Nov 25, 2013
Biogas plant to be built in Belarus city
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Nov 25, 2013
Preparations to launch a pilot project for a biogas plant in the Kathmandu Valley are underway, according to the Kathmandu Metropolitan City (KMC).
'A pilot project will be set up that will produce biogas and compost fertiliser worth three metric tonnes every day,' says Rabin Man Shrestha, chief of the Environment Management Division at the KMC. 'It will be replicated... [Read More]
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Nov 25, 2013
A new woody biomass plant in New Hampshire, US is scheduled to begin operating by the middle of December this year.
The Burgess Biopower plant cost around $275 million (€203 million) to develop and is designed to produce 75 megawatts of electricity per year.
Plant developer Cate Street Capital says the facility will burn approximately 750,000 tonnes of low-grade wood... [Read More]
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Nov 22, 2013
EDF Renewable Energy and Santee Cooper have dedicated the Pinelands biomass project, which consists of two nominal 17.8MW generating facilities located in Allendale and Dorchester counties in South Carolina.
The Dorchester facility achieved commercial operation on 1 November with Allendale not far behind on 19 November.
The two projects interconnect to Santee Cooper's... [Read More]
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Nov 21, 2013
Supermarket chain Sainsbury's has opened two new stores which it is calling 'Triple Zero'.
One of the new locations, in Leicester in the UK, features many new technologies to ensure no carbon emissions are released, no waste is sent to landfill and no impact on the water usage of the local area.
All of the store's electricity and heating will come from an onsite generator.... [Read More]
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Nov 21, 2013
The average price per tonne of wood pellets in Germany has risen.
According to the German Energy Wood and Pellet Association (DEPV), the cost has increased slightly over the previous month and is currently €284.21 – 0.7% more than in October. In November 2012, the cost of a tonne of wood pellets was €247.90.
Location also plays a part in the cost of wood... [Read More]
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Nov 21, 2013
UK-based renewable energy company Imperative Energy will go ahead with the construction of a biomass CHP plant after it was granted planning permission from Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council.
The £70 million (€84 million) plant, planned for Solihull in Birmingham, will use 130,000 tonnes of locally sourced waste wood to generate 17.75MWe of renewable heat... [Read More]
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Nov 21, 2013
Viridis Energy, a manufacturer and distributor of biomass fuel, has formed a wholly owned subsidiary to arrange transactions between buyers and sellers of alternative energy, including wood pellets.
Commodities trading specialist Jesse Harte has been appointed MD of the wholesale division of the new company, named Viridis Merchants. Doug Middleton, who currently manages... [Read More]
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Nov 19, 2013
Dalkia and Fengate Capital Management have closed the financing for a biomass plant to be located in British Columbia, Canada.
With a production capacity of 40MW of renewable electricity using 307,000 tonnes a year of biomass, the plant will be one of the largest in Canada. The power will be sold to BC Hydro and Power Authority and benefit almost 40,000 homes.
Funding... [Read More]
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Nov 19, 2013
Atico, an asset management fund in Brazil, and German energy company Steag have partnered to build a biomass plant in Bahia, Brazil.
According to reports the new plant, Atico's first renewables project, will cost BRL750 million (€240 million). It will generate 150MW of renewable energy from woodchips made from eucalyptus.
The feedstock used to make the woodchips will... [Read More]
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Nov 18, 2013
A 160,000 tonne per year anaerobic digestion facility that will process food waste into biogas for energy generation has been awarded planning permission in Dagenham, London.
The green light for the plant, which is being developed by ReFood - a part of the Doncaster, UK-based PDM Group - was given by the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham.
ReFood explains that the... [Read More]
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Nov 15, 2013
Power provider Hoosier Energy has started up its landfill gas-to-energy plant in Illinois, US.
Located at the 460 acre Livingston Landfill, the refurbished Livingston Renewable Energy Station generates 15MW of electricity for approximately 9,000 homes in Illinois and Indiana.
Hoosier partnered with the landfill owner and operator as well as Ameresco – the company... [Read More]
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Nov 13, 2013
Dalkia Energia has opened its €80.8 million biomass combined heat and power (CHP) plant in Hungary.
Located in the city of Pecs, the project has the capacity to generate 35MW of power and 70MW of heat from 240,000 tonnes a year of straw feedstock. This is estimated to cut CO¬2 emissions by around 150,000 tonnes a year.
The new plant will provide 60% of the city's... [Read More]
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Nov 13, 2013
Capital Dynamics, the private asset manager for a UK-based pension fund, has acquired a number of biomass power plants in New South Wales, Australia.
The total 68MW portfolio includes two fully operational base-load plants that produce power and steam from local sugarcane waste and other biomass fuel sources. The power and steam is sold under long-term contracts to nearby... [Read More]
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Nov 13, 2013
We Energies, a US electricity services provider, has opened its biomass-fuelled power plant on the site of Domtar's paper mill in Rothschild, Wisconsin.
The new plant will generate 50MW of renewable electricity from wood, waste wood and sawdust.
'The addition of the biomass plant enables us to produce renewable energy on demand,' says Gale Klappa, president and CEO of... [Read More]
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Nov 13, 2013
Neste Oil, a refining and marketing company concentrating on low-emission traffic fuels, is to promote the deployment of sustainable aviation biofuels in the Netherlands after committing to a Dutch initiative for the sector.
Neste is to explore the production opportunities for aviation biofuel and scaling up production. Its renewable fuel refinery... [Read More]
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Nov 11, 2013
Brazil-based construction business Odebrecht is believed to be planning to separate the cogeneration from its sugar and ethanol operations to create a new bioelectricity company.Odebrecht currently produces 816MW of electricity by burning the sugarcane bagasse left over from its production of sugar, but it is believed the 2013/14 harvest will be able to generate about... [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
