Dec 21, 2010
Enviva to increase pellet production
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Dec 20, 2010
Canada-based Terasen Gas has received approval from the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) for a new renewable natural gas programme for an initial two-year period.
In 2011 up to 24,000 residential customers will be able to subscribe to the programme on a first-come, first-served basis.
The equivalent of 10% of customers' natural gas requirements will... [Read More]
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Dec 20, 2010
One of the largest biomass facilities in California has changed hands.
Owner and operator of biomass power plants Greenleaf Power has reached an agreement to purchase 100% of Colmac Energy stock including the 47MW facility which sells its electrical output to Southern California Edison under a long-term agreement.
The plant is fuelled primarily using clean diverted... [Read More]
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Dec 17, 2010
An anaerobic digestion plant in Canada has received a C$1,500,000 (€1.1 million) grant from The BC Bioenergy Network, a provincially-funded company supporting the growing bioenergy sector in British Columbia.
The grant enables Elemental Energy to demonstrate Paradigm Environment Technologies' MicroSludge and anaerobic digestion at Catalyst Paper's Crofton-based... [Read More]
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Dec 14, 2010
In Sweden the Volvo Group has collaborated with Schmidt and Swedavia as part of a field test to trial a snow sweeper powered by biogas.
The Volvo Group’s snow sweeper is fitted with two nine-litre Volvo engines, which are currently powered on a 50:50 mix of biogas and conventional diesel. However this fossil fuel could eventually be switched with biodiesel, resulting... [Read More]
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Dec 14, 2010
The first anaerobic digestion (AD) plant to be constructed in London, UK has received a grant from the London Waste and Recycling Board.
Dedicated to developing and operating energy projects, TEG is behind the Dagenham-based facility. The £1.9 million (€2.2 million) grant will help TEG develop the 30,000 tonne-a-year AD plant, in addition to a 20,000 tonne silo cage... [Read More]
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Dec 14, 2010
While a number of anaerobic digestion (AD) facilities are springing up all over Europe, in the US it is a different story.
However, Portland-based Columbia Biogas is planning to break the mould and construct an AD plant that will convert commercial food waste into methane gas for the production of electricity.
The plans will see the AD plant constructed on an 11-acre... [Read More]
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Dec 14, 2010
In Germany a biogas plant has begun transporting biogas to a gas grid.
Based in Zörbig, Saxony-Anhalt, and owned by Verbio Vereinigte Bioenergie AG, the €40 million facility is now feeding 2500m3 of biogas every hour into Mitgas Netz’s high pressure grid.
Upon completion the plant will have the ability to produce 370GWh of biogas from agricultural waste for use... [Read More]
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Dec 13, 2010
In China, a provider of distributed power generation systems, A-Power Energy Generation Systems has been awarded a RMB218 million (€24.4 million) engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract to build a biomass power plant in the region.
Hainan Century Light Investment is behind the project, which will be located in Baisha County, Hainan. The plant will be... [Read More]
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Dec 13, 2010
A UK-based producer and exporter of biomass has entered into a long-term partnership with Africa-based SIFCA’s subsidiary.
Africa Renewables (AfriRen) and Ghana Rubber Estates (GREL) are to collaborate for eight years in order to develop renewable energy projects in Africa.
During the agreement biomass in the form of woodchips will be extracted from GREL’s rubber... [Read More]
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Dec 9, 2010
In the US, Kansas city-based Spectrum Business Ventures has acquired an ethanol production plant in Mead, Nebraska.
The plant was formerly owned by E3 Biofuels – Mead but Spectrum purchased the company’s assets out of bankruptcy.
The $90 million (€67.9 million) facility, called the Genesis Complex, was launched back in 2007, however full-time operations failed... [Read More]
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Dec 9, 2010
In the Philippines, Bacavalley Energy has launched its biomass power plant in San Pedro, Laguna.
The plant, which cost $10 million (€7.57 million) to construct, will generate 4MW of energy from methane gas produced at the San Pedro landfill.
The landfill is located in a 12-hectare site in the southern province of Luzon and consists of around 1.6 million tonnes of... [Read More]
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Dec 7, 2010
In California, the US, Mendota Bioenergy has become the latest company to receive a grant from the California Energy Commission (CEC) in a bid to develop more renewable energy projects in the region.
The $1.5 million (€1.12 million) grant will see Mendota Bioenergy test the feasibility of converting sugar beets and agricultural waste into ethanol and other forms of... [Read More]
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Dec 7, 2010
In India the Khadki Cantonment Board (KCB) is planning to set up a biogas plant in Gawliwada. Construction is expected to commence shortly.
When the Rs. 55 lakh (€91,930) plant is operational it will generate 400kW of electricity a day from a daily supply of 5 tonnes of organic waste. The electricity will be used to power streetlights and the cantonment hospital.
The... [Read More]
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Dec 7, 2010
In Scotland the UK subsidiary of Germany-based renewable energy firm RWE Innogy, RWE npower renewables, has started to build its biomass combined heat and power (CHP) plant in Markinch, Fife.
With a production capacity of 50MW, the €235 million facility will be the largest of its kind in the UK. The plant will also deliver up to 120 tonnes of industrial steam per hour.... [Read More]
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Dec 6, 2010
In the US, Port Gibson, Mississippi, will be home to a new biomass-fired power plant after National Clean Fuels (NACF) signed a profit participation agreement with the Center for Environment, Commerce and Energy (CECE) to construct a biomass-to-electricity facility.
The plant will convert sawdust and woodchips into power.
CECE and NACF will work together in the planning... [Read More]
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Dec 6, 2010
Biomass energy company Taylor Biomass Energy is to start building its waste-to-energy plant in Montgomery, New York, following approval of the Town Board.
The facility is costing $134 million (€100.8 million) to construct, $100 million of which will be financed by a federal loan guarantee. Taylor has also signed a $2.4 million-a-year deal with the Port of Authority... [Read More]
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