Jan 13, 2016
StormFisher acquires AD plant from Harvest
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Jan 12, 2016
Malta has unveiled its first autoclave, a pressure chamber capable of extracting animal fat from carcasses, in Marsa — a town based in the country's south eastern region.
Wasteserv, a Maltese Government-owned waste management company, launched the facility at the south east-based town today [12 January, 2015]. The organisation will process animal fat and use it to... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 12, 2016
Clean energy firm Hawaii Gas is looking to replace most of its current fuel base with renewable natural gas.
According to Pacific Business News, the company, which is owned by US-based infrastructure specialist Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation, has issued a request for proposals to purchase raw biogas and, or, bio-methane, also referred to as renewable natural gas,... [Read More]
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Jan 11, 2016
Global Bioenergies, a French producer of isobutene, and fermentation technology supplier LanzaTech have made a new collaboration agreement to strengthen their innovations.
Global Bioenergies has developed a process in which a microorganism can produce isobutene from renewable feedstock.
Traditionally, the company's primary focus has been to use industrial-grade or waste-derived... [Read More]
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Jan 8, 2016
EXCLUSIVE: The Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) has reported that the UK's domestic use of wood-based biomass to generate electricity is expected to remain steady over the next five years.
The government department unveiled the announcement in its Wood Disclosure Survey 2015 published today (8 January 2015).
The document drew its conclusions from OFGEM... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 8, 2016
Utility kit specialist Fulcrum has become of the first independent utility infrastructure providers to enter the renewables market with a new biogas service.
Utilising its extensive experience and expertise in the delivery of gas, electricity and water infrastructure across Britain, Fulcrum is entering the renewables sector to provide pipelines that connect biogas plants... [Read More]
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Jan 7, 2016
The US' Department of Energy (DOE) has announced plans to issue funding opportunity announcements (FOAs) to support the development of bio-based hydrocarbon fuels and algae biomass.
According to the DOE, the FOA for algae biomass aims to support projects to develop technologies that are likely to succeed in producing 3,700 gallons (16,820 litres) of biofuel intermediate,... [Read More]
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Jan 7, 2016
Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has introduced legislation that aims to enact long-term extensions of several clean energy tax credits that benefit the bioenergy and biofuel sectors.
The bill, titled the "American Clean Energy Investment Act of 2015," or S. 2391, would permanently extend the production tax credit for renewable electricity generated from... [Read More]
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Jan 6, 2016
Veolia UK, a branch of the French Veolia Group, has announced that it has completed the acquisition of the business and assets of Boomeco, a waste wood processor and producer of Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF).
Based in Avonmouth, Bristol, the Boomeco site processes a variety of grades of wood into wood chips to be used in combined heat and power plants and produces RDF from... [Read More]
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Jan 6, 2016
The Anaerobic Digestion & Bioresources Association (ADBA) has welcomed the representative for the House of Commons Commission, Tom Brake MP's response to a recent Parliamentary question about Parliament's own food waste disposal strategy.
The association said that although the government is still "dragging" its feet over action to divert food waste from landfill through... [Read More]
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Jan 6, 2016
The European Commission (EC) has opened an investigation into whether a plan by Drax to convert a plant from coal to biomass breaches state aid rules.
The Commission said it would look into whether the move was unfair to competitors. Drax shares fell 3.3%.
The UK aims to close all coal-fired generators by 2025, and recently won EU clearance to support a biomass plant being... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 5, 2016
Bioenergy France 3, the French arm of Spanish biofuels producer Ambene, has obtained permission from local officials to build a 41MW biomass-fired cogeneration plant in the south of France.
According to SeeNews, the plant will be constructed in the Torremila industrial zone of Perpignan.
At the end of December, the Pyrenees-Orientales prefecture gave the green light to... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 5, 2016
Two green companies, Abutec and Roeslein Alternative Energy, are teaming up with Smithfield Foods to convert gas from animal waste into renewable energy.
Roeslein's partner, food producer Smithfield, houses nearly two million pigs through nine facilities, and they produce enough manure to make 2.2 billion cubic feet of natural gas.
Renewable energy specialist Roeslein... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 4, 2016
Ireland-based manufacturer Stream BioEnergy will build two identical anaerobic digestion (AD) plants in Cork and Dublin by 2017.
The AD firm has secured planning permission for both plants. The facilities worth, €50m, will create 100 jobs, according to the company.
The plants will convert food waste into fertilisers and biogas, which will generate electricity and... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 18, 2015
Blue Sphere Corp., a waste-to-energy deveoper, has completed the acquisition of four operating biogas facilities in Italy.
Blue Sphere has acquired 100% of the stock of Agricerere, Agrielektra, Agrisorse, and Gefa.
Individually, each fully operational facility generates 1MW/h of electricity which is sold to Gestore del Servizi Energetici GSE, a state-owned company that... [Read More]
Biomass News
Dec 17, 2015
Construction work has officially begun at Glennmont Partners’ Port Clarence Renewable Energy Plant in Stockton-on-Tees, UK.
Once completed, the £160 million (€220m) plant will burn 250,000 tonnes of waste wood annually to produce 40MW of combined heat and power.
Commercial operations at the plant are expected to begin in 2018.
The project was originally... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 16, 2015
UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) and Foresight Group have committed £1.7 million (€2.3m) to the construction of a £3.4m anaerobic digestion plant in Armagh, Northern Ireland.
The investment is being made through the Foresight-managed Recycling and Waste LP (RAW) fund, in which GIB is a cornerstone investor.
SQN Capital Management will also invest £1.7m... [Read More]
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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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