Oct 6, 2015
£138m Cramlington biomass project achieves financial close
Biomass News
Oct 6, 2015
Gas and electricity company Belgian Eco Energy (Bee) has announced that Veolia will be responsible for the operation of its Ghent, Belgium-based biomass-fired power plant when it comes online in 2019.
The plant, construction on which is due to begin in the first quarter of 2016, will produce 215MW of renewable electricity from woodchips, making it one of the largest in... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 6, 2015
Greenlane Biogas has signed a contract with Promus Energy, a project development company focusing on renewable and sustainable technologies, to provide an integrated biogas upgrading solution for a dairy farm located in Yakima County, Washington.
Included in the solution is the supply of a Totara+ biogas upgrading unit and additional process equipment to deliver pipeline... [Read More]
Other News
Oct 5, 2015
Energy ministers from the G20 countries and heads of international organisations affirmed their commitment to renewable energy at the first-ever G20 Energy Ministers Meeting in Istanbul on 2 October.
The high-level participants endorsed an 11-point communiqué, including the adoption of a renewable energy toolkit, which provides options for G20 countries to take... [Read More]
Biomass News
Oct 5, 2015
The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has announced that a group led by ADAS, which includes E4tech, RDI Associates, Crops for Energy and Imperial College Consultants, will work on its new project to refine current estimates of available UK land that can be used for the production of crops and forestry for bioenergy.
The ETI is investing £156,000 (€210,000)... [Read More]
Pellets News
Oct 5, 2015
Lignetics, the largest residential wood pellet manufacturing company in the US which now has a production capacity of approximately 550,000 tonnes a year of wood pellets, has acquired the assets of GF Funding (whose facility was formerly known as Geneva Wood Fuels), expanding its footprint into Maine and upper New England.
Lignetics has wood pellet manufacturing plants... [Read More]
Biomass News
Oct 5, 2015
In Japan, Sumitomo Corp., a power producer and supplier, has announced plans to build a 50MW biomass-fired power plant in Sakata City, Yamagata Prefecture through its wholly owned subsidiary Summit Energy Corp. The plant will become a new source of power supply for Summit Energy's electric power retail business.
The Sakata biomass power plant will be built in the Sakata... [Read More]
Pellets News
Oct 1, 2015
Nepcon has issued a Sustainable Biomass Partnership (SBP) certificate to wood pellet producer SBE Latvia (SBE).
SBE is the first in Europe and only second in the world to earn this credential, expected to be in strong demand by European energy producers.
With the certificate in place, SBE Latvia is able to meet the European energy sector’s growing demands for sustainable... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 29, 2015
Novozymes, Novo Nordisk, Dong Energy, and Bigadan are investigating the possibility of producing biomass-based biogas.
If the results from the pre-investigation, expected to last a year or more, confirm the preliminary analyses, the parties intend to go ahead and realise biogas production.
In Kalundborg, Denmark, Novo Nordisk and Novozymes have extensive factory facilities,... [Read More]
Pellets News
Sep 28, 2015
SBP, an industry-led initiative formed by major European biomass energy utilities, has announced its first certification of a biomass producer.
NSF International, an SBP-approved certification body, has certified the Aliceville, Alabama, facility of US pellet producer Westervelt Renewable Energy.
The SBP certificate issued to Westervelt covers the manufacture of woody... [Read More]
Biomass News
Sep 28, 2015
Brazil has become the first major developing country to pledge an absolute reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions ahead the Paris climate talks in December.
The South American country, which is the world’s seventh biggest GHG polluter, says it will cut emissions by 37% by 2025 by cracking down on deforestation and increasing the share of renewable energy sources.
In... [Read More]
Other News
Sep 25, 2015
The UK renewable energy company Drax has pulled out of a £1 billion (appr. €1.4 billion) project to introduce carbon capture technology to cut emissions.
The company says it remains committed to fulfilling its current work on a carbon capture and storage (CCS) feasibility and technology development project (FEED), but once completed, would not be investing further... [Read More]
Pellets News
Sep 24, 2015
The global wood pellet market for power plants and heating is expected to grow annually by 14.1% and reach a value of €20,073 million by 2023, according to Transparency Market Research.
Wood pellets production has increased substantially in the past few years, owing to the implementation of stringent emission norms in Europe and North America.
High energy... [Read More]
Other News
Sep 23, 2015
EcoConnect CIC, the UK’s green industry business network, is looking for the next wave of low-carbon technology stars who will secure the finalist places at its Cleantech Innovate showcase, taking place on 11 February, 2016, in London.
The event offers early stage companies the opportunity to pitch live to an audience of investors, buyers, industry specialists, and... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 23, 2015
The government of Estonia has passed a bill which will secure a large investment into the Baltic country’s biomethane market and infrastructure.
In the expansion project’s pilot phase, the Estonian state will support the re-commencement of the production of biomethane, building a filling station chain, and use the gas in public transport.
Economy and Infrastructure... [Read More]
Biomass News
Sep 22, 2015
Sustainable Biomass Partners (SBP), an industry-led initiative formed by major European renewable energy utilities, has announced that NSF International (NSF) has become an SBP-approved certification body.
NSF has provided evidence that it meets the SBP requirements regarding its existing accreditations and has demonstrated sufficient resource and competence to manage... [Read More]
Biomass News
Sep 22, 2015
Using sustainable biomass as a source of energy could reduce the cost of meeting the UK’s 2050 carbon targets by more than 1% of GDP helping to make low carbon energy more affordable for consumers and businesses, according to a report from the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI).
The insight report ‘Enabling UK Biomass’ looks at the challenges for scaling-up... [Read More]
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