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PowerHouse Energy Group moves forward with waste-to-hydrogen system design London-based clean energy company PowerHouse Energy Group announced that it had completed early design work on its UK-based 25 tonne-per-day synthetic gas (syngas) plant, according to news channel ProActive Investors. The pre-front-end engineering and design, or pre-FEED, stage validated the company's technology and its…
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A college in Vermont, US, is aiming to reduce its carbon footprint by producing renewable natural gas from food waste and manure. Middlebury College has entered into a partnership with Goodrich Family Farm in Salisbury, Vermont, Vanguard Renewables of Wellesley, Massachusetts and Vermont Gas. The new agreement will see Vanguard Renewables construct, own and operate a facility at Goodrich Family…
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The UK-based Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has announced a new fellowship programme at its 10 Years of Innovation Conference, in honour of the organisation’s late CEO and Royal Academy of Engineering fellow, Dr David Clarke, who passed away in February 2017. Launched in partnership with the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), the David Clarke Fellowship is a…
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Treated excrement from turkeys, chickens and other poultry, when converted to combustible solid biomass fuel, could replace approximately 10% of coal used in electricity generation, in turn reducing greenhouse gases and providing an alternative energy source, according to a new study by researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU). A statement from American Associates BGU notes that…
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EuropaBio, the European Association for Bioindustries, has called for an ambitious revision of the European Bioeconomy Strategy. According to the trade body, such a revision would help tackle climate change and meet the needs of a growing population whilst boosting Europe’s resource efficiency, competitiveness and long-term economic growth. “To achieve this, the revision must put in…
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The European Biomass Association (Aebiom) has unveiled a new ‘Bioenergy Day’ campaign to raise awareness on bioenergy’s "pivotal" role in the renewable energy transition. More than 20 European countries are expected to benefit from the campaign thanks to the support of 30 national associations and a dozen international trade federations. The ‘Bioenergy Day’ promotion…
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US-headquartered package delivery company UPS announced an agreement with Big Ox Energy (a wholly- owned subsidiary of Environmental Energy Capital) to purchase 10 million gallon equivalents of biomethane, also known as renewable natural gas (RNG) per year. This is the largest investment in RNG to date for the company, and the agreement runs through 2024. Use of RNG yields up to a 90% reduction…
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Ethiopia is pressing ahead with its waste-to-energy project in Addis Ababa, according to media reports. Around 97% of the “civil work of the project” is currently completed, UK-based Cambridge Industries Human Resource director Ermias Alemayehu told the Ethiopian Herald. According to Allafrica.com, the total budget of the project is $120 million. In a statement on the Cambridge…
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VerdEnergy, a Yorkshire-based company, has secured £200,000 (€224,000) to support its growth from NPIF – Mercia Debt Finance, which is part of the Northern Powerhouse Investment Fund. VerdEnergy supplies customers throughout the North of England from its headquarters in York, depots in Richmond and Goole and through its fleet of specialist delivery vehicles. The company was…
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Oil giant Total has teamed up with NGO GoodPlanet Foundation to ink an agreement for a project to deploy 8,400 biodiegesters in Telangana State, India, to improve the lives of 45,000 people and contribute to tackling climate change. Yann Arthus-Bertrand, President of the GoodPlanet Foundation, and Patrick Pouyanné, chairman and CEO of Total, signed the agreement today (20th November). This…
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A group of NGOs have called upon the British government to end subsidies for biomass and instead invest in other renewable sources. The Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and its partners the Dogwood Alliance and Southern Environmental Law Centre have written to Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond ahead of the upcoming Autumn Budget announcement. A significant amount of the…
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A scientist from the University of Manchester has argued that developing a modern bioenergy and biofuels system “has huge potential for providing sustainable, low-carbon energy facilitating a range of key sustainable development goals.” Dr Mirijam Roeder is a scientist from the University of Manchester’s School of Mechanical, Aerospace & Civil Engineering and Tyndall Centre…
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Economic tipping pints mean renewable energy will account for over half of electricity generation by the mid-202s in the UK and Germany, according to a new report. These findings are part of an economic study released by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) and commissioned by Eaton in partnership with trade body Renewable Energy Association (REA). This comes as the cost of generating energy from…
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Britain’s power supply is now the seventh cleanest in the world after climbing 13 places in a global league table, according to a new Electric Insights report. The report was  produced by researchers at Imperial College London, who in collaboration with power giant Drax, compared the carbon content of electricity supplies across various large countries between 2012 and 2016. They said…
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