Apr 4, 2016
Northern Ireland unveils food waste law
Biogas News
Apr 4, 2016
UK-based food waste recycler ReFood has started construction work on its £32m (€39m) anaerobic digestion (AD) plant in Dagenham, south east London.
Once complete, the facility, which will be located at the London Sustainable Industries Park (SIP) in Dagenham Dock, will be the company's third UK plant adding to its existing sites in Doncaster and Widnes.
Being... [Read More]
Pellets News
Mar 30, 2016
Tennessee, US-based Astec Industries has received a $122.5 million (€108.3m) order to supply equipment for a Highland Pellets pellet plant, along with a related deposit on the order.
Astec previously announced receipt of the initial $30 million order on August 20, 2015.
The company plans to build and deliver the equipment in the additional order during 2016 and... [Read More]
Other News
Mar 29, 2016
Nearly 569,000 people work in clean energy throughout the US Midwest, according to an analysis released by Chicago-based Clean Energy Trust (CET) and the business group Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2).
Clean energy jobs throughout the region are expected to grow by more than 4% over the next year, with the possibility for even more growth with the right policies in place,... [Read More]
Pellets News
Mar 29, 2016
Amec Foster Wheeler, a UK engineering company, has been awarded a contract to supply a biomass dust combustion plant for Finnish utility company Seinäjoen Energia.
The plant will be operated as back-up for a peak load district heating plant and increase capacity to 120MWth.
Heavy fuel oil combustion will be replaced with biomass based fuels, including wood pellets,... [Read More]
Pellets News
Mar 24, 2016
The global biomass pellet market was valued at $6.9 billion (€6.17bn) in 2014 and it is expected to grow with a CAGR of 11.1% during the 2015-2020 period, a study published by P&S Market Research says.
The increased level of investments in the biomass industry has propelled the technological advancement, and there has been a recent upsurge... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 24, 2016
California’s energy policy and planning agency, California Energy Commission, has approved $4.3 million in grants for projects to increase the efficiency of natural gas technology used in industrial, agriculture and water processes. The Gas Technology Institute, a US-based research and development organisation that focuses on natural gas, received... [Read More]
Other News
Mar 23, 2016
The UK-based Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has called for greater emphasis on progressing carbon capture and storage (CCS) and building a UK bioenergy sector in the next 15 years.
ETI says increased attention in these areas is necessary if the UK is to meet its targets for decarbonising its energy system in the most cost effective way.
The call was made by the organisation’s... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 22, 2016
North Carolina, US-based Duke Energy will buy swine and poultry waste output to use as feedstock for a planned biogas facility to generate renewable electricity at four power stations.
Carbon Cycle Energy will build and own the plant whose location has not been announced, but is expected to be in eastern North Carolina.
"It is encouraging to see the technological... [Read More]
Biomass News
Mar 22, 2016
The silent residents of the Arnos Vale cemetery in the UK may get a chance to put in some after-life work hours powering the graveyard’s new lighting system.
A research team from Columbia University (CU) in the US has won a competition, organised by the University of Bath’s (UoB) Centre for Death and Society, to reimagine the historic resting grounds, opened... [Read More]
Pellets News
Mar 21, 2016
Rentech, a Los Angeles-based wood pellet manufacturer, has provided an update on the progress of its Canadian pellet operations as part of the company's fourth quarter and full year financial results report.
Keith Forman, CEO of Rentech, said: "We shipped approximately 48,000 tonnes of pellets to Drax in the first quarter of this year, produced from the Wawa and Atikokan... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 21, 2016
Recycling and renewable energy firm Viridor has opened a state-of-the-art energy recovery facility (ERF) in Peterborough, UK.
The ERF enables the City of Peterborough to divert 85,000 tonnes of residual waste from landfill each year, recovering vital energy, and also offering the city another important step towards a decentralised energy network.
The plant has a... [Read More]
Other News
Mar 21, 2016
Damaged tomatoes that are unsuitable for sale in shops could be turned into a source of green energy, according to a team of US-based scientists.
Their pilot project involves a biological-based fuel cell that uses tomato waste left over from harvests in Florida.
The researchers presented their work March 16 at the 251st National Meeting & Exposition of the American... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 21, 2016
US aerospace giant Lockheed Martin and gasification technology firm Concord Blue are to begin phase two of a new 5 MW waste-to-energy project in Herten, Germany.
As part of phase two, Lockheed Martin Energy has secured a $43 million contract from Concord Blue to carry out the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of the 5MW plant.
The plans to build the... [Read More]
Biomass News
Mar 18, 2016
Hale Construction has reaped the rewards from going green, with a £10,000 (€12,805) saving since installing biomass boilers to heat their Neath, UK, headquarters.
The family-run business, which incorporates Hale Construction, Hale Homes, and Seven Oaks Timberframe, has won awards for its sustainability credentials and environmentally-friendly building processes.
Hale... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 17, 2016
Finnish energy solutions provider Wärtsilä has been awarded an order to supply the largest biogas liquefaction plant in the Nordic Countries to produce fuel for public transport vehicles.
The supply contract was signed in December 2015, and is with Purac Puregas, based in Kalmar, Sweden.
The Wärtsilä plant will be installed at the paper mill in Skogn,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 16, 2016
CNG Fuels, in partnership with the national grid, has unveiled a new filling station in the UK allowing vehicles to fill up on renewable compressed natural gas (CNG) directly from the high-pressure local transmission system.
The new facility is the first of its kind in the UK, according to CNG Fuels, and boasts a high-pressure connection delivered by national grid.
The... [Read More]
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USTC chief executive and co-owner Nina Østergaard Borris said the acquisition reinforces the group’s long-term strategy of diversifying into sustainable energy markets
Formerly known as firmus energy networks, the company announced its rebrand during its annual stakeholder briefing
Aston University has officially opened the Wolfson Centre for Low Carbon Hydrogen, the UK’s first fully integrated facility dedicated to converting biomass into low-carbon hydrogen and electricity under real-world industrial conditions
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