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Dutch wastewater and biogas purification specialist Paques opened on Monday a new factory in India in order to tap the subcontinent’s growing markets. The new subsidiary Paques Environmental Technology India, located in Sri City on the east coast of South India, is the company’s fourth and most modern sales/production site. The new approximately 2,500m2 plant is situated in one of…
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Wind and solar power are likely to be less expensive than biomass to replace coal in the UK, a new study released today says. Published by the US Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) and conducted by London-based Vivid Economics, the study says the “truly clean”, renewable forms of energy also will help the UK reduce carbon pollution and meet its goals to combat climate…
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UK waste management company Biffa has slashed its stock prices, selling its shares at 180p per share in its initial public offering (IPO). The price, according to BBC, is significantly lower than the expected price range of 220-270p and equates to a market capitalisation of £450 million (€498m). Despite its status as a waste management business, Biffa also works in converting waste to…
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UK recycling company Tamar Energy‘s anaerobic digestion (AD) plant has achieved the PAS 110 industry quality standard, ensuring the quality and consistency of the biofertiliser produced through the AD process. The Basingstoke, Hampshire, UK, plant can process up to 40,000 tonnes of municipal and commercial food waste annually to generate 1.5MW of renewable energy, enough for 3,000…
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The University of Northampton’s new Waterside Campus in the UK will use sustainable technology for heat while dramatically reducing its CO2 output. The University has employed sustainable energy expert Vital Energi to deliver the energy solutions for the new campus, opening in 2018. The contract will see Vital Energi deliver an energy centre which will use woodchip biomass and gas to heat…
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Japanese power supplier eRex’s plans to construct two new power plants by 2020 are set to make the company Japan’s largest biomass power producer. The plants will be built in Okinawa and another location in western Japan under a recently compiled medium-term business plan, the Nikkei Asian Review newspaper reports. Construction is projected to begin around mid-2017 and will…
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Siemens has appointed George Giles to a newly created role as head of environmental power to strengthen the company’s offering in this market across all divisions of Siemens in the UK & Ireland. Giles, who previously headed up Environmental Power and Oil & Gas across Siemens’ Process Industries & Drives and Digital Factory divisions, will lead a team focusing on developing…
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The UK government has released its response to the Committee on Climate Change’s (CCC) recommendations to reduce the UK’s greenhouse gas emissions. The CCC’s progress report, published in June 2016, focused on its priorities for the UK Government’s forthcoming emissions reduction plan. The response report, however, fails to give high hopes to the renewables industry,…
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Finland-based biotechnology company Ductor Corp. has announced a new partnership with California-headquarted ES Engineering Services to boost the biogas industry in North America. Together, Ductor and ES will work to integrate Ductor fermentation technology within existing and new biogas plants located in North America. ES will provide all technical design and project management services required…
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Denmark-headquarted Dong Energy has announced that it has converted one unit of its Studstrup power plant in Aarhus to run on wood pellets instead of coal, while the second unit will be mothballed, helping to reduce carbon emissions. The conversion would allow Denmark's second-largest city to reduce emissions by 310,000 tonnes annually as it seek to become carbon-neutral by 2030, the company said…
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Power firm Hoosier Energy has started up its latest landfill methane generation facility in Illinois, US. The station is located at Advance Disposal’s landfill in Rockford, Illinois. The engines are presently being tested and synched to Hoosier’s grid. The company expects to be producing power onto the grid sometime by the middle to the end of this November. The 16MW Orchard Hills…
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UK anaerobic digestion (AD) specialist Agrivert has announced the successful completion of G59 (first electricity supply to grid) at its two latest AD facilities; securing their tariffs for the next 20 years. The two new plants in South Wales and North London will strengthen the network of food waste facilities that Agrivert operate to a total of five, increasing the company’s total food…
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US-based biotechnology company Microvi has been awarded a grant from the US Department of Energy for a new biocatalytic technology that converts methane and carbon dioxide in biogas into liquid chemicals. The new technology, based on Microvi’s MicroNiche Engineering Platform Technology, can convert biogas that is created at facilities like landfills and wastewater treatment plants into…
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UK wood fuel supplier Forest Fuels has acquired the customer contracts of Cornwall-based wood pellet business Mi Generation. This is the second acquisition the firm has made in the second half of the year. In early July, Forest Fuels acquired Midlands Wood Fuel. Under its new acquisition, Forest Fuels will take over all of Mi Generation’s customers and all Mi Generation vehicles will be…
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