Nov 5, 2013
Biogas plants on the up in South Africa
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Nov 5, 2013
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) is supporting a new biomass-fired power plant to be built in Ukraine by Biogasenergo, a subsidiary of EIG Engineering.
The project involves the development, construction and operation of the facility, which will burn 210,000 tonnes of woodchips for the production of 18MW of power.
To be built in Ivankiv in Kiev... [Read More]
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Nov 5, 2013
Nova Scotia Power has officially opened its 60MW Port Hawkesbury biomass plant in Canada.
The plant started full operations in July, generating both renewable power and steam.
'A project like the Port Hawkesbury biomass plant takes the cooperation and expertise of many partners to help bring it to a successful completion,' says Mark Sidebotton, Nova Scotia Power's VP of... [Read More]
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Nov 4, 2013
In a period of financial constraints and uncertain investors, a new initiative is attempting to inject a generous dose of optimism in the European biomass sector by gathering together companies and organisations in a user-friendly online map with a Wikipedia-approach model.
The idea of the repowermap.org is to show examples of renewable energy use and energy efficiency... [Read More]
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Nov 1, 2013
The development of two biomass-fired power plants in British Columbia, Canada has progressed with the announcement that Iberdrola Engineering will be building them.
Iberdrola was awarded contracts for both plants, worth a total €240 million. One facility will be located in Fort St. James, while the second is planned for Merritt. Total combined capacity is 80MW.
Iberdrola... [Read More]
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Oct 30, 2013
The European Bioenergy Research Institute (EBRI) has unveiled new facilities which will allow it to expand its bioenergy research and knowledge transfer activity.
The new £16.5 million (€19 million) development, funded jointly by the University and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), features research suites, laboratories and technology demonstration... [Read More]
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Oct 30, 2013
Vietnamese biopower producer Hau Giang Power Plant Joint Stock Company and Malaysia's CHE Group have signed a memorandum of understanding to build 20 biomass-fired power plants across southeast Vietnam.
The plants, each to generate 10MW of renewable energy, will use rice husk as feedstock. They will be located in six provinces: Dong Phap, Hau Giant, An Giang, Can Tho,... [Read More]
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Oct 28, 2013
Ashton Stewart Capital has closed the private offering of a combination of debt and equity for Gulf Coast Renewable Energy – a newly formed entity – for the acquisition of Bayou Wood Pellets.
Bayou is a Louisiana, US-based manufacturer of white wood pellets. The debt facility and the preferred equity units were purchased by a US-based private institutional... [Read More]
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Oct 28, 2013
New York-based renewable sugar producer Sweetwater Energy has formed a 50/50 joint venture with Naturally Scientific to produce sugar from waste carbon dioxide.
The new technology converts carbon dioxide taken directly from the emissions of industries such as ethanol refineries and natural gas power plants into usable sugars.
Sweetwater says the JV will expand its reach... [Read More]
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Oct 28, 2013
Emerald Biogas has opened its new anaerobic digestion plant in County Durham, UK.
The £8 million (€9 million) facility handles commercial food waste collected from around the area and uses this to generate renewable energy for around 2,000 households per year.
Antony Warren, director of Emerald Biogas, says: 'We are now in the position to accept and process... [Read More]
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Oct 28, 2013
Scientists at the Masdar Institute of Science and Technology have acquired 200 hectares of coastal land in the Western Region to set up a demonstration farm with aims to start producing sustainable jet fuel from plants.
The Integrated Seawater Energy and Agriculture System Project plans to be 100% sustainable once operational, using aquaculture to eventually produce biofuels.
The... [Read More]
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Oct 24, 2013
Power and gas company E.ON says it will not continue with the development of a biomass-fired power plant at the Port of Bristol in the UK.
The company, however, remains committed to investing in the UK. The facility was to be located at Portbury Dock.
In a statement a spokesperson for E.ON said: 'We continue to believe the UK could be a good market for investment in which... [Read More]
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Oct 24, 2013
Renewable fuels and chemicals company Amyris and GOL South American airline Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that could pave the way for GOL commercial flights to use Amyris renewable jet fuel in 2014.
Under the MoU, the two companies will establish a framework for bringing Amyris renewable jet fuel, produced from... [Read More]
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Oct 22, 2013
Renewable energy company Estover Energy's biomass-fired CHP plant has been granted planning consent.
The £65 million (€76.5 million) plant, to be built at Discovery Park in Kent, was awarded consent by Dover District Council. It will generate renewable heat and power across the 220 acre site. It will also supply low carbon electricity to the national grid, supporting... [Read More]
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Oct 18, 2013
Cool Planet Energy Systems, a developer of small-scale biorefineries, has launched its biochar soil amendment product – Cool Terra – for commercial agricultural trials.
The company has assembled a biochar research team to develop and produce high-performance biochar soil amendments designed for specific applications.
Cool Planet says it plans to continue expanding... [Read More]
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Oct 18, 2013
Helsingin Energia has collaborated with the Finnish Environment Institute and Tampere University of Technology to study the changes in the environmental impacts of the Salmisaari power plant when coal is replaced with small amounts of wood pellets.
It was concluded in the study that mixed combustion of wood pellets reduces the climate impacts of the power plant. However,... [Read More]
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Oct 18, 2013
Texas-based renewables company EM Biogas is selling its Huckabay Ridge anaerobic digestion plant.
The $26 million (€19 million) plant was erected in 2007. Comprising eight digesters with a capacity to handle 7.5 million gallons of digestate, the plant is one of the largest AD facilities in North America. The sale also includes around 72.5 acres of land, property improvements... [Read More]
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