Sep 6, 2012
Clariant signs partnership for cleantech exploration
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Sep 6, 2012
UK-based green energy company ITM Power is set to work with one of Germany’s top local utility companies on power-to-gas energy storage.
ITM believes the integration of renewable energies into the existing electricity and gas networks in Germany presents great challenges to energy providers.
The collaboration will investigate the potential of energy storage by the... [Read More]
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Sep 5, 2012
Sawn timber and pellet provider Vapo Group posted a drop in overall turnover for the first half of 2012.
Its turnover for the January – June period dropped from €418 million ($523.4 million) to €391.3 million compared to the same time last year. The company puts this figure down to a warmer spring season and lower electricity prices which aided a drop in... [Read More]
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Sep 5, 2012
A council vote on a proposed new biomass facility near Wrexham, Wales has been deferred ahead of a site visit.
There have been concerns that the new facility, to be constructed by wood panel product producers Kronospan in the town of Chirk, would have a negative impact on local tourist attractions.
Wrexham mayor Ian Roberts convinced fellow committee councillors to both... [Read More]
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Sep 4, 2012
The Daithi O’Mhurchu Marine Research Station in County Cork, Ireland is set to become the country’s first commercial algae production facility for biofuel.
The facility has been experimenting with algae growth for three years and is funded by a Marie Curie grant from the EU. The grant is due to expire next year and has pushed the decision to commercial production... [Read More]
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Sep 4, 2012
New improvements to the Westview Terminal have been announced by the Prince Rupert Port Authority in Canada.
Part of the developments will include docks and storage facilities to ship up to two million tonnes a year of wood pellets through the port. The project is aided by support from pellet manufacturer Pinnacle Renewable Energy and is part of a growth strategy to boost... [Read More]
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Aug 31, 2012
France-based aircraft manufacturer Airbus has worked with a Chinese university to complete a sustainability analysis report on converting feedstocks, including cooking oil, into sustainable aviation fuel.
Airbus, with researchers from the Tsinghua University, hope the project will show how to support the development of a value chain to speed up aviation biofuel commercialisation.
‘The... [Read More]
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Aug 31, 2012
UK turkey farmer and supplier Bernard Matthews (BM) is set to install a biogas plant near its processing site in Holton, Suffolk.
The plant, called Holton Renewable Power, is a joint venture between BM and Glendale Power with biogas specialists Xergi providing the construction.
‘The biogas plant converts the processing waste into an energy resource. Digesting the... [Read More]
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Aug 31, 2012
Canada-based renewable energy system providers Nexterra Systems has formed a partnership to market its products to the UK.
Nexterra will be working with project management company Stopford Projects to market its energy-from-renewable-waste gasification systems to the UK industrial and district energy markets.
‘The UK is a growing market for clean, renewable energy... [Read More]
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Aug 30, 2012
UK biomass and wood supply company LC Energy is set to provide a leisure centre with locally grown woodchip for its biomass heating system.
Godalming Leisure Centre in Surrey expects the agreement will provide 20% of its annual energy. LC will deliver around 150 tonnes of woodchip over the next five years sourced from an sustainably managed woodland near its plant in Shere.
‘Given... [Read More]
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Aug 29, 2012
The first phase of Europe’s first microbial oil pilot plant has been completed according to refining and marketing company Neste Oil.
The first phase will enable the growth of oil-producing micro-organisms and subsequent phases will focus on raw material pretreatment and oil recovery. The construction has been on time and on budget.
Neste’s goal is to develop... [Read More]
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Aug 29, 2012
Biofuels producer Agri-Source Fuels (ASF) is seeking a buyer for its biodiesel refinery located in Dade City, US.
ASF claims the plant is only currently refining glycerine but, although it is producing nearly 2 million gallons per year of 99.7% pure USP, further retrofitting and enhancements are required to bring over 12 million gallons of bidiesel refining back... [Read More]
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Aug 28, 2012
Algae-based green crude oil producers Sapphire Energy’s first phase of its Green Crude Farm, which it claims is the world’s first commercial demonstration algae-to-energy facility, is now operational.
The construction of this first phase began on 1 June last year and was completed on time and on budget. The facility aims to produce 1.5 million gallons... [Read More]
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Aug 28, 2012
The total amount of dry bulk handled in the Port of Rotterdam fell by 8.7% to 39.4 million tonnes in the first half of 2012.
Agribulk (grains, seeds, animal feed ingredients) throughput was down by a tenth to 4.1 million tonnes. The port puts these numbers down to an increase in the price of products on the world market and also that a few packages won from Amsterdam last... [Read More]
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Aug 28, 2012
Developer of second generation biofuels technology TMO Renewables has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the authorities of Heilongjiang, China.
The MoU will see TMO provide long-term large volume biomass feedstock supply for future biofuel production facilities from Heilongjiang State Farm, the largest state owned farming corporation in China.
The MoU is also the... [Read More]
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Aug 28, 2012
Energy company Centrica has come out and clarified the potential output of a proposed biomass power station.
There was confusion over the plant’s potential capacity as Cumbria County and Barrow Borough Councils believed it to be 90MW, whereas a letter to the Planning Inspectorate had it penned at 80MW.
‘We have made it very clear in our Preliminary Environmental... [Read More]
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Aug 23, 2012
European energy giant RWE has claimed it will be cutting 2,400 jobs across the continent amid a drop in profits registered by its UK arm nPower.
RWE nPower’s first-half profits fell by just over 9% to £251 million ($317.5 million) compared to the same time last year, this despite the company raising its 6.5 million British electricity and gas customer energy... [Read More]
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