Jan 20, 2012
Green Biologics merges with butylfuel
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Jan 19, 2012
The province of Manitoba in Canada has introduced a new programme that will give $400,000 (€308,000) in grants to coal companies that switch to biomass energy projects.
The Manitoba Biomass Energy Support Program (MBESP) is aimed at supporting the growth of biomass within the energy production industry, and the agriculture, food and rural minister, Ron
Kostyshyn says... [Read More]
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Jan 19, 2012
Cool Planet BioFuels has been granted approval from the California Air Resources Board to test its negative carbon petrol.
The technology converts biomass, including grass and woodchips, into biodiesel. Through the process, a byproduct is created, which can be used as a fertiliser.
The first part of the testing will involve blending of the negative carbon fuel with E10... [Read More]
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Jan 18, 2012
Despite receiving hundreds of objections, Hertfordshire County councillors have voted unanimously to allow Cattlegate Farm in the UK to build an anaerobic digestion plant and compost facility.
Locals signed an objection statement against the facility because they believed it would be an eyesore and affect the surrounding environment through the production of noise and... [Read More]
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Jan 18, 2012
Australian company Algae.Tec has signed a 50/50 joint venture (JV) with Chinese company Shandong Kerui.
Working together, the companies will build a 250-module algae biofuels facility in China, in which both companies will pay half to cover costs.
The module system at the facility will be enclosed and the way the algae will be cultivated is meant to give it a high... [Read More]
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Jan 18, 2012
Bioenergy crop company SG Biofuels has closed a $17 million (€13 million) round of fundraising to go towards further developments of its hybrid jatropha seeds which can be used for biodiesel production.
The series B of financing was led by Thomas, McNerney & Partners; and Finistere Ventures and current investors Flint Hills Resources and Life Technologies were... [Read More]
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Jan 17, 2012
German Pellets is to build and operate a combined heat and power (CHP) plant in northern Italy in a joint venture with a local company.
German Pellets says Italy is a good location to build the plant as the conditions are favourable thanks to the feed-in tariffs that come from electricity derived from CHP plants.
Up to €0.28/kW hour can be paid for renewable energy... [Read More]
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Jan 17, 2012
The Namibia city of Windhoek plans to upgrade the main sludge treatment system at a local water works, installing new gas engines and improving the existing biodigestors. These biodigestors will be closed off, so that the harmful gases do not escape into the air and are instead used to generate power.
This electricity will be made from biogas that is created throughout... [Read More]
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Jan 17, 2012
UK-based Malaby Biogas has received a loan from an anaerobic digestion (AD) fund, Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP), which will go towards building a new plant.
The facility will be based in Wiltshire, and as Bioenergy Insight reported last month, will be built on a former 12 acre smallholding site.
The £800,000 (€960,000) loan will be used for the... [Read More]
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Jan 17, 2012
PDM says it wants to invest a further £40 million (€48 million) into increasing its network of anaerobic digestion (AD) plants throughout 2012.
Part of these funds will go towards building two new plants in Widnes and East London, UK. These will follow the company’s existing AD plant, which is based in Doncaster, UK.
However, the new plants will have twice... [Read More]
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Jan 17, 2012
Biomass power generation capacity is predicted to grow by more than 86GW by 2021, a rise from the current 58GW, and representing a total investment of more than $100 billion (€78 billion), according to Pike Research.
If a more aggressive implementation campaign is put in place to build on the bioenergy resources, capacity could hit 115GW, which is an investment of... [Read More]
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Jan 16, 2012
Verso Paper has finished the construction of a $45 million (€35.5 million) renewable energy upgrade at its pulp and paper mill in Michigan, US.
The company has upgraded the existing combination boiler which burns woody biomass, and built a new biomass handling system and a turbine generator.
The energy generated will be used within the mill, and is the equivalent... [Read More]
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Jan 16, 2012
The demand for woody biomass in the US over the past three year has decreased because fossil fuel prices have stayed ‘relatively low’, say a report from Wood Resources International.
In particular, the pacific northwest of the US has the lowest biomass prices, a little lower than the south, although the northeast of the country has the highest prices.
Over... [Read More]
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Jan 11, 2012
Boeing and Australia’s Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO) have joined forces to examine the potential for aviation biofuels’ feedstock growth in the north of the country.
The partnership comes following the release of the Flight Path to Sustainable Aviation roadmap, which recommends research into the area.
‘The roadmap... [Read More]
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Jan 10, 2012
Science Applications International (SAI) and the Carlyle Energy Mezzanine Opportunities are to fund the construction of a new $225 million (€176 million) Plainfield Renewable Energy (PRE) biomass project.
The facility will produce 37.5MW, enough to power 37,000 homes in the Connecticut, US area. The feedstock used will include wood waste leftover from construction... [Read More]
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Jan 10, 2012
A biomass plant planned for Munford Road in Thetford, UK, has been opposed by the local council, which says the facility would have a visual impact on the surrounding area, including the Thetford forest.
The site would have burnt poultry litter and woodchips to power the plant, which Energy Power Resources (EPR), the company behind the proposed project, says would have... [Read More]
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Jan 9, 2012
Kenyan electricity provider Tower Power is to build two biomass power plants in the country.
One facility will provide 30MW of power and will be built at Marigat in the Baringo District. The second plant will be provide 12MW and is planned for Mariakani in the Kwale District.
Construction is due to begin in March and the projects will come online by November 2014.
The... [Read More]
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