Jun 10, 2013
North Carolina report on biomass could boost biofuels industry
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Jun 10, 2013
Albion Ventures, a UK venture capitalist company, will launch a community-scale renewable energy company by raising up to £100 million (€117.4 million) in due course to power 35,000 UK homes.
The company, named Albion Community Power (ACP), is looking to raise £25 million this year from retail investors and family offices, exclusively through intermediaries,... [Read More]
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Jun 7, 2013
Enzyme producer Novozymes is to work with global healthcare company Novo Nordisk to begin large-scale biogas production.
Wastewater taken from NN factories in Kalundborg, Denmark will go through a new 36m high biogas reactor to produce 47MWh of electricity a year, equal to power from seven wind turbines.
‘This enables us to reduce our CO2 emission with 21,000 tonnes... [Read More]
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Jun 6, 2013
A lease agreement has been agreed by the North Carolina State Ports Authority with the council state to enter the wood pellet industry.
The agreement between the authority and Enviva Holdings will see Enviva build a pellet export facility at the Port of Wilmington capable of receiving, storing and load wood-based products for European consumption.
The facility will take... [Read More]
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Jun 6, 2013
Accra in Ghana is to start generating power of lighting systems via biogas according to local news reports.
The project is set to use treated human waste at the Tipping Station Worte ground via a $5 million (€3.8 million) waste treatment plant from Scamson Ghana.
‘This project can also commercialise the products of faecal sludge, including pumping back recycled... [Read More]
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Jun 5, 2013
An investment of £10 million (€11.7 million) will be used by energy services company Roundwood Energy and biomass boiler manufacturer Woodpecker Energy to replace inefficient heating systems in the UK.
Roundwood, advised by global law firm Bird and Bird, will receive £4.9 million from Energy Saving Investments, in which the UK Green Investment Bank is... [Read More]
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Jun 5, 2013
A power plant in Finland is to rebuild its gas turbine control system to increase its reliability.
Vantaan Energia (VE) will work with process technology provider Metso to replace the existing turbine control system that has reached the end of its life cycle at Martinlaakso.
The project will include overspeed and vibration protection for the turbine, plus changes to turbine... [Read More]
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Jun 4, 2013
An investigation by Enagri suggests that Canada-based panel board manufacturer Norbord's lobbying against biomass energy was motivated by expediency and profits.
Bioenergy Insight has learnt that Norbord recently paid an advertising agency to lobby MPs and place adverts in the National Press criticising the use of sustainable UK timber sources for energy generation.
On... [Read More]
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Jun 4, 2013
SaniGreen Bioenergy, a joint venture between Canada-based Sanimax and Wisconsin's Green Energy Partners, is developing a $30 million (€22.9 million) biogas plant in South Saint Paul, Minnesota.
The company is expected to break ground on the plant later this year, with completion scheduled for March 2015.
The anaerobic digester will be able to process 150,000 tonnes... [Read More]
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Jun 3, 2013
Kedco, a UK-focused renewable energy developer and operator, is building a 12MW biomass CHP plant in Enfield, north London and has appointed Foresight Group as the preferred funding partner for the project.
Kedco has signed a non-binding heads of terms with Foresight, an independent private equity, infrastructure and environmental investor, for the provision of debt and... [Read More]
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Jun 3, 2013
Specialty chemicals company Clariant will expand the raw materials used at its demonstration plant in Germany after new findings show that corn stover and sugarcane bagasse can also be used.
The company's demo plant is converting agricultural residues into bioethanol using its Sunliquid technology. Following the opening of the facility in July 2012, Clariant now has new... [Read More]
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May 31, 2013
A new multi-million dollar biogas facility is planned for the region of Minneapolis-Saint Paul, otherwise known as the Twin Cities.
Rendering business Sanimax has been reported as wanting to build a $30 million (€23.1 million) plant which would convert food waste into natural gas and compost, in conjunction with Wisconsin-based Green Energy Partners.
The city’s... [Read More]
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May 30, 2013
Ranger Valley (RV), a large cattle station in Australia, is set to incorporate biogas technology on its feedlot to capture and reuse methane.
RV’s parent company Marubeni has signed a MoU reportedly worth ‘a few million dollars’ with European technology supplier MT Energie, which will provide a series of digesters that will be fed with manure from feedlot... [Read More]
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May 30, 2013
US-based Fulcrum Energy (FE), which works in the waste to biofuels sector, will use a new grant from the US Department of Defense (DoD) to develop renewable drop-in biofuels for aircraft.
The DoD awarded FE $4.7 million (€3.6 million) toward the research, which it will also potentially double from its own capital to help complete the development of its first... [Read More]
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May 29, 2013
FuturaGene, which works in the enhancement of yield and sustainability in woody crops for biopower and biofuel markets, will work with the Donald Danforth Plant Science Centre (DDPSC) to test its technology on staple crops grown by farmers in Asia, Africa and Brazil.
Yield enhancement technology will be tested on model plants and, if successful, transferred to specific... [Read More]
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May 29, 2013
The Co-operative Group (Co-Op) in the UK is to start diverting waste away from landfill and into renewable energy scenarios.
The initiative, rolling out over 2,800 food stores, is expected to move 34,000 tonnes of food from landfill a year, plus general waste too. All waste will be separated at store level before Co-Op’s logistics deliver it to be handled by Biffa... [Read More]
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May 28, 2013
Dutch energy institute ECN has signed a license agreement with fellow Dutch company Royal Dahlman to further the reach of its renewable energy technology.
ECN claims its Milena gasification method can turn various kinds of waste and biomass into high energy gas. Both wood and agricultural waste from soya or rice was used during the testing phase to be converted into electricity... [Read More]
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Proceeds from the bond sale have been used to refinance $40 million of Gevo RNG’s outstanding 2021 green bonds
SIAAP (Greater Paris Sanitation Authority) and SUEZ have officially inaugurated a new state-of-the-art biogas production unit at the Seine Aval wastewater treatment plant in the Paris metropolitan area
Natural State Renewables has announced a key strategic partnership with Axens as part of its plan to produce carbon-negative sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from surplus forest biomass
