Jul 28, 2014
PHI Group to set up wood pellet factories in Vietnam
Biomass News
Jul 28, 2014
Dalkia, an energy services provider and subsidiary of Veolia Environnement and Electricité de France (EDF), and the Canadian investment fund Fengate Capital Management are joining forces to develop what will be their second biomass power plant in Merritt, British Columbia, Canada.
This plant will consume 307,000 tonnes a year of biomass to generate 40MW of electricity.... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 28, 2014
Dong Energy Thermal Power is developing a renewable energy plant near Fredercia in Denmark that will supply district heating and power to local residents.
On 23 July, the Babcock and Wilcox Company (B&W) announced that B&W Vølund, a subsidiary of B&W Power Generation Group, was awarded a contract exceeding $80 million (€60 million) to build a 280MW-thermal... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 28, 2014
NEO Energy, a renewable energy company developing three AD plants in Massachusetts and Rhode Island in the US, has signed an agreement with Himark Biogas for their design, construction and start-up.
The plants will recycle food waste to produce renewable electricity and organic-based fertiliser.
'NEO's anaerobic digestion plants will recycle food waste generated by supermarkets,... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 28, 2014
Plans to build a £160 million (€202 million) biomass-fired power plant in Stockton-On-Tees, in the north of the UK, have been accepted and planning permission granted by Stockton Council.
Port Clarance Energy, a joint venture between Eco2 and Temporis Capital, is the behind the project, plans for which were submitted in April earlier this year.
The new power... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 22, 2014
Caraga Renewable Energy, a subsidiary and power generation arm of Eastern Petroleum, has been awarded a contract to operate the first phase of a 47MW biomass-fired power plant in Agusan del Norte, Philippines.
Phase one of the project will generate 23.5MW renewable energy. Caraga signed the contract in the municipality of Buenavista. Expected to cost $100 million (€74... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 22, 2014
US agriculture could provide up to 155 million tonnes of crop residues and 60 million tonnes of manure for the generation of clean fuels and electricity in 2030, according to new analysis by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS).
The UCS research found the top 10 states with the potential to use the residues left behind from crop harvest and livestock production, such... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 22, 2014
Schmack Carbotech, a supplier of complete systems for biogas projects, has been awarded a contract to build a plant, with a processing capacity of 2,000 Nm3/hr of raw biogas, in Sofielund Huddinge, Stockholm.
Gas with a methane content of 97% after purification will be produced for use as a biofuel in vehicles powered by natural gas. Locally sourced organic waste and leftover... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 22, 2014
The first of eight France-based gas-to-grid (GtG) projects being developed by MT-Energie, a provider of anaerobic digestion (AD) and biogas upgrading systems, has started injecting upgraded biomethane into the gas grid.
According to a company statement, a group of farmers from the Champagne region are behind the eight projects in France after they decided to become 'energy... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 21, 2014
AT Capital, a Singapore-based $2.5 billion (€1.8 billion) private investment fund, has invested around $40 million in renewable energy projects developed by India's Orange Group.
The Orange Group focuses on biomass, as well as hydro, wind and solar energy. With plans of becoming one of the leading renewable energy companies in India, targeting 1,000MW of power generation... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 21, 2014
Pure Energy Group (PEG) has joined the American Biogas Council (ABC), a US trade association representing organisations dedicated to maximising the production and use of biogas from organic waste.
PEG recently finished building its waste-to-energy system at a brewery in the region of SanFrancisco Bay Area, and expects it to reach full production capacity later this year.
'The... [Read More]
Pellets News
Jul 21, 2014
Waycross-headquartered E-Pellets has acquired the formerly shuttered Louisiana Pacific OSB mill in Athens, Georgia for $13 million (€9.6 million), with plans to convert it into a wood pellet production plant.
It is estimated that the new plant will manufacture around 450,000 tonnes of wood pellets a year. These pellets would be exported to the European Union for use... [Read More]
Other News
Jul 15, 2014
Drax Biomass, a development and operating company focused on manufacturing wood pellets from biomass, is moving its US headquarters to Atlanta, Georgia.
The news was announced by the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD), who also said the move will create 50 jobs in the Sandy Springs area over the next five years.
Drax Biomass is said to be investing over... [Read More]
Other News
Jul 15, 2014
Cobalt Technologies, a producer of bio n-butanol as a renewable fuel and chemical, has signed a global cooperation and supply agreement with Andritz to integrate its lignocellulosic pre-treatment process for the production of n-butanol with Andritz's customized pre-treatment systems.
The primary alcohol, n-butanol is a widely used industrial chemical found in paints, lacquers... [Read More]
Other News
Jul 15, 2014
Scotia Atlantic Biomass, a subsidiary of renewable energy firm Viridis Energy, has entered into an agreement with Halifax Grain Elevator which will see Halifax invest up to $1 million (€700,000) in the subsidiary.
Halifax Grain, a bulk grain handling and storage provider at the Port of Halifax, provides segregated storage using 365 silos ready for transport via cargo... [Read More]
Other News
Jul 15, 2014
Bluesphere, a clean energy company that develops, manages and owns waste-to-energy projects, has received a term sheet from private equity fund manager Energy Power Partners (EPP).
The term sheet includes full equity financing of over $15 million (€ million) for its 3.2MW biogas project in Johnston, Rhode Island. The facility will generate electricity from biogas... [Read More]
Other News
Jul 14, 2014
Elevance Renewable Sciences, a specialty chemicals company, has created a new collaboration with Genting Plantations through Genting Integrated Biorefinery (GIB), to be located in the Palm Oil Industrial Cluster (POIC) in Malaysia.
The 25:75 collaboration between Elevance and Genting Plantations will build a 240,000 tonne metathesis biorefinery based on Elevance's proprietary... [Read More]
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