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Sep 4, 2014
Project Liberty, the US's first commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plant, located in Emmetsburg, Iowa, has been officially opened.
A joint venture of DSM and Poet, Project Liberty will convert 285,000 tonnes a year of biomass sourced from within a 45-mile radius of the plant into renewable fuel. Feedstocks will include baled corn cobs, leaves, husk and stalk.
The plant... [Read More]
Pellets News
Sep 2, 2014
RusForest AB, a Swedish forestry company with operations in Russia, has released its second quarter 2014 report.
Within this report the company revealed that, during the three months ended 30 June, it produced 12,830 tonnes of wood pellets at its production plant in Arkhangelsk.
Additionally, revenue from continuing operations during this period reached $17.8 million (€13.5... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 2, 2014
MT-Energie UK, a provider of anaerobic digestion plants in the UK, will build and integrate additional digesters for two existing AD operations in the UK: on the Apsley Estate in Hampshire, and at Clayton Hall Farm, West Yorkshire.
In both cases MT-Energie has been chosen to assess and carry out all works relating to the plant expansion, in some cases replacing components... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 2, 2014
Eco Sustainable Solutions, the owner of a food waste AD plant in Dorset, UK, is expanding the facility with the addition of a further 1.1MW of food waste processing capacity.
The expansion contract has been awarded to Weltec Biopower UK, which built the original Eco-Dorset AD plant and commissioned it in 2012. The extension will be completed by the end of this year.
The... [Read More]
Biomass News
Sep 2, 2014
It has been reported that GDF Suez's Belgian subsidiary, Electrabel, has resumed operations at its Max Green Rodenhuize biomass-fired power plant in Ghent.
According to Platts, operations restarted on 28 August after an agreement was reached with authorities and stakeholders over the renewal of green certificates.
The Ghent plant is able to handle up to 850,000 tonnes... [Read More]
Biomass News
Sep 2, 2014
Technology start-up company Algae Systems, along with Japan's IHI Corp, has completed the demonstration of a new biofuel production approach. Algae Systems is a group company of IHI Corp based on a joint venture partnership with Algae Systems' founders
The process involved converting algae and wastewater into both energy and clean water. The demo plant, located in Daphne,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 2, 2014
The UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) is investing £64 million (€80.8 million) into a new energy from waste plant in Derby.
The project is being developed by Derby City and Derbyshire County Councils, alongside sponsors Interserve and Shanks Group. GIB will provide long-term loan financing alongside Germany's Bayerische Landesbank and Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Banking,... [Read More]
Biomass News
Sep 2, 2014
Engineering firm Spencer Group has delivered the first project as part of a £150 million (€190 million) investment in biomass handling operations at the Humber Ports, UK.
The facility is the first to be completed to support a 15-year contract between port operator Associated British Ports (ABP) and Drax Power to enable sustainable biomass to be transported to... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 27, 2014
Clean energy company Bluesphere has announced it is pursuing a strategy to work in partnership with landfill owners to convert harmful methane gas emissions from landfills into electricity.
The process is based in readily available technology that is already being used in various parts of the US and other parts of the world.
Methane can be converted into energy by drilling... [Read More]
Pellets News
Aug 26, 2014
Rentech, the owner and operator of wood fibre processing, wood pellet production and nitrogenfertiliser manufacturing businesses, has released selected financial results for the three and six months ended June 30 2014.
In a statement, Rentech CEO and president Hunt Ramsbottom commented: 'Our wood fibre businesses continue to grow. Construction of our Canadian wood pellet... [Read More]
Biomass News
Aug 26, 2014
Construction on a $35 million (€26.5 million) 10MW biomass-fired power plant in Nadroga, Fiji has begun following the formation of a joint venture between Tropik Wood Industries Fiji and Korea-based Gimco.
According to reports, the investment for the project will be sourced locally as well as through overseas funding. A timeframe of 28 months has been allocated, with... [Read More]
Pellets News
Aug 26, 2014
Kleangas Energy Technologies (KGET), a producer of alternative clean technologies and products that promote energy efficiency, has shipped 200 tonnes of wood pellets to Busan, South Korea as part of its current purchase order.
According to a statement, this shipment is different to previous ones in that it is being packaged for consumer use in 18kg bags instead of commercial... [Read More]
Biomass News
Aug 26, 2014
The Speyside biomass power station in Moray, Scotland has been guaranteed £48 million (€60 million) of finance by the UK government, and a further £26 million from international infrastructure investor John Laing and the Green Investment Bank (GIB).
The new woodchip combined heat and power (CHP) plant will supply 87.4GWh of renewable electricity per annum... [Read More]
Pellets News
Aug 26, 2014
Highland Pellets, a private development group which builds industrial wood pellet plants in the US Southeast and upper Midwest regions, announced the building of a 500,000 tonne per year wood pellet facility in Pine Bluff, Arkansas.
The $130 million (€98.5 million) plant will create over 35 direct jobs and a further 482 indirect jobs.
Highland Pellets Chairman Tom... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 15, 2014
Installation and construction is almost complete on an anaerobic digestion plant scheduled to open at Calgren Renewable Fuels at the end of September in California, US.
DVO is behind project, which will be fitted with its Two-Stage Mixed Plug Flow AD technology. It is the company's first installation in California, and the state's only next-generation anaerobic digester.
The... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 13, 2014
Roeslein Alternative Energy (REA), a producer of renewable natural gas, and Murphy-Brown, the livestock production subsidiary of Smithfield Foods, have started building an $80 million (€60 million) biogas plant in Missouri, US.
The biogas will be extracted from hog manure, sourced from Murphy-Brown's hog 'finishing farms', in 88 lagoons using anaerobic digestion technology... [Read More]
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