Jun 13, 2016
Lincolnshire County Council gives green light for AD plant
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Jun 13, 2016
Bioenergy academia and industry representatives, who attended the European Biomass Conference & Exhibition (EUBCE), are calling on European policy makers and the media to reconsider their approach to bioenergy.
The EUBCE event recently took place in Amsterdam, the Netherlands (6-9 June, 2016) and was attended by international bioenergy institutions and scientific organisations,... [Read More]
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Jun 10, 2016
Strong bioenergy demand without strong environmental policies will lead to increase pressure on forests both in and outside of Europe, according to a new study.
The new study, conducted by researchers at the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA) and partner organisations for the European Commission (EC), explores the potential impacts, interactions,... [Read More]
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Jun 10, 2016
The European Union (EU) has funded a project based in Brazil, which aims to harness the combined power of positioning and reflectometry technology in order to create a low-cost, unmanned aerial platform for biomass mapping of the Brazilian Amazon forest.
Not only is Brazil a large country but much of it is covered by the dense Amazon rainforest. In a statement on the European... [Read More]
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Jun 10, 2016
Biffa, one of the UK’s leading integrated waste management companies, has announced that it has reached an agreement to acquire Cory Environmental’s municipal, industrial and commercial collection business for £13.5 million.
For the year ended 31 December, 2015 Cory Environmental reported total revenues of around £34 million. The business employs... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jun 9, 2016
Valmet has received an order from energy firm Kotkan Energia to modernise the turbine automation and to supply a new turbine controller to the Hovinsaari biomass-fired power plant in Kotka, Finland.
The new automation will be started up in September to improve turbine reliability and availability.
The order was included in Valmet's first quarter 2016 orders received. The... [Read More]
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Jun 9, 2016
Bioenergy has the significant potential to become a pillar in the future energy portfolio of cities, according to a new report by the World Bioenergy Association (WBA).
The new study from World Bioenergy Association addresses the challenges cities are facing within the global climate mitigation policy and explains the contributions biomass can offer to reduce the use of... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 8, 2016
Utility firm E.ON Denmark has opened a 300,000 tonne per year (tpy) organic waste to biogas anaerobic digestion (AD) facility, called Grøngas Vraa.
In a statement, the company said that the 115 million crown ($17.5 million) facility will produce biomethane from manure and organic wastes and is directly connected to the Danish gas network.
The new biogas... [Read More]
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Jun 7, 2016
The European Parliament’s Environment Committee has released a draft report suggesting amendments to the Waste Framework Directive proposals set out in the Circular Economy Package (CEP) last year.
The European Parliament rapporteur for the EU Circular Economy Package, Italian MEP Simona Bonafè, wrote the report for the Committee on the Environment,... [Read More]
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Jun 6, 2016
Quantum Biopower, a Connecticut, US, firm, has received approval from the Southington Planning & Zoning committee to build a food recycling and anaerobic digestion facility in the city. Quantum notes that the facility, when completed, will be the first of its kind in the state.
The facility is expected to cost around $12 million. To assist in the financing,... [Read More]
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Jun 6, 2016
China Everbright International has won a bid to build a 750 tonne per day waste-to-energy facility in Shandgon, China.
In a statement, the company explained that Jinan, the capital of Shandong province, is the political, economic and cultural centre of the province with increasing environmental requirements and waste management needs.
The Shandong Jinan No Two Household... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 6, 2016
A UK-based renewable energy developer’s plans for a £70m energy centre in Nottinghamshire have taken a further step forward having been approved by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Greg Clark MP.
Significant investment will see a new facility developed at Peel Environmental’s Bilsthorpe site. The new facility will export up... [Read More]
Pellets News
Jun 3, 2016
Enviva Partners, a US-headquartered wood pellet producer, announced the execution of a new take-or-pay off-take contract to supply wood pellets to Lynemouth Power, a subsidiary of Energetický a průmyslový holding (EPH).
Lynemouth Power plans to convert its 420 megawatt coal facility in the UK to wood pellet fuel by the end of 2017. Deliveries under... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 3, 2016
Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT), a New York-based university, and Synergy Biogas, an anaerobic digestion specialist, are exploring the environmental benefits of microalgae to clean agricultural wastewater and make biofuels.
Jeff Lodge, associate professor in RIT’s Thomas Gosnell School of Life Sciences, is running a three-month pilot program at Synergy Biogas,... [Read More]
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Jun 3, 2016
Wood-burning stoves could account for 10% of the UK Government’s carbon reduction targets by 2020, according to a UK-based trade body.
The Stove Industry Alliance (SIA) said that wood-burning stoves also have the potential to produce 25% of the government’s domestic renewable heat energy target by 2020.
According to the trade body, wood-burning stoves have... [Read More]
Pellets News
Jun 2, 2016
Pinnacle Renewable Energy, a Canadian wood pellet producer, said it will curtail operations at its British Colombia pellet plant with immediate effect.
According to media reports, there are a number of factors that have gone into the decision to stop production at its Quesnel mill. Key among them are that the plant, first opened in 1988, was designed to process a diet... [Read More]
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Jun 2, 2016
More countries around the world are investing in renewable energy and last year spent more than green sources than on new coal and gas-fired power plants, according to a new report.
The report is entitled Renewables 2016 Global Status and was published by REN 21, an international body backed by the UN.
An estimated 147 gigawatts (GW) of new renewable power generation... [Read More]
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Unilever has begun using biomethane derived from palm oil waste to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at its largest facility in Indonesia, marking the country’s first commercial biomethane offtake
A renewable energy company in Brown County, Wisconsin, US, has sought bankruptcy protection after struggling with years of financial and operational setbacks
U.S. landfill biogas facilities are achieving record levels of energy capture and investment, according to new analysis released Wednesday by the American Biogas Council (ABC)
