Apr 10, 2013
Panda power to stove French zoo’s biogas project
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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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Apr 3, 2013
The government secretariat in Thiruvananthapuram, India has opened a new biogas plant in the city.
The plnt took Bio Flame-Biogas and Energy less than a month to install and in was inaugurated by chief minister Oommen Chandy towards the end of March.
The facility can turn 100kg of food waste from the secretariat canteen into around 10kg of heat and power which will be... [Read More]
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Apr 3, 2013
Waste heat-to-power equipment supplier Gulf Coast Renewable Energy (GCRE) reveals it is to double capacity at its wood pellet manufacturing plant in Georgia, US.
A new facility earmarked for Copiah County has also been mooted and both projects should make a combined total of 80 new jobs.
The original facility in Lucedale will double its pellet capacity from 160,000 to... [Read More]
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Apr 2, 2013
Malaysia-based Wah Seong Corporation (WS) is to expland its renewable energy division via plans to build biomass generated power plants in Asean, South America and Africa.
The first two plants at the head of the push would be delivered into Congo and Cambodia, tentatively based at 5MW and 10MW of power respectively.
‘Usually, the cost to build a plant is between... [Read More]
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Apr 2, 2013
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) believes its country’s farmers will grow the most corn since 1936 as growers look to take advantage of high prices driven by last year’s drought.
A forecast of 97.3 million acres of corn is set to be sown in 2013 to help boost dwindling supplies, while soyabean plantings have been placed at 77.1 million acres. Wheat crops... [Read More]
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Apr 2, 2013
Associated British Ports (ABP) has signed a 15-year contract with Drax Power which will see terminal investments of up to £100 million (€118 million) to handle wood pellet shipments at its Humber ports of Hull and Goole.
The move will support Drax Power’s conversion to a low carbon electricity producer through replacing coal with sustainable biomass. Its... [Read More]
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Apr 2, 2013
The Zimbabwe Electricity Regulatory Authority has received license application to build a biomass power plant from Lurosa Investments.
The proposed 2MW facility would generate electricity from timber waste feedstock in the east of the country. Zimbabwe currently uses more electricity than it produces at peak times (2,000MW against 1,200MW).
It has been reported that 70,000... [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
