Apr 11, 2012
BioPower Operations goes public
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Apr 11, 2012
The Harare City Council in Zimbabwe is in talks with a local gas company, considering a joint venture to enable electricity to be generated from waste collected from nearby sewage works.
About $3 million (€2.28 million) will be needed to fund the project, which will take a year and a half to build.
One plant, called Firle, is expected to produce 2.5MW whilst the other,... [Read More]
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Apr 11, 2012
UK energy company E.ON has received approval from the Shropshire council to build a new fuel store at its Ironbridge power station in the region.
This planning permission grant will allow the company to convert a section of its Ironbridge power station so that it can use 100% wood pellets as a renewable fuel source.
E.ON will continue to work with the council so that it... [Read More]
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Apr 10, 2012
Ventura, which is a subsidy of biodiesel company Biodico, has been given a $2 million (€1.5 million) grant from the California Energy Commission and will use the funds to produce renewable energy and biodiesel at Biodico’s 10 million gallon a year facility which is being built in Port Hueneme, California.
At the facility, process heat and power will be generated... [Read More]
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Apr 10, 2012
Pellet exports from North America into Europe hit a new record in the fourth quarter of last year.
Shipments rose to 600,000 tonnes in the fourth quarter of 2011, which is a sharp increase from the 130,000 tonnes shipped in the first quarter of 2008. Shipments have been on the rise steadily every quarter since then.
Over all of last year, wood pellet shipments reach just... [Read More]
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Apr 10, 2012
The US government says it is to give $35 million (€27 million) towards the research and development of advanced biofuels, bioenergy and bio-based products.
Through the Biomass Research and Development Initiative (BRDI), a joint programme established by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the US Energy Department, the project hopes to create more sources of... [Read More]
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Apr 5, 2012
The first biomass gasifier plant has opened in the Philippines in Dinalungan, Aurora.
The region currently relies on diesel generators for power but now Northern Aurora will be able to be powered on green and affordable energy, thanks to the new plant.
The facility is owned and operated by Eco Market Solutions (EMS) which will provide electricity to rural areas by converting... [Read More]
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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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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
