Aug 14, 2013
New biomass power plant to be built in UK
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Aug 14, 2013
The last five years has seen China's importation of woodchips soar as the nation's pulp and paper industry grows.
A lack of competitively priced wood fibre in China means the country's two largest pulp mills – Asia Pacific Resources International and Asia Pulp and Paper – are sourcing much of their wood fibre needs from across the water and this has resulted... [Read More]
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Aug 13, 2013
Brazil-based biotechnology company GranBio and Rhodia, a Solvay Group company, are to produce bio n-butanol after signing a joint venture agreement.
The bio n-butanol chemical will be made from biomass which is readily available in Brazil, such as sugarcane straw and bagasse.
The partnership will see the two companies build a biomass-based n-butanol plant in Brazil, scheduled... [Read More]
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Aug 13, 2013
RWE nPower's 750MW Tilbury biomass-fired power station will close today after being refused financial support.
The plant runs solely on biomass after being converted from coal in 2011. It was one of the UK's largest sources of green energy, supplying 10% of the country's renewable power.
The power station is shutting down under the EU's Large Combustion Plant (LCPD) Directive,... [Read More]
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Aug 12, 2013
The EU-based All-gas project, the world's largest project to convert algae into clean energy using wastewater, has successfully grown its first crop of algae biomass at its site in Chiclana, southern Spain.
The project, which was launched in May 2011 and is due to last five years, aims to obtain low-cost biofuel from algae grown in wastewater. So far, the biomass created... [Read More]
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Aug 12, 2013
Caraga Renewable Power, a subsidiary of Eastern Petroleum, is investing $70 million (€52.5 million) to build a new biomass power plant in Butuan city, the Philippines.
According to reports, the new plant will use woodchips to generate 20MW of renewable energy. The feedstock will come from industrial tree plantations in Agusan del Norte and Agusan del Sur, in addition... [Read More]
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Aug 9, 2013
A target concerning the addition of biogas plants in the French region of Midi-Pyrenees has been announced.
Regional Authority president Martin Malvy revealed 100 biogas plants will be constructed after an agreement signed by the minister of agriculture and the minister of ecology, sustainable development and energy.
It is believed, via that agreement, a regional committee... [Read More]
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Aug 8, 2013
Amyris, a renewable chemicals and fuels company, has entered into agreement for the sale of convertible notes in a private placement for up to $60 million (€44.9 million) in cash proceeds.
Under the terms of the agreement Temasek, one of Amyris's largest stockholders, agreed to purchase $35 million of the notes in an initial tranche and, at Amyris's election, up to... [Read More]
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Aug 8, 2013
As a way of tackling its energy concerns Pakistan is to work with Indian boiler manufacturers to increase the amount of biogas used in the country.
Representatives of Indian engineering companies have reportedly been over to Pakistan to discuss partnerships with sugar mills and allied industries.
One MoU has already been signed by Cheema Boilers and turbine manufacturers... [Read More]
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Aug 7, 2013
Forest management and climate change mitigation have come under scrutiny after a study found that up to half of the aboveground biomass found in tropical forests is stored in a selection of big trees.
Ferry Slik, a scientist at the Centre of Integrative Conservation, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, led the study, Reuters reports, which... [Read More]
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Aug 7, 2013
A new large-scale biomass-fired power plant is to be built in Japan as energy company Showa Shell Sekiyu pursues new ways to deliver renewable energy to the nation.
The 49MW renewable power station will be built on the site of Showa's former Ohgimachi plant at the Keihin refinery complex. The project will fall under the Japanese government's renewable energy feed-in tariff... [Read More]
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Aug 6, 2013
Darling Downs Fresh Eggs is to become the first Australian egg producer to power its poultry business on renewable energy.
The Pittsworth, Queensland-based company is to install a $2.86 million (€2.15 million) biogas digester which will generate renewable power, slashing its consumption of fossil-based electricity by 60% in the first year.
According to Darling Downs... [Read More]
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Aug 6, 2013
Waste No Energy, an Indiana, US-based company owned by Rakr Farms, is developing a multi-million dollar anaerobic digestion plant.
When it comes online in December 2013, the facility will handle a mixture of manure and food waste to generate 8.2 million kW of renewable power which will be purchased by Northern Indiana Public Service Company (NIPSCO) and used to power 940... [Read More]
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Aug 5, 2013
An anaerobic digestion plant developed by HydroThane UK and the North British Distillery, in partnership with biogas digester company Ener-G, has received an industry award.
The AD plant generates up to 24,000MWh of renewable energy in the form of biogas from 27,000kg per day of chemical oxygen demand.
The facility is fitted with Ener-G's 500kW combined heat and power... [Read More]
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Aug 5, 2013
Foresight Group and the UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) have invested £20 million (€23 million) into the construction of the Evermore Renewable Energy plant.
The facility, to be built on 10 acres of land in Derry/Londonderry in Northern Ireland, will burn around 110,000 tonnes per year of wood for the generation of 15MWe of combined heat and power (CHP). The... [Read More]
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Aug 2, 2013
PDM Group, a UK food product manufacturer, has revealed it plans to spend over £90 million (€103.2 million) on anaerobic digestion, recycling and food processing facilities over the next 18 months.
In addition to the £44 million investment into AD facilities in Widnes and Dagenham , PDM will spend just shy of £30 million to upgrade its animal by-product... [Read More]
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Jul 31, 2013
Waste management company AmeyCespa has secured a green light for its Milton Keynes Waste Recovery Park (MKWRP) project 11 weeks after submission of the planning application.
MKWRP will have the capacity to process up to 140,000 tonnes of municipal, industrial and commercial residual waste a year to generate approximately 7MW of renewable energy, 5.8MW of which will... [Read More]
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Indonesian gas distributor PT Pertamina Gas Negara Tbk (PGN) has signed an agreement with NeutraDC Singapore (NDSG) to provide biomethane for forthcoming data centre projects in Singapore
Once cleared, the site will be redeveloped into an Energy, Biochar and Carbon (EBAC) plant – a pyrolysis facility designed to convert plant matter into biochar, renewable electricity and heat
Swedish tanker owner Furetank has announced it will run its European fleet on renewable biogas throughout 2025, marking a major step towards fossil-free shipping
