May 17, 2011
RWE commissions world's largest pellet plant
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May 17, 2011
In Idaho, US, Camco International, a developer of emission reductions and clean energy projects, has broke ground on its $25 million (€17.65 million) dairy biogas plant.
Scheduled for completion in the first half of 2012, the plant will generate 4.5MW of power from cow dung through anaerobic digestion.
At the plant's groundbreaking ceremony Yariv Cohen, the president... [Read More]
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May 17, 2011
Construction on a biomass-fired power plant can now begin in Wisconsin, US, after utility firm We Energies was granted final approval for its $255 million (€180 million) plant on 12 May 2011.
We Energies needed a decision by the week ending 13 May 2011 if it is to remain on schedule and finish building the project by late 2013.
However, despite approval, the firm... [Read More]
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May 16, 2011
In Honolulu, Hawaii, Hawaiian Electric Company is looking for a 42 million gallon-a-year biofuel supply that will be used to power its Kahe Power Plant in Leeward, Oahu.
Preferably, the biofuel will derive from Hawaii-based feedstocks, however bidders may also propose a combination of local biofuel and biofuel sourced from outside of Hawaii. The company also explained... [Read More]
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May 16, 2011
The US Department of Energy (USDA) has accepted a cooperative's proposal for a Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP) area designation. Named 'Plant, Baby, Plant', the designation was accepted by the USDA on 4 May 2011.
This designation of land will see 30 western Missouri counties and eight counties in Kansas form a 'fuel shed' in which the farmers will grow energy crops... [Read More]
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May 10, 2011
The 5 May 2011 saw the US Department of Energy (DoE) and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) expose a new $47 million (€32.7 million) grant programme.
The new R&D grants, which are part of the Obama Administration's aim to address the rising costs of fuel, will support the generation of energy from biomass.
The funding will help finance a total of eight projects... [Read More]
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May 10, 2011
In Andover, UK, wood pellet and briquette supplier Verdo Renewables has officially opened its £15 million (€17 million) wood fuel production plant.
The new facility has the capacity to produce 55,000 tonnes of wood pellets a year. The majority of these pellets will be used in biomass heating systems such as wood pellet boilers and pellet stoves.
In addition... [Read More]
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May 9, 2011
In Canada, renewable energy producer Rentech is looking to develop a biomass plant in White River, Ontario that will produce jet fuel and create 400 fulltime jobs.
'This will be the largest renewable clean jet fuel programme in the world,' says the CEO of RenTech Hunt Ramsbottom. 'This will be the first of its kind where the province, the federal government, local communities... [Read More]
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May 9, 2011
An opening ceremony for a $50 million (€35 million) biomass plant in Eugene, Oregon, US, owned by Seneca Sawmill, took place on 5 May 2011. The plant has been operational since February 2011.
With the ability to handle woodchips, bark and slash material sourced from the logging industry, the plant generates 19MW of renewable energy, benefitting around 13,000 households... [Read More]
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May 9, 2011
New terms to the Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP) will see funding capped at $112 million (€77.7 million) for the 2011 financial year. James Barber, New York's US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency state executive director, announced the provision.
'Both matching payments and annual payments will be affected by the reduction in programme funding,'... [Read More]
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May 9, 2011
In the US We Energies and paper company Domtar are developing a $225 million (€156 million) biomass plant in Rothschild.
The companies can now progress with the next stages of development after the state Public Service Commission (PSC) approved the plans.
Despite receiving a unanimous vote from the panel, consisting of three members, We Energies and Domtar are to... [Read More]
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May 9, 2011
Privately owned company Greenergy is to start reducing the levels of waste sent to landfill and has partnered with waste food recycling company Brocklesby to produce biodiesel from food leftovers.
In a bid to reduce the environmental impact of the fuel that the company produces, while also creating a new alternative source of fuel, the joint venture will covert edible... [Read More]
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May 4, 2011
Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, US, has been given a grant from the Biofuels Center of North Carolina worth more than $145,000 (€97,500).
The money will be used to expand the university’s testing facilities for biofuels catalysts. The grant is for one year’s worth of research and will be used to produce biodiesel from cheap feedstocks and other... [Read More]
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Apr 28, 2011
Opcon Bioenergy, a subsidiary of Opcon, an energy and environmental technology group, is to build a bioenergy plant in the Czech Republic which will produce energy using recycled heat.
As part of its contract, Opcon Bioenergy will deliver flue gas condensation equipment, including a treatment system, to a district heating plant used by TTS in Trebic. The plant is scheduled... [Read More]
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Apr 27, 2011
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded three new research grants to Michigan State University to research the production of bioenergy and bio-based products.
It is hoped the grants will help develop sustainable regional systems and create jobs in the sector.
Already at the university there is a cellulosic ethanol pre-treatment research lab and an AFEX technology... [Read More]
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Apr 26, 2011
Rentech has acquired additional equity in ClearFuels Technology, and will now own a substantial majority of the equity of ClearFuels, with existing ClearFuels investors retaining a minority interest.
ClearFuels, a company developing advanced sustainable biorefineries that convert multiple mixed cellulosic biomass feedstocks into sustainable, high-value energy products,... [Read More]
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Apr 19, 2011
Supported by Barclay's Business, the small business arm of the global financial services provider, which has provided additional working capital, The Pelleting Solutions Company CFE is planning for growth.
CFE supplies pellet consumables to the compound feed industry. The company has evolved to accommodate the growing pellet market in the biomass and green energy industries.
According... [Read More]
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