May 12, 2014
FortisBC seeks energy innovators to grow BC's biogas supply
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May 12, 2014
UK-based biogas plant EPC contractor FLI Energy has begun constructing the Fraddon biogas plant, a biomethane-to-grid anaerobic digestion (AD) project located in Cornwall, UK.
The company signed the EPC contract this March, with project developer Greener for Life Energy.
Under the £7 million (€8.5 million) contract, FLI Energy will provide full EPC wrapped project... [Read More]
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May 6, 2014
Finland's wood pellet production capacity increased by 7% in 2013 compared to the previous year, according to reports. Output rose 18,000 tonnes reaching 270,000 tonnes last year.
Last year the nation exported 78,000 tonnes of wood pellets, the majority of which was destined to Sweden and Denmark. While this is an increase on 2012 figures, it remains significantly lower... [Read More]
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May 6, 2014
Australia, one of the world's largest exporters of woodchips, appears to have recovered from a 10-year low in 2012 as shipments rose again last year. In the first quarter of this year, exports were close to the highest since 2010.
When Australian exports fell, it was replaced by Vietnam as the largest supplier of woodchips in the world. Exports of eucalyptus chips peaked... [Read More]
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May 6, 2014
Byogy Renewables and airline partner Avianca Brasil have launched an initiative to support advanced testing to accelerate ASTM approval of Byogy's renewable jet fuel.
This alcohol-to-jet (ATJ) renewable jet fuel is a full replacement fuel that does not require blending. It is different from 'drop-in' fuel, which comprises hydrocarbon additive products with oil-based jet... [Read More]
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May 6, 2014
Wood pellet exports from North America exceeded $650 million (€466 million) last year, according to information from the North American Wood Fiber Review.
Shipments from North America to Europe have more than doubled in two years and reached 4.7 million tonnes in 2013. Of this volume, around 63% came from the US South.
Much of this growth can be attributed to those... [Read More]
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May 6, 2014
The completion of a 4.8MW renewable energy facility in Valdosta, Georgia was commemorated at the beginning of May with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.
Environmental services provider Advanced Disposal partnered with Energy Systems Group (ESG), an energy services provider, to design, build, own and operate the landfill gas-to-electricity plant at the Pecan Row Landfill.
It will... [Read More]
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May 6, 2014
Viaspace, a grower of Giant King Grass for renewable energy production, has signed a contract with St Lucia, West Indies-based renewable energy firm Emunite Energy Solutions to provide Giant King Grass for its planned 100,000 tonne per year pellet mill in Guyana, South America.
The energy grass was delivered to Guyana and planted on 15-17 April. Viaspace says it received... [Read More]
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May 6, 2014
Wood pellet producer Rentech has acquired New England Wood Pellet (NEWP), the largest producer of wood pellets for the US heating market.
NEWP operates three wood pellet facilities with a combined annual production capacity of 240,000 tonnes. These plants are strategically located in the US Northeast, which is the largest domestic market for consumption of wood pellets... [Read More]
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May 2, 2014
Prairie Horizon Agri-Energy’s ethanol plant in Phillipsburg, Kansas, will build a renewable diesel facility on site.
WB Services will integrate the 3 million gallon per year (MMgy) facility onto the site where the 40 MMgy plant sits.
Ron Beemiller, president and CEO of WB Services, says: ‘This plant will be the first of its kind—the first renewable... [Read More]
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Apr 29, 2014
Fruytier, a Belgian sawmill company, has acquired Energies Renouvelables Des Ardennes’ (ERDA) pellet plant.
ERDA has reportedly been encountering financial difficulties for the last two years and in 2012 suffered losses of roughly €10 million.
Fruytier had until now been responsible for 55% - 60% of raw-material deliveries to ERDA.
Pierre Fruytier describes... [Read More]
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Apr 29, 2014
Akermin has signed a Cooperative Agreement for a commercial-scale demonstration project in Copenhagen, Denmark.
The DKK 42 million (€5.6 million), three-year demonstration project, located at the Biofos waste-water treatment plant, is partially-funded through a grant from the Danish Energy Agency (EUDP).
This project will use Akermin's industrial biocatalyst to remove... [Read More]
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Apr 29, 2014
Scotia Atlantic Biomass, a subsidiary of Viridis Energy, has received funding from the government of Nova Scotia in Canada to purchase new capital equipment to improve production facilities at its wood pellet production plant.
The investment, totalling C$517,520 (€340,000), was awarded under the Capital Investment Incentive. Additional proceeds from the incentive... [Read More]
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Apr 29, 2014
NexSteppe, a provider of sustainable feedstock solutions for the bio-based industries, has sold more than 1,000 hectares of its Palo Alto high biomass sorghums for biopower in Brazil this past growing season. The company now owns a 65% market share in the market for bioenergy sorghums in Brazil.
NexSteppe's Palo Alto high biomass sorghums can be used alongside bagasse... [Read More]
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Apr 29, 2014
TEG Biogas, an anaerobic digestion (AD) plant located in Dagenham on the outskirts of London, opened on 23 April.
The plant is London's first commercial-scale AD and composting facility. It is also the first project to be invested in by the UK Green Investment Bank (GIB), via its Foresight magazine fund.
Technology firm TEG Group built and will operate the plant, which... [Read More]
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Apr 29, 2014
Renewable fuels producer Pinnacle Renewable Energy is developing a wood pellet production plant in British Columbia, Canada.
Costing $39 million (€28 million) with an output of 250,000 tonnes a year, the facility will be Pinnacle's seventh such plant and bring its total capacity to 1.5 million tonnes a year of wood pellets.
The chosen site for the company's latest... [Read More]
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Apr 25, 2014
Lufthansa is testing a new type of biofuel for use in aircraft to increase its efforts to reduce its carbon dioxide emissions.
The aircraft carrier is teaming up with Gevo to research the blending of Gevo's ATJ with conventional kerosene for aircraft use.
The alcohol-to-jet fuel producer uses fermented plant waste from a range of sources to produce isobutanol, a form of... [Read More]
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