Apr 8, 2013
New wood pellet facility set for Georgia
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Apr 8, 2013
A farm in Indiana, US has begun fuelling its fleet of 42 tractor-trailers by re-using the cattle dung it collects on-site.
Fair Oaks Farms (FOF) has around 30,000 cows as part of its operation and it has a $12 million (€9.2 million) digester on its property that converts their manure, and that of pigs, into natural gas. The business used to simply convert into CHP... [Read More]
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Apr 5, 2013
New government figures have revealed 2012 was a strong year for renewable energy generation in the UK.
A report released at the end of March put the UK’s generated electricity from renewables last year at 11.3% overall, and 12.5% in the fourth quarter.
It is believed much of this growth is due to new generating projects coming online across all renewable sectors,... [Read More]
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Apr 5, 2013
Renewable energy company Biogen, a 50/50 joint venture between Kier and Bedfordia, has signed a deal with the city of Edinburgh and Midlothian Councils to design and build a new food waste recycling plant.
The anaerobic digestion plant, to be based in Midlothian, will process 30,000 tonnes of waste per year made up of household food waste collected by the local authorities... [Read More]
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Apr 4, 2013
In Canada the Centre Technologique des Résidus Industriels and FPInnovations will jointly research the potential production of biocoal from forest residues.
It is a three year project funded to the tune of CN$1.8 million (€1.3 million) by five relevant companies.
‘The competitiveness of the forestry industry depends on its ability to explore new markets... [Read More]
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Apr 4, 2013
Energy provider Enel Green Power (EGP) and Italy-based SECI Energia have signed an agreement for the acquisition by EGP of 50% of Powercrop, a Maccaferri Group business dedicated to biomass energy conversion. With this acquisition, EGP will aim to develop biomass energy across a short supply chain with SECI by constructing five new facilities with a capacity of 150MW each.... [Read More]
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Apr 3, 2013
The government secretariat in Thiruvananthapuram, India has opened a new biogas plant in the city.
The plnt took Bio Flame-Biogas and Energy less than a month to install and in was inaugurated by chief minister Oommen Chandy towards the end of March.
The facility can turn 100kg of food waste from the secretariat canteen into around 10kg of heat and power which will be... [Read More]
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Apr 3, 2013
Waste heat-to-power equipment supplier Gulf Coast Renewable Energy (GCRE) reveals it is to double capacity at its wood pellet manufacturing plant in Georgia, US.
A new facility earmarked for Copiah County has also been mooted and both projects should make a combined total of 80 new jobs.
The original facility in Lucedale will double its pellet capacity from 160,000 to... [Read More]
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Apr 2, 2013
Malaysia-based Wah Seong Corporation (WS) is to expland its renewable energy division via plans to build biomass generated power plants in Asean, South America and Africa.
The first two plants at the head of the push would be delivered into Congo and Cambodia, tentatively based at 5MW and 10MW of power respectively.
‘Usually, the cost to build a plant is between... [Read More]
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Apr 2, 2013
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) believes its country’s farmers will grow the most corn since 1936 as growers look to take advantage of high prices driven by last year’s drought.
A forecast of 97.3 million acres of corn is set to be sown in 2013 to help boost dwindling supplies, while soyabean plantings have been placed at 77.1 million acres. Wheat crops... [Read More]
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Apr 2, 2013
Associated British Ports (ABP) has signed a 15-year contract with Drax Power which will see terminal investments of up to £100 million (€118 million) to handle wood pellet shipments at its Humber ports of Hull and Goole.
The move will support Drax Power’s conversion to a low carbon electricity producer through replacing coal with sustainable biomass. Its... [Read More]
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Apr 2, 2013
The Zimbabwe Electricity Regulatory Authority has received license application to build a biomass power plant from Lurosa Investments.
The proposed 2MW facility would generate electricity from timber waste feedstock in the east of the country. Zimbabwe currently uses more electricity than it produces at peak times (2,000MW against 1,200MW).
It has been reported that 70,000... [Read More]
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Mar 27, 2013
The Canadian government has awarded the village of Telkwa a grant to retrofit a municipal building with a biomass heating system.
The grant comes in at CA$680,230 (€522,375) and the facility will burn waste wood from a nearby forest. As well as the municipal building, heat will also be provided to a nearby business, a school and four residences.
‘Building clean... [Read More]
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Mar 26, 2013
Denmark-based conglomerate Maersk is working on two new projects to develop biomass-based marine fuels.
Each project involves work using lignin taken from plants and from the production of paper and bioethanol.
‘Lignin has a variety of industrial uses already because of its chemical characteristics, energy content and its abundance,’ says Peter Normark Sørensen... [Read More]
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Mar 25, 2013
Canada-based Port Allen, owned by the Port of Greater Baton Rouge, may become the location for a new wood pellet facility.
Biomass Secure Power (BSP), situated in British Columbia, has an option on 90 acres of the Port Allen land up until the end of August.
BSP CEO Jim Carroll says a plant would represent ‘$400 million (€307 million) investment across four phases... [Read More]
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Mar 25, 2013
Two hospitals in Cambridge, UK are set to benefit from a multi-million pound investment from the Green Investment Bank for a biomass project.
The £18 million (€21 million) injection is the Bank’s first foray into aiding a National Health Service renewable energy project.
If planning permission is approved, the new facility will provide Addenbrooke... [Read More]
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Mar 22, 2013
Algae-based green crude oil producer Sapphire Energy has entered into a commercial agreement with Tesoro Refining and Marketing, a subsidiary of Tesoro.
Tesoro will purchase crude oil from Sapphire’s green crude farm in New Mexico, which recently reached continuous cultivation and crude oil production.
“In less than one year, we have started up commercial demonstration... [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
