May 8, 2012
Anti-power plant campaign gathers pace in Barrow
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May 8, 2012
A five-year joint biomass project between the UN Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO) and Kenya will be ready in June.
The project will help to further assist Kenya’s adoption of clean energy solutions by removing its heavy reliance on fuel wood and agricultural residue for cooking.
‘This project, which partly aims at moving the country away from traditional... [Read More]
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May 8, 2012
A new location in Lincolnshire, UK has become apparent as locals back the proposal of a new community-owned biogas plant in the area.
After a meeting in March showed overwhelming support for alternative energy supply in the town of Caistor, and with funding from the Department of Energy and Climate Change LEAF fund secured, an actual location for the proposed biogas plant... [Read More]
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May 8, 2012
Pure Biofuels del Peru management has entered into a partnership with US-based private equity fund manager Pegasus Capital Advisors to acquire the business.
Both companies combined to purchase the equity of Pure Biofuels in a move to provide growth capital for both terminal and operational expansion.
‘Pegasus' extensive expertise in biofuels make it an ideal partner... [Read More]
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May 8, 2012
Italian-based Organic Rankine Cycle (OCR) specialists Turboden has announced plans to build two biomass-fuelled combined cooling, heat and power plants in the UK.
The company, which was acquired by Pratt and Whitney Power Systems in 2009, will supply one of its ORC turbo generators each to British Sky Broadcasting (BSB) and Heathrow Airport.
‘We’re proud to... [Read More]
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May 8, 2012
The EU-Malaysia Biomass Sustainable Production Initiative (Biomass-SP) has claimed several parties are looking to invest up to RM3.5 billion (€878 million) in the country’s budding biomass sector.
Biomass-SP has said that those investing sought the help of itself and the Malaysian Biotechnology Corporation to ensure sufficient amounts of feedstock for their... [Read More]
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May 8, 2012
A district-wide heating project in Vermont, US has been awarded more grants and loans from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to help continue its regeneration last week.
The project, which will cost around $20 million (€15.4 million) in total, will replace an old state-owned heating plant in the Montpelier district with a new wood biomass facility. It is... [Read More]
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May 3, 2012
NDR Energy Group, (a subsidiary of Universal Bioenergy), has signed a Master Core Secondary Market Services Agreement for storage facility services with a natural gas distributor that supplies and delivers natural gas to over 20.9 million customers on the west coast of the US.
The gas utility company owns and operates 134 billion cubic feet of underground gas storage facilities,... [Read More]
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May 3, 2012
New York's largest on-farm, 'co-digestion' biogas power project, located at Synergy Dairy in Covington, Wyoming County, has been opened.
The facility was constructed by CH4 Biogas, who, under the name Synergy Biogas, also owns and operates the project.
It is designed specifically for the co-digestion of food and animal waste, generating 1.4 MW of renewable electricity,... [Read More]
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May 1, 2012
Dyadic International is a global biotechnology company focused on the discovery, development, manufacture and sale of enzyme and protein products for the bioenergy, biochemical, biopharmaceutical and industrial enzyme industries. The company has announced that Abengoa Bioenergy New Technologies (Abengoa), has agreed to pay them $5.5 million for an expansion of its rights... [Read More]
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May 1, 2012
The US Patent & Trademark Office has awarded NTE Energy a patent for its proprietary biomass hybrid renewable energy technology. This newly patented technology allows the simultaneous operation of a biomass energy cycle in unison with a traditional power plant.
It integrates biomass and steam electric power, forming a single hybrid power facility that will offer shared... [Read More]
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May 1, 2012
Kedco has secured approximately £166,860 (€203,700.77) through a placing of 12,835,385 new ordinary shares (Placing Shares), with a number of existing and new investors, at an issue price of 1.3 pence per ordinary share.
The proceeds are to be used for working capital purposes and for continuing investment in the Company's portfolio of biomass electricity and... [Read More]
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Apr 30, 2012
EcoPellets's plans to burn an annual 100,000 tonnes of wood pellets at a 17MW solid biomass co-generation plant and a 14MW liquid biomass plant in Llangefni, are on the verge of falling through due to concerns about the potentially damaging effects they will have on local air quality as well as noise pollution worries.
The £100 million (€122.98 million)... [Read More]
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Apr 27, 2012
The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) have thanked members of the Senate Agriculture Committee for reauthorizing farm programs that are valuable to the biotechnology industry and ensuring they have the funding to work.
'The Farm Bill's energy title and proposals to support biomanufacturing will help the United States maintain its competitive leadership in biotechnology,... [Read More]
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Apr 27, 2012
Gloucester-based Markey Group has opened a new £1.1 million (Є1.35 million) biomass facility.
The burner runs on wood waste generated by the subsidiary of Markey Group, Premiere Kitchens. On average, Premiere Kitchens creates approximately 2,350 tonnes of wood waste each year in the form of extracted chipboard dust and residual off-cuts. Previously, the majority... [Read More]
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Apr 27, 2012
Helius Energy has confirmed that it is working with a number of banks including Lloyds Bank Wholesale Banking & Markets, the Royal Bank of Scotland and Santander Global Banking & Markets, amongst others, to finance its Avonmouth dedicated biomass project, located in the Port of Bristol.
It is anticipated that the project's financial close will occur this summer,... [Read More]
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Apr 27, 2012
Bioeconomy consultants for the UK Government, NNFCC, have released a new report suggesting that heat and power from biomass could create up to 50,000 jobs by 2020.
The UK Department of Energy and Climate Change–commissioned research, is aimed at providing evidence for the Government's Bioenergy Strategy. It coincides with two other NNFCC studies on the potential... [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
