May 5, 2015
New renewable energy project capable of powering 25,000 LA homes
Biomass News
May 1, 2015
Synthetic biology company Intrexon and FuturaGene, a wholly owned subsidiary of Suzano Papel e Celulose – the second largest producer of eucalyptus pulp in the world – have entered into an exclusive collaboration to increase biomass in eucalyptus and poplar trees.
The collaboration will utilise Intrexon's platform to design complex, innovative gene constructs... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 29, 2015
Sweden-headquartered Cleanergy, a specialist in the development, manufacture and deployment of energy solutions, has announced the first deployment of its GasBox at a municipal wastewater treatment plant in Germany.
Cleanergy's GasBox, which is at the heart of its complete combined heat and power (CHP) system, has been developed to generate electricity and heat from the... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 29, 2015
Verbio Vereinigte BioEnergie AG has successfully commissioned a site for the production of biomethane at Schwedt, Germany. The new plant uses a new internally generated technology to manufacture biomethane from 100% straw.
The development of this technology is supported by the European Union's NER 300 subsidy project, providing funding of up to €22.3 million over... [Read More]
Pellets News
Apr 27, 2015
AEK AG, a Swiss wood pellet manufacturer and subsidiary of energy provider AEK Energie, has started building a biomass drying facility at its pellet production site in Balsthal, Switzerland.
The new facility, which will cost a total of 9 million Swiss Francs (€8.5 million), will dry the raw biomass material before it is used to produce wood pellets.
In a statement,... [Read More]
Biomass News
Apr 27, 2015
Glenfarne Asset Company (GAC), a subsidiary of New York-based privately held energy and infrastructure firm Glenfarne Group, has launched Prime Energia which will establish a 400MW portfolio of power plants in Chile through a mix of brownfield acquisition and greenfield development. Prime Energia's recently acquired 50MW brownfield backup power plant in Chile is part of... [Read More]
Biomass News
Apr 27, 2015
Business energy company GDF Suez Energy UK has been awarded two new power purchase agreements (PPAs) – one by BWSC East Anglia (formerly ICENI Energy) and one by Templeborough Biomass Power Plant (formerly Brite Partnership (North East)).
The first agreement is to buy electricity generated by the Snetterton biomass plant in Norfolk when it opens in late 2016. Operated... [Read More]
Biomass News
Apr 27, 2015
In Japan, Nippon Paper Industries and Mitsubishi have agreed to establish Nippon Paper Ishinomaki Energy Center, an electric power generation company that will build and operate a renewable power plant using a combination of biomass and coal in Ishinomaki City, Miyagi Prefecture.
The new company will set up the electric power generation facility on the Hibarino site owned... [Read More]
Pellets News
Apr 24, 2015
The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) has reported that, in 2014, almost 75% of all US wood pellet exports were delivered to the UK, mainly for the purpose of generating electricity. Overall, US wood pellet exports increased by nearly 40% between 2013 and 2014, from 3.2 million tonnes to 4.4 million tonnes, as the US continues to be the largest wood pellet exporter... [Read More]
Policy News
Apr 22, 2015
SBP has announced that a further four Certification Bodies have been accepted as applicants and are now able to progress towards achieving SBP-approved status. The applicant Certification Bodies are: Forest Certification, KPMG Performance Registrar, PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) and SGS.
The SBP Framework of standards and processes enables producers of woody biomass to... [Read More]
Pellets News
Apr 22, 2015
Drax's biomass pellet storage, handling and loading facilities at the Port of Greater Baton Rouge are now complete and receiving pellets daily.
The first biomass pellets to pass through the facility have now been loaded onto the MV TBC Princess. This first vessel, which arrived on 19 April, forms part of the commissioning process, enabling Drax to test its ship loading... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 22, 2015
Blue Sphere, a clean energy company that develops, manages and owns waste-to-energy projects, has closed a joint venture with an affiliate of York Capital Management to develop, construct and operate a 3.2MW biogas generation facility in Johnston, Rhode Island under the management of Entropy Investment Management.
Under the terms of the JV, Blue Sphere owns 22.75% of the... [Read More]
Biomass News
Apr 20, 2015
Following an order placed in March 2013, Siwertell, part of Cargotec, has delivered, installed and commissioned two Siwertell ship unloaders at ABP's port of Immingham, UK.
Manufactured and assembled in Italy, the type ST790-D screw type unloaders are equipped with slewable gantry tail conveyors. They will be used to discharge wood pellets and coal to supply the Drax power... [Read More]
Biomass News
Apr 17, 2015
Energia Reino Verde (ERV) has signed an agreement for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) supervision of the 12MW biomass power plant that will be co-located with the 834 hectare (2,060 acre) Giant King Grass (GKG) plantation project in Nicaragua.
Viaspace owns a 50% interest in ERV, the special-purpose company that will own and operate the project. The... [Read More]
Biomass News
Apr 17, 2015
Albioma has signed final documentation relating to the acquisition of a 65% equity interest in Codora Energia, which owns a 48MW bagasse-fired cogeneration plant in the Brazilian state of Goiás.
The plant, commissioned in 2011, backs onto a distillery that currently processes 1.6 million tonnes of sugarcane annually. The distillery is owned by Jalles Machado, the... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 17, 2015
Shortly after the acquisition by its new owner Hitachi Zosen Inova AG, Hitachi Zosen Inova BioMethan (HZIB) has received an order to build a biogas upgrading plant in Wittenburg, Germany.
The agreement was signed last week between HZIB and the client, Munich-based Landwärme. The project comprises a plant with capacity to upgrade 700Nm3/hr of raw biogas, delivering... [Read More]
Biomass News
Apr 17, 2015
NexSteppe, a producer of sustainable feedstock solutions for the bio-based industries, sold more than 10,000 hectares (25,000 acres) of its Palo Alto biomass sorghums in Brazil this past growing season, compared to just over 1,000 hectares in the previous year.
Just as many of the leaders of the bio-based economy have begun proving their conversion technologies at commercial... [Read More]
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