Jan 22, 2013
EQM moves away from bioenergy sector with facility sale
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Jan 21, 2013
National energy company Enarsa and Argentina-based business developer Adenium are set to invest in two biomass plants in South America.
The amount of investment is reported to be ARP1.25 billion (€189.7 million) and both 100MW facilities will be constructed in Formosa, north east Argentina.
It is hoped all feedstock will be provided by local businesses as each facility... [Read More]
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Jan 21, 2013
Several European countries will commit millions of euros to develop bioenergy projects throughout the continent over the next three years.
A total of €47 million (£39.3 million) will be used from private investment into technology and projects under the umbrella of an ERANET Plus activity called Bioenergy Sustaining the Future (BESTF). The participants are Denmark,... [Read More]
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Jan 17, 2013
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded a multi-million grant to a team of researchers looking at the potential of camelina as a biofuel feedstock.
The team, led by Kansas State University professor of grain science and industry Xiuzhi Sun, has received just over $5 million (€3.7 million) and also comprises of researchers from Montana State University,... [Read More]
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Jan 16, 2013
Research and consultancy firm GlobalData has revealed that supportive government policies will see Germany continue to dominate global biogas energy generation for the foreseeable future.
According to its latest report, biogas power generation is forecast to increase from 18,244GWh in 2012 to 28,265GWh in 2025.
The US, the second most productive biogas power producing... [Read More]
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Jan 16, 2013
An explosion at a biogas factory in Maharashtra, India claimed two lives on 15 January.
A third person was critically injured on the site of the under construction Solapur Bioenergy (SB) facility on the outskirts of the town.
The source of the explosion has been attached by local police to some drilling and welding work near a cement tank which caused a gas leak.
It has... [Read More]
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Jan 15, 2013
A new algal biotechnology pilot facility in Roeselare, Belgium is set to allow scientists to explore methods of treating wastewater with microalgae and new microalgal harvesting techniques.
It is one of nine pilot sites across North West Europe that will be constructed as part of the EnAlgae project. The project's aim is to develop sustainable technologies for algal biomass... [Read More]
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Jan 14, 2013
New research by global management and consultancy business Bain points to increased wood pellet demand by Europe for electricity production by 2020.
As governments begin to subsidise greener energy sources to reach continental targets, the report puts European pellet demand at 29 million tonnes by the end of the decade, up from 8 million from 2010.
Pellets can be included... [Read More]
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Jan 11, 2013
Biomass-to-energy business DP Cleantech is to deliver a biomass power plant into Poland for the Polish Energy Partners (PEP).
The 30MW plant, to be fired with straw, is hoped to be operational within two years and cost $34.1 million (€25.6 million). It will be located in Winsko, south west Poland.
‘We are great admirers of what PEP is trying to achieve with... [Read More]
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Jan 10, 2013
Independent European electricity services providers Markedskraft and Noble Group’s subsidiary Noble Clean Fuels (NCF) has announced the formation of a strategic partnership for the Nordic energy market.
The partnership will combine Markedskraft’s portfolio management, physical optimisation and business analysis experience with NCF’s capabilities... [Read More]
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Jan 10, 2013
Christmas trees are again set to be renewed as energy in Lithuania according to local news reports.
Residents across 12 major cities will have the opportunity to drop their trees in specially marked containers, after which the trees will be used for both biofuel and heat for housing projects.
This is the seventh year the campaign has run for a week in January.
‘The... [Read More]
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Jan 9, 2013
Finland-based bio and forestry business UPM has picked up multi-million investment to aid the construction of a biorefinery in France.
The European Commission has awarded a grant of €170 million ($222 million) as UPM earmark a wood waste-to-biodiesel facility based in Strasbourg.
‘This decision is recognition in regard to our knowledge in biofuels development... [Read More]
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Jan 8, 2013
A first ever waste-to-energy facility in Ethiopia, Africa moved a step closer to realisation this month.
The Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPC) has signed a contract with clean power supplier Cambridge Industries (CI) to construct a 50MW plant in Addis Ababa to the tune of $120 million (€91 million).
CI has also been conducting feasibility studies throughout... [Read More]
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Jan 8, 2013
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has agreed to work with the Southern Research Institute to test a method of creating liquid transportation fuels from coal and biomass.
The pair believes an approach, that eliminates the typical Fischer-Tropsch (FT) product upgrading and refining steps, will enhance the ability of coal-to-liquid (CTL) and coal-biomass-to-liquid (CBTL)... [Read More]
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Jan 7, 2013
The Finnish minister of Agriculture and Forestry Jari Koskinen inaugurated a new bioenergy heating plant in Lohja, Finland this week (7 January).
The plant, situated next to Metsä Group's Kerto lumber mill, will produce an annual total of 160,000 MWh of heat to the Lohja district heating network, with additional processed steam going into the neighbouring mill.More... [Read More]
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Jan 4, 2013
Germany-based biomass technology provider Saxlund International has won a multi-million pound contract to supply a new biomass handling system as part of a coal-fired plant conversion.
Saxlund, a subsidiary of Opcon, was awarded the £2.35 million (€2.9 million) contract just before the end of 2012 to help convert a power plant in Berlin into a biomass co-firing... [Read More]
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Jan 3, 2013
Canada-based Vega Biofuels (VB) is to ship samples of its torrefied pellet product to European power companies for testing as the New Year commences. The EU is home to the world's largest regional energy market and accounts for one fifth of the world's energy use and European power companies have been mandated to cut carbon dioxide emissions by 20% by the year 2020.
VB... [Read More]
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