Sep 23, 2015
Estonia turns to biomethane to fuel public transport
Biomass News
Sep 22, 2015
Sustainable Biomass Partners (SBP), an industry-led initiative formed by major European renewable energy utilities, has announced that NSF International (NSF) has become an SBP-approved certification body.
NSF has provided evidence that it meets the SBP requirements regarding its existing accreditations and has demonstrated sufficient resource and competence to manage... [Read More]
Biomass News
Sep 22, 2015
Using sustainable biomass as a source of energy could reduce the cost of meeting the UK’s 2050 carbon targets by more than 1% of GDP helping to make low carbon energy more affordable for consumers and businesses, according to a report from the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI).
The insight report ‘Enabling UK Biomass’ looks at the challenges for scaling-up... [Read More]
Biomass News
Sep 21, 2015
Glennmont Partners has completed the £160 million (€220 million) purchase of the Port Clarence Energy Project from ECO2 and Temporis Capital on behalf of its dedicated clean energy fund, Glennmont Clean Energy Fund Europe II.
The Port Clarence Energy Project will see a new biomass power generation plant built at Port Clarence, Stockton-on-Tees, UK, providing... [Read More]
Biomass News
Sep 21, 2015
Power plant specialist Burmeister & Wain Scandinavian Contractor (BWSC) will be delivering a high-efficiency biomass combined heat and power (CHP) plant in Cramlington, UK.
The construction of the 27.8MW plant is backed by solid UK green energy investors and is in line with the UK target of efficient and renewable energy.
The Cramlington project will be yet another... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 18, 2015
Zebec Energy is set to start building an anaerobic digestion (AD) plant in Seacombe, UK, after the project was given the go-ahead by local authorities.
Once built, the plant will have the capacity to process 36,000 tonnes of waste feedstock a year to produce enough biomethane to power more than 4,300 homes.
Zebec also plans to construct a 1.4 mile pipeline to export surplus... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 18, 2015
Protesting residents in the village of Farnsfield, UK, have stopped the construction of an anaerobic digestion plant over fears of potential smell.
Hundreds of protesters, under the slogan ‘Stop the Stink’, campaigned against the AD plant Freshgro, a company set up by nearby farmers, had proposed build in Farnsfield.
The plant, which would have used food and... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 17, 2015
Mixers and pumps made by Landia, a Danish processing equipment manufacturer, are contributing to the success of the Bygrave Lodge AD plant in Hertfordshire, UK, designed, built, and run by Biogen.
Processing 45,000 tonnes of food waste each year from supermarkets, food processors, households, and the hospitality industry, the 2MW Bygrave Lodge plant uses a total of four... [Read More]
Other News
Sep 17, 2015
Viessmann, a German manufacturer of heating, industrial, and refrigeration systems, has begun marketing synthetic natural gas (SNG) produced from surplus renewable electricity by means of a biological power-to-gas method for the first time in the world.
The first plant of its kind to produce this type of SNG went into operation at the beginning of March this year, and... [Read More]
Other News
Sep 17, 2015
EcoEnergy Scandinavia, a Swedish renewables developer, has signed a memorandum of understanding to construct a 100MW biofuels plant in Ukraine.
The development and initial phase of construction will require an investment $120 million (€106.4 million), according to the Dnipropetrovsk Regional State Administration (DRSA).
The Investment Centre at the DRSA has proposed... [Read More]
Pellets News
Sep 17, 2015
The Sustainable Biomass Partnership (SBP), an industry-led initiative by major biomass energy producers, is asking interested parties to provide feedback on draft regional risk assessments (RRA) for the three Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
RRAs are a key part of SBP’s focus on identifying and mitigating any risks associated with sourcing feedstock... [Read More]
Other News
Sep 16, 2015
Turboden, part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) and provider of organic rankine cycle (ORC) turbogenerators for distributed power generation employing renewable sources and waste heat, has signed an order with Starwood, producer of medium density fibreboard (MDF), for a new cogeneration plant in Bursa, Turkey.
The Turboden ORC system will produce 5.5MW of electric... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 16, 2015
Greenlane Biogas, a global supplier of integrated biogas upgrading solutions, has received a contract to provide engineering services to CR&R Waste & Recycling for its biogas-to-renewable natural gas (RNG) project in Perris, California.
Greenlance will detail a design solution to make the RNG produced at the CR&R facility conform to the Californian Rule 30... [Read More]
Biomass News
Sep 15, 2015
MBI, a US-based biotech company, has been granted a patent (patent no. 9,102,964) for its Afex biomass pre-treatment technology by the US Patent and Trademark Office.
The Afex technology enables energy producers to utilise the nearly 2 billion tonnes of biomass left on the fields annually after the harvest of crops such as corn, wheat, and rice and turn it into feedstock... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 15, 2015
Mickram, a UK-based renewable energy company, is considering an investment of £3 million (€4 million) to construct a 9GW anaerobic digestion (AD) plant.
Plans for the plant, which would be located in King’s Lynn, are set to be submitted to local authorities for consideration next year if the project moves forward.
Mickram is currently operating a wind... [Read More]
Biomass News
Sep 14, 2015
Porvoo Energy aims to increase its production capacity for district heat at its site in Loviisa, Finland, with the construction of a new boiler plant.
Work at the €7 million expansion to the plant, which will see the use of renewable fuels on energy production increase from 70% to 90%, has already begun.
KPA Unicon will supply the site with a Biograte 10MWth biomass... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 14, 2015
Construction of North America’s first closed-loop fully-integrated organics waste management system is underway at the Orgaworld Surrey site in the city of Surrey, British Columbia, Canada.
The construction began earlier this year on the biofuels processing facility, which will convert kitchen and yard waste into renewable natural gas to fuel Surrey’s rubbish... [Read More]
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