Feb 2, 2016
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Feb 2, 2016
The US House of Representatives has passed the Electrify Africa Act to help develop renewable electricity supply in the sub-Saharan Africa.
The bill, which passed on Monday and will now be sent to President Obama to be signed, sets a framework for a public-private partnership between the US and sub-Saharan governments to “develop an appropriate mix of power solutions”,... [Read More]
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Feb 1, 2016
North Yorkshire-based industrial shredding firm UNTHA UK has appointed a new managing director.
Marcus Brew takes the reins at the helm of the company, following a promotion from his previous role of sales director.
Chris Oldfield, who has led the shredding business since 1997, will become chairman, concentrating on UNTHA UK's over-arching strategic direction and other... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 29, 2016
Macedonia’s Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Economy has opened the country’s first anaerobic digestion facility.
Minister Mihail Cvetkov cut the ribbon at the €20 million Pelagonija AD facility, located at a cattle farm in the city of Bitola.
“I hope there will be similar investments in agriculture in the future with funds provided by... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 29, 2016
Orthios, a UK sustainable energy company, is preparing to begin work on two combined food and power plants in the UK.
To be located at a former Anglesey Aluminium in Wales at Holyhead, Anglesey, the £1 billion (€1.3bn) Orthios Eco Park will process waste wood to produce 299MW of electricity, enough to power 300,000 homes.
The heat produced during power generation... [Read More]
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Jan 29, 2016
Waste and resource management company Biffa is creating a network of strategic food waste transfer stations across the UK, as it continues to focus on the anaerobic digestion (AD) market.
Biffa is making a £1.5m investment into four new food waste transfer stations across the UK, which will be used to collect and sort food waste before it is sent to be treated at... [Read More]
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Jan 29, 2016
The UK government has been advised to not alter its 57% carbon emissions reduction, despite the call for more ambitious action by the Paris climate agreement.
The Committee on Climate Change (CCC), a government climate watchdog, made its latest recommendations for the UK’s fifth carbon budget in a letter sent to Energy Secretary Amber Rudd.
In the letter, the CCC... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 28, 2016
Danish Babcock & Wilcox Vølund (BWV), a subsidiary of the US-based Babcock & Wilcox, has been awarded a $90 million (€82.5m) contract for constructing a bioenergy plant in the UK
The contract to design, manufacture, and build the waste-to-energy plant near Haresfield, Gloucestershire, was awarded by a joint venture of Urbased and Balfour Beatty.
The... [Read More]
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Jan 28, 2016
Mandatory separate collections for biowaste and recyclables should be put in place by EU member states, according to a new report published by the European Commission (EC).
The research, Assessment of separate collection schemes in the 28 capitals of the EU, was led by the Copenhagen Resource Institute and German consultancy BiPRO and assessed the legislation and practice... [Read More]
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Jan 27, 2016
Raisio, a Finland-based food group, will build a bioenergy plant in the town it shares its name with in southwest Finland.
The 9.5MW plant, worth around €8m, will be powered by locally-produced wood chips. The facility will produce steam and heating for the company's operations and for businesses in the Raisio area.
In a statement, Raisio said the construction of... [Read More]
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Jan 27, 2016
A UK-based equestrian training centre has installed two new wood pellet boilers from Sweden-based biofuel heating manufacturer Ariterm.
The boilers provide energy and heat to several of the Yorkshire Riding Centre's (YRC) buildings, including a guest house, lodges and chalets. They are connected to a 2400L pre-insulated thermal accumulator vessel to provide a central... [Read More]
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Jan 27, 2016
A group of US states opposing the Obama administration’s Clean Power Plan have gone into court to delay the enforcement of the new regulations.
Led by West Virginia and Texas, 25 states have asked the Supreme Court to stop the greenhouse gas reduction rulings from taking effect until after the states’ legal challenge is resolved.
The call came after a Washington... [Read More]
Pellets News
Jan 26, 2016
The European Commission (EC) has opened a formal investigation procedure related to the planned UK subsidy contract for a 645MW biomass-fired power unit of Drax.
Drax is working to convert to biomass three of the six coal-powered generators at the Drax Power Station in North Yorkshire.
The third unit is planned to receive a Contract for Difference (CfD), which means the... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 26, 2016
Asia Biogas, an Irish-Singaporean-owned bioenergy developer, has begun commercial operation at 12,300MWh per year biogas plant in Thailand.
Krabi Waste to Energy Co., a subsidiary of Asia Biogas, will operate first phase the plant, which is located in the tourist region of Krabi.
The project generates electricity using two CAT CG170-12 engines, supplied by Metro Machinery,... [Read More]
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Jan 25, 2016
Ua Withya, a Thailand-based transmission line tower manufacturer, has approved the acquisition of two biomass power plants in the Buriram province for around $25.46m.
According to local news website Deal Street Asia, the power plants, Advance Bio Power and Satuk Biomass, have a combined generating capacity of 17.4MW, which will enhance UWC's total capacity to 48MW.
UWC... [Read More]
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Jan 25, 2016
The Government of Tanzania is working with the Norwegian Embassy and the Netherland Government to fund a two-year drive to promote the use of domestic biogas in rural Tanzania.
According to news website The Daily News, the East African country will implement the plan via its Government-run Rural Energy Agency - a body which aims to support the use of modern energy.
The... [Read More]
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Jan 22, 2016
French recycling and recovery group Suez has bought a 52% stake in Meta Bio Energies' waste recycling centre in a bid to strengthen its biowaste-to-energy activities.
France-based Meta Bio Energies, owned by French firm Chazé Environment Group, specialises in biowaste-to-energy recovery by methanation and the production of organic soil conditioners.
Strategically... [Read More]
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Teagasc has released a substantial new research report examining the role of farm-based feedstocks in supporting the development of Ireland’s emerging biomethane industry
The company aims to repurpose land, grid connections and cooling infrastructure that date back to the site’s coal-generation era
The first project, located in Biburg, Lower Bavaria, represents EnviTec’s debut in the Bavarian market following the construction of 112 biogas plants across Germany
