Nov 15, 2011
Farmgen turns on Cumbrian AD plant
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Nov 15, 2011
Turkey producer Bernard Matthews is looking to become more self-sufficient with the installation of a biogas plant at its factory in Suffolk, UK.
The £4 million (€4.7 million) AD plant will produce heat and power for the factory's onsite operations from 28,000 tonnes of poultry effluent, blood fluids and fat.
It is hoped the new facility will supply 13% of the... [Read More]
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Nov 14, 2011
Oneida Seven Generations (OSG) has been given approval by the US Department of Energy (DoE) to build an electricity plant to run on waste in the City of Green Bay, Brown County, Wisconsin.
The US state previously received nearly $55.5 million (€40.6 million) under a federal grant, and will give a $2 million loan to OSG from the funds.
Municipal solid waste is to be... [Read More]
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Nov 8, 2011
ReEnergy Holdings has purchased five US biomass production facilities located in Maine and New York from Quebec company Boralex for about $93 million (€67.5 million).
In Maine the purchases include a 40MW facility in Ashland, a 36MW facility in Fort Fairfield and a 40MW site in Livermore Falls. In New York the facilities include a 50MW plant in Stratton and a 20MW... [Read More]
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Nov 8, 2011
Biomass Secure Power (BSP) is to build its first pellet plant in Cowichan Lake, British Columbia, covering 30 acres of land and producing up to 250,000 tonnes of pellets a year.
Support from the city council and local fibre suppliers was the main reason why the Canadian site was chosen. BSP signed a joint venture with LG International back in May to secure the development.
The... [Read More]
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Nov 8, 2011
The UK’s Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) had its tariff for large-scale biomass heating dropped from £0.027 (€0.031) per KWh to £0.010 after the European Commission (EC) ruled it was too high.
Initially the Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) had planned to put in place the RHI at the end of September but was forced to postpone after the... [Read More]
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Nov 8, 2011
Biofuels company BioAmber and chemicals business Mitsui have joined forces to build a manufacturing facility in Ontario, Canada.
The first phase of the development will produce 17,000 tonnes of biosuccinic acid and is due to open in 2013. The companies plan to expand the facility, adding a further 35,000 tonnes of succinic acid and then increase the size of the facility... [Read More]
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Nov 8, 2011
Two new boilers have been installed at an extraction facility in Merry Hill, North Carolina, which can consume 10 tonnes of biomass an hour, producing 30,000lbs of steam.
The installation at Pharmachem’s Avoca, a food and beverage company, is the first of its kind on the east coast of the US.
The company needs steam to process a range of its ingredients and previously... [Read More]
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Nov 8, 2011
The first US commercial flight to be powered by biofuels derived from algae has flown from Houston’s IAH airport to Chicago’s O’Hare airport.
The microbially-derived biofuel, called Solajet, was manufactured by Solazyme and is a 60% petroleum-derived jet fuel.
Solazyme has signed a letter of intent with United Airlines to produce 500,000 tonnes of renewable... [Read More]
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Nov 8, 2011
Viaspace Green Energy has signed a memorandum of understanding with Seema Energy in Thailand to grow ‘giant king grass’ to power Seema’s proposed 90MW biomass plant.
Giant king grass is similar to sugarcane but it is not a food crop and develops cellulosic characteristics rather than sugar strands. Viaspace believes the grass has the highest energy yield... [Read More]
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Nov 3, 2011
Kyriakos Maniatis, Principal Administrator from DG Energy, part of the European Commission, will open the conference on the 16th of November by discussing the most recent developments in biofuels in Europe. Talking about advancements being made in aviation biofuel in particular, Maniatis’ presentation promises to be an insightful analysis of the European market as... [Read More]
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Nov 1, 2011
Bioenergy company Clenergen is to begin building a 1MW biomass plant in Romblon in the Philippines which will help to supply power to houses that are in the off-grid zone of the region.
The development is part of an agreement Clenergen signed with the country’s National Power Corporation recently, in which the company is to build an array of facilities.
Another power... [Read More]
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Nov 1, 2011
The USDA said today that it will grant a total of $44.6 million (€32.6 million) in payments to more than 150 biofuels producers in the US to help support them in producing and expanding their developments.
Some companies, such as Texas-based White Energy, are being awarded more than $3 million towards ethanol production. Whereas others, such as QB Corporation, based... [Read More]
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Oct 31, 2011
A farm in Northern Ireland is to use cow waste from 600 animals, processing the poo to produce methane gas.
The gas is then sent into two engines which power generators, producing water which dries the waste, which is called ‘digestate’. The water is also used for pasteurising milk.
The plant produces 430kW an hour, which can power about 430 homes and has an... [Read More]
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Oct 31, 2011
The British government has given approval for a power plant to be built in Yorkshire, generating power from biomass and waste.
SSE Generation has invested £250 million (€287 million) into the development and about 350 jobs are expected to be created during the construction phase.
The project will be built within the existing Ferrybridge coal power station site... [Read More]
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Oct 31, 2011
Biodiesel producer Viridis Fuels has received approval from the East Bay Municipal Utility District Board of Directors to build a 20 million gallon a year biodiesel processing facility in West Oakland, California.
The plant will be built next to a water treatment facility and will include the construction of rail and truck loading facilities, a power plant and a tank storage... [Read More]
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Oct 28, 2011
UK-based supermarket chain Sainsbury’s has signed an anaerobic digestion (AD) deal with waste management company Biffa to dispose of all left-over organic waste from the retailer to AD plants around the country.
The food waste will be converted into power which will be put on the grid for home and business use.
London alone is going to produce about 25.8 million... [Read More]
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SIAAP (Greater Paris Sanitation Authority) and SUEZ have officially inaugurated a new state-of-the-art biogas production unit at the Seine Aval wastewater treatment plant in the Paris metropolitan area
Natural State Renewables has announced a key strategic partnership with Axens as part of its plan to produce carbon-negative sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from surplus forest biomass
