Sep 3, 2013
Zimbabwe turns to biogas to benefit rural communities
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Sep 3, 2013
The biomass industry must prove it is using sustainable materials from April 2015 otherwise it will lose financial support. This was the message given by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) as it announced its new criteria for sustainable biomass production.
According to DECC, the UK's biomass sector – which it estimates is worth over £1 billion... [Read More]
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Sep 2, 2013
Latvia's largest combined heat and power (CHP) biomass plant is due to come online later this month.
Energy company Fortum developed the Jelgava-based plant, which will consume woodchips to generate 45MW of power and 23MW of electricity – enough to benefit 85% of the city's heating capacity.
The inauguration ceremony on 11 September will be attended by Latvia's president... [Read More]
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Aug 30, 2013
The biomass to power sector is expected to grow substantially in the future and worldwide revenue from biomass power generation could reach $11.5 billion (€8.7 million) a year by 2020. This is according to a recent report from Navigant Research.
This growth is being attributed to 'technological breakthroughs and the expansion of international trade in biomass pellets',... [Read More]
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Aug 30, 2013
Eagle Valley Eco Fuels, a manufacturer of biomass fuel, has earned the US Department of Agriculture's (USDA) 'certified bio-based product' label for its Brickenmore biomass fuel brick and fire starters.
The USDA certified label verifies that the bio-based materials used in a product meet or exceed prescribed USDA standards.
'The label will assure our customers that Brickenmore... [Read More]
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Aug 29, 2013
In Limburg, Belgium NPG Energy, an investor and project development company, is developing a 2.4MW biogas plant, expected to be operational by the second quarter of 2014.
This renewable electricity has the potential to benefit around 5,000 homes but instead will be consumed by the Spin-group BV in its textile factory.
Initially, the plant will use maize silage to generate... [Read More]
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Aug 29, 2013
Commissioning has begun at the 75MW Burgess BioPower plant in Berlin, New Hampshire and on 28 August the facility received its first delivery of woodchips.
The power plant cost $273 million (€205 million) to build. It is located on the site of the Burgess Pulp Mill and has been designed to consume 750,000 tonnes of wood biomass annually – around 100 truckloads... [Read More]
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Aug 29, 2013
Unilever, together with the University of Liverpool, has established a research project to develop biomass-based chemicals that can be used in the manufacture of its home and personal care products.
The three-year project will see the development of renewable chemicals from surplus sugars, fats, oils and carbohydrates produced via commodity by-products and forestry wastes.... [Read More]
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Aug 28, 2013
Building work has started at a site in Suffolk, the UK where BioCore Environmental is developing an anaerobic digestion (AD) plant.
The plant will use locally produced energy crops to generate around 2,000m3/hour of raw biogas which, following an upgrading process consisting of CO¬2 and trace contaminant gases removal, will be converted into 1,100Nm3/hour of biomethane.... [Read More]
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Aug 27, 2013
Fiberight, a Maryland-based renewable energy company, has received approval to build a $30 million (€22.5 million) waste-to-energy facility in Marion City, Iowa after signing a deal with the city's council.
Construction on the Marion Waste Revitalisation Facility, which will generate biogas from solid waste, could begin by the end of this year. The biogas will be... [Read More]
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Aug 27, 2013
Wood pellet manufacturer Curran Renewable Energy has become the second pellet mill in the US to receive certification from the Pellet Fuels Institute (PFI) for premium grade wood pellets.
The PFI sets a standard for wood pellets in the US, certifying that premium wood pellets meet a certain quality requirement. The institute carries out rigorous tests to assure all pellets... [Read More]
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Aug 27, 2013
Cool Planet Energy Systems, a producer of petrol from non-food biomass, is to build three biomass-to-biofuel production plants in the US state of Louisiana for an investment of $168 million (€125.9 million).
Two sites – one in Alexandria and another in Natchitoches – have already been determined. The location for the third plant is still to be decided.
Cool... [Read More]
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Aug 27, 2013
A $180 million (€135 million) 49.9MW biomass-fired power plant, developed by Novec and its partner Novi Energy, will soon commence its first trial run.
Construction work on the Halifax County, Virginia-based plant, which is being carried out by Fagen, is almost complete and less than 100 construction workers remained on the site last week.
The new facility will burn... [Read More]
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Aug 22, 2013
An explosion at Inferno Wood Pellets Co.'s plant in Rhode Island, US on 20 August was caused by dust.
The blast resulted in a four-alarm fire which saw crews from East Providence, Seekonk, Providence, Pawtucket, Warren and Barring respond.
The explosion occurred at around 2.35pm and proved difficult to extinguish due to the flammable material inside. Fire fighters were,... [Read More]
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Aug 22, 2013
A biomass heating plant owned by energy company BulEco Energy is to be sold.
Bulgarian bank UniCredit Bulbank repossessed the Bansko, Bulgaria-based biomass plant after BulEco Energy failed to repay its loan for the past 24 months. This has been attributed to a drop in sales due to the economic crisis.
The facility is still operational but UniCredit started accepting offers... [Read More]
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Aug 20, 2013
A large volume of woodchips spilled onto a highway in Duplin County, North Carolina following a traffic accident.
A tractor trailer carrying woodchips overturned on Highway 11, north of Kenansville, resulting in the road being closed between 12 and 13 August.
The biomass had to be removed from the vehicle before it could be turned upright and removed from the highway.
Local... [Read More]
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Aug 20, 2013
Wet, untreated biomass has the potential to yield commercial volumes of biofuels in Asia, says NextFuels, a company dedicated to transforming agricultural residue into renewable fuel.
The underlying technology will allow NextFuels and its partners to produce bio-based petroleum at commercial scale for $75-85 (€56-64) a barrel using wet biomass that has not been mechanically... [Read More]
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