Nov 19, 2013
Biomass plant on the horizon for Brazil
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Nov 18, 2013
A 160,000 tonne per year anaerobic digestion facility that will process food waste into biogas for energy generation has been awarded planning permission in Dagenham, London.
The green light for the plant, which is being developed by ReFood - a part of the Doncaster, UK-based PDM Group - was given by the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham.
ReFood explains that the... [Read More]
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Nov 15, 2013
Power provider Hoosier Energy has started up its landfill gas-to-energy plant in Illinois, US.
Located at the 460 acre Livingston Landfill, the refurbished Livingston Renewable Energy Station generates 15MW of electricity for approximately 9,000 homes in Illinois and Indiana.
Hoosier partnered with the landfill owner and operator as well as Ameresco – the company... [Read More]
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Nov 13, 2013
Dalkia Energia has opened its €80.8 million biomass combined heat and power (CHP) plant in Hungary.
Located in the city of Pecs, the project has the capacity to generate 35MW of power and 70MW of heat from 240,000 tonnes a year of straw feedstock. This is estimated to cut CO¬2 emissions by around 150,000 tonnes a year.
The new plant will provide 60% of the city's... [Read More]
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Nov 13, 2013
Capital Dynamics, the private asset manager for a UK-based pension fund, has acquired a number of biomass power plants in New South Wales, Australia.
The total 68MW portfolio includes two fully operational base-load plants that produce power and steam from local sugarcane waste and other biomass fuel sources. The power and steam is sold under long-term contracts to nearby... [Read More]
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Nov 13, 2013
We Energies, a US electricity services provider, has opened its biomass-fuelled power plant on the site of Domtar's paper mill in Rothschild, Wisconsin.
The new plant will generate 50MW of renewable electricity from wood, waste wood and sawdust.
'The addition of the biomass plant enables us to produce renewable energy on demand,' says Gale Klappa, president and CEO of... [Read More]
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Nov 13, 2013
Neste Oil, a refining and marketing company concentrating on low-emission traffic fuels, is to promote the deployment of sustainable aviation biofuels in the Netherlands after committing to a Dutch initiative for the sector.
Neste is to explore the production opportunities for aviation biofuel and scaling up production. Its renewable fuel refinery... [Read More]
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Nov 11, 2013
Brazil-based construction business Odebrecht is believed to be planning to separate the cogeneration from its sugar and ethanol operations to create a new bioelectricity company.Odebrecht currently produces 816MW of electricity by burning the sugarcane bagasse left over from its production of sugar, but it is believed the 2013/14 harvest will be able to generate about... [Read More]
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Nov 11, 2013
Science and technology company Battelle has developed a mobile device that converts biomass materials, such as woodchips and agricultural waste, into bio-oil using catalytic pyrolysis.
This intermediate bio-oil can be upgraded via hydrotreatment into a gas/diesel blend or jet fuel. Testing of the bio-based fuel alternative produced by Battelle suggests it can be blended... [Read More]
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Nov 11, 2013
Ernst Biomass' pellet plant in New Jersey, US has been damaged after a fire broke out on 9 November.
The incident is reported to have caused $50,000 (€37,330) worth of damage to equipment such as the facility's conveyor system. Nobody was injured but production at the facility was temporarily suspended.
The cause of the fire has not yet been determined but it is thought... [Read More]
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Nov 8, 2013
Lime Energy has sold its 2.8MW landfill gas-to-energy project in Florida to Green Gas Americas, a developer of waste gas to power projects.
The sale came about through the acquisition of GES-Port Charlotte, a subsidiary of Lime Energy, which owns the landfill gas facility.
The plant, built on the Charlotte County landfill, generates and sells power to Orlando Utilities... [Read More]
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Nov 8, 2013
Augusta Renewable Energy, a division of First Generation Energy and the Augusta Economic Development Authority, is to build a biogas plant in Georgia, US.
The anaerobic digestion facility, which will primarily use spent coffee grounds from the new Starbucks Soluble site, is estimated to cost in the region $20 million (€15 million).
First Generation Energy has formed... [Read More]
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Nov 8, 2013
Scotland-based energy company Kilmac Group has purchased biomass company Eco Biomass for an undisclosed amount.
It is hoped the acquisition will boost Kilmac's renewables division which deals with civil engineering and construction. The company's other divisions are construction and energy.
All staff at Eco Biomass will transfer over as part of the agreement.
Kilmac co-founder... [Read More]
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Nov 8, 2013
Statkraft, a power purchase agreement provider, has signed a long-term power purchase agreement with Eco2.
The agreement includes the purchase of power from Eco2's Brigg renewable energy plant, a 40MW biomass-fired power station in Lincolnshire, UK.
Once operational, the biomass plant will generate 40MW of renewable energy – enough to benefit 70,000 households –... [Read More]
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Nov 7, 2013
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded nearly $10 million (€7.3 million) to a consortium, led by Colorado State University (CSU), to study the challenges limiting the use of insect-killed trees as a sustainable feedstock for bioenergy and renewable fuels.
CSU researchers, together with other scientists from universities, government and private industry... [Read More]
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Nov 6, 2013
A biomass refinery in Malaysia is set to become the second in the world to convert biomass waste into renewable products before 2017.
Work is scheduled to begin on the facility in Johor by the end of 2014 and will be developed by MYBiomass, a collaboration between the Malaysian Industry Government Group for High Technology (MIGHT), renewable energy business Sime Darby... [Read More]
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Nov 5, 2013
Nippon Paper Industries is reported to have started operations at its new biomass in Port Angeles in Washington, US.
The new $85 million (€63 million) co-generation plant at the site of Nippon's existing mill is not yet fully operational; this is slated to begin by the end of 2013 when it will generate electricity and steam from forest wood waste.
The majority of... [Read More]
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