Dec 4, 2015
Number of UK biomethane plants could quadruple by 2021
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Dec 3, 2015
Three pasteurisation systems made by Landia are helping Shropshire Energy produce 2.5MW of renewable energy at its AD plant in Littleport, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Designed as a free-standing unit that heat-treats organic waste so that the resulting thin substance can be used as an energy-efficient substrate, each of the three 8m3 pasteurisers at Shropshire Energy is fitted... [Read More]
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Dec 2, 2015
Vega Biofuels has entered into a joint venture agreement to manufacture green energy products from industrial hemp.
The joint venture (JV) company includes Vega Biofuels and Oregon, US-based Now Corp., and it will operate under the name Vega Now from the Now Corp.'s property in Colorado.
The two companies will be working together to test industrial hemp as a feedstock... [Read More]
Pellets News
Dec 1, 2015
UK energy regulator, Ofgem, has published a summary of the results of its benchmarking exercise of voluntary schemes against the UK's Renewables Obligation land criteria for woody biomass.
The SBP Framework has been evaluated and found to be fully compliant with the legislation. The summary of results can be found in Ofgem's updated Renewables Obligation: Sustainability... [Read More]
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Dec 1, 2015
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released the final volume requirements for bioethanol under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) for the years 2014, 2015, and 2016.
In addition, the final volume requirements for biodiesel for 2014 and 2017.
The EPA has increased the required levels from its earlier suggestion in June, and hopes that the rule will boost renewable... [Read More]
Pellets News
Nov 30, 2015
Statkraft, a European renewable energy generator, has shipped over 3,000 tonnes of woodchips to a customer in Denmark.
The consignment is the first woodchip cargo to be shipped from Statkraft's new biomass trading hub which opened in August at the site of the former Södra Cell paper mill, located south of Oslo, Norway, at Tofte.
Statkraft is processing round wood... [Read More]
Pellets News
Nov 26, 2015
The US fuel manufacturer Energex has been qualified into the Pellet Fuels Institute (PFI) Standards Program, a third-party accreditation programme providing specifications for residential and commercial-grade pellet fuel.
Energex has qualified its Mifflintown, Pennsylvania, and Lac-Megantic, Quebec, facilities, becoming the eighth company to join the PFI Standards Program.
The... [Read More]
Biomass News
Nov 26, 2015
E.ON UK, a subsidiary of the German power company E.ON has confirmed that Ironbridge Power Station in Shropshire will cease commercial generation and will close permanently following.
The iconic plant, which has reached its 20,000 hours limit of generation under the Large Combustion Plant Directive, was officially first synchronised to the grid by former E.ON colleague... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 25, 2015
Full Circle Generation, a UK green investment consortium, is planning to build a major waste-to-energy farm in Northern Ireland.
The Belfast Waste for Energy site, to be located at aerospace company Bombardier’s factory, is set to become one of, if not the largest waste energy facility in Northern Ireland at an annual capacity of 61GWh, enough to power 14,500 homes.
An... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 25, 2015
Sierra Energy has chosen Andy Egan as its engineering and procurement partner in delivering renewable energy solutions to the US Army and California Energy Commission.
Andy Egan’s first mission will be to design and fabricate the FastOx gasification system at Fort Hunter Liggett, a US Army garrison in California.
FastOx gasification will assist the Army in achieving... [Read More]
Pellets News
Nov 25, 2015
Rentech, a US wood fibre processing company, says its Atikokan plant in Ontario, Canada, has achieved record production of approximately 1,850 tonnes of pellets for the week ended 14 November.
The plant’s design capacity is 110,000 tpy, or 2,115 tonnes a week.
Pellet production at the company’s Wawa facility recently resumed, having been offline to modify the... [Read More]
Biomass News
Nov 24, 2015
Bioenergy Infrastructure Group (BIG), a platform established to invest and operate biomass plants in the UK, has reached financial close on its second waste-to-energy project.
The new £200 million (€284 million) plant has a 25MW capacity and will be located on 7.5 acres in Hull, East Yorkshire.
BIG was established by cornerstone investor Infracapital, alongside... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 23, 2015
Constellation, a subsidiary of Exelon Corp., and LA Sanitation have begun the construction of a 25MW biogas-fueled cogeneration plant.
The facility will supply 100% of the steam and electricity produced to power LA Sanitation’s Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant in Los Angeles, US.
Commercial operation of the Hyperion cogeneration plant is scheduled for the end... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 23, 2015
The city of Toyohashi in the Aichi Prefecture, Japan, is planning to set up a combined biomass power generation facility.
The Toyohashi plant, projected to be finished in 2017, will base its operations on collecting biodegradable waste from the city’s population of 380,000.
To fund the scheme, Toyohashi Municipal Government is reaching out to private finance initiatives.
‘This... [Read More]
Biomass News
Nov 20, 2015
Aalborg Energie Technik, a Danish biomass engineering company, has received an order for the conversion of Østkraft's 20-year-old boiler plant to combust biomass instead of coal.
The conversion and rebuilding with installation and commissioning will take place from July to September 2016.
After the conversion the plant will be capable of firing any combination of... [Read More]
Biomass News
Nov 19, 2015
MPC Capital, a German investment company, is set to construct an 18MW biomass power plant in Brazil.
The plant, which will be fed by rice husk, will be built in the city of Itaqui, Rio Grande do Sul state.
Building is projected to start in 2016 with an investment of BRL208 million (€51.2m).
The Itaqui plant, with an annual processing capacity of 140,000 tonnes of... [Read More]
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Nov 18, 2015
Monsanto and Novozymes have announced a new acreage target for 2025 that will guide the companies’ microbials business for the next decade.
The two partners in The BioAg Alliance are develop new microbial solutions for global agriculture and project that their products will be used on 250-500 million acres globally by 2025, equivalent to 25-50% of all US farmland.
Currently... [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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