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Employment in Scotland’s low carbon and renewables sector increased by more than a third in 2015. The sector generated a turnover of £10.5 billion, 14% of the total UK sector, in 2015, according to figures released by the Office of National Statistics. The number of employees in Scotland’s low carbon and renewables sector rose from 43,500 in 2014 to 58,500 in 2015. Scotland is a…
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UK-based waste management company Viridor has appointed CNIM S.A. and Clugston Construction to build a new £252 million, 34MW waste-to-energy plant on an industrial site in Avonmouth on the outskirts of Bristol. Viridor, a part of the Pennon Group (LSE: PNN) said that industrial engineering contractor CNIM will provide the established technology for the new, consented facility and…
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BioDynamic UK has received £1.5 million in funding for a new anaerobic digestion plant in Nottinghamshire, UK, through peer to peer investment. After being rejected 25 times in attempts to secure funding for the construction of the plant, BioDynamic UK turned to peer-to-peer funding specialists F&P for support. Within two weeks the renewable energy project had secured the £1.5…
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New government funding to help develop clean and efficient heating systems has been awarded to 13 local authorities across England, Climate Change and Industry Minister Nick Hurd announced. The £24 million (€28m) is spread across projects from Sheffield to Somers Town, which will soon help warm homes and businesses with low-carbon energy. This is the first round of funding from a…
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A new paper by researchers at the Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) describes a process that captures methane from natural gas and biogas and that uses photosynthesis to convert it into biomass feedstock. The new paper is called ‘A flexible microbial co-culture platform for simultaneous utilization of methane and carbon dioxide from gas feedstocks’, the…
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The world added record levels of renewable energy capacity in 2016, even as investment in clean energy fell, the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) announced. “Ever-cheaper clean tech provides a real opportunity for investors to get more for less,” said UNEP executive director Erik Solheim. “This is exactly the kind of situation, where the needs of profit and people…
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A new programme called the Born Global Slip-Stream Challenge has been launched to help to drive the development and commercialisation of products like biochar, wood ash, CO2, lignin, waxes and C5/C6 sugars. The aim of the project is to work towards a goal to improve the overall profitability of bio-based projects and create replicable models for deployment in the US and Europe. This challenge is…
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William Strauss, president and founder of FutureMetrics, will be speaking at this year’s Bioenergy Insight Conference. Strauss is globally recognised as a leading expert in the wood pellet sector. Strauss continues to be a thought leader in the sector and has published numerous papers on a variety of subjects relevant to the wood pellet sector. He is also a founder and a director of Maine…
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A team of chemical and biological engineers at the University of Wisconsin–Madison has found a way to produce from biomass a valuable compound used in plastic production that they estimate could lower the cost of ethanol produced from plant material by more than two dollars per gallon. The development is the latest in an ongoing effort at UW–Madison to create commodity chemicals…
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An equity transfer agreement between CEI and two independent third parties has resulted in the acquisition of an 80% stake in the Sanya Food Waste Treatment Project, with a value of RMB37.4 million. Once the acquisition has been completed, CEI will conduct a comprehensive upgrade on the project. CEI is a Hong Kong incorporated company which specialises in environmental resource management in…
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Europe’s electricity sector is eager to play a role in delivering clean energy for all Europeans, making electricity a central carrier for the continent’s low carbon economy, according to the pan-European Union of the Electric Industry, EURELECTRIC. A 23 March meeting of EURELECTRIC’s board of directors saw the electricity sector agree to a joint position on the EU’s Clean…
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Mitsubishi Corp. Power Systems, Inc. (MCP), a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corp.(MC), has joined with The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. (KEPCO) to establish a new joint venture to develop biomass power. The new venture, Aioi Bioenergy Corp., is being set up to promote and develop biomass power generation business in Japan. The new venture will have an initial capital of 450 million…
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A UK-based renewables company has completed work on its new combined heat and power (CHP) plant, with support of an £8.5 million (9.94m) finance facility from HSBC. Dorset-based Eco Sustainable Solutions, which reprocesses wood waste and organic materials into soils, composts and turf products for clients across the south coast, has used an equipment finance facility to purchase and build…
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The UK’s industrial strategy must be low carbon and resource efficient, according to several leading business voices that have contributed to a collection of essays on the topic for the Green Alliance.  In a new collection of essays, published by UK-based independent environmental think tank Green Alliance , seven business and policy voices, including the director…
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