches €700 million fund supporting agriculture and bioeconomy
Other News
Apr 6, 2020
Alarik Sandrup, director of public and regulatory affairs at agricultural cooperative Lantmännen, has been appointed the new chairman of the Swedish Bioenergy Association (Svebio).
Sandrup, who was appointed on 2 April, replaced Karin Medin, the CEO of Söderenergi, a waste-to-energy firm. Svebio is a commercial environmental organisation with around 265 members and... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 6, 2020
Finnish-Swiss biotech company Ductor is building three combined biofertiliser-biogas facilities in northern Poland.
The new facilities will be built in Poland's Zachodniopomorskie region, approximately 100km off the coast of the Baltic Sea. The plants will use 100% poultry waste to create renewable electricity and organic nitrogen fertiliser, helping to significantly... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 6, 2020
US-based Capstone Turbine Corporation has received an order for an 800 kilowatt (kW) Signature Series microturbine to upgrade the City of Roseville, California wastewater treatment plant (WWTP).
Capstone's low-emission C800S microturbine system will allow the City of Roseville to yield "significant benefits" for customers and the environment in the near and long-term,... [Read More]
Other News
Apr 6, 2020
The renewable energy sector added 176 gigawatts (GW) of generating capacity globally in 2019, according to the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).
According to IRENA, the figures were marginally lower than the 179 GW added in 2018. However, new renewable power accounted for 72% of all power expansion in 2019. The Renewable Capacity Statistics 2020 shows that... [Read More]
Features
Apr 6, 2020
Four years on from watching as American voters opted for Donald Trump over Hillary Clinton to become US President, the country’s bioenergy sector leaders are once again contemplating a major shift in political direction and support. This time around, the choice is between another four years of President Trump and what appears to have become a two-horse Democrat race... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 3, 2020
UK-based Severn Trent Green Power (STGP) has won a five-year contract with Peterborough City Council to convert the city's food waste into energy using anaerobic digestion (AD).
The contract begins this week and includes responsibility for the collection, haulage and treatment of food waste collected through kerbside recycling. There will be a possibility of extending... [Read More]
Other News
Apr 3, 2020
The Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM) has said there is a "weak" rationale for keeping UK council household and waste recycling centres (HWRCs) open during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The CIWM supported a statement made by the Waste Industry Safety and Health (WISH) forum that "As CA/HWRC sites are places where members of the public may meet in numbers,... [Read More]
Other News
Apr 3, 2020
Swiss lubricant supplier Bathan AG has appointed a new chief operating officer.
Dr Holger Streetz, who previously served as the director of international business development for Bathan AG and as a board member since 2011, has now taken on the role of COO.
Streetz holds a doctorate in Law from Freie University in Berlin, as well as a degree in business economics... [Read More]
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Apr 2, 2020
The COP26 UN climate change conference, set to take place in Glasgow in November, has been postponed due to COVID-19.
The decision was taken by the COP Bureau of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), with the UK and its Italian partners. New dates have yet to be confirmed, however, the UNFCCC has said that the event will still take place... [Read More]
Pellets News
Apr 2, 2020
Japanese renewable energy firm RENOVA has announced its large-scale biomass power generation project has reached financial close.
The company signed a financing agreement that will allow it to work on the development of the Ishinomaki Hibarino Biomass Project along with three co-sponsors, Tokyo Gas Co, United Purpose Management and Mizuho Leasing Co. Renova has the... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 2, 2020
Environmental infrastructure investment fund JLEN has invested £11 million (€12.5 million) in an anaerobic digestion (AD) facility in Scotland.
The Peacehill Farm AD plant in Fife was commissioned in December 2015. It has a capacity of around 5MW and predominantly produces biomethane to be exported to the national gas grid. The Peacehill Farm AD facility is accredited... [Read More]
Biomass News
Apr 1, 2020
Kruger Specialty Papers has temporarily shut down its facility in Brompton, Québec, due to "unfavourable market conditions".
The company, which was founded in 1904 and produces tissue products, 100% recycled containerboard products, corrugated packaging, publication papers and renewable energy, said the market had deteriorated "very rapidly" with the COVID-19 outbreak.... [Read More]
Biomass News
Apr 1, 2020
Engineering company Prodesa has agreed to build two turnkey pellet plants in Belarus. The facilities will be built near the cities of Vitebsk and Polotsk, in north-east Belarus.
The plants are expected to be completed in early 2021 and deliver up to 20 tonnes per hour of industrial wood pellets. Each facility will consist of a wet line - including debarking, chipping... [Read More]
Biomass News
Mar 31, 2020
Enviva's operations have not been significantly impacted by the outbreak of Covid-19, according to the company. In a letter to stakeholders, John Keppler, chairman and CEO of Enviva Partners announced that the company's liquidity remains robust.
"As critical baseload and dispatchable renewable energy producers, our customers require our product now more than ever,"... [Read More]
Biomass News
Mar 31, 2020
UK-based Active Energy Group (AEG) has acquired 100% of the control and ownership of the sawmill and log export activities at AEG's industrial site in Lumberton, North Carolina, US.
The project was previously operated through a joint venture with Renewable Logistics Systems (RLS). According to AEG, the reason behind this acquisition is to improve overall efficiency... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 31, 2020
The European Biogas Association (EBA) has appointed Harmen Dekker as its new director.
Dekker, who formerly served as an advisory board member, is taking up his position with the EBA on 1 April and will be co-responsible for executing the strategy of the association in the coming years. He has worked in the sustainability sector for almost 15 years and is committed... [Read More]
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