Aug 30, 2012
UK leisure centre powers up biomass system
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Aug 29, 2012
The first phase of Europe’s first microbial oil pilot plant has been completed according to refining and marketing company Neste Oil.
The first phase will enable the growth of oil-producing micro-organisms and subsequent phases will focus on raw material pretreatment and oil recovery. The construction has been on time and on budget.
Neste’s goal is to develop... [Read More]
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Aug 29, 2012
Biofuels producer Agri-Source Fuels (ASF) is seeking a buyer for its biodiesel refinery located in Dade City, US.
ASF claims the plant is only currently refining glycerine but, although it is producing nearly 2 million gallons per year of 99.7% pure USP, further retrofitting and enhancements are required to bring over 12 million gallons of bidiesel refining back... [Read More]
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Aug 28, 2012
Algae-based green crude oil producers Sapphire Energy’s first phase of its Green Crude Farm, which it claims is the world’s first commercial demonstration algae-to-energy facility, is now operational.
The construction of this first phase began on 1 June last year and was completed on time and on budget. The facility aims to produce 1.5 million gallons... [Read More]
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Aug 28, 2012
The total amount of dry bulk handled in the Port of Rotterdam fell by 8.7% to 39.4 million tonnes in the first half of 2012.
Agribulk (grains, seeds, animal feed ingredients) throughput was down by a tenth to 4.1 million tonnes. The port puts these numbers down to an increase in the price of products on the world market and also that a few packages won from Amsterdam last... [Read More]
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Aug 28, 2012
Developer of second generation biofuels technology TMO Renewables has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the authorities of Heilongjiang, China.
The MoU will see TMO provide long-term large volume biomass feedstock supply for future biofuel production facilities from Heilongjiang State Farm, the largest state owned farming corporation in China.
The MoU is also the... [Read More]
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Aug 28, 2012
Energy company Centrica has come out and clarified the potential output of a proposed biomass power station.
There was confusion over the plant’s potential capacity as Cumbria County and Barrow Borough Councils believed it to be 90MW, whereas a letter to the Planning Inspectorate had it penned at 80MW.
‘We have made it very clear in our Preliminary Environmental... [Read More]
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Aug 23, 2012
European energy giant RWE has claimed it will be cutting 2,400 jobs across the continent amid a drop in profits registered by its UK arm nPower.
RWE nPower’s first-half profits fell by just over 9% to £251 million ($317.5 million) compared to the same time last year, this despite the company raising its 6.5 million British electricity and gas customer energy... [Read More]
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Aug 23, 2012
Global engineering and technology company Chemtex has won a partnership with the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to build a new advanced biofuels plant.
Backed by a federal-private partnership and earmarked to open in 2014, the biorefinery will create 315 jobs and produce cellulosic ethanol from energy crops. The location of the site is believed to be Sampson County,... [Read More]
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Aug 23, 2012
A 2.4MW biogas plant being constructed in Pomerania, Poland has announced the next phase of its project.
The plant, being built by Weltec Power, will have a 50m³ dosing feeder and four storage tanks up and running by the summer of 2013, which will help feed substrates into four 4,438m³ stainless-steel fermenters.
Plant operator NEWD will ferment the potato waste of a... [Read More]
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Aug 22, 2012
After two years of evaluation, the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) has finalised its Massachusetts Renewable Portfolio Standard Class One regulations for biomass eligibility.
The final conclusion requires all woody biomass plants to generate power at a minimum of 50% efficiency to receive one half of a renewable energy credit or 60% to receive a whole... [Read More]
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Aug 21, 2012
SCA Timber’s Bollsta sawmill in Bollstabruk, Sweden has increased its capacity for the production of bioenergy, limiting its need of fossil fuels.
An old on-site boiler has been replaced by two new ones that use Nordic pine bark and other residue from the production of wood-based fuel products.
The use of oil at Bollsta sawmill has been reduced from 3,400 cubic metres... [Read More]
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Aug 21, 2012
Questions are being raised by the residents of Truckee, California about potential health implications over a proposed new renewable energy project.
A meeting between residents and Brett Storey, project manager of biomass programmes at Placer County, took place in August. The new facility would convert wood debris from forest service thinning projects into sustainable... [Read More]
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Aug 21, 2012
International trade and planning company Trade 360 has earmarked the site of a former pickle factory in Delhi, Ontario as a potential biogas plant home.
Canadian-based Trade 360 purchased the 76 acre site from Smucker Foods, parent company of pickle producers Bick, and believes it could become a major destination for green bin waste from the Greater Toronto Area and... [Read More]
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Aug 20, 2012
Saxlund International, the fully-owned subsidiary of German energy and environmental technology group Opcon AB, has been commissioned to deliver of a biomass handling system to a coal-fired power plant in Berlin.
The 248MW coal-fired power plant is being prepared for biomass co-firing and Saxlund will provide external and internal biomass handling systems, including wood... [Read More]
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Aug 17, 2012
A joint-venture project called Ineos New Planet BioEnergy (INPB) has been granted parts 79 and 80 registration from the US Environmental Protection Agency for the production and sale of advanced bioethanol from non-food waste materials.
Headed by waste to biofuel company Ineos Bio, the notice of registration came after successful completion of the construction of... [Read More]
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Aug 16, 2012
Ontario Power Generation (OPG) has awarded a contract to Aecon Group's industrial division to begin work on its Atikokan Generating Station (GS) biomass conversion project. Aecon will be responsible for the design and construction of fuel handling and storage systems for the generating station conversion.
OPG want to make the Atikokan GS one of the largest biomass plants... [Read More]
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The Hungarian government is set to introduce a significant support scheme to boost biogas and biomethane production nationwide. The scheme will be allocated a budget of 40 billion forints (around 100 million euros)
The Capital Regional District (CRD), in partnership with FortisBC Energy Inc. (FortisBC) and Waga Energy Canada, has commenced production of renewable natural gas (RNG) at a new facility located at the Hartland Landfill
In a major development for sustainable energy in Chile’s agri-food sector, Ariztía has signed a long-term agreement with Copec EMOAC to power all of its operations with 100% renewable energy - including a notable contribution from biomass sources
