Sep 6, 2013
EDF acquires Heartland biogas project
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Sep 6, 2013
A multi-university study into biomass-to-energy has claimed to have found a new lignin gene which could aid conversion.
A research project involving universities in Scotland, the US and Belgium used the model plant Arabidopsis thanliana and identified an enzyme called caffeoyl shikimate esterase (CSE), which fulfils a central role in lignin biosynthesis.
The research says... [Read More]
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Sep 6, 2013
Aemetis, an advanced fuels and renewable chemicals company, has been granted US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) approval to produce ethanol using grain sorghum and biogas.
The move means the plant’s existing combined heat and power system can generate higher-value D5 advanced biofuels renewable identification numbers (RINs).
The EPA approval also includes D5... [Read More]
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Sep 5, 2013
Universal Adsorbents and Chemicals (UAC) has formed a joint venture with Italy-based biogas company Sebigas to design and build biogas pants in Thailand and other Southeast Asian countries.
The subsidiary company – UAC Energy – will oversee the design and construction of biogas facilities in addition to providing operation and maintenance services.
UAC expects... [Read More]
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Sep 5, 2013
Flagship VentureLabs has announced Midori Renewables is to deploy a new catalyst technology which melts non-food biomass into low-cost sugar.
The technology, branded Breaking the Biomass Barrier, is a solid material, not an enzyme, micro-organism or aqueous acid, that can be separated from the reaction and reused for the production of renewable products and animal feed.
‘We... [Read More]
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Sep 5, 2013
With the vote on whether to cap first generation biofuel in transport fuel at 5.5% is due around the start of Biofuels International conference the timing couldn't be better.
This is your last chance to register and hear from top biofuel producers, regulators and experts for only €300 a day (when two delegates attend)
Topics covered will include whether a 5.5%... [Read More]
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Sep 4, 2013
Nature Flame's wood pellet manufacturing plant in New Zealand caught fire on 3 September after two sawdust hoppers exploded.
Around a dozen fire crews responded to the fire, which was contained by around 11pm. No-one was in the building when the incident happened and there are no reports of injuries.
State-owned Solid Energy owns Nature's Flame although it has been operating... [Read More]
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Sep 4, 2013
Wood pellet manufacturer and distributor Viridis Energy has started producing wood pellets at its wholly owned subsidiary, Scotia Atlantic Biomass Company.
The plant, which was acquired in February 2012, is based in Middle Musquodoboit, Nova Scotia. At the end of August three of its five pellet presses went into service and the first shipment of 25,000 tonnes of pellets... [Read More]
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Sep 3, 2013
The Rural Electrification Agency (REA) of Zimbabwe, a subsidiary of utility company Zesa Holdings, is looking to install a total 64 biogas plants across the nation.
The REA, according to reports, has called for bids from companies and agents experienced in he design, sizing, positioning, construction and installation of institutional biogas digester units.
The biogas digesters... [Read More]
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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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