Dec 20, 2012
Cenovus increases carbon dioxide consumption via new purchase agreement
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Dec 20, 2012
Researchers at Clemson University and commercial forestry business ArborGen are to jointly study the potential use of poplar trees for bioenergy and biofuels feedstock in the US.
The South Carolina-based project will see the pair plant thousands of poplar trees on-site at the university’s Pee Dee Centre.
ArborGen's southeastern field research manager David Brown... [Read More]
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Dec 19, 2012
Bioenergy and bio-based product sectors received a $10 million (€7.5 million) boost from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) this month.
The announcement was made by agriculture secretary Tom Vilsack, who also highlighted the growth potential in the automobile industry of bio-based products via research conducted by the Iowa State University
USDA’s National... [Read More]
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Dec 19, 2012
A consortium is to use a multi-million euro grant to construct a large-scale biomass refinery in the Netherlands.
The companies involved are BioMCN, Siemens, Linde, and Visser and Smit Hanab, which received a €199 million NER300 grant to fund the project also known as Woodspirit.
NER300 is a financing instrument, jointly managed by the European Commission (EC), European... [Read More]
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Dec 18, 2012
Malaysia-based developer of a dedicated biotechnology park and ecosystem, Malaysian Bio-XCell, has unveiled its new Central Hub facility to support the country’s Bioeconomy Transportation Programme.
Based in Johor, the Central Hub will serve as the focal point in the Bio-XCell biotechnology park, acting as a catalyst for a biotechnology ecosystem in Iskandar Malaysia.... [Read More]
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Dec 18, 2012
Renewable energy watchdog for Europe EurObserv’er has calculated the final gross energy consumption for the 27 European member states.
There has been an estimated rise of nearly 1% over 2011, which finished on 13.4%, compared to 2010 on 12.5%.
The report believes the increase in renewable energy share across the 27 states can be explained by the combination of a... [Read More]
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Dec 17, 2012
Drax Biomass International is to plan for three projects in the Gulf region.
It expects to begin construction of two pellet manufacturing plants in Louisiana and Mississippi, as well as storage and loading facilities at the Port of Greater Baton Rouge, during the first half of 2013.
The manufacturing facilities, Amite BioEnergy in Mississippi and Morehouse BioEnergy... [Read More]
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Dec 17, 2012
A new $7 million (€5.3 million), five year biofuels collaboration has been signed this month.
International chemical company Johnson Matthey will work with the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) at producing economical drop-in gasoline, diesel and jet fuel from non-food based biomass.
‘It’s a way of leveraging the... [Read More]
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Dec 17, 2012
Two new biogas plants have been recently completed in the US, one in California and the other in Washington. Sacramento-based waste-to-power business Cleanworld has brought online what it claims to be the country’s largest commercial-scale anaerobic digestion system. The system is set to convert 25 tonnes of food and organic waste materials a day into electricity... [Read More]
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Dec 14, 2012
The Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Association (ADBA) has responded to the UK government’s decision to allow drilling for shale gas to recommence this month.
Energy secretary Ed Davey has agreed for energy company Cuadrilla to resume operations after drilling for shale gas was suspended in 2011 due to two related earthquakes. This follows a dismissive Gas Generation... [Read More]
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Dec 13, 2012
The first food waste to power plant in Bristol, UK opened this December.
The facility is operated by Geneco, a subsidiary of Wessex Water, with the anaerobic digestors provided by technology business Monsal. It took less than a year to construct and can generate 10GWh, enough power for almost 3,000 homes.
‘The opening of the food waste plant builds on our experience... [Read More]
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Dec 13, 2012
Netherlands-based engineering consultancy Grontmij has won a contract to design a new organic waste to energy biogas facility in Poland.
The facility will be located in Bialystok and is hoped to produce 23 million cubic metres of biogas a year from biodegradable organic waste material.
The contract is said to be worth about €2 million ($2.6 million) and will be handled... [Read More]
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Dec 12, 2012
The public in both Suffolk and Norfolk, UK can now be ferried on a specially created bus route via the power of biogas.
Anglian Bus, a division of the Go Ahead Group, is operating the fleet of 13 renewable energy powered single-deck buses, brought for a cost of £624,000 (€772,500), via new routes between Lowestoft and Norwich. Part of the UK government’s... [Read More]
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Dec 12, 2012
A $275 million (€211.3 million) biopower plant under constrcution in Berlin, Germany has taken delivery of a new 132 tonne steam turbine this December.
Japanese company Fiji provided the turbine to the Burgess Biopower plant, which will be owned by UK-based technology developer Cate Street Capital and built by Babcock and Wilcox Construction.
The plant is expected... [Read More]
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Dec 11, 2012
US-based Enova Wood Pellet Group has signed a long-term port agreement as it looks to solidify a presence in Georgia and South Carolina.
The deal was inked with Georgia Kaolin Terminals (GKT) and will provide Enova with enough capacity to export up to 1.35 million tonnes of wood pellets via the facility in Savannah. GKT is a subsidiary of the Colonial Group.
‘This... [Read More]
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Dec 11, 2012
The Fairmont ethanol plant has now changed ownership from Advanced Bioenergy to Flint Hills Resources as previously reported by Bioenergy Insight.
The acquisition was announced on 7 December but the finances have not yet been revealed. It is believed that Flint Hill will be looking to appoint four new members of staff at the plant based in Nebraska.
The plant has a capacity... [Read More]
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Dec 10, 2012
US-based technology provider ArborGen has signed a long-term partnership with the College of Charleston Foundation to support forest conservation and restoration efforts.
Its first order of business was to donate 75,000 Longleaf Pone seedlings that will be planted over the next few months across 144 acres of Dixie plantation.
‘We are grateful for ArborGen’s... [Read More]
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The Hungarian government is set to introduce a significant support scheme to boost biogas and biomethane production nationwide. The scheme will be allocated a budget of 40 billion forints (around 100 million euros)
The Capital Regional District (CRD), in partnership with FortisBC Energy Inc. (FortisBC) and Waga Energy Canada, has commenced production of renewable natural gas (RNG) at a new facility located at the Hartland Landfill
In a major development for sustainable energy in Chile’s agri-food sector, Ariztía has signed a long-term agreement with Copec EMOAC to power all of its operations with 100% renewable energy - including a notable contribution from biomass sources
