May 30, 2014
Sabic launches certified renewable polyolefins portfolio
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May 30, 2014
Gasrec, a supplier of liquefied gas fuel for transport, has announced it will launch an 'open access bio-LNG filling station in the UK's southwest on 1 June.
The new low emission station is part of a growing national network and will initially supply around 30 heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) run by a number of existing Gasrec customers.
The facility and others in Gasrec's... [Read More]
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May 29, 2014
Energía Reino Verde ('Green Kingdom Energy'), which will own and operate the 12MW biomass power plant to be co-located with a 2,100 acre Giant King Grass (GKG) plantation in Nicaragua, has signed a contract with Pelican to conduct a formal feasibility study of the project.
Energía Reino Verde is a 50-50 partnership of Viaspace and prominent Nicaraguan partners.... [Read More]
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May 29, 2014
Renewable energy company Biomass Supplies has applied for sustainability certification under the RSB.
Biomass Supplies is pioneering partnerships with small farmers and land owners to access biomass supply that can be used both for pellet production and for power generation.
RSB's planned sustainability certification will cover Gliricidia, a fast rotation coppice tree,... [Read More]
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May 27, 2014
Five new biomass plants with a total generation capacity of 10MW came online in the US last month, according to the Energy Infrastructure Update for April, published by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
Since the start of 2014, 12 biomass-fired facilities producing a total 20MW of renewable energy have commenced operations. During the first four months of... [Read More]
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May 27, 2014
AEG Pelleting (AEGP), a newly incorporated subsidiary of pellet supplier Active Energy Group, has unveiled a biomass fuel granulated solution.
Using a newly developed pilot plant in Belfast, the granulation system has successfully converted industrial/agricultural by-products, including sawdust, into high value biomass fuel granules suitable for use in micro combined heat... [Read More]
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May 27, 2014
RusForest, a Sweden-based forestry firm with operations in Russia, has reported that its total revenue reached $66.4 million (€48.6 million) in 2013. This is compared to $67.9 million 2012. The company's operating loss, which was $93.2 million in 2012, dropped 73% to $29.9 million last year.
Operations at RusForest's 100,000 tonne per year pellet mill in Russia's... [Read More]
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May 27, 2014
Wood pellet exports from the US almost doubled last year, from 1.6 million tonnes (approximately 22 trillion Btu) in 2012 to 3.2 million tonnes in 2013. This is according to the US Energy Information Administration.
Over 98% of these exports were shipped to Europe, and 99% originated from ports in the south eastern and lower Mid-Atlantic regions of the country.
In 2008... [Read More]
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May 27, 2014
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has announced support for agriculture producers and energy facilities working to turn renewable biomass materials into clean energy. The support comes through the Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP), which was reauthorized by the 2014 Farm Bill and will resume this summer.
The Farm Bill authorises $25 million (€18 million)... [Read More]
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May 27, 2014
A number of European companies are interested in investing in Malaysia's 'lucrative' biomass sector, reports say, which is estimated at RM9.6 billion (€2.2 billion).
Malaysia Biomass Industries Confederation president Datuk Leong Kin Mun was quoted as saying that investors have expressed interest in developing wood pellet manufacturing plants, biomass-fired power... [Read More]
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May 20, 2014
Repreve Renewables has purchased certain genetic assets or germplasm for its giant miscanthus grass product development programme from Mendel Biotechnology, a privately held company in Hayward, California.
The purchase adds Mendel's diverse miscanthus germplasm pool to Repreve's proprietary biomass crop establishment technologies, its current product development programme... [Read More]
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May 20, 2014
Mercer International, a pulp manufacturer based in Canada, is considering entering the market for ENplus pellets through its German subsidiary ZPR.
ZPR, it has been reported, has contacted various central European pellets manufacturers seeking quotes on a purchase quantity of around 5,000 tonnes of either ENplus or DINplus pellets for June, July, August and September.
The... [Read More]
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May 20, 2014
Assured Asset Energy (AAE), a UK-based company specialising in anaerobic digestion and waste gasification technologies, has set up £27 million (€33 million) in financing for up to 30 new on-farm biogas projects in Northern Ireland.
The fund, AAE says, will help Northern Ireland reach its 2020 renewables target. Set out in the Strategic Energy Framework for Northern... [Read More]
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May 20, 2014
Aurivo, a multipurpose agricultural co-operative, has opened a biomass plant at its Dairy Ingredients site in Ballaghadareen, Ireland.
The facility will operate as a combined heat and power plant, with Aurivo expecting to begin selling on excess energy to the national grid by 2016. It will use 30,000 tonnes of woodchips annually, sources from Aurivo's subsidiary company... [Read More]
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May 20, 2014
Cleantech company BioNitrogen Holdings, which utilises patented technology to build plants for the conversion of biomass to urea fertiliser, held a ribbon cutting ceremony on 14 May at the site of its initial plant in Hendry County, Florida.
'We are hopeful this is the beginning of our county starting to diversify economically while creating new job potential,' Karson... [Read More]
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May 20, 2014
Drax Biomass International, since 2012, has been developing a 450,000 tonne per year wood pellet production plant in Gloster, in the US state of Mississippi.
The multi-million dollar facility, named Amite BioEnergy, will create 45 direct jobs once operational, in addition to indirect jobs during the construction and in the transportation and forestry sectors.
Now, reports... [Read More]
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May 20, 2014
Bluesphere, a clean energy company that develops, manages and owns renewable energy projects, has started the detailed design and engineering work for its 5.2MW waste-to-energy plant in Charlotte in the US state of North Carolina.
This detailed design and engineering work, which is expected to take about two months, is the first stage of project execution. It will be followed... [Read More]
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