Sep 25, 2014
Greenlane Biogas sold to Pressure Technologies
Pellets News
Sep 25, 2014
Canfor is planning to construct two pellet production plants, one at each of its sawmill sites located at Chetwynd and Fort St. John in the Canadian province of British Columbia.
The plants, which will have a combined production capacity of 175,000 tonnes of wood pellets, will be developed and operated in partnership with Vancouver-based wood pellet fuel supplier Pacific... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 23, 2014
NPG Energy, a subsidiary of Enovos Luxembourg, has inaugurated its NPG BIO II biogas plant at the Deurganckdok at Antwerp Port. Inauguration of this renewable facility is the first of three openings to come over the coming year.
Speaking about the plant, which took 10 months to build, NPG Energy CEO and co-founder André Jurres says: 'The plant is primarily fuelled... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 22, 2014
The GwyriAD anaerobic digestion (AD) plant near Caernarfon, developed and operated by Biogen, is the first in Wales to achieve certification under REAL's not-for-profit Biofertiliser Certification Scheme (BCS).
The plant converts food waste into renewable electricity and a co-product called digestate, otherwise known as certified biofertiliser.
The plant, which will turn... [Read More]
Biomass News
Sep 22, 2014
Glennmont Partners, an investment firm dedicated to clean energy in Europe, has started operations at the 38MW Sleaford straw-fired renewable energy plant.
Sleaford will generate enough electricity to power 65,000 homes as well as providing free heat to local sports clubs and community facilities.
The plant was built by a consortium of Burmeister & Wain Scandinavian... [Read More]
Biomass News
Sep 19, 2014
The Nebraska Forest Service (NFS) will offer two cost-share assistance grants to organisations that are looking to install woody biomass-fired energy systems.
These grants are open to range of institutions including municipalities, universities, hospitals and greenhouses.
Funding for the programme has come from the Wildfire Control Act of 2013, which advocates the development... [Read More]
Biomass News
Sep 18, 2014
Renewable energy providers Procter & Gamble move forward with their biomass facility in Georgia, US.
The $230 million (€178 million) biomass facility has got permission from local officials to continue with the build and have received some tax incentives to bring the plant to operation.
The project has seven partners including Georgia Power, the Georgia Public... [Read More]
Other News
Sep 18, 2014
A new ethanol plant may be built in Onida, Iowa, US.
Plans started earlier this year for a facility that is capable of producing 70 million gallons per year of ethanol and 200 tonnes of distiller’s grain.
‘What ethanol has done for agriculture is help balance supply and demand,’ says Walt Wendland, who, along with Chris Schwarck, has been involved in... [Read More]
Biomass News
Sep 17, 2014
New Generation Power International, a global renewable energy company, will build three 11.5 MW wood biomass plants in Japan.
In collaboration, Chicago-based New Generation Power International (NGPI) and wood and biomass power specialist Nippon Energy Solution (NES) will initiate a new wood-based biomass energy generation project.
The project will include the construction... [Read More]
Other News
Sep 17, 2014
Renewable energy technology provider INEOS Bio is restarting its new cellulosic ethanol plant in Florida after contamination forced it to decrease production considerably.
The company has upgraded the facility's technology and is also finishing the installation of equipment to remove impurities from one of the plant's process streams. As a result, this contamination has... [Read More]
Biomass News
Sep 17, 2014
Irish renewable energy group Gaelectric has acquired Imperative Energy, a biomass energy provider.
Brendan McGrath, CEO, Gaelectric Group, says: 'Just 2% of the 60 million TOE (tonnes of oil equivalent) UK heat market, with 28 million TOE in commercial and industrial buildings, is currently provided by biomass. The continuing focus on sustainability, energy security and... [Read More]
Biomass News
Sep 17, 2014
Energy company E.ON’s £120 million biomass power station in Blackburn Meadows, Sheffield nears completion.
The 30MW facility in the Blackburn Meadows area is now in the final stages of construction and is due to be fully commissioned later this year.
It will burn locally-sourced waste wood to create electricity. Once fully operational, it will utilise an additional... [Read More]
Other News
Sep 16, 2014
Swedish Taurus Energy has partnered with France-based CIMV, and sent a proposal to the EU Commission detailing the construction of a demonstration plant for the production of ethanol from biomass.
The plan is for the demonstration plant will be built in France. Taurus Energy will be responsible for the yeast-based fermentation step in the process and the demonstration... [Read More]
Other News
Sep 16, 2014
The Lufthansa Group is operating its LH 190 flight from Frankfurt to Berlin Tegel using a 10% blend of the new biofuel component farnesane.
This is the first scheduled flight in Europe to run on this sugar-based bio-kerosene fuel mix.
A rig test at Lufthansa Technik's facility in Hamburg last year, as part of the EU's 'Blending Study' project preceded Lufthansa's... [Read More]
Pellets News
Sep 15, 2014
Biomass provider Enviva plans to build two new facilities in the US.
The plants, which will be located in Richmond and Sampson, North Carolina, will receive an investment of over $214.2 million (€166 million).
Enviva has manufacturing facilities in North Carolina, Mississippi, and Virginia, and so has an annual total production capacity of approximately 1.6 million... [Read More]
Biomass News
Sep 15, 2014
JFE Holding's Engineering unit will build a 50MW biomass plant for Erex in Oita prefecture, southwestern Japan.
The plant will use palm kernel shells and coal as fuel.
Production at the facility is expected to begin late 2016.... [Read More]
Pellets News
Sep 15, 2014
Russian-based sawmill company Asia-Les will start production of wood pellets at the facility in the Khabarovsk region, Russia.
The wood pellets will be delivered by Spanish firm Prodese. The Austrian company Springer is preparing the sawing line, while Swedish Valutec will handle the drying chambers and the management and measurement will be looked after by Italian company... [Read More]
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Natural State Renewables has announced a key strategic partnership with Axens as part of its plan to produce carbon-negative sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from surplus forest biomass
