Jan 3, 2012
India reports successful 2011 for bioenergy projects
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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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Jan 3, 2012
Canals throughout the UK might soon play a part in bioenergy production as energy company Dalkia says the waterways could be used to deliver biomass.
The company already uses the Aire and Calder Navigation canal system, which is located in Yorkshire, to transport wood.
Hundreds of years ago the canals were used to transport 40 million tonnes of cargo around the country... [Read More]
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Jan 3, 2012
Dutch electricity company Eneco has begun construction of a 49.9MW bioenergy plant at Delfzijl port in the Netherlands.
The plant is due to come online in 2013 and will see 300,000 tonnes of woodchips turned into power, which will provide electricity to around 120,000 homes.
The woodchips will arrive by ship, train and truck from the Netherlands and other nearby countries,... [Read More]
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Dec 22, 2011
Biomass fuel producer Enviva says it will build a 454,000 tonne wood pellet plant in Courtland, Virginia, with operations set to begin in the first half of 2013.
However, the project will only go ahead if the land where the plant is to be built on receives permission from Southampton County to rezone the property.
The company is currently expanding within the mid-Atlantic... [Read More]
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Dec 22, 2011
Neste Oil has commissioned its Rotterdam facility to produce hydrated vegetable oil (HVO), opening it on 19 December 2011.
This follows the opening of productiion in Singapore and Finland, adding a further 800,000 tonnes to its capacity and bringing the total output to two million tonnes of HVO.
The Rotterdam refinery produces NExBTL renewable diesel, Neste Oil’s... [Read More]
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Dec 21, 2011
Swedfund has invested €10 million into Addax Bioenergy, a company based in Sierra Leone.
Swedfund’s investment, which Addax & Oryx is also a part of, will be the biggest private sector agriculture investment into the country and will be added to a total investment of €267 million.
The greenfield projects will include the construction of an ethanol refinery... [Read More]
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Dec 20, 2011
Energy systems company Danish Stirling DK has commissioned a four-engine biomass plant at the spa resort of Tabbs in Tabarz, Thuringia, Germany.
The plant, the first of its kind in the world according to the company, is powered by wood chips given from the local area, generating 4,000MWh of heat and 1,000MWh of electricity each year, which is the highest the amount for... [Read More]
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Dec 20, 2011
Xergi has signed a deal with the Minnesota Municipal Power Agency (MMPA)to build a new biogas plant in the US which will feature gas-fired CHP engines that will output 8MW of electrical power.
Hometown BioEnergy, the name of the plant, will be built in Le Sueur, Minnesota and will produce biogas from waste such as agriculture and food, including sweet corn, potato waste... [Read More]
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Dec 20, 2011
The body representing biofuels in the US is calling for the cellulosic biofuel tax credits to be extended so that companies can raise the funds they need to build biorefineries.
The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) says the industry is at a turning point where it is rapidly growing because biotechnology companies have had private investment to help commercialise... [Read More]
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Dec 20, 2011
The German biofuels association UFOP has dismissed claims in a new report carried out by the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) into the predicted emissions to be created by indirect land use change policy.
The UFOP says it opposes the adoption of ILUC factors specific for biofuels outlined in the report and says more investment protection needs to be... [Read More]
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Dec 19, 2011
Biomass to ethanol producer TMO Renewables says it has raised £7.6 million (€9 million) in a financing round from new and current shareholders.
This will be combined with the £4.6 million that was raised at the beginning of the year, and will be used to help the company come into commercialisation.
The company is working with plant owners and land official... [Read More]
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Dec 19, 2011
A new municipal solid waste (MSW) to energy centre will be built in Plymouth, processing up to 75,000 tonnes of MSW a year and exporting 3.2MW to the national grid.
Wardell Armstrong, the engineering and environmental consultancy, has received permission for the £15 million (€18 million) development from Devon County Council and will work with AAD South West,... [Read More]
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Dec 15, 2011
OriginOil, an algae technology developer, has joined forces with Australian company Future Energy Solutions (FES), and its subsidiary Alternate Energy Systems (AES), to carry out feasibility studies on the potential for biorefining centres around the world.
The biorefineries would serve US and NATO military requirements for alternative fuels, including biofuels.
OriginOil... [Read More]
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Dec 15, 2011
Shipping company Maersk and the US navy are working together to test biofuels derived from algae by fuelling a container ship with the alternative fuel for a journey from the north of Europe to India.
The ship, called Maersk Kalmar, was chosen for the tests because it features an engine that has been specifically designed for auxiliary testing, meaning risk of damage on... [Read More]
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Dec 14, 2011
BNP Paribas Clean Energy Partners has bought a straw-fired renewable energy plant from Eco2 for its clean energy fund.
It is the first biomass facility the fund has bought, although it also owns a wind power facility and solar photovoltaics and other assets in France, Italy, the UK and Ireland.
The new plant is based in Sleaford, Lincolnshire, UK and will be able to produce... [Read More]
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