Apr 1, 2014
Albioma acquires shares in Brazilian co-gen plant
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Apr 1, 2014
A new 7MW biogas power plant will be built in Saint Croix, US Virgin Islands after the project received government approval at the end of March.
Renewable energy development company Tibbar Energy is behind the project, which was granted final approval by the Virgin Island Department on Planning and Natural Resources' Division of Coastal Zone Management (CZM). The CMZ decision... [Read More]
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Mar 31, 2014
Swedish energy company Göteborg Energi has opened its new demonstration plant – GoBiGas – which will produce large volumes of biogas through the gasification of biomass.
The gasification technology installed at the site makes it possible to produce biofuel that will fuel 15,000 cars or 400 buses annually.
According to Kia Andreasson, municipal councillor... [Read More]
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Mar 31, 2014
Forth Energy, a joint venture between SSE and Forth Ports, says it is not continuing with plans to develop the Grangemouth and Rosyth biomass-fired power plants in the UK.
Both projects have gained consent from the Scottish government and Forth Energy is investigating options to attract other developers to take the projects forward.
As previously reported by Bioenergy... [Read More]
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Mar 31, 2014
Biogas company Methalandes of France is developing what will be the nation's largest anaerobic digestion plant to date in the town of Hagetmau.
The facility will be able to handle waste products from the agricultural and food sectors in order to produce 37.8 million kWh of electricity.
The construction contract for the new project has been awarded to Xergi; the company's... [Read More]
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Mar 27, 2014
UTS Biogas, a subsidiary of sustainable energy solutions company Anaergia, has commissioned a new biogas facility in Dagenham, London, UK, for TEG Environmental.
The 1.5MW facility, utilising a combination of anaerobic digestion and in-vessel composting technology, is located in the London Sustainable Industries Park.
Thanks to this combination of technologies, the facility... [Read More]
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Mar 25, 2014
Alaska Energy Authority (AEA) has plans to install 14 biomass boiler projects in 2014.
Six of these projects, located in the Galena, Kake, Ketchikan, Haines, Minto and Yakutat regions, will use $20 million (€14.4 million) from the state's Renewable Energy Fund.
Biomass boilers, designed to heat buildings, can be fuelled with cord wood, wood chips or wood pellets and... [Read More]
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Mar 24, 2014
Eternity Capital, a specialist in funding for waste management and environmental services companies in the UK and Europe, has started constructing an anaerobic digestion (AD) facility for producing biogas from agricultural and food waste in Cornwall, UK, with an investment of £9.6 million (€11.4 million).
The new facility will be built in collaboration with... [Read More]
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Mar 24, 2014
DTE Energy's biomass plant in northern California, US, has begun operations.
The plant, located on the site of a former coal-fired power facility, will use around 320,000 tonnes of woody biomass fuel a year to generate 45MW of power.
Biomass for the facility will be primarily derived from urban wood waste, tree trimmings and agricultural processes.
DTE purchased the site,... [Read More]
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Mar 24, 2014
General Electric has partnered with Malaysian biotechnology company, Green and Smart, to develop a palm oil effluent (POME) biogas plant to provide a waste-to-power solution for the country's power providers.
The plant is expected to begin operations by December this year, and will use GNS' technology in anaerobic digesters and GE's Jenbacher gas engine technology to produce... [Read More]
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Mar 24, 2014
Two Italy-based companies are to develop a 30MW biomass plant in the country's Ravenna region.
The Powercorp project, a joint venture between Enel Green Power and Seci Energia, will be built on an industrial site previously occupied the Eridania sugar refinery.
Fuelled by locally-sourced woodchip, the plant will have an estimated total annual output of 222GWh.
The €126... [Read More]
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Mar 24, 2014
Greenergy Holdings is reported to be selling its 60% stake in a company building an 18MW biomass power plant in Negros Occidental, a Philippines province, to a German hedge fund.
The company has agreed to sell its stake in Biomass Holdings, which is developing the P3.5 billion (€56.16 million), bagasse-fired power generation plant, to ThomasLloyd Cleantech Infrastructure... [Read More]
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Mar 17, 2014
Solvay, a renewable technology company, says it has produced industrial-scale volumes of torrefied biomass.
The new business will be run by the recently established Solvay Biomass Energy, a joint venture between Solvay and the US company New Biomass Energy (NBE).
The torrefied biomass is being produced at NBE's facility in Quitman, Mississippi. Current production of 80,000... [Read More]
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Mar 17, 2014
North America-based consumer packaging firm RockTenn and forest products business Simpson Lumber Company have signed an agreement whereby RockTenn will acquire the Simpson Tacoma Kraft paper mill for approximately $343 million (€246.6 million).
The Tacoma Kraft Mill located in the US state of Washington, operates a 55MW biomass cogeneration facility that was completed... [Read More]
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Mar 11, 2014
Britain's largest turkey producer, Bernard Matthews, has announced it will roll out 179 biomass boilers for installation in 21 of its turkey farms in Norfolk, Suffolk and Lincolnshire in a project deal with renewable energy solutions specialist Lumicity.
The project will reduce carbon emissions at the farms and allow Bernard Matthews to achieve fuel savings against its... [Read More]
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Mar 11, 2014
Geopower Energy, an alternative energy developer, has closed a private debt facility of $5 million (€3.6 million) to acquire a joint venture interest in the Blue Mountain biogas project located in the US state of Utah.
The note was subscribed by accredited private investors. Geopower used a portion of the capital to acquire the interest in the project and will use... [Read More]
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Mar 11, 2014
Global Business Power (GBPC) has plans to build a biomass power plant in the Philippines province of Negros Occidental, with a feasibility study expected to be completed in the third quarter this year.
The company will join with Roxas Holdings to undertake the project, while Pöyry Energy, a consulting and energy company, is undertaking the feasibility study to determine... [Read More]
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