Dec 11, 2013
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Dec 10, 2013
Concord Blue, a waste solutions company, and fermentation technology supplier LanzaTech have entered into an agreement to produce fuels and chemicals from waste materials.
Under the agreement, LanzaTech will install a Concord Blue reformer at its facility in Georgia, US to convert waste biomass from regional forestry operations into syngas. The syngas will be converted... [Read More]
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Dec 10, 2013
A new biomass power plant at Drax power station in Yorkshire, UK has opened.
The biomass power plant now burns wood pellets sourced from the US instead of coal, slashing its carbon emissions by 80%.
By 2016, £700 million (€837 million) will have been invested to convert three of the plant's six coal-fired generating units to biomass.
The facility was opened... [Read More]
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Dec 9, 2013
Pinnacle Renewable Energy and Coast Tsimshian Resources (CTR) have signed an agreement to build a new wood pellet plant in British Columbia, Canada.
'A wood pellet plant provides a solution for low-end fibre that is sustainable and makes the best use of our forest resources,' CTR board chair Garry Reece was reported to have said.
Pinnacle already owns six wood pellet production... [Read More]
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Dec 9, 2013
Construction has started on a $6 million (€4.4 million) biogas plant in Bekes, Hungary, UPI reports.
Hidashati Farm is behind the 1.2MW project and commissioned Biogaz Unio to build the plant.
The plant will handle animal waste to generate 1.2MW of renewable energy – enough power for 2,500 homes and heat for 1,500 homes a year.
The feedstock for the plant will... [Read More]
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Dec 6, 2013
Empee Sugars has decided to sell its 10MW biomass-based power plant in Tamil Nadu.
The plant, located on a 14-acre land parcel in Pudukottai district, has power purchase agreements for third party sale to industries.
According to the senior officials, the company hopes to concentrate on larger power plants it operates under the power division and there are plans for expansion... [Read More]
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Dec 5, 2013
Future Biogas, a UK-based builder and operator of anaerobic digestion plants, is to become the first registered producer to join the Biomethane Certification Scheme (BMCS) run by private limited company Green Gas Trading.
The BMCS is an independent certification scheme was set up to provide both a credible process for certifying biomethane and a trading platform to facilitate... [Read More]
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Dec 4, 2013
German Pellets has announced that its US wood pellet production facility in Woodville, Texas has received ENplus certification.
The certification confirms that the facility, which commenced operations this summer, is producing high-quality product, thus securing a high level of security of supply for customers in Europe. German Pellets says its import of ENplus pellets... [Read More]
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Dec 3, 2013
Global technology provider of specialised biofuels and renewable chemicals, Biochemtex, is to invest around $200 million (€147 million) in its new cellulosic biofuels plant in Sampson County, North Carolina, US.
The firm will operate at the location as Carolina Cellulosic Biofuels, established in early 2013 as a special purpose vehicle for delivering the first commercial-scale... [Read More]
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Dec 2, 2013
Biomass and waste-to-energy provider DP Cleantech has developed a biomass combustion technology to convert coconut waste into clean energy.
DP recently signed a contract to deliver the new turnkey solution for the Mahachai Green Power project in Samut Sakhon Province, Thailand. The 9.5MWe high pressure, high temperature plant will be delivered on an EPC basis including... [Read More]
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Dec 2, 2013
Cory Environmental, a UK-based recycling, waste management and energy recovery company, has launched its first anaerobic digestion plant in Weston-super-Mare.
The plant can generate up to 500kW of energy per hour for onsite use and export to the national grid using around 12,000 tonnes of food waste a year. Around 7,500 tonnes of this feedstock is part of a seven year... [Read More]
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Nov 29, 2013
Ottowa, Canada-based biotechnology firm Iogen will see construction begin on a commercial-scale facility based on its technology after a 10-year wait.
The company announced that the plant will now be built in Brazil instead of Canada as originally intended.
Raízen Energia Participacoes (REP) has signed a deal to license Iogen's biomass-to-ethanol technology, which... [Read More]
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Nov 29, 2013
A wood panel manufacturer on the border of Shropshire and north Wales, UK is to abandon plans for a massive biomass plant to produce its own heat and electricity.
Owners of the Kronospan factory will instead submit a new planning application to build a smaller plant that will generate heat only.
Mike McKenna, company chairman, says that the international owners of the... [Read More]
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Nov 28, 2013
Work on a Hawaii biomass facility that was expected to generate 10% of the island's electricity needs has been halted until the developer, Hu Honua Bioenergy, receives the final regulatory permits and approvals, according to John Sylvia, the company's CEO.
The company is waiting on final regulatory permits and approvals, and has had to extend the construction schedule... [Read More]
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Nov 28, 2013
The Romanian Commercial Bank (BCR) has announced a financing deal with First Biogaz, a member of Austria's Biogest, for the construction of a 1.5MW biogas plant in northern Romania.
According to Marin Schlerka, Biogest CEO, the plant requires an investment of around €6 million ($8 million) and its output can cover the energy consumption of around 4,500 households.
Tobias... [Read More]
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Nov 26, 2013
M&G Chemicals, among the three largest producers of PET resin for packaging applications in the world, has announced plans to construct a second-generation biorefinery in the region of Fuyang, Anhui Province, China in a joint venture with Chinese biomass collections and logistics company Guozhen.
The refinery will convert one million tonnes of biomass into bioethanol... [Read More]
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Nov 26, 2013
Northern Virginia Electric cooperative, its development partner, Novi Energy, and a number of Virginia state officials celebrated the grand opening of the Novec Energy Production Halifax County Biomass plant in South Boston, US earlier this month.
The $178 million (€131 million) renewable-energy power plant, which can generate up to 49.9MW of electricity, burns wood... [Read More]
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Indonesian gas distributor PT Pertamina Gas Negara Tbk (PGN) has signed an agreement with NeutraDC Singapore (NDSG) to provide biomethane for forthcoming data centre projects in Singapore
Once cleared, the site will be redeveloped into an Energy, Biochar and Carbon (EBAC) plant – a pyrolysis facility designed to convert plant matter into biochar, renewable electricity and heat
Swedish tanker owner Furetank has announced it will run its European fleet on renewable biogas throughout 2025, marking a major step towards fossil-free shipping
