Jan 17, 2012
PDM to build two new AD plants
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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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Jan 9, 2012
A farm in Kirkton, Ontario, has begun to produce electricity and thermal energy through the use of waste streams such as manure and organic material.
The waste is used to produce biogas through an anaerobic digestion process, which provides the majority of the heat and electricity for the farm operations as well as for homes on the farm.
The electricity that is not used... [Read More]
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Jan 6, 2012
BioDiesel International (BDI) has secured a contract to build a multi-feedstock biogas plant in northern France for €4.45 million.
The plant was commissioned by a French waste disposal company that will use the facility to crush, handle and convert the organic waste into biogas to power an electricity and thermal energy system.
Each year the plant will produce 4.2... [Read More]
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Jan 5, 2012
The Nigerian government has signed a deal with Global Biofuels, a local biofuel producer, to build 15 biofuel plants in the country, costing about N414 billion (€2.02 billion) in total.
The project will create about 120,000 jobs and will power 15 states with 30MW each. A pilot plant will be built in Ekiti, with construction beginning within the next few months and... [Read More]
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Jan 5, 2012
Florida-based company BioTork has converted papayas into fatty acids which it says can be refined into biofuels.
Under a research development programme working with the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Pacific Basin Agricultural Research Center (PBARC) and Rivertop Solutions, BioTork says this discovery is a positive breakthrough for the local agriculture and military... [Read More]
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Jan 4, 2012
World Health Energy Holdings (WHEH), a public holding company that works on forming joint ventures with algae companies for the production of biodiesel and fish food, says it has signed a deal with Indian company Prime to build a biodiesel facility.
The production site will sit on 250 acres and cost up to $100 million (€77 million) to build. So far two sites are being... [Read More]
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Jan 4, 2012
German chemical company BASF has participated in a $50 million (€38 million) funding round with an investment of $30 million into biofuel producer Renmatix.
The process Renmatix uses to produce biofuels includes creating industrial sugar from lignocellulosic biomass such as wood, cane waste or straw. Using supercritical water—a state in which water acts as a... [Read More]
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Jan 3, 2012
The Indian government says last year it intensified its bioenergy power generation across the country and now 30 villages in total have had biomass gasifiers installed.
The government says it also has plans to add a further 30,000MW capacity of renewable energy, adding to the 22,000MW capacity that has now been installed within the grid across India, which is about 11%... [Read More]
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Jan 3, 2012
A prison in the US is to install a thermophilic anaerobic digester covering 3-4 acres which will produce about 1MW of electricity each year, with the electricity generated both powering the site and being fed onto the grid.
The electricity will be created through the use of about 5,500 tonnes of poultry litter each year and the facility is scheduled to come online in 2013.
EcoCorp,... [Read More]
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Jan 3, 2012
Renewable energy company Amersco has received a Final Acceptance Certificate from the United States Department of Energy (DOE) Savannah River Operations Office and can now complete construction on its new biomass cogeneration facility.
Once completed, the site is expected to produce $944 million of energy, water, operations and maintenance savings over nearly 20 years.... [Read More]
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