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US-based renewable fuels producer BlueFire Renewables has finalised and signed a new master engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract for its cellulosic ethanol plant in Fulton, Mississippi. The contract is with China International Water and Electric, a subsidiary of renewable energy company China Three Gorges (CTG). 'The master EPC structure will utilise a US-based EPC contractor…
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An explosion at Pinnacle Renewable Energy's wood pellet plant in British Columbia injured three and resulted in around 30 employees being evacuated. The incident happened on 9 October after a fire broke out inside equipment used to dry wood fibre. The plant's built-in suppression system had already extinguished the flames by the time fire fighters arrived. The plant was last inspected on 17 June…
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Sunshine Gas Producers, a joint venture between DTE Biomass Energy and EIF Renewable Energy Holdings through its subsidiary Landfill Energy Systems, has started generating electricity from landfill gas at its recently built renewable energy facility at the Sunshine Canyon Landfill in Sylmar. DTE Biomass Energy developed and will also operate the plant, which has the capacity to generate 20MW.…
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Japan-based company Renagen has signed a contract with EnviTec Biogas for the construction of a 250kW biogas plant near the Japanese city of Osaka. The plant is scheduled to go online in spring next year. In a statement, EnviTec says that energy generation from waste material in Japan marks an important step towards the attainment of the country's climate objectives. While none of the 50 active…
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Enviva Development Holdings, an affiliate of Enviva, and JCE Group Aktiebolag, the sole owner of Green Circle Bio Energy, have signed a contract that will see Enviva acquire all issued and outstanding shares of Green Circle. The acquisition is expected to close by the first quarter of 2015 and is subject to customary closing conditions. Green Circle owns and operates a wood pellet production…
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A new public-private partnership led by Clemson University and a worldwide biomass and bioenergy producer will research the use of crops that can both open new markets for South Carolina, US landowners and support the growing global demand for renewable energy. In forming the Carolina Energy Crop Alliance, Abengoa Energy Crops has committed more than $1 million (€900,000) annually to support…
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Renewable energy providers Procter & Gamble move forward with their biomass facility in Georgia, US. The $230 million (€178 million) biomass facility has got permission from local officials to continue with the build and have received some tax incentives to bring the plant to operation. The project has seven partners including Georgia Power, the Georgia Public Service Commission,…
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The Nebraska Forest Service (NFS) will offer two cost-share assistance grants to organisations that are looking to install woody biomass-fired energy systems. These grants are open to range of institutions including municipalities, universities, hospitals and greenhouses. Funding for the programme has come from the Wildfire Control Act of 2013, which advocates the development of markets focusing…
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Glennmont Partners, an investment firm dedicated to clean energy in Europe, has started operations at the 38MW Sleaford straw-fired renewable energy plant. Sleaford will generate enough electricity to power 65,000 homes as well as providing free heat to local sports clubs and community facilities. The plant was built by a consortium of Burmeister & Wain Scandinavian Contractor and Burmeister…
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The GwyriAD anaerobic digestion (AD) plant near Caernarfon, developed and operated by Biogen, is the first in Wales to achieve certification under REAL's not-for-profit Biofertiliser Certification Scheme (BCS). The plant converts food waste into renewable electricity and a co-product called digestate, otherwise known as certified biofertiliser. The plant, which will turn 11,000 tonnes of food…
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NPG Energy, a subsidiary of Enovos Luxembourg, has inaugurated its NPG BIO II biogas plant at the Deurganckdok at Antwerp Port. Inauguration of this renewable facility is the first of three openings to come over the coming year. Speaking about the plant, which took 10 months to build, NPG Energy CEO and co-founder André Jurres says: 'The plant is primarily fuelled by liquids, coming from…
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Canfor is planning to construct two pellet production plants, one at each of its sawmill sites located at Chetwynd and Fort St. John in the Canadian province of British Columbia. The plants, which will have a combined production capacity of 175,000 tonnes of wood pellets, will be developed and operated in partnership with Vancouver-based wood pellet fuel supplier Pacific Bioenergy. The pellets…
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Pressure Technologies has acquired the business and certain assets of New Zealand-based biogas-to-grid technology developer and supplier, Greenland Biogas Holdings. The deal was announced following the completion of detailed due diligence and once Pressure Technologies agreed to the terms of the acquisition. Greenlane's applications are used to capture biogas released from multiple waste sources…
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Blue Sphere Corp., a clean energy company that develops, manages and owns waste-to-energy projects, has broken ground on its waste-to-energy project in Johnston, Rhode Island in the US. The plant will produce 3.2MW of clean energy from uneaten food that would normally end up in local landfills. That electricity will then be sold to the national grid to provide power to local homes and…
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