Nov 9, 2012
Scottish town receives biopower loan boost
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Nov 9, 2012
US-based transportation fuels producer Kior has begun production at its first commercial facility in Mississippi.
It is believed the plant, once running at full capacity within the next 12 months, will be able to produce almost 50 million litres of petrol and diesel per year.
Kior will be using a mixture of biomass, like non-food crops and woodwaste, as part of the manufacturing... [Read More]
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Nov 8, 2012
Renewable energy company Anaergia is set to participate in the creation of ‘the world’s largest college campus-based anaerobic disgestion system in the US.
The Canada-based biogas producer will be involved in the project found at the Dairy Cattle Teaching and Research Centre at Michigan State University (MSU).
The project’s aim is demonstrate how anaerobic... [Read More]
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Nov 7, 2012
A new report by consultancy firm Deloitte believes biomass could contribute even more than the fifth of UK electricity it is expected to by the end of the 2020s.
Biomass was believed to provide around 21% share of electricity generation by 2030 by Deloitte’s report argues that burning pellets or woodchips could play an even more significant role in meeting climate... [Read More]
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Nov 7, 2012
The Pakistani government is to implement several new plants with the aim of creating a total of 304MW of electricity from city waste.
Many projects are already underway, with an aggregate capacity of 57MW, and the subsequent facilities will create a further 247MW via agricultural, industrial and biogas waste products.
A senior government official stated that agricultural... [Read More]
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Nov 1, 2012
UK-based Tamar Energy has secured the management and development rights of four of the Countrystyle Group’s anaerobic digestion sites.
The deal sees Tamar Energy acquire the development rights to three of Countrystyle’s sites, with full planning permission for digestive facilities in the south of England, plus the development of a fourth facility subject to... [Read More]
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Nov 1, 2012
Ineos Bio has hailed the first renewable power production at its joint renewable energy project in Florida, US.
The Indian River Bioenergy Centre is currently turning local yard, vegetative and agricultural wastes into advanced biofuels and renewable power. The facility was a joint venture with development company New Plant Energy.
The facility is expected to generate... [Read More]
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Oct 31, 2012
UK power station Drax will plan to raise £180 million ($290 million) through a new share placing to support a change to becoming a predominately biomass-fuelled power generator.
Three of the six Drax units will be converted to biomass meaning the site will be one of the largest renewable energy plants in Europe.
The company is now looking to secure capital funding... [Read More]
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Oct 31, 2012
Next generation bio-based chemicals producer Cobalt Technologies is set to work closely with a subsidiary of agribusiness and food company Bunge.
Bunge Global Innovation ‘s investment into Cobalt, along with chemicals business Rhodia Poliamida e Especialidades, means it will operate a pilot plant demonstrating the production of n-butanol using sugarcane bagasse as... [Read More]
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Oct 30, 2012
Germany-based biogas company BD Agro Renewables has begun operations at one of the first biogas plants in Russia.
The facility, located in Belgorod, will generate 2.4MW of electricity via a feedstock supply of 80 tonnes of maize silage, 45 tonnes of slaughterhouse waste and 80 cubic metres of slurry a day to supply around 10,000 households.
Belgorod oblast governor Vevgeny... [Read More]
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Oct 30, 2012
A new combined heat and power project makes up part of PowerSecure International’s new multi-million dollar business wins.
The new business consists of $15 million (€11.5 million) of turnkey sales for distributed generation systems, including its IDG systems.
A significant portion of the revenue for these new distributed generation awards relates to the CHP... [Read More]
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Oct 30, 2012
The European Biomass Research Institute (EBRI) welcomed a very prestigious visitor in October.
HRH Princess Anne toured the EBRI’s Pyroformer demonstration plant in Shropshire, which is also part of a European Union project named BioenNW. The Pyroformer facility uses waste products to generate cost-effective heat and power.
Speaking from his office at Aston University,... [Read More]
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Oct 26, 2012
A farmer in Devon, UK has installed a biomass boiler to help improve his carbon footprint and even his bank balance.
John Roberts now heats multiple cottages and a live/work unit on the farm via the 60kW biomass boiler which runs on logs, woodchips and pellets taken from his land. He also, under the government’s Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI), receives 50% return... [Read More]
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Oct 25, 2012
Brazil-based ethanol producer Raizen Group is set to work with Canada-based cellulosic ethanol developer Iogen to develop a new commercial plant in South America.
Iogen has produced over 2 million litres of cellulosic ethanol at its demonstration plant in Ottawa since 2004, but this joint venture represents its first commercial foray.
Raizen produces 2.2 billion litres... [Read More]
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Oct 24, 2012
A district heating scheme in Brae, Scotland will unveil a new small biomass heating system after receiving planning permission.
The heating cabin will be operated by local company Northfish and use wood chips as feedstock. The company is already running a similar project.
The cabin will measure 12ft by 3.5ft and go towards helping to heat the local health centre, leisure... [Read More]
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Oct 23, 2012
Canadian-based Woodland Biofuels says its new demonstration plant is up and could be producing ethanol by the end of this year.
The new facility will use wood waste as feedstock and is based at the Western University Research Park’s Bioindustrial Innovation Centre in Sarnia. It will create 10 operational jobs while it employed 25 people during construction.
‘It’s... [Read More]
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Oct 23, 2012
Schools in India are set to benefit from plans by Kochi to introduce biogas plants to help convert waste into heat and power.
Kochi will work with Suchitwa Mission to provide the systems to both government and aided schools under the umbrella theme of ‘My City, My Pride’, part of the Suchitwa Varsham waste management programme.
‘The biogas plants will... [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)
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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
