Feb 15, 2013
Biomass conundrum continues as Thunder Bay remains idle
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Feb 15, 2013
State-owned plantation company PT Perkebunan Nusantara (PTPN) is set to widen its product portfolio by expanding into biofuel production during 2013.
It has been reported that its sugar and tobacco lines cannot be fully relied on to support the Indonesia-based company, which is seeing increased manufacturing costs, so biofuels and electricity production are set to... [Read More]
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Feb 14, 2013
A waste-to-fuel project spearheaded by Canada-based Green Energy Solution Industries has appointed a gasification technology provider.
GESI will work with International Technologies to bring the plant, to be located just outside Edmonton, online. It will be powered by old or disused railway ties of which GESI believes there are 1,800 per kilometre of track in Alberta alone.
International... [Read More]
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Feb 14, 2013
Front Range Energy, an ethanol producer in Colorado, US is to move away from using corn feedstock to woody biomass.
FRE says it has tested a new process to make ethanol from wood waste and its facility could start commercial production next year.
‘The idea to use biomass to convert to ethanol is not a new idea,’ says Dan Sanders Jr, FRE VP. ‘What's new... [Read More]
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Feb 13, 2013
Harare City in Zimbabwe has been told to welcome a Ministry of Energy and Power Development biogas project by the government.
The city council has been reported as being wary of the project but local government, rural and urban development officer Ignatius Chombo says fears of gas explosions were ‘unfounded’.
‘I hereby direct that the council cooperate... [Read More]
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Feb 13, 2013
Technology supplier Metso is to supply Bioenergeticheskaya Kompaniya with a complete biomass-fired combined heat and power plant in Syktyvkar, Russia.
The 4MW CHP plant will use bark and wood residues from a Syktyvkar-based sawmill among other biomass. The produced power will be distributed to the local grid and heat will be used in the internal belt dryer.
‘Sawmill... [Read More]
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Feb 12, 2013
A European water treatment plant is being powered by a feedstock more typically found on the dinner table.
Sauerkraut, particularly the juice, is mixed with specific bacteria to make methane and CO2 which powers turbines at the Bassin de l‘Ehn water treatment plant located in Northern France.
Jerome Fritz, director Bassin de l‘Ehn Water Treatment was quoted... [Read More]
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Feb 11, 2013
International polymer producer Invista Technologies and biotechnology Arzeda will collaborate on the development of new technologies for bio-derived processes.
The agreement will combine the two companies’ technologies in order to further co-develop platforms to ultimately develop new bio-derived processes for a range of products. The initial focus of the collaboration... [Read More]
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Feb 11, 2013
A new report looking at renewable energy use in New Zealand believes the potential for industry and economy boosts is huge.
The report, published by Greenpeace and based on scientific modelling by experts in New Zealand, Europe and Australia, states its economy could be given a multi-million dollar injection and create thousands of jobs via bioenergy and geothermal industries... [Read More]
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Feb 11, 2013
It has been confirmed that Philippines-based Eastern Petroleum will begin construction of a biomass plant this year.
The power facility represents EP’s first venture into the biomass sector and will cost $60 million (€44.7 million). Construction is hoped to begin in the third quarter and be fully operational in 2015.
‘We, through our subsidiary Eastern... [Read More]
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Feb 8, 2013
UK-based logistics company AV Dawson has signed a 40-year deal to site a waste-to-energy plant at its Riverside Park base in Middlesbrough.
Greenlight AD Power’s energy plant is the first project in the UK to benefit from the government’s Green Investment Bank (GIB) with funding of £8 million (€9.3 million) matched with private sector funding.
It... [Read More]
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Feb 8, 2013
Germany-based biofuels and bioliquid certification body Tüv Süd has obtained further accreditation for the testing of waste and residual materials.
The news comes as the 36th Ordinance on the Implementation of the Federal Immission Control Act now requires EU companies operating in the collection of waste and residual materials to furnish proof of certification... [Read More]
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Feb 8, 2013
Nerea, a subsidiary of Akuo Energy, has begun construction of a new biomass cogeneration facility in Estrees-Mons, France.
The 13MW project represents a €65 million ($87.2 million) investment and aims to be fully operational by the end of 2014, producing 100,000MWh of electricity and 25 tonnes of steam per hour annually via wood pellets.
This project is the third... [Read More]
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Feb 7, 2013
US-based agricultural technology company Arcadia Biosciences (AB) has signed an agreement with international woody crops enhancement business FuturaGene to look into sustainable development of eucalyptus and poplar trees.
The contract will allow FuturaGene exclusive use of AB’s nitrogen and water use efficiency technologies, which both aim to increase tree yields... [Read More]
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Feb 6, 2013
A new pilot pellet mill has been opened in Georgia, US by the Herty Advanced Materials Development Centre (HAMDC).
HAMDC, which is a part of the Georgia Southern University, claims its $2 million (€1.4 million) mill will support local and national feedstock suppliers by providing validating process technology and pellet design engineering.
‘The global demand... [Read More]
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Feb 5, 2013
Bioenergy Insight has been appointed by the World Bioenergy Association (WBA) with the exclusive responsibility of increasing awareness and industry involvement in its ground breaking portal BioenergyConnect.
Due for official launch in May 2013, BioenergyConnect aims to make it easier to do business and communicate by bringing all areas of the bioenergy industry together... [Read More]
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Feb 5, 2013
Energy company RWE nPower has awarded a logistics contract as it further advances the construction of a CHP facility in Scotland.
To be housed on the site of a paper mill in Markinch, the 49.9MW plant is expected to burn over 400,000 tonnes of wood. Malcolm Logistics has won the contract to deliver at least a third of the required fuel needed.
‘This contract will... [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
