Apr 18, 2013
Europe shouldn’t halt transport decarbonisation says ePure
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Apr 17, 2013
Second generation feedstock business NexSteppe has launched its new sorghum hybrid products in the US and Brazil.
The company hopes its sweet sorghum and high biomass hybrids will offer alternative solutions to advanced and cellulosic biofuels, biopower and biobased product producers.
‘Through a combination of directed conventional breeding, marker-assisted breeding... [Read More]
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Apr 17, 2013
Norwegian finance minister Sigbjørn Johnsen officially inaugurated a biorefinery demonstration plant at Borregaard’s production facility in Sarpsborg this April.The demo plant started preliminary operations last summer, followed by normal operations in the first quarter of 2013. The plant uses proprietary Borregaard technology and aims to produce cost-effective... [Read More]
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Apr 16, 2013
The first commercial biogas plant in South Africa is nearing construction in Bronkhorstspruit.
Project development company Bio2Watt will build, own and operate the 3MW capacity facility, which it aims to have online by the end of spring 2014 latest.
The Bronkhorstspruit location allegedly provides the project with proximity to key fuel supplies, grid access and sufficient... [Read More]
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Apr 16, 2013
Bioenergy plant operator Katrinefors Kraftvärme (KK) is set to build a new CHP plant in Sweden with local municipal energy company VänerEnergi.
This will be the second plant involving KK, a 50/50 joint venture owned by Metsä Tissue (MT), and it will be based in Mariestad near a MT mill. Construction is slated to start this April and be operational by the... [Read More]
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Apr 15, 2013
The Colorado Economic Development Commission has dangled a multi-million dollar carrot in front of biomass company Cool Planet Energy Systems (CP) to try and entice it to the state.
CP, a California-based start-up, claims to have a petrol generating process via biomass and plant waste that does not need to rely on federal subsidies.
The CEDC hopes $3 million (€2.3... [Read More]
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Apr 15, 2013
A UK charity, the Gorning Heath Almshouses, has used a National Lottery grant to purchase a biomass boiler to help heat its buildings.
The £50,000 (€58,600) windfall was put towards a £155,000 system that will burn wood pellets on behalf of the charity to heat low-cost housing for 17 pensioners. The almshouses, which are nearly 300 years old... [Read More]
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Apr 15, 2013
The Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels (RSB) has changed its name following a recent meeting of its delegates.
The organisation is now known as Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials to reflect its expansion of scope to apply its standards to biomass that is being used for other products in addition to biofuels.
‘There is a large range of biomaterials including bio-plastics,... [Read More]
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Apr 12, 2013
The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has announced a shortlist of companies vying for £2.8 million (€3.3 million) in funding to build an energy-from-waste gasification demonstrator plant.
ETI launched the competition in 2012 to find a company to design ‘the most economically and commercially viable, efficient energy from waste gasification demonstrator... [Read More]
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Apr 12, 2013
A memorandum of understanding has been signed so Sino Bioenergy can acquire a Cambodian agriculture project.
Sino will purchase 100% of the 198,900,000 shares in Sky Energy holdings at US$0.60 each and the deal is under going due diligence before final sign off.
A Sky Energy subsidiary, Noble Success, is cultivating cassava in Cambodia and intends to plant Sino’s... [Read More]
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Apr 12, 2013
A unanimous vote will mean US-based biogas producer Anaergia will utilise biogas currently being flared at a location owned by the Victor Valley Wastewater Reclamation Authority (VVWRA) in California.
The agreement will last 20 years and aims to produce thousands of megawatt hours of renewable electricity annually. This will be pumped back into the facility to reduce its... [Read More]
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Apr 11, 2013
UK bioenergy company Dalkia has ceased operations at its wood pellet facility in County Durham as an investigation into alleged dust emissions is conducted.
Dalkia is working with the Environment Agency to determine if the dust is coming from its facility or from another location, following concerns from local residents.
The wood pellets produced at the facility are from... [Read More]
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Apr 10, 2013
Beauval Zoo in France is to install an on-site biogas plant to take advantage of the waste produced by some of its residents.
The CHP plant is set to cost around €2.3 million ($3 million) but will heat stables, pens and buildings and also provide the zoo with additional power that could go to the national grid. It is believed the move will save the zoo up to 40% on... [Read More]
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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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Indonesian gas distributor PT Pertamina Gas Negara Tbk (PGN) has signed an agreement with NeutraDC Singapore (NDSG) to provide biomethane for forthcoming data centre projects in Singapore
Once cleared, the site will be redeveloped into an Energy, Biochar and Carbon (EBAC) plant – a pyrolysis facility designed to convert plant matter into biochar, renewable electricity and heat
Swedish tanker owner Furetank has announced it will run its European fleet on renewable biogas throughout 2025, marking a major step towards fossil-free shipping
