Jul 22, 2014
Gas processing contract in Stockholm awarded to Schmack Carbotec
Biogas News
Jul 22, 2014
The first of eight France-based gas-to-grid (GtG) projects being developed by MT-Energie, a provider of anaerobic digestion (AD) and biogas upgrading systems, has started injecting upgraded biomethane into the gas grid.
According to a company statement, a group of farmers from the Champagne region are behind the eight projects in France after they decided to become 'energy... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 21, 2014
AT Capital, a Singapore-based $2.5 billion (€1.8 billion) private investment fund, has invested around $40 million in renewable energy projects developed by India's Orange Group.
The Orange Group focuses on biomass, as well as hydro, wind and solar energy. With plans of becoming one of the leading renewable energy companies in India, targeting 1,000MW of power generation... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 21, 2014
Pure Energy Group (PEG) has joined the American Biogas Council (ABC), a US trade association representing organisations dedicated to maximising the production and use of biogas from organic waste.
PEG recently finished building its waste-to-energy system at a brewery in the region of SanFrancisco Bay Area, and expects it to reach full production capacity later this year.
'The... [Read More]
Pellets News
Jul 21, 2014
Waycross-headquartered E-Pellets has acquired the formerly shuttered Louisiana Pacific OSB mill in Athens, Georgia for $13 million (€9.6 million), with plans to convert it into a wood pellet production plant.
It is estimated that the new plant will manufacture around 450,000 tonnes of wood pellets a year. These pellets would be exported to the European Union for use... [Read More]
Other News
Jul 15, 2014
Drax Biomass, a development and operating company focused on manufacturing wood pellets from biomass, is moving its US headquarters to Atlanta, Georgia.
The news was announced by the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDEcD), who also said the move will create 50 jobs in the Sandy Springs area over the next five years.
Drax Biomass is said to be investing over... [Read More]
Other News
Jul 15, 2014
Cobalt Technologies, a producer of bio n-butanol as a renewable fuel and chemical, has signed a global cooperation and supply agreement with Andritz to integrate its lignocellulosic pre-treatment process for the production of n-butanol with Andritz's customized pre-treatment systems.
The primary alcohol, n-butanol is a widely used industrial chemical found in paints, lacquers... [Read More]
Other News
Jul 15, 2014
Scotia Atlantic Biomass, a subsidiary of renewable energy firm Viridis Energy, has entered into an agreement with Halifax Grain Elevator which will see Halifax invest up to $1 million (€700,000) in the subsidiary.
Halifax Grain, a bulk grain handling and storage provider at the Port of Halifax, provides segregated storage using 365 silos ready for transport via cargo... [Read More]
Other News
Jul 15, 2014
Bluesphere, a clean energy company that develops, manages and owns waste-to-energy projects, has received a term sheet from private equity fund manager Energy Power Partners (EPP).
The term sheet includes full equity financing of over $15 million (€ million) for its 3.2MW biogas project in Johnston, Rhode Island. The facility will generate electricity from biogas... [Read More]
Other News
Jul 14, 2014
Elevance Renewable Sciences, a specialty chemicals company, has created a new collaboration with Genting Plantations through Genting Integrated Biorefinery (GIB), to be located in the Palm Oil Industrial Cluster (POIC) in Malaysia.
The 25:75 collaboration between Elevance and Genting Plantations will build a 240,000 tonne metathesis biorefinery based on Elevance's proprietary... [Read More]
Other News
Jul 14, 2014
Per Aarsleff, a Denmark-based contracting company, has signed an agreement to develop what it is calling 'Northern Europe's largest biogas plant' on a 12 hectare plot in the Danish town of Tønder.
The contract value of the biogas plant in Tønder is approximately DKK300 million (€40 million). There is also an option to build a similar plant in Aabenraa... [Read More]
Other News
Jul 10, 2014
ReFood, is expanding its anaerobic digestion (AD) plant located in South Yorkshire, UK.
The new extension will see the size of the plant in Doncaster doubled, making it the largest food waste AD plant in the UK to date.
Last December ReFood secured planning consent to accept 160,000 tonnes of food waste at Doncaster that would otherwise go to landfill. The plant will generate... [Read More]
Other News
Jul 8, 2014
In the Philippines, Greenergy Holdings has sold its 60% share in Biomass Holdings.
Biomass Holdings, the venture of Greenergy and investment holding firm Cleantech Projektgesellschaft, last year started building an 18MW sugarcane bagasse-fired renewable energy plant. This project, which is being constructed adjacent to the existing San Carlos ethanol plant, is slated for... [Read More]
Other News
Jul 8, 2014
The German parliament approved an amended Renewable Energy Act (EEG) on27 June.
According to the new EEG, biogas production in Germany will be capped from 1 August to 100MW a year and Feed-in Tariffs will be gradually withdrawn from all new plants above 100kW.
The European Biogas Association (EBA) has criticised this decision, which it calls a 'U-turn in German biogas... [Read More]
Other News
Jul 8, 2014
Shipments of wood pellets from North America to Europe have doubled in two years, according to research compiled by the North American Wood Fiber Review, which reports that shipments reached 4.7 million tonnes last year.
In 2013, pellets with a value exceeding $650 million (€478 million) were sent to Europe, an increase of more than 250% in just two years. Two-thirds... [Read More]
Other News
Jul 8, 2014
Viaspace, a producer of renewable Giant King Grass as a low carbon fuel for clean electricity generation, has signed a supply contract with bioenergy project developer ReSource Bioenergy to supply its energy grass for bioenergy projects in Jamaica.
ReSource, which is incorporated in New York and has operations in California and Jamaica, is working to develop a commercially... [Read More]
Other News
Jul 7, 2014
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has announced that a €150 million framework million loan will be made available to Banco Santander Chile for financing projects contributing to climate change mitigation, especially large and medium-scale renewable energy schemes.
These projects include biomass, wind, solar photovoltaic and concentrated solar power, in addition to... [Read More]
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