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Two EU-funded projects have called for the creation of an “embryonic” European biomethane market to encourage its use as a transport fuel. This was concluded at a conference held by the two projects called BIOSURF (Biomethane as sustainable and renewable fuel) and Bin2Grid on 24 November, 2017, in Brussels. The projects are aimed at increasing the production and use of biomethane in…
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Cory Riverside Energy, a UK-based recycling, energy recovery and resource management company, has revealed ambitious plans to build an integrated, low-carbon energy park at its site in Belvedere, south east London. The energy park would complement Cory’s existing Riverside energy recovery facility (ERF), and comprise a range of technologies including waste energy recovery, anaerobic…
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The European Parliament Committee for Industry, Research and Energy has voted to adopt a target of at least 35% renewables in the EU’s energy mix by 2030. The vote, on 28 November, was in response to a report by José Blanco, MEP from the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats, on the percentages of renewable energy in heating and cooling. Blanco said: “The industry…
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Japan’s Osaka Gas Company has launched a pilot project in Thailand to determine the feasibility of supplying natural gas to vehicles by continuously removing carbon dioxide and other impurities from biogas generated from agricultural waste, and refining it into high purity methane gas. The ultimate goal of the pilot is to realise a full commercial operation. The project has been launched in…
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Chonburi Clean Energy (CCE), a joint venture company established by waste management firm Suez, WHA Utilities and Power, and Glow Energy, has begun work on an industrial waste-to-energy power plant in Chonburi, Thailand. According to Suez, the facility is the first waste-to-energy plant in Southeast Asia to meet European emission standards. With a designed capacity of 8.63MW, the $59 million…
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SENER is set to design, supply, build and commission a new, low emission biomass electricity plant in Huelva, Spain. Engineering and technology group SENER has signed a contract with ENCE Energía y Celulosa for the turnkey arrangement that will see SENER operate and maintain the new facility during its first years of operation. The new facility will be an electricity generation plant using…
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Sweden-headquartered H&M is taking discarded clothing to a combined heat and power (CHP) station in Stockholm, according to media reports. The CHP station in Vasteras, northwest of Stockholm, is converting from oil-and coal-fired generation to become a fossil fuel-free facility by 2020, according to a report in Bloomberg. In a statement, H&M stated that it will only incinerate clothes…
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Barrow Green Gas (BGG) has been confirmed as the UK’s biggest shipper and supplier of biomethane, as the Green Gas Certification Scheme has revealed that sales of Green Gas Certificates have hit a total of 1TWh of biomethane This 1TWh biomethane, also known as green gas, is enough to power 83,000 UK homes for a year. More than half of this biomethane has been supplied by Barrow Green Gas,…
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The UK’s Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA) has welcomed the British government’s new Industrial Strategy White Paper, saying that anaerobic digestion (AD) can play a key role in ‘enhancing’ Britain’s industrial capacity. Key features of the White Paper are agri-tech and the circular economy. Anaerobic digestion plays an important role in both…
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Bord na Móna, an Irish energy company, will soon seek government approval for plans to invest €60 million in building a wood pellet factory in the US, according to the Irish Times. It was announced in September 2016 that the state owned company wanted to build a pellet plant in Georgia that would turn willow trees into pellets for export to the Republic of Ireland as fuel for…
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One of Europe’s largest private sector forest owners and a major player in the bioeconomy, Bergvik Skog is undergoing structural changes as part of a plan to acquire new forest assets and secure its supply of feedstock. Bergvik Skog owns approximately 2.3 million hectares of land in Sweden and about 0.1 million hectares in Latvia. As well as certified wood fibre sales and leasing out land…
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Estonian natural gas distributor Eesti Gaas has signed a contract with renewable fuels provider Rohegaas to buy around 11 million m3 of biomethane from the company over the next two years to sell at its compressed natural gas (CNG) stations. “I am very glad that in the new year we will start the sales of biomethane or green gas in all our compressed gas stations," said Raul Kotov, a…
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Canadian biowaste and organic company Lystek International has been awarded a $1.5 million (€1.26m)-plus grant from the California Energy Commission’s Electric Program Investment Charge (EPIC) Program. The mandate of the EPIC Program focuses on funding for the creating of new energy solutions, fostering regional innovation, and bringing clean energy ideas to the marketplace. Approved…
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International technology group Andritz will supply a boiler to a new biomass power plant set to be built on the premises of the MES shipyard in Ichihara, 30km east of Tokyo in the Chiba Prefecture. The new biomass power plant, fired with palm kernel shells and wood pellets, will generate around 50MW of power, meaning it will be able to supply approximately 100,000 households with clean energy…
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