Dec 31, 2012
Poland to welcome new biomass-fired facility
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Dec 28, 2012
The Olvi Foundation (OF) has decided to join in the funding of Green Fuel Nordic’s (GFN) biorefinery project.
The decision will represent one of the most significant capital investors into the biorefinery project according to OF CEO Timo Saarelainen.
GFN has spent the last 12 months making different players more aware of bio-oil, its production, applications and... [Read More]
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Dec 28, 2012
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will be seeking a new administrator after Lisa Jackson stepped down from the position after four years.
It is believed Jackson told President Barack Obama of her decision to leave her post shortly after his re-election in November. Below is the statement that Jackson issued upon her departure:
‘I want to thank President... [Read More]
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Dec 28, 2012
A biomass project slated for construction near Truckee, US has been given the green light by the Placer County Planning Commission.
Approval for the 2MW facility was awarded on 20 December and it will convert local wood biomass into gas to power turbines to produce electricity. The facility will be based over 11,000m2 and a further one acre area will be used for fuel storage.
A... [Read More]
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Dec 27, 2012
China-based Sino Bioenergy has completed a transaction to own a controlling stake in Huizhou Biotech.
Sino has spent $13.5 million (€10.1 million) to acquire a 55% stake in the research company, which will produce around 3,000 tonnes of rice as biomass feedstock a year.
‘This is a significant acquisition that will start producing profit immediately for us,’... [Read More]
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Dec 21, 2012
Plasco Energy Group has proposed a waste conversion facility to be constructed in Ottawa, Canada.
An agreement has been signed with the City of Ottawa and the plant is set to convert around 150,000 tonnes of waste a year.
The City has signed up to supply 109,500 tonnes per year of Ottawa's municipal solid waste and has first refusal to supply the balance of plant capacity... [Read More]
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Dec 20, 2012
North America-based energy company Emera has acquired Brooklyn Energy, a biomass electrical co-generation facility, located in Nova Scotia.
The $25 million (€18.8 million) transaction was completed alongside the government of Nova Scotia.‘Brooklyn Energy and its employees are an important addition to our energy generation portfolio because they produce electricity... [Read More]
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Dec 20, 2012
A new agreement has been signed that will see Cenovus Energy purchase the carbon dioxide created by a new carbon capture and storage facility under construction by SaskPower.
Cenovus will purchase the full volume of CO2, approximately 1 million tonnes per year, captured at the Saskatchewan-based facility and use it for enhanced oil recovery at a nearby project it operates... [Read More]
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Dec 20, 2012
Researchers at Clemson University and commercial forestry business ArborGen are to jointly study the potential use of poplar trees for bioenergy and biofuels feedstock in the US.
The South Carolina-based project will see the pair plant thousands of poplar trees on-site at the university’s Pee Dee Centre.
ArborGen's southeastern field research manager David Brown... [Read More]
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Dec 19, 2012
Bioenergy and bio-based product sectors received a $10 million (€7.5 million) boost from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) this month.
The announcement was made by agriculture secretary Tom Vilsack, who also highlighted the growth potential in the automobile industry of bio-based products via research conducted by the Iowa State University
USDA’s National... [Read More]
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Dec 19, 2012
A consortium is to use a multi-million euro grant to construct a large-scale biomass refinery in the Netherlands.
The companies involved are BioMCN, Siemens, Linde, and Visser and Smit Hanab, which received a €199 million NER300 grant to fund the project also known as Woodspirit.
NER300 is a financing instrument, jointly managed by the European Commission (EC), European... [Read More]
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Dec 18, 2012
Malaysia-based developer of a dedicated biotechnology park and ecosystem, Malaysian Bio-XCell, has unveiled its new Central Hub facility to support the country’s Bioeconomy Transportation Programme.
Based in Johor, the Central Hub will serve as the focal point in the Bio-XCell biotechnology park, acting as a catalyst for a biotechnology ecosystem in Iskandar Malaysia.... [Read More]
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Dec 18, 2012
Renewable energy watchdog for Europe EurObserv’er has calculated the final gross energy consumption for the 27 European member states.
There has been an estimated rise of nearly 1% over 2011, which finished on 13.4%, compared to 2010 on 12.5%.
The report believes the increase in renewable energy share across the 27 states can be explained by the combination of a... [Read More]
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Dec 17, 2012
Drax Biomass International is to plan for three projects in the Gulf region.
It expects to begin construction of two pellet manufacturing plants in Louisiana and Mississippi, as well as storage and loading facilities at the Port of Greater Baton Rouge, during the first half of 2013.
The manufacturing facilities, Amite BioEnergy in Mississippi and Morehouse BioEnergy... [Read More]
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Dec 17, 2012
A new $7 million (€5.3 million), five year biofuels collaboration has been signed this month.
International chemical company Johnson Matthey will work with the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) at producing economical drop-in gasoline, diesel and jet fuel from non-food based biomass.
‘It’s a way of leveraging the... [Read More]
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Dec 17, 2012
Two new biogas plants have been recently completed in the US, one in California and the other in Washington. Sacramento-based waste-to-power business Cleanworld has brought online what it claims to be the country’s largest commercial-scale anaerobic digestion system. The system is set to convert 25 tonnes of food and organic waste materials a day into electricity... [Read More]
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Dec 14, 2012
The Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Association (ADBA) has responded to the UK government’s decision to allow drilling for shale gas to recommence this month.
Energy secretary Ed Davey has agreed for energy company Cuadrilla to resume operations after drilling for shale gas was suspended in 2011 due to two related earthquakes. This follows a dismissive Gas Generation... [Read More]
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