Apr 5, 2012
Biomass gasifier to burn farm waste
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Apr 3, 2012
Computer giant Apple is to build a 500KW biogas-powered fuel cell project that will generate electricity to its facility located in Cupertino, California, saving more than 1.2 million kgs of CO₂ emissions a year.
The development is part of the company’s expansion on its green Cupertino facilities, which achieved a 5 million KW energy saving last year.
The regulatory... [Read More]
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Apr 3, 2012
Waste-to-energy company Ameresco is to build a new facility as part of the Northeast Water Pollution Control Plant (NEWPCP) Biogas Project, which will generate electricity and thermal energy for onsite use.
The construction is expected to cost $47.5 million (€35.6 million) and will be designed to generate 5.6MW of power, reducing the plant’s energy costs by... [Read More]
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Apr 3, 2012
Pyroil International is in the process of signing contracts to build three waste-to-energy plants in the Netherlands, in Venlo, Waddinxveen and Amsterdam.
The technology to be installed in the facilities is based on the 200 year old system of pyrolysis which has been refined by the company to convert the oil from plastics into energy.
‘Plastic is the best feedstock... [Read More]
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Mar 30, 2012
The waste water treatment plant located in Medina, New York, is to install a 60kW combined heat and power (CHP) facility which will be used to feed electricity to the grid.
The site was given a Green Infrastructure Grant from the Environmental Facilities Corporation, which is funding similar upgrades.
Tecogen has been chosen as the company to supply the cogeneration system... [Read More]
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Mar 30, 2012
A controversial anaerobic digestion plant development has been approved by the Ministry of Environment in Woolwich, Canada.
Both the Woolwich Township council and the Elmira Biofuel Citizens Committee opposed the plant, which they said would exceed noise and odour limits.
The township previously met with provincial ministers at the Rural Ontario Municipal Association,... [Read More]
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Mar 29, 2012
A recent study published says that investors should look at renewables and clean tech as growth areas as it is estimated that the global oil supply will start to diminish.
The research, carried out by the DGFI, says that oil resources will be scarcer by 2020, yet the demand for energy is on the rise. It points out that 30 countries provide the entire world’s production... [Read More]
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Mar 29, 2012
World Health Energy Holdings has signed a letter of intent with Prime, an Indian industrial and transport company, to build a biodiesel production facility on a budget of $100 million (€75 million).
The development will be built on 250 acres and Prime has tested batch samples of spirulina algae which it plans to cultivate under the project, for biodiesel production.
The... [Read More]
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Mar 28, 2012
Italy-based Agroils Technologies has received investment funds of €900,000 from X-Capital, which it says it will use to develop technology to produce biofuel, protein biomass for animal feed and jatropha.
The process of production was developed by Roberto Crea, who also developed the first recombinant production of human insulin at Genentech in California in 1978.
‘The... [Read More]
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Mar 27, 2012
Imperative Energy, a company that provides biomass heat and power to the UK and Ireland, plans to expand its US presence by bringing its biomass developments overseas.
The company has formed a partnership with Northline Energy, a Lynnwood, Washington-based company that provides biomass combustion systems. The companies plan to invest $100 million (€75 million) over... [Read More]
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Mar 27, 2012
Vega Biofuels has raised funds to help it design and engineer a bio coal manufacturing plant which will be based in South Georgia.
The facility will produce the bio coal from timber waste as part of a green energy torrefaction process.
‘We've been working with a small group of existing shareholders the past few months to put together a funding package that will help... [Read More]
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Mar 27, 2012
Three schools in India are going green with biogas plants being installed on their sites.
Under a scheme being funded by the Kerala Sustainable Urban Development Project, over the next month Cotton Hill Government Higher Secondary School for Girls; Government Girls HSS, Pattom; and Government Vocational Higher Secondary School, Manacaud, will all have biogas plants built... [Read More]
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Mar 27, 2012
The local government of Bridgeport in Connecticut, US, is considering building an anaerobic digestion plant that would convert the city’s sewage into energy.
The government has asked for proposals to be submitted for a plant to be built near the West Side Treatment Facility, a sewage plant.
The anaerobic digester will recover the methane, which creates about 1,000BTUs... [Read More]
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Mar 27, 2012
Energy company Areva has received funding from KIC InnoEnergy to build a series of small scale biomass plants in Europe, South Asia and Latin America.
Areva plans to join various solutions to optimise the small scale power plant cost for its customers and help to cut down on construction time.
The biomass plants will produce power and are expected to ‘improve upstream... [Read More]
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Mar 26, 2012
A new scheme has been launched in the UK which will enable businesses to receive fully funded biomass boiler installations.
Anesco, the company behind the scheme, plans to install ETA biomass boilers, and also provide fuel storage, delivery systems, performance monitoring and annual services.
Firms will have the benefit of being able to reduce their heating costs by between... [Read More]
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Mar 22, 2012
E.ON Climate & Renewables has been given permission by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) to construct a 150 MW biomass power plant at Royal Portbury Dock in the Port of Bristol, North Somerset. The project would create an estimated 35 full-time jobs.
E.ON was planning to annually contribute £50,000 (€59,954) to a Community Investment Fund,... [Read More]
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Mar 22, 2012
Independent power producer, U-Thong Bio Power, is planning the construction of a new biomass power plant in the Supanburi Province, Thailand.
Using rice husk and bagasse as feedstocks, the plant will generate an estimated electricity output of 9.9MW, enough to power between 6000 to 8000 homes.
Completion of the project is expect at the end of 2013.... [Read More]
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