Apr 23, 2012
Eco 2 acquires 13 acres of land for Biomass project
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Apr 23, 2012
A memorandum of understanding has been signed by Italian power company Enel to build a 1-5MW concentrated solar power and biomass bi-generation plant, which will produce electricity for the city of Rome.
Italy's agency for new technologies, Enea, and Rome's local authority Roma Capitale, which will be backing the porject also signed the agreement. Enel will build and... [Read More]
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Apr 23, 2012
ProSelect Gas Treating has launched the world's first carbon capture system for the greenhouse industry. The GC6 Carbon Capture System was unveiled at the SunSelect Produce greenhouses in Delta, British Columbia.
The $5 million new technology was developed in Canada and is able to secure carbon dioxide emissions from biomass combustion and convert it into fertilizer. This... [Read More]
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Apr 23, 2012
Planning permission has been awarded to developer Real Ventures, for the proposed construction of a biomass power station at the Port of Immingham on the River Humber. The project has a value of approximately £130 million (Є159.15 million).
Hundreds of jobs will reportedly be created during the 30-month construction period and during the predicted 25-year life of... [Read More]
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Apr 23, 2012
Proposed Biomass power plant, which will be located in Russell, Massachusetts, has been issued with a final Clean Water Act permit by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
EPA has determined that the final National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit for the proposed facility meets the requirements set by the Federal Clean Water Act.
The proposed... [Read More]
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Apr 23, 2012
A recent study conducted by the Oregon State University (OSU) and a number of other universities located in Germany, France, Switzerland and Austria, has suggested that the use of forest biomass may be responsible for higher greenhouse gas emissions and furthermore may not be sustainable.
A depletion of soil nutrients, higher erosion risk, younger forests, loss of forest... [Read More]
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Apr 23, 2012
A demonstration coordinated by organisations Biofuelwatch, No Leith Biomass Campaign, Friends of the Earth Scotland and Grangemouth Community Council was joined by MSPs as they attempted to persuade the Scottish Government to reduce the "heavy subsidies" given to biomass plants.
The protest, which took place outside Holyrood, was in reaction to the high subsidies being... [Read More]
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Apr 17, 2012
Renewable energy company Harvest Power has raised $110 million (€760,000) in a funding round.
True North Venture Partners were the leaders in the investment, with help from American Refining and Biochemical, as well as existing investors Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, DAG Ventures, Generation Investment Management and more.
Harvest Power plans to use the funds... [Read More]
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Apr 17, 2012
A new co-digestion facility will be built in California after the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) and the Sacramento Regional County Sanitation District (SRCSD) joined forces to help produce renewable energy.
Fats, oils, grease and liquid food processing waste will be used in the digestion system, producing power for a plant in the southern Sacramento County.
As... [Read More]
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Apr 17, 2012
In order to cut energy bills and make sure employees do not lose their jobs, a luxury spa hotel in Anglesey, UK has built a £500,000 (€607,000) biomass plant.
The system at the plant, situated at the Tre-Ysgawen Hall Country House Hotel and Spa, at Capel Coch, near Llangefni, is able to produce 600kW of power, using woodchips as fuel, meaning that the £90,000... [Read More]
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Apr 17, 2012
In Oslo, Norway, the government is planning to run all the city’s buses on biogas produced from food waste.
At the moment there 65 buses in Oslo that are powered by biogas from the city’s sewage treatment plant but with this new development enough biogas will be produced to fuel at least 200 buses.
Using 50,000 tonnes of food waste a year, the facility will... [Read More]
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Apr 17, 2012
UK-based food company PDM plans to invest £40 million (€48.5 million) into building a network of anaerobic digestion plants throughout this year. The plants, to be built under a project which the company has dubbed ReFood, will be built in Widnes and East London, UK.
The two plants come after PDM’s first anaerobic digester was deemed a success after it... [Read More]
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Apr 16, 2012
Dong Energy wants to invest just under $800 million (€612 million) into converting three of its coal and gas fired power stations into bioenergy plants, using wood pellets to produce heat and electricity.
According to Bloomberg, the executive VP of Dong, Thomas Dalsgaard, says that the Danish plants will have a capacity of around 1GW.
The company plans to begin the... [Read More]
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Apr 16, 2012
The North East Lincolnshire Council in the UK has approved a biomass-fuelled plant, which will be built in the region for about £130 million (€158 million).
Real Ventures, the company behind the development, plans for the facility to have an electrical output of more than 49MW which should power around 90,000 residences.
The plant will be a combined heat and... [Read More]
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Apr 16, 2012
A renewable energy power station worth £250 million (€304 million) will be built in the Port of Blyth after planning permission was granted.
The renewable energy developer RES submitted its planning application in March 2012 and the Planning Inspectorate confirmed formal acceptance on 11th April 2012. The examination and consultation period can take up to nine... [Read More]
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Apr 11, 2012
Wealth management firm, Taaleritehdas, plans to build a series of biogas plants throughout Finland, which will convert household biowaste, wastewater slurry, industrial byproducts and agricultural waste into biogas.
Over the next couple of years, the Finnish company will build five to seven plants which will cost about €90 million.
Under its plans, the company will... [Read More]
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Apr 11, 2012
Viridor, a waste management company based in the UK, has broken ground on a new anaerobic digestion (AD) plant that is located close to Bridgwater in Somerset, UK.
It is the first AD plant in that region of the country and will be situated next to the Walpole landfill site, coming online in April 2013.
The Somerset Waste Board approved the facility in September 2011 and... [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
