Jul 14, 2014
Aarsleff to build 'largest biogas plant in Northern Europe'
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Jul 10, 2014
ReFood, is expanding its anaerobic digestion (AD) plant located in South Yorkshire, UK.
The new extension will see the size of the plant in Doncaster doubled, making it the largest food waste AD plant in the UK to date.
Last December ReFood secured planning consent to accept 160,000 tonnes of food waste at Doncaster that would otherwise go to landfill. The plant will generate... [Read More]
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Jul 8, 2014
In the Philippines, Greenergy Holdings has sold its 60% share in Biomass Holdings.
Biomass Holdings, the venture of Greenergy and investment holding firm Cleantech Projektgesellschaft, last year started building an 18MW sugarcane bagasse-fired renewable energy plant. This project, which is being constructed adjacent to the existing San Carlos ethanol plant, is slated for... [Read More]
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Jul 8, 2014
The German parliament approved an amended Renewable Energy Act (EEG) on27 June.
According to the new EEG, biogas production in Germany will be capped from 1 August to 100MW a year and Feed-in Tariffs will be gradually withdrawn from all new plants above 100kW.
The European Biogas Association (EBA) has criticised this decision, which it calls a 'U-turn in German biogas... [Read More]
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Jul 8, 2014
Shipments of wood pellets from North America to Europe have doubled in two years, according to research compiled by the North American Wood Fiber Review, which reports that shipments reached 4.7 million tonnes last year.
In 2013, pellets with a value exceeding $650 million (€478 million) were sent to Europe, an increase of more than 250% in just two years. Two-thirds... [Read More]
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Jul 8, 2014
Viaspace, a producer of renewable Giant King Grass as a low carbon fuel for clean electricity generation, has signed a supply contract with bioenergy project developer ReSource Bioenergy to supply its energy grass for bioenergy projects in Jamaica.
ReSource, which is incorporated in New York and has operations in California and Jamaica, is working to develop a commercially... [Read More]
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Jul 7, 2014
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has announced that a €150 million framework million loan will be made available to Banco Santander Chile for financing projects contributing to climate change mitigation, especially large and medium-scale renewable energy schemes.
These projects include biomass, wind, solar photovoltaic and concentrated solar power, in addition to... [Read More]
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Jul 7, 2014
In the Philippines, First Quenzon Biogas – a consortium of local poultry owners – is developing a 6MW peak load biogas plant.
The plant will be delivered by Envitec Biogas, the first contract to be signed by the company in the Philippines. The plant is expected to deliver over 24 million kWh of renewable energy once construction has finished.
The project will... [Read More]
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Jul 7, 2014
General Electric (GE) is to acquire Monsal, an anaerobic digestion and biogas company based in the UK.
In a statement, GE says the move will enable it to 'help municipalities and industrial manufacturers shift from disposing wastewater treatment by-products to generating renewable energy and other value from their streams'.
'For many years, GE has been working to further... [Read More]
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Jul 1, 2014
React Energy, an infrastructure developer and operator which focuses on the production of clean energy in the UK, has released an operational update, in which it announced the issuance of a £1.5 million (€1.9 million) secured loan note (SLN).
The SLN is intended to fund the ongoing development of the group through organic and acquisitive growth.
React is currently... [Read More]
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Jul 1, 2014
Canada-based forestry company TimberWest Forest is planning a $60 million (€44 million) wood pellet production plant in Vancouver Island Nanaimo, British Columbia.
Ground could break on the plant as early as Q4 this year, with operations due to commence within a year. When production begins, the facility will manufacture 200,000 tonnes of wood pellets annually, produced... [Read More]
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Jul 1, 2014
A unit of energy company First Energy Service is building a wood-fired biomass plant to be located in Oita Prefecture, Japan.
Sumitomo Mitsui Banking and partners will provide a 6.3 billion yen (€45 million) loan for the 18MW plant, Bloomberg reports, which was signed by a group of banks including the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ and Mizuho Bank.
In addition, Sumitomo... [Read More]
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Jun 30, 2014
Forest Fuels, a UK wood fuel supply company, says it is among the first UK biomass fuel suppliers to be included as an approved supplier on the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) Biomass Suppliers List (BSL) for both woodchips and wood pellets.
Buying fuel from a BSL approved supplier satisfies some of the new requirements which boiler owners need to meet in... [Read More]
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Jun 30, 2014
In North Carolina, US, the largest renewable energy facility using swine waste as feedstock has been officially opened.
The ribbon cutting ceremony took place at the Storms Hog Power (SHP) site at the Storms Hog Farm near Bladenboro. The plant has been designed to produce 600kW when operating at full capacity.
The 600kW plant has been in near constant operation since it... [Read More]
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Jun 30, 2014
E.ON UK has produced renewable energy for the first time at its Blackburn Meadows biomass plant in Sheffield.
The £120 million (€150 million) Blackburn Meadows plant is now the third biomass facility in E.ON UK's generation portfolio and can provide enough energy to power around 40,000 homes.
The 30MW renewable energy plant will convert locally sourced recycled... [Read More]
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Jun 24, 2014
A biomass-fired power plant in the Aurangabad district of Maharashtra, India has been destroyed following a fire on 22 June.
According to reports, the fire started in a bagasse pile kept on the plant's premises. No one was hurt and the cause of the fire is under investigation.
Fire fighters were still working to fully extinguish the blaze on 23 June.... [Read More]
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Jun 24, 2014
Finnish pulp and paper manufacturer Stora Enso has acquired 100% of the shares of the US-based company Virdia, a developer of extraction and separation technologies for conversion of cellulosic biomass into highly refined sugars and lignin.
The transaction is valued at $33 million (€24 million), with additional potential payouts totalling approximately $29 million... [Read More]
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