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NexSteppe, a US feedstock provider for the bio-based industries, has announced the launch of a new product line. The new product line is called Metano Alto. Metano Alto Industrial Sorghums are bred to deliver both high crop yields in the field and high biogas and biomethane yields in a digester. ”We are seeing a significant level of interest from our customers in biogas sorghum crops,…
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The ‘first’ plant in Brazil to make biomethane for fuelling vehicles has been opened in the city of Foz do Iguaçu, in the state of Paraná. Brazilian company Intaipu Binacional, the ‘world’s largest’ generator of renewable clean energy, opened its new biomethane facility on 2 June 2017. It will see non-polluting biomethane, which shares a number of…
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The bioenergy industry is set to benefit from a proposed energy U-turn by South Korea’s new government would put the environment at the centre of energy policy, shifting one of the world’s staunchest supporters of coal and nuclear power toward natural gas and renewables. According to a report in Reuters, if implemented, the ambitious plans by the world's fourth biggest coal importer…
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A company hoping to build an anaerobic digestion (AD) plant in Norfolk, UK, has submitted a new bid after its first application was blocked on a technicality, according to the Eastern Daily Press. The planning application submitted by The Planning Group, on behalf of developer Mikram, outlines the company’s intentions to build two digesters, two storage tanks, a combined heat and power…
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MEP Bas Eickhout has proposed sweeping reforms to EU legislation regarding bioenergy and biofuels. They come amid the Dutch politician’s proposals for increasing the EU’s renewable energy share target for 2030 from 27% to 45%. "The entire energy sector must be sustainable by 2040 one hundred percent." Eickhout said, according to Groen Links. Just as significantly, he stressed the…
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British manufacturer Landia has been awarded a major new contract at an Anaerobic Digestion plant in Scotland. The company will provide pumping, mixing, ensiling and pasteurisation equipment for fish morts that will be utilised as feedstock for the expanding Anaerobic Digestion facility. The plant’s 8m3 pasteuriser, fitted with a side-entry propeller mixer and dry-installed chopper pump…
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Coca-Cola European Partners (CCEP) has reiterated its commitment to sustainable UK manufacturing by sourcing 100% of its electricity from renewable sources. The news comes as CCEP switches on a new, eight hectare solar farm at Europe’s largest soft drinks factory in Wakefield, a city in West Yorkshire, England. The solar farm, which is the size of 12 football pitches, will produce up to 5MW…
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Netherlands-based energy distribution and storage specialist Alfen is constructing a large and sustainable energy installation for the Theobroma cacao factory in Nigeria. According to Alfen, this system combines solar energy, bioenergy from cocoa shells and large-scale battery storage for the sustainable production of energy and steam. It guarantees a reliable energy supply and attains a…
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China’s ‘first’ fully integrated biomass and waste-to-energy project launched in Lingbi China Everbright Greentech has announced that construction is complete on the Lingbi integrated biomass and waste-to-energy project, with the site commencing commercial operation. The Lingbi urban-rural integration project is the first of its kind in China to have had its biomass treatment…
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Yorke Biomass Energy is building a demonstration plant in South Australia to demonstrate how a straw burning generator can provide miners with a competitively priced power source for the first 10-20 MW of power. It is hoped that the new project will eventually allow remote mining projects in farming areas to access their baseload electricity from straw powered biomass plants. The demonstration…
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Thailand’s Energy Ministry will show the country’s potential as “the land of energy crops” at Astana Expo 2017, an international exposition themed on ‘future energy’ held in Kazakhstan’s capital. The Thailand Pavilion or ‘Sala Thai’ will showcase the country’s ‘Bioenergy-for-all’ concept in the hope of attracting…
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Denmark-based utility energy firm Dong Energy has made a commitment to renewables and agreed to divest its entire oil and gas business to Ineos in a deal worth up to $1.3bn (€1.16bn). The transaction includes production, development and exploration sites off Denmark, Norway and west of Shetland. Ineos said the move would make it the biggest private group operating in the North Sea. The…
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Waste management company Renewi, the combination of UK-based Shanks and Netherlands-based Van Gansewinkerl, has recorded a loss for its first financial year. The company's net loss for the year ended 31 March, 2017, stood at £60.0 million (€70.37m). Shanks and Van Gansewinkel merged on 28 February, 2017, to create Renewi. Shanks stated that it took the decision in order to strengthen…
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The UK’s Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association has scaled down its expectations for biomethane growth for 2017, but expects a rebound in 2018. Previously, ADBA projected between ten and 25 new biomethane plants to be commissioned in 2017. Now, according to a statement, that figure has been revised down to between eight and 20. Delays in reforming the Renewable Heat Incentive…
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