May 24, 2012
Researchers claim new bioenergy alternative from hydrogen
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May 23, 2012
Investment consortium Real Ventures (RV) has been given more time to streamline its proposed wood-burning biomass power station on the Isle of Wight, UK.
Despite winning preferred bidder status from the Isle of Wight Council in 2010, a 12 month extension of that status was granted at a cabinet meeting on 22 May to allow RV more time to prepare a thorough environmental... [Read More]
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May 23, 2012
Metal producing company Harmony Gold Mining is planning renewable energy plants in the north of South Africa.
As well as a solar power plant, Harmony has been looking into the feasibility of growing crops for a biofuels plant that may be built in South Africa’s central Free State province.
The reason for these projects is because Harmony is assessing ways of generating... [Read More]
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May 22, 2012
Investment company Future Capital Partners (FCP) has secured both senior debt and government underwriting for a proposed ethanol plant in Grimsby, UK.
The Belgian Export Credit Agency, the Office National De Ducroire (ONDD), has underwritten the senior debt for its £210 million (€259.5 million) bioethanol project. In addition FCP has also confirmed that a major... [Read More]
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May 21, 2012
UK-based biogas and clean energy provider Ener-G has opened new offices in Romania to expand its presence.
The move will bring together the Ener-G Technologii Energetice (ETE) team with power engineering consultancy Enalt, in which Ener-G is a majority shareholder.
Following its establishment three years ago Ener-G claims that ETE now has several major landfill gas generation... [Read More]
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May 18, 2012
Waste gasification provider Cocurrent BioEnergy is aiming to develop a waste-to-energy facility in West Virginia, US.
In an interview given with a local newspaper, Cocurrent said the plant would treat batches of unsorted municipal solid waste using its gasification technology to create synthetic gas that would heat water, create steam and generate electricity.
Sources... [Read More]
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May 17, 2012
A new study by IHS Emerging Energy Research predicts that the European Union (EU) biomass market will grow by 30 GW between 2012 and 2035.
The Europe Biopower Markets and Strategies: 2012 – 2035 research says that growth will represent 6% of the additional renewable energy capacity within the EU and, although wind and solar will continue to dominate the European... [Read More]
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May 17, 2012
Biofuel producer and distributor Whole Energy Fuels (WEF) is to compensate Snohomish County, Washington State for services and goods it didn’t deliver for a canola project.
WEF agreed to design, build and install a canola-crushing system for farmers in the county and signed a $465,000 (€365,600) contract in 2008. A settlement agreement was agreed last month... [Read More]
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May 16, 2012
Green energy provider Vega Biofuels (VB) is to build a new bio-coal manufacturing facility in Georgia, US.
It will use torrefaction, a process that takes place at temperatures between 475 – 575°F to make the physical and energetic properties of the biomass more comparable to traditional coal, to compress the biomass into briquettes and sell to end users.
VB says... [Read More]
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May 15, 2012
After six months of uncertainty Griffiss Utility Services (GUS) has confirmed an $18 million (€14 million) biofuel project will go ahead.
The project, to be housed in a vast hangar called Building 100, would allow GUS to use wood chip fuel alongside existing oil and gas pipelines that heats many buildings on-site at the Griffiss Business and Technology Park.
The project... [Read More]
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May 15, 2012
Bangkok-based green solutions company Loxley will spend THB60 million (€1.49 million) on building a new pilot plant for algae-based biofuel.
This news comes after Loxley signed a memorandum of understanding for the development project with Bangchak Petroleum, Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding and the Department of Alternative Energy Development and Efficiency.
‘The... [Read More]
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May 15, 2012
The Small Industries Development Board (SIDB) will launch biogas plants in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan to provide both low-cost fuel and benefit economic, social and environmental sectors.
The biogas project will be funded by money from the Pakistan-Italian debt swap agreement of 2009, when Italy agreed to convert Pakistan’s $100 million (€77.8 million) debt... [Read More]
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May 14, 2012
The Filipino government’s energy department is to look into ‘more realistic targets’ for the country’s bioethanol production.
Energy undersecretary Jay Layug says the Philippines’s bioethanol production has remained minimal compared with demand since the Biofuels Law was passed in 2006.
‘Five years ago the government wanted us to be... [Read More]
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May 14, 2012
LeRay officials are in negotiations for a potential five-year payment-in-lieu-of-taxes (PILOT) agreement with ReEnergy Holdings to make building a biomass energy plant more affordable.
LeRay plans to invest about $34 million (€26.4 million) to convert a coal-fired plant into one that produces energy using biomass materials in Fort Drum, New York. To offset those costs,... [Read More]
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May 11, 2012
A new biodiesel plant designed and installed by Agri Process Innovations for Oswalt Bioenergy has gone from construction to full start-up within seven days in Lake Providence, Louisiana, US.
Plant manager Hal Oswalt and company owner Sonny Oswalt decided to go ahead with the 5 million gallon per year, multi-feedstock facility after sensing a real ongoing demand for biodiesel... [Read More]
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May 10, 2012
Nova Scotia Power (NSP) officials have announced a new milestone in the construction of a CAN$208 million (€160 million) biomass cogeneration plant.
A steam turbine and generator used to produce electricity has arrived at the facility and NSP is confident it will generate about 60 MW a year via burned biomass. The combined weight of the turbine and generator came... [Read More]
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May 8, 2012
UK investment company Ludgate Environmental Fund (LEF) has put in a total of £14.1 million (€17.3 million) across three companies that deal in anaerobic digestion, biomass and waste heat recovery.
As part of a £76.3 million project by Tamar Energy, LEF will invest £7 million to help it fund developments of food and mixed waste anaerobic digestion... [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
