Aug 7, 2014
Pöyry awarded EPCM contract for bioenergy project in Canada
Biomass News
Aug 7, 2014
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending up to PLN295 million (€71 million) to the Polish energy company Tauron Polish Energy for its investments in renewable energy and energy efficiency in southern Poland, to be completed by the end of 2016.
With the support of the EIB, Tauron Group will expand its electricity distribution networks and upgrade the existing... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 7, 2014
Ricardo-AEA, an international energy and environmental company specialising in consultancy, policy support and programme management, has been appointed by the European Commission's Directorate-General for Energy to review and update the reference values that help to determine the efficiency of combined heat and power (CHP) plants across the EU.
The combined generation... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 7, 2014
The Asia-Pacific (APAC) region's distributed combined heat and power (CHP) installed capacity will grow from around 37.7GW in 2013 to approximately 64GW by 2019, according to an analyst with research and consulting firm GlobalData.
Ankit Mathur, GlobalData's project manager for alternative energy, states that the region will spend almost $56 billion (€42 billion)... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 7, 2014
Waste recycling company Viridor has extended its contract with the Borough of Poole in the UK for the receipt and processing of residual and recyclable waste through to 2027. The extended arrangements provide the borough with continuing recovery and recycling solutions, overall budget savings and longer term continuity of budget security.
As part of this extended contract... [Read More]
Pellets News
Aug 7, 2014
US-based Zilkha Biomass Energy, a biomass solutions provider, is building a $90 million (€67 million) facility in Monticello, Arkansas, to manufacture its Zilkha Black Pellets.
'Power companies across the globe are looking for renewable energy alternatives and biomass wood pellets stand as one of the most practical and cost-effective solutions,' says Jack Holmes,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 30, 2014
Muntons, a UK-based malted ingredients company, is to build a £5.4 million (€6.8 million) anaerobic digestion plant at its Stowmarket HQ.
When it comes online mid-next year, the plant will treat liquid waste streams from the malt extract production process to generate up 500kWh of electricity – around 25% of Muntons' baseload requirement.
The plant will... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 30, 2014
Another Scottish distillery is to go green after receiving funding from the UK Green Investment Bank (GIB).
Balmenach Distillery in Speyside is the third such facility to benefit from the GIB's investment in the Scottish drinks industry.
The project will be financed using £5 million of funding announced last month. Balmenach itself will also contribute capital in... [Read More]
Pellets News
Jul 29, 2014
RusForest, a Swedish forestry company with operations in Russia, has sold its subsidiary, Ystad Pellets.
Ystad Pellets owns a non-core wood pellet mill that has been idle for several years in Ystad, Sweden.
RusForest expects to receive a total net amount of $600,000 (€446,500 million) in cash from the transaction. It has already received $200,000 of this amount from... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 28, 2014
In the US, BioCNG, a provider of biogas conditioning systems, will design and build one of these systems, along with gas pipeline, for the Persigo wastewater treatment plant (WWTP), which is jointly owned by the City of Grand Junction and Mesa County, Colorado.
The BioCNG system will produce around 500 gallons of petrol equivalent per day from the WWTP digester gas, which... [Read More]
Pellets News
Jul 28, 2014
PHI Group, a company focused on energy and natural resources, is to establish wood pellet factories in central and southern Vietnam after signing a memorandum of understanding with two Vietnamese wood processing companies.
The initial proposed combined capacities for the joint venture wood pellet plants are around 400,000 tonnes a year. PHI says it intends to own a minimum... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 28, 2014
Dalkia, an energy services provider and subsidiary of Veolia Environnement and Electricité de France (EDF), and the Canadian investment fund Fengate Capital Management are joining forces to develop what will be their second biomass power plant in Merritt, British Columbia, Canada.
This plant will consume 307,000 tonnes a year of biomass to generate 40MW of electricity.... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 28, 2014
Dong Energy Thermal Power is developing a renewable energy plant near Fredercia in Denmark that will supply district heating and power to local residents.
On 23 July, the Babcock and Wilcox Company (B&W) announced that B&W Vølund, a subsidiary of B&W Power Generation Group, was awarded a contract exceeding $80 million (€60 million) to build a 280MW-thermal... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 28, 2014
NEO Energy, a renewable energy company developing three AD plants in Massachusetts and Rhode Island in the US, has signed an agreement with Himark Biogas for their design, construction and start-up.
The plants will recycle food waste to produce renewable electricity and organic-based fertiliser.
'NEO's anaerobic digestion plants will recycle food waste generated by supermarkets,... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 28, 2014
Plans to build a £160 million (€202 million) biomass-fired power plant in Stockton-On-Tees, in the north of the UK, have been accepted and planning permission granted by Stockton Council.
Port Clarance Energy, a joint venture between Eco2 and Temporis Capital, is the behind the project, plans for which were submitted in April earlier this year.
The new power... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 22, 2014
Caraga Renewable Energy, a subsidiary and power generation arm of Eastern Petroleum, has been awarded a contract to operate the first phase of a 47MW biomass-fired power plant in Agusan del Norte, Philippines.
Phase one of the project will generate 23.5MW renewable energy. Caraga signed the contract in the municipality of Buenavista. Expected to cost $100 million (€74... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 22, 2014
US agriculture could provide up to 155 million tonnes of crop residues and 60 million tonnes of manure for the generation of clean fuels and electricity in 2030, according to new analysis by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS).
The UCS research found the top 10 states with the potential to use the residues left behind from crop harvest and livestock production, such... [Read More]
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