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South Africa will be able to identify opportunities for bioenergy and make strides towards a ‘green economy’, thanks to The South Africa Bio-energy Atlas. At the atlas’ recent launch in Pretoria, the country’s Science and Technology minister said: "What the Bio-energy Atlas shows is that we have much higher potential for bio-energy than we ever thought," she…
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London Gatwick has become the first airport in the world to turn waste into energy onsite The new waste management plant, formally opened by Gatwick Airport and DHL Supply Chain, will turn airport waste such as food and packaging into energy onsite. The airport aims to achieve an 85% recycling rate, the best of any UK airport, in turn saving £1,000 per day in energy costs. Costing…
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Woodcote Media is delighted to welcome Daryl Worthington to the team as assistant editor of Fluid Handling, Bioenergy Insight, Biofuels International and Tank Cleaning Magazine. Daryl will be working across Woodcote Media’s portfolio of publications, with a specific focus on Fluid Handling magazine. Worthington has a wealth of experience in journalism. He joins Woodcote Media from history…
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Six years after the natural disaster and the reactor catastrophe in the Fukushima prefecture today governor Masao Uchibori has launched a biomass-based power plant by pressing the button that starts the operations. The clean energy power plant produced by UK-based Entrade, located at the small health resort Nishigo, uses biomass which is available in the region – for instance pellets…
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A biogas surplus capable of generating 375kW of power every month is being wasted in Goa, according to a report in The Economic Times. The waste is apparently due to government complacency, with the documentation needed to approve the export of surplus power to the state electricity department waiting to be processed. Located on the Calangute-Saligao plateau, the garbage treatment plant has been…
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US gasification company PHG Energy has rebranded with a new name – Aries Clean Energy. In a statement, the company said it was revamping its name to “introduce the continuing evolution of our clean energy and sustainable waste disposal company”.  “The old name, PHG Energy, worked well for us when we basically offered industrial fuel gas conversion equipment,”…
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A National Trust owned property is set to save £34,000 (€39, 256) a year by switching to an environmentally friendly biomass heating system. Knightshayes Court in Tiverton, Devon, is undergoing the switch to the new, sustainable heating system this spring. It’s part of the National Trust’s goal to get 50% of its energy from renewable sources by 2020. There are currently…
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US imports of biomass-based diesel, which include biodiesel and renewable diesel, increased by 65% in 2016 to reach a record level of 916 million gallons, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). Increasing Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) targets and the recently expired biodiesel blender’s tax credit were strong drivers of biomass-based diesel demand in 2016,…
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China Everbright International has signed a concession agreement for a household waste-to-energy project with the People's Government of Leshan City in Sichuan province, to invest and construct the development. It has invested around RMB650 million (€87.4m) in the project. The Leshan project is jointly invested by Everbright International and Leshan State-owned Assets Management Company,…
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The big questions around bioenergy and climate change are being tackled in an innovative way, with a new graphic novel from the Supergen Bioenergy Hub based at the University of Manchester. Aimed at both a general audience and children, the graphic novel addresses big questions for the bioenergy sector, including: What is bioenergy? Does growing biofuel compete with growing food? And, does…
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Feminine hygiene products, incontinence pads and millions of nappies currently sent to landfill by commercial organisations and public bodies could now be turned into clean energy by a new mechanical process called Lifecycle unveiled earlier this week. Hygiene product waste is one of the largest contributors to UK landfill. According to hygiene waste disposal company PHS Group, who have spent…
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US-based Sandia National Laboratories is working with three industry partners to commercialise what it describes as a distributed power system that can produce cheaper, cleaner, more efficient electricity. The labs signed three-year cooperative research and development agreements with Peregrine Turbine Technologies of Wiscasset, Maine, Xdot Engineering Analysis of…
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Italy-based FCA Research Centre has announced that it is testing the use of sewage-based biomethane in a Fiat Panda car. The road test will take several months over 80,000km. The car was delivered to the Cap Group, a company managing water supply, sewerage and wastewater treatment for the Metropolitan City of Milan, to assess - with the participation of the FCA Research Centre - the effects of…
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Finland-based energy group Fortum has announced that a joint venture to build an energy-from-waste, combined heat and power (CHP) plant in Lithuania is moving forward and construction will start in the autumn. The €160 million project, based in Kaunas, will have electricity generation capacity of 24MW and thermal capacity of about 70MW. It is a joint venture between state-owned Lietuvos…
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