Jan 25, 2011
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Jan 25, 2011
In Tolkkinen, Finland, sustainable technology and services supplier Metso has been selected to supply Porvoon Energia with a biomass boiler plant for the generation of combined heat and power (CHP).
MW Power, a joint venture between Mesto and power solutions company Wärtsilä, will deliver the plant. The order is expected to be worth in the region of €15... [Read More]
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Jan 25, 2011
Zorg Biogas Ukraine is to build a biogas plant in Zhytomyrsky region, Ukraine.
Construction will begin in the spring later this year and upon completion, expected in Q3-Q4 2011, it will generate 1063kW of renewable electricity.
The plant will process 60 tonnes a day of corn and grass silo, supplied by local agricultural businesses.
While Zorg Biogas Ukraine will conduct... [Read More]
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Jan 25, 2011
In Almaty, Kazakhstan, 20 compressed natural gas (CNG) fuelled buses have been launched in the city.
The buses come just months after Kazakhstan's first CNG filling station opened in July.
The vehicles, which are to be part of a 200-strong fleet, arrived in mid-December and will first be used to transport athletes during the Asian Winter Games in February, before beginning... [Read More]
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Jan 25, 2011
In a bid to reduce its CO2 emissions and cut the cost of electricity bills, Pepsi-Cola Products Philippines is to build two biomass-fired power plants in the nation.
The two facilities, one of which is planned for Rosario, La Union in Luzon, while the other will be located in Cagayan de Oro, Mindanao, are set to be commissioned in May or June later this year.
In a statement... [Read More]
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Jan 25, 2011
The Ben & Jerry's ice cream factory in Hellendoorn, the Netherlands, will soon be home to a new biodigester.
The digester comes as Unilever implements its Sustainable Living Plan that will see the company slash its production of waste, in addition to its water and energy consumption.
Paques, a producer and developer of water and gas purification systems, is supplying... [Read More]
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Jan 21, 2011
The Department of Wisconsin in the US has decided to scrap plans to build a biomass boiler at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, saving up to $100 million (€73.7 million).
The plant was to burn natural fuels such as wood chips and paper pellets in a more environmentally-friendly manner and the project’s cancellation has been criticised by environmental... [Read More]
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Jan 18, 2011
Germany-based Mabanaft Deutschland, part of Mabanaft, the international trading division of Marquard & Bahls, is to begin trading wood pellets.
Previously dealt with by GEE Energy GmbH & Co., a subsidiary of Mabanaft, the wood pellet business has now been transferred to Mabanaft Deutschland.
The addition of pellets to its product portfolio will allow the company... [Read More]
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Jan 18, 2011
In the UK Buildwas Power Station, Shropshire's only coal-fired power plant, may have to close down due to EU emissions targets.
According to EU legislation, power plants burning fossil fuels must either replace existing technology with a green alternative or store its carbon emissions in order to stop them entering the atmosphere.
Daniel Kawczynski, Shrewsbury and Atcham... [Read More]
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Jan 18, 2011
Garbage trucks in Toronto, Canada, could soon be fuelled by biomethane derived from kitchen leftovers.
Dufferin, the city's pilot processing facility, is due to convert the biomethane into natural gas by mid-2011. The project will continue until the end of 2013.
This gas is currently being flared off, however the new project will soon see it captured and pumped into the... [Read More]
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Jan 18, 2011
UK-based Havana Energy has signed a deal that will see it construct a number of biomass-fired power plants in Cuba.
Together with Cuba's state-owned Zerus S.A., a company linked to the Ministry of Sugar, Havana Energy is to develop a 30MW pilot plant at the Ciro Redondo Sugar Mill.
Following this initial development, the joint venture is planning to build a further four... [Read More]
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Jan 18, 2011
Wood-burning power plants will not be included in the US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) new greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions policy.
The Clean Air Act, which was introduced earlier this year, is aimed at encouraging high GHG emitters in the US to lower their pollution levels over the upcoming three years.
From 1 July 2011 the Clear Air Act is set to change and will... [Read More]
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Jan 18, 2011
Japan's largest biomass-fired power plant is expected to begin operations on 1 February this year.
The Kanagawa Prefecture-based Kawasaki biomass power station will handle around 180,000 tonnes of wood chips annually for the production of 33MW of power a year.
The site is currently undergoing its final inspection prior to operations commencing.
A joint venture between... [Read More]
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Jan 17, 2011
In Hawaii, power company Hawaiian Electric Industries' (HEI) subsidiary Hawaiian Electric is to generate electricity from biofuel sourced from locally grown materials.
Aina Koa Pono will provide the biofuels, which will be supplied to the Ka'u region-based 80MW Keahole Power Plant.
The new contract will help Hawaii reach its clean energy target of 70% renewable electricity... [Read More]
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Jan 11, 2011
In 2008 Indeck Magnolia LLC acquired 16 acres of land in the US, Mississippi, Pike County, on which it was planning to develop a $17 million (€13 million) wood pellet production facility.
However over two years later these plans remain to be realised and Pike County supervisors are now looking to repurchase the land.
Although Indeck has been reported to have invested... [Read More]
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Jan 11, 2011
Back in July 2010 UK, Wiltshire-based Malaby Martin’s proposed biogas plant in Warminster was approved by Wiltshire Council, subject to some landscaping adjustments being made.
Now the company is hoping to get the seal of approval before construction of the waste-to-electricity facility begins.
‘There are some tweaks and changes we have to make regarding the... [Read More]
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Jan 11, 2011
A provider of clean energy technology, National Clean Fuels (NACF) is currently developing a 10MW biomass plant in the US, Mississippi.
The $10 million (€7.7 million) project will gasify around 1 tonne of wood chips and sawdust hourly.
In September last year NACF and the city of Port Gibson signed a letter of intent to implement the production of renewable energy... [Read More]
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