Nov 20, 2012
Charitable donation by young bioheat awareness group
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Nov 19, 2012
The UK county of Dorset is set to benefit from a new biogas plant which is backed by some heavy duty royal approval.
The Prince of Wales, Prince Charles, will officially open the facility, based on land owned by his Duchy of Cornwall estate, this week and it is hoped it will provide gas for around 56,000 homes. It will also feed gas back into the national grid.
It is believed... [Read More]
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Nov 16, 2012
The Indian town of Thamna, Anand is set to go ahead with a new biopower plant to produce natural gas for local use.
Around 700 farmers each own a part of the Thamna Biopower and Organic Producers company (TBO)which is hoping to produce 1,000 cubic metres of natural gas per day. Landless farmers have contributed Rs1,000 ($18) to TBO while larger land owners have put in... [Read More]
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Nov 15, 2012
A potential biomass import centre in Northern England remains a prospect but will rely heavily on favourable government policy being in place.
Teesport owner PD Ports wants to add the centre as a response to growing demands for biomass supplies, but bosses believe the government’s plans around electricity market reform must remain pro-biomass to go ahead.
‘There... [Read More]
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Nov 15, 2012
Sweetwater Energy has confirmed its first commercial-scale, cellulosic sugar-production facility project is moving forward with the appointment of a design company.
Merrick and Company has been charged with the facility’s creation process from front-end engineering through to detailed design. Sweetwater eventual aim is to produce low-cost sugars from non-food plant... [Read More]
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Nov 14, 2012
The foundation stone of UPM’s Finland-based biorefinery in Lappeenranta has been laid.
UPM claim the120 million litres a year facility will be ‘the world’s first biorefinery to produce wood-based biodiesel’ and this announcement means the project is running on schedule.
‘Our €150 million investment into Lappeenranta proves this is UPM’s... [Read More]
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Nov 14, 2012
Wood pellet and biomass supplier Enviva has closed on its first corporate borrowing plan.
The company will receive a senior secured credit facility of $120 million (€94.2 million). Three major banks, namely Barclays, Goldman Sachs USA and Royal Bank of Canada, all served as joint lead arrangers.
The proceeds will be used by Enviva to complete the construction of two... [Read More]
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Nov 13, 2012
A biomass plant in Minnesota has vowed to stop using treated wood as part of its feedstock following a fine from the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency.
Fibrominn, a company that burns turkey and wood waste to produce electricity, will have to shell out $14,000 (€11,000) for violating the conditions of its air permit.
Although accounting for less than 1% of its total... [Read More]
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Nov 13, 2012
Chinese imports of logs and lumber dramatically fell this year according to a report by the Wood Resources International.
Total value of imports from January to August came to $4.3 billion (€3.3 billion) but represents a 19% drop on the same time last year. Russia and Canada provide the bulk of imports into China (84%) with the US Chile and New Zealand making up the... [Read More]
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Nov 12, 2012
Germany-based biotechnology company Direvo is set to commercialise its new conversion process of non-food feedstocks into fuels and chemicals.
Its BluCon platform is the result of an intensive research programme to identify microorganisms viable to cheaply produce chemicals and fuels from carbohydrates created from non-food biomass, so-called second generation biomass... [Read More]
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Nov 12, 2012
The Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS) has confirmed new international bioenergy standards will come into operation by 2014 across East Africa.
Following a three day workshop at the start of November TBS acting director Dominic Mwakangale believes the bureau is in at the final stages of compiling the proposed standards. The workshop attracted participants from places including... [Read More]
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Nov 9, 2012
A Scottish association has secured a loan to help build a renewable heating system near Oban.
The West Highland Housing Association (WHHA) will use the £400,000 ($638,350) given by a government initiative called the Warm Homes Fund, to construct a biomass district heating network at Dunbeg.
The electricity created would be enough to generate power for 50 homes and... [Read More]
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Nov 9, 2012
US-based transportation fuels producer Kior has begun production at its first commercial facility in Mississippi.
It is believed the plant, once running at full capacity within the next 12 months, will be able to produce almost 50 million litres of petrol and diesel per year.
Kior will be using a mixture of biomass, like non-food crops and woodwaste, as part of the manufacturing... [Read More]
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Nov 8, 2012
Renewable energy company Anaergia is set to participate in the creation of ‘the world’s largest college campus-based anaerobic disgestion system in the US.
The Canada-based biogas producer will be involved in the project found at the Dairy Cattle Teaching and Research Centre at Michigan State University (MSU).
The project’s aim is demonstrate how anaerobic... [Read More]
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Nov 7, 2012
A new report by consultancy firm Deloitte believes biomass could contribute even more than the fifth of UK electricity it is expected to by the end of the 2020s.
Biomass was believed to provide around 21% share of electricity generation by 2030 by Deloitte’s report argues that burning pellets or woodchips could play an even more significant role in meeting climate... [Read More]
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Nov 7, 2012
The Pakistani government is to implement several new plants with the aim of creating a total of 304MW of electricity from city waste.
Many projects are already underway, with an aggregate capacity of 57MW, and the subsequent facilities will create a further 247MW via agricultural, industrial and biogas waste products.
A senior government official stated that agricultural... [Read More]
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Nov 1, 2012
UK-based Tamar Energy has secured the management and development rights of four of the Countrystyle Group’s anaerobic digestion sites.
The deal sees Tamar Energy acquire the development rights to three of Countrystyle’s sites, with full planning permission for digestive facilities in the south of England, plus the development of a fourth facility subject to... [Read More]
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Proceeds from the bond sale have been used to refinance $40 million of Gevo RNG’s outstanding 2021 green bonds
SIAAP (Greater Paris Sanitation Authority) and SUEZ have officially inaugurated a new state-of-the-art biogas production unit at the Seine Aval wastewater treatment plant in the Paris metropolitan area
Natural State Renewables has announced a key strategic partnership with Axens as part of its plan to produce carbon-negative sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from surplus forest biomass
