Apr 19, 2011
Poultry Power USA to supply power to Progress Energy
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Apr 19, 2011
In a bid to encourage the use of biogas across China, Austria's GE Energy is to supply its Jenbacher biogas engine technology to power China's largest ethanol production plant, which is currently under construction in the city of Nan Yang, Henan Province.
Owned and operated by Henan Tianguan Group, the new ethanol plant will produce 500,000m3 of biogas a day, from organic... [Read More]
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Apr 19, 2011
Canada-based energy infrastructure fund Viridis Energy has signed an off-take agreement worth over $15 million (€10.5 million) that will see it supply wood pellets to a key pellet manufacturer in British Columbia.
As part of the deal, worth $15.5 million, Viridis will supply at least 22,000 tonnes of pellets that will be shipped to Europe throughout 2011. After this... [Read More]
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Apr 19, 2011
In Scotland, UK, biomass energy development company Helius Energy has confirmed the financing for its £60.5 million (€69 million) Helius CoRDe project.
Helius previously announced a project finance facility from Lloyds TSB Bank and the Royal Bank of Scotland for the CoRDe project. However the company has now confirmed that Rabo Project Equity BV, a 100% subsidiary... [Read More]
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Apr 19, 2011
UK-headquartered oil company Eastern Petroleum is looking to enter the renewable energy market with the acquisition of its first biomass plant.
The company is considering investing in a 40MW facility in Nueva Ecija, the Philippines, but will not progress with the plan until the Renewable Energy Board sets the feed-in tariff (FIT) rates, according to the company chairman... [Read More]
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Apr 15, 2011
Norway-based technology company Cambi has been awarded its largest contract to date.
The NOK350 million (€44.75 million) contract will see Cambi design, install and commission a complete turnkey biogas plant in Nes in Romerike, Oslo, Norway, that will treat 50,000 tonnes a year of food waste.
In addition, the plant will produce approximately 27,000 tonnes a year of... [Read More]
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Apr 12, 2011
In Malaysia, Japan-based Mitsui & Co. has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Sime Darby and power company Tenaga Nasional.
The venture will see the three companies carry out a feasibility study into the use of producing power from biogas at palm oil mills.
It is hoped that the MoU, which was signed on 4 April 2011, will increase the use of renewable energy... [Read More]
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Apr 12, 2011
The maximum amount of woody biomass utilised in power plants for the generation of green electricity is to be reduced in Nova Scotia, Canada.
In a bid to preserve the forests in the province, while at the same time meeting renewable energy goals, the provincial government announced that waste wood levels are to be cut by 30%, reducing the biomass cap from 500,000 tonnes... [Read More]
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Apr 11, 2011
In Tilbury, England, UK, energy company RWE npower may be able to keep its 1,050MW coal-fired power plant open beyond 2015 as the company has been working to convert it to a biomass power station.
Under European law, RWE npower and eight other power stations will be closed down in 2015 due to a European acid rain directive. However, following a conversion project which... [Read More]
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Apr 11, 2011
In Athens, Georgia, US, Maine Woods Pellets has been fined $31,220 (€21,590) after breaching the terms of its air emission license.
According to the monthly enforcement report, issued in March 2011 by the Department of Environmental Protection, Maine Woods Pellets will pay the fine in monthly installments after it did not correctly operate its air pollution systems.
The... [Read More]
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Apr 11, 2011
Energy supplier Sprague Energy of White Plains, New York, in the US, and privately owned Biodico have launched a pilot programme – Bio Genset – that will encourage the use of biodiesel and biodiesel blends in diesel-powered generators and power units, with a goal to reduce emissions from diesel fuel generators, decrease the dependence on foreign oil and promote... [Read More]
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Apr 8, 2011
Germany-based biogas plant manufacturer Weltec Biopower is developing its second biogas plant in the city of Limbaži, Latvia.
Upon completion the plant will generate 500kW power. The 3,500m3 fermenter will feed in the power from July 2011 and plans for expanding the plant with another fermenter are already underway.
The biogas facility will handle 3,500 tonnes of cattle... [Read More]
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Apr 8, 2011
A gasification plant in the Isle of Wight, UK, has become the first waste-fuelled gasification or pyrolysis plant to receive Renewable Obligation Certificates (ROCs).
Under the 2003 Renewable Obligation Order (ROO), the plant receives ROCs for each megawatt hour of electricity it generates from the renewable portion of waste (typically more than 60%).
Ofgen granted full... [Read More]
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Apr 6, 2011
In Poland, Tauron, the nation's second-largest utility company, is planning to switch from burning coal at its Tychy-based power plant to burning biomass.
The project will cost Tauron zt120 million (€30 million) and it has taken out a zt30 million loan from the Regional Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management to part-finance the conversion.
The conversion... [Read More]
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Apr 5, 2011
AES Borsodi Energetikai, the Hungarian division of US power firm AES Corporation, has ceased production at two of its three Hungary-based power plants.
Business has halted at the Tiszapalkonya Power Plant – a facility located in the east of Hungary, co-firing coal and biomass, and its Borsod Power Plant in Kazincbarcika, in the northeast of the country. The latter... [Read More]
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Apr 5, 2011
Wood Composite Technologies, a Nisku, Alberta, Canada-based company dedicated to the production of alternative wood materials, is to sell its pellet production plant.
DiCorp Properties will acquire the plant, in addition to some pieces of equipment, for $2.3 million (€1.6 million).
The deal is subject to a number of conditions, such as Wood Composite Technologies... [Read More]
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Apr 5, 2011
The Pinnacle Pellet plant in Armstrong, British Columbia, Canada, has sustained considerable damage following an explosion at around 9.30pm on 2 April 2011.
The large amount of wood feedstock present in the plant at the time of the incident led to the resulting fire quickly spreading through the basement to the attic.
Armstrong Fire Department were first to arrive at the... [Read More]
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