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Production has started at Drax Biomass’ (DBI) newest sustainable compressed wood pellet facility, LaSalle BioEnergy in Urania, Louisiana. “This is a very exciting moment, we have a dedicated and motivated work force that after months of upgrades, retrofits, and training is ready to produce,” said Pete Madden, President and Chief Executive Officer of Drax Biomass. “We knew…
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Miguel Arias Cañete, the European Union Commissioner for Energy and Climate Action, has inaugurated the new phase in the All-Gas project in the El Torno treatment plant in Chiclana, Cadiz. Co-financed by the European Commission with the Seventh Framework Programme, the All-Gas Project aims to demonstrate the large scale production of biofuels and biogas based on the cultivation of low cost…
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Following a recent audit by Bureau Veritas, CPL Carbon Link has achieved ISO14001:2015 environmental accreditation. Wigan based CPL Carbon Link is a provider of mobile carbon filtration systems and spent carbon reactivation services for purification applications in the water treatment, biogas and food industries among others. With a focus on environmental purification, CPL believed it was…
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Attis Innovations, a wholly owned subsidiary of Meridian Waste Solutions, has initiated commercialisation plans for its biomass processing facility. The company will immediately begin feedstock evaluation and assess potential locations for commercial scale operations. Over the past month, Attis has completed a series of acquisitions to strengthen its position in the bio-based economy. The company…
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Industrial shredder manufacturer UNTHA has signed a new distribution partnership with engineering firm Sun Earth. The new agreement between UNTHA and Yokohama based Sun Earth will see the Austrian company’s shredding technology supplied to waste and alternative fuel production facilities throughout Japan. It’s a move which will further UNTHA’s expansion into the Asian…
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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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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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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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International technology group Andritz will supply a boiler to a new biomass power plant set to be built on the premises of the MES shipyard in Ichihara, 30km east of Tokyo in the Chiba Prefecture. The new biomass power plant, fired with palm kernel shells and wood pellets, will generate around 50MW of power, meaning it will be able to supply approximately 100,000 households with clean energy…
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Bioenergy technologies combined with carbon capture and storage (CCS) can play a significant role in the UK’s future UK energy system, according to Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) strategy manager for bioenergy Hannah Evans. The ETI is a UK-based company formed from global industries and the UK government. It was formed in 2007, but its programme is officially ending at the…
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In his Autumn Budget, the UK’s Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond confirmed that there would be no fresh funds for new renewable energy projects levied through electricity bills until 2025 to help keep energy costs down. It said: "In order to protect consumers, the government will not introduce new low-carbon electricity levies until the burden of [energy] costs are falling. On the…
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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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Canadian biowaste and organic company Lystek International has been awarded a $1.5 million (€1.26m)-plus grant from the California Energy Commission’s Electric Program Investment Charge (EPIC) Program. The mandate of the EPIC Program focuses on funding for the creating of new energy solutions, fostering regional innovation, and bringing clean energy ideas to the marketplace. Approved…
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Estonian natural gas distributor Eesti Gaas has signed a contract with renewable fuels provider Rohegaas to buy around 11 million m3 of biomethane from the company over the next two years to sell at its compressed natural gas (CNG) stations. “I am very glad that in the new year we will start the sales of biomethane or green gas in all our compressed gas stations," said Raul Kotov, a…
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