Mar 11, 2014
Geopower acquires interest in biogas project
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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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Mar 11, 2014
Zilkha Biomass Energy, a renewable energy company providing the first commercially available water-resistant wood pellet, has agreed to license its Zilkha Black Pellet technology to Cate Street Capital, a developer of green technology companies.
Thermogen Industries, the pellet manufacturing subsidiary of Cate Street Capital, will use Zilkha's patented proprietary process... [Read More]
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Mar 7, 2014
A biomass plant in Dagenham, UK, previously owned by green power firm TEG Group has been handed over to new owners TEG Biogas.
The group will provide ongoing operating and maintenance services to TEG Biogas under a 15-year contract, with annual revenues of approximately £1.3 million.
The Dagenham facility will process 50,000 tonnes of food and green waste per year... [Read More]
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Mar 6, 2014
Albioma, a French biomass group specialising in generating electricity from sugarcane waste in France's overseas territories, has launched its first two biogas plants to capitalise on new regulations in the country.
The group opened two biogas plants in the region – with capacities of 2 and 0.5MW respectively - around Poitiers in 2013 and has plans to open three... [Read More]
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Mar 6, 2014
British independent renewable energy developer RES has announced it is ceasing work on its £300 million (€362.1 million) biomass power station project at the Port of Blyth in Northumberland.
RES' decision follows the withdrawal of a key project partner in late 2013 due to ongoing uncertainty in UK energy policy.
The company says the government's 'inconsistent'... [Read More]
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Mar 4, 2014
A new study by the University of Georgia has found that European power plants burning wood pellets imported from the southern US to generate electricity are emitting 50% less greenhouse gases than when traditional fossil fuels are used.
European power utilities must meet a legal mandate by 2020 which requires at least 20% of all energy consumed in the European Union to... [Read More]
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Mar 3, 2014
UK-based pellet fuel supplier Midland Bio Energy has announced ambitious plans for its business this year.
The company recently moved into a new, larger premises around 10 miles from its previous site. Its 6000 ft2 is located in Nuneaton, Warwickshire.
'The building we now occupy is less than four years old; with all the benefits a new building can offer,' says managing... [Read More]
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Mar 3, 2014
Three biomass plants worth a total of PHP3.3 billion (€53.3 million) are to be constructed in the Philippines province of Bukidnon.
Each power plant, costing PHP1 billion each, will have the capacity to produce 10-MW of electricity to boost the power supply requirements of the feed millers in the province and its neighbouring areas.
The Department of Energy (DOE)... [Read More]
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Mar 3, 2014
A new biogas plant is being built at the Crapo Hill landfill site in Dartmouth in Massachusetts, the US.
CommonWealth Resource Management (CRM) is developing the facility, in cooperation with the landfill owner, Greater New Bedford Regional Refuse Management District.
The facility, according to a statement from CRM, will produce biogas for use as a supplemental fuel by... [Read More]
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Mar 3, 2014
Cool Planet Energy Systems, a technology company producing green fuels and biochar products, has started building its fi¬rst commercial facility in the US state of Louisiana.
Called Project Genesis, the new facility is designed to produce 10 million gallons a year of high octane renewable petrol blendstocks, as well as biochar, all made from sustainable wood residues.... [Read More]
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Mar 1, 2014
Engineering company Spencer Group has delivered the first project as part of a £150 million (€182 million) investment in biomass handling operations at the Humber Ports, UK.
As part of a 15-year contract between port operator Associated British Ports (ABP) and Drax Power, Spencer has delivered a facility at the Port of Hull – the first to be completed... [Read More]
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Feb 27, 2014
Manchester High Court has decided in favour of a controversial biomass plant, due to be built in Davyhulme, Greater Manchester, UK.
The £70 million (€85.1 million) Barton Renewable Energy Plant will be built by Peel Holdings, reportedly 500m from the nearest homes – a proposal that led local councils and residents to challenge the project.
However, objections... [Read More]
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Feb 25, 2014
Tamar Energy, a biogas plant developer based in the UK, is progressing with its anaerobic digestion facility in Hertfordshire, which will convert food waste into 3MW.
Under a recently awarded £14.5 million (€17.6 million) contract, Imtech Water, Waste and Energy will build the new plant, designed to handle around 66,000 tonnes a year of leftover food into enough... [Read More]
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Feb 25, 2014
AFC Energy plc, a UK-based industrial fuel cell power company, has signed a new cooperation agreement in Bangkok to accelerate the adoption of its fuel cell systems in proposed energy-from-waste (EfW) projects in Thailand.
The agreement, comprising a memorandum of understanding (MoU), was signed between AFC Energy, Waste2Tricity International (Thailand) and Alter NRG.... [Read More]
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Feb 25, 2014
The US Army Corps of Engineers, Engineering and Support Center in Huntsville, Alabama, in conjunction with the Army Energy Initiatives Task Force (EITF), has awarded 20 base contracts to companies in three of the four energy-related technologies that are part of the $7 billion (€5 billion) capacity, large-scale renewable and alternative energy power production Multiple... [Read More]
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Feb 24, 2014
Two 999kW biogas plants have opened in the Czech Republic locations of Velké Meziříčí and Velká Bíteš.
The first plant, based in Velké Meziříčí and owned by Energoklastr CTT, handles corn silage, cattle slurry and manure, and sugar beet pulp sourced from local farmers. The energy generated from these materials... [Read More]
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