Apr 15, 2013
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Apr 15, 2013
The Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels (RSB) has changed its name following a recent meeting of its delegates.
The organisation is now known as Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials to reflect its expansion of scope to apply its standards to biomass that is being used for other products in addition to biofuels.
‘There is a large range of biomaterials including bio-plastics,... [Read More]
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Apr 12, 2013
The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has announced a shortlist of companies vying for £2.8 million (€3.3 million) in funding to build an energy-from-waste gasification demonstrator plant.
ETI launched the competition in 2012 to find a company to design ‘the most economically and commercially viable, efficient energy from waste gasification demonstrator... [Read More]
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Apr 12, 2013
A memorandum of understanding has been signed so Sino Bioenergy can acquire a Cambodian agriculture project.
Sino will purchase 100% of the 198,900,000 shares in Sky Energy holdings at US$0.60 each and the deal is under going due diligence before final sign off.
A Sky Energy subsidiary, Noble Success, is cultivating cassava in Cambodia and intends to plant Sino’s... [Read More]
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Apr 12, 2013
A unanimous vote will mean US-based biogas producer Anaergia will utilise biogas currently being flared at a location owned by the Victor Valley Wastewater Reclamation Authority (VVWRA) in California.
The agreement will last 20 years and aims to produce thousands of megawatt hours of renewable electricity annually. This will be pumped back into the facility to reduce its... [Read More]
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Apr 11, 2013
UK bioenergy company Dalkia has ceased operations at its wood pellet facility in County Durham as an investigation into alleged dust emissions is conducted.
Dalkia is working with the Environment Agency to determine if the dust is coming from its facility or from another location, following concerns from local residents.
The wood pellets produced at the facility are from... [Read More]
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Apr 10, 2013
Beauval Zoo in France is to install an on-site biogas plant to take advantage of the waste produced by some of its residents.
The CHP plant is set to cost around €2.3 million ($3 million) but will heat stables, pens and buildings and also provide the zoo with additional power that could go to the national grid. It is believed the move will save the zoo up to 40% on... [Read More]
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Apr 9, 2013
Danish heat companies Centralkommunernes Transmissionsselskab (CTR), VEKS and Dong Energy have finalised a new agreement concerning the expansion of unit two at the Avedøre power station towards becoming 100% fuelled by wood pellets.
The agreement lasts until 2027 and the investment is marked at almost DKK 100 million (€13.4 million).
‘The heat agreement... [Read More]
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Apr 9, 2013
Expansion plans are in the pipeline for the Port of Pascagoula in Mississippi, US to accommodate future wood pellet exports.
It is believed the State of Mississippi will provide up to a third of the financing for the project, which will include the removal of a warehouse to make way for a storage silo.
The new facilities will initially be able to handle about 500,000 tonnes... [Read More]
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Apr 9, 2013
A project to co-locate a nitrogen fertiliser facility at an ethanol plant has reached the financing stage in North Dakota, US.
The fertiliser plant, to be based alongside the 153 million gallon a year Tharaldson Ethanol in Casselton, will produce anhydrous ammonia, urea ammonium nitrate and urea from biogas made by the ethanol stillage.
The facility will be installed by... [Read More]
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Apr 9, 2013
The Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) is urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to reduce competition between food and fuel as it implements the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS).
The science group submitted its recommendation at the start of April with comments on the EPA’s proposed biofuel mandate volumes for 2013. EPA’s proposal calls for so-called... [Read More]
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Apr 8, 2013
A wood pellet manufacturer in Atlanta, US is to build a new multi-million plant this year in Wilkinson County, Georgia.
Enova Energy Group was attracted to Wilkinson County because of its location according to SVP of development Ben Easterlin.
‘Georgia is located in a great fibre basket with excellent infrastructure improvements at this location including rail to... [Read More]
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Apr 8, 2013
A farm in Indiana, US has begun fuelling its fleet of 42 tractor-trailers by re-using the cattle dung it collects on-site.
Fair Oaks Farms (FOF) has around 30,000 cows as part of its operation and it has a $12 million (€9.2 million) digester on its property that converts their manure, and that of pigs, into natural gas. The business used to simply convert into CHP... [Read More]
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Apr 5, 2013
New government figures have revealed 2012 was a strong year for renewable energy generation in the UK.
A report released at the end of March put the UK’s generated electricity from renewables last year at 11.3% overall, and 12.5% in the fourth quarter.
It is believed much of this growth is due to new generating projects coming online across all renewable sectors,... [Read More]
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Apr 5, 2013
Renewable energy company Biogen, a 50/50 joint venture between Kier and Bedfordia, has signed a deal with the city of Edinburgh and Midlothian Councils to design and build a new food waste recycling plant.
The anaerobic digestion plant, to be based in Midlothian, will process 30,000 tonnes of waste per year made up of household food waste collected by the local authorities... [Read More]
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Apr 4, 2013
In Canada the Centre Technologique des Résidus Industriels and FPInnovations will jointly research the potential production of biocoal from forest residues.
It is a three year project funded to the tune of CN$1.8 million (€1.3 million) by five relevant companies.
‘The competitiveness of the forestry industry depends on its ability to explore new markets... [Read More]
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Apr 4, 2013
Energy provider Enel Green Power (EGP) and Italy-based SECI Energia have signed an agreement for the acquisition by EGP of 50% of Powercrop, a Maccaferri Group business dedicated to biomass energy conversion. With this acquisition, EGP will aim to develop biomass energy across a short supply chain with SECI by constructing five new facilities with a capacity of 150MW each.... [Read More]
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