Jul 18, 2011
Coca-Cola goes green for London Olympics
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Jul 18, 2011
A wood pellet plant near Waycross, Georgia, US resumed operations on 13 July 2011, after an explosion forced the facility to close.
'We're ramping up now... starting the equipment and getting it all ready to go,' says Ken Ciarletta, plant manager at Georgia Biomass.
The $175 million (€124 million) Georgia Biomass wood pellet plant has been shut since 20 June 2011,... [Read More]
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Jul 12, 2011
China is ramping up its installed biomass power capacity and hopes to generate 13 million kW by the end of 2015, according to China Business News.
Currently, 5.5 million kW of power is generated from biomass in the nation. This includes the production of marsh gas and the burning of household waste.
China has the potential to produce 5 billion tonnes of biomass-derived... [Read More]
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Jul 12, 2011
In Tasmania, Australia, power stations which burn domestically grown timber are not eligible for renewable energy subsidies, as the carbon tax plan no longer classes local forest woodchips a renewable energy source.
While Environment Tasmania supports the decision and the leader of Tasmanian Greens Nick McKim stating: 'This is a big step forward towards valuing our forests... [Read More]
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Jul 12, 2011
Wood pellet manufactures across the US are increasing capacity as the global market for this renewable energy source expands.
Between 2008 and 2010 exports from the US to Europe rose from 85,000 tonnes to over 600,000 tonnes a year.
Speaking about the US wood pellet market Peter O'Keefe, a partner in Franklin Pellets, said: 'It's exploding.'
Franklin Pellets, based in... [Read More]
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Jul 11, 2011
In Gainesville, Florida, US, the Gainesville Renewable Energy Centre (GREC) is developing a biomass-fired power plant, for which engineering and technology corporation Metso will supply a 100MWe biomass boiler island and plant automation system.
The plant is slated for completion by 2013. When it becomes operational, the 100MW of renewable power generated will benefit... [Read More]
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Jul 11, 2011
In the UK, new anaerobic digestion (AD) plants could receive financial support thanks to Defra's (Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs) £10 million (€11 million) Anaerobic Digestion Loan Fund (ADLF).
Waste Resources Action Programme (WRAP) will be responsible for the ADLF, which will be administered in amounts ranging from £50,000 to £1... [Read More]
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Jul 11, 2011
Africa Renewables (AfriRen), an international renewable energy trading firm headquartered in London, is looking to raise €30 million in a new round of fundraising.
The capital, raised through qualified investors, will help fund a number of sustainable schemes throughout West Africa. The first project, a Ghana-based energy trading project, will require an investment... [Read More]
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Jul 7, 2011
In Gloucestershire, UK, Glebe Farm has installed a biogas plant to boost the facility's income.
The new plant, which farmer James Hart describes as 'a 3,000-tonne cow's stomach', handles animal waste from 4,000 pigs, 100 cows and 100,000 chickens and converts it into renewable energy. It also reduces the farm's carbon emissions by around 10,000 tonnes a year.
The 2.2 million... [Read More]
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Jul 5, 2011
In India, Bangalore University will install a biogas plant to slash its electricity bills.
Planned for Jnanabharati campus, the new plant will cut the University's current electricity expenditure of Rs2.50 crore a year.
The biogas plant will be powered by 25 tonnes a day of organic waste, which will be supplied by the Bruhat Bangalore Maanagara Palike (BBMP) free... [Read More]
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Jul 5, 2011
The Tanzania Sisal Board is to invest $31.1 million (€21.5 million) to encourage the production of sisal biogas in the region.
The investment will go towards developing 13 new biogas generation plants, with an overall capacity of 7000kW of electricity. Each plant is expected to consume around 500kW, with the excess energy sold to the national grid.
One sisal biogas... [Read More]
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Jul 5, 2011
In Hereford, England, Great Ynys Farm will convert litter from 90,000 chickens into biogas for renewable electricity and heat generation.
Some of the electricity will be used to power the poultry houses and anaerobic digester, with the remaining 90% will be sold to the national grid. The captured waste heat will warm the chicken houses, reducing the consumption of expensive... [Read More]
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Jul 4, 2011
Energy and petrochemical company Shell and biotechnology firm Paques Holding are to enter into a 50/50 joint venture, Paqell, to encourage the use of biological desulphurisation in the oil and gas sector for high pressure gas applications using Thiopaq O&G (oil and gas) technology.
Paques has been utilising Thiopaq technology in the water business for atmospheric biogas... [Read More]
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Jul 4, 2011
In Llangefni, Wales, UK, wood fuel supply company EcoPellets of Cork, Ireland, and energy firm Integrated Energy Systems International are now moving ahead with a pellet production facility and a 30MW biomass-fired power plant.
The project, expected to be one of Europe's largest wood pellet plants, was announced in 2009 but developments came to a halt while waiting for... [Read More]
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Jul 4, 2011
In the US, Dominion Virginia Power's efforts to convert three of its coal-fired power plants to biomass-fired ones are costing its 18,000 customers an additional $0.14 (€0.10) a month.
The average domestic bill is now expected to reach $108.77 a month, up from $103.91, as Dominion charges an extra $4.86 per month to cover the utility's fuel costs, according to David... [Read More]
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Jun 29, 2011
In Croatia, privately held food and drinks company Agrokor is to construct a biogas plant in the region.
Planned for Zagreb, the plant, which will be built by construction company GH Holding of Slovenia, will generate 1MW of energy from waste food.
This is the first in a long line of biogas projects for Agrokor; the company is looking to invest 1 billion kuna (€135... [Read More]
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Jun 28, 2011
In Poundbury, Dorset, UK, construction work has started on an anaerobic digestion plant at Rainbarrow Farm.
Using waste materials and crops, the anaerobic digestion plant will produce electricity, gas and fertiliser. The gas generated from the process will benefit around 4,000 households in the surrounding area.
JV Energen, a collaboration between landowners, local farmers... [Read More]
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Indonesian gas distributor PT Pertamina Gas Negara Tbk (PGN) has signed an agreement with NeutraDC Singapore (NDSG) to provide biomethane for forthcoming data centre projects in Singapore
Once cleared, the site will be redeveloped into an Energy, Biochar and Carbon (EBAC) plant – a pyrolysis facility designed to convert plant matter into biochar, renewable electricity and heat
Swedish tanker owner Furetank has announced it will run its European fleet on renewable biogas throughout 2025, marking a major step towards fossil-free shipping
