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The European Pellet Council (EPC) has published a new version of the ENplus Handbook, to adapt the certification system to the latest market developments. The ENplus certification, covering the entire supply chain of wood pellets, was launched in 2011 to ensure a sustainable development of the pellet market by harmonising quality on the international level. Since the start of the certification…
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In China, renewable energy company China Everbright International and DP CleanTech have announced the development of a new 30MW straw-fired biomass power plant in Nanqiao City, Anhui. This marks the fourth project for Everbright International and DP this year alone and the sixth project between the two companies. DP's advanced technology boiler will be optimised to handle locally abundant…
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ClearCove, a renewable energy company, has completed their New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)-supported project titled ClearCove Organics Harvester Demonstration at the Ithaca Area Wastewater Treatment Facility (IAWWTF). The project’s final results have been collected in a report documenting the energy potential of the Harvester technology. A pilot system…
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Belarus plans to use sewage sludge to produce biogas, says Sergei Zavyalov, head of the department on the impact on the atmosphere and water resources at the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Belarus. According to Zavyalov, the rainfall handling technology was discussed at a meeting in the Housing and Utilities Ministry not long ago. ‘Out of four variants there was chosen the…
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The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) has announced that it is leading a £2.78 million (appr. €4 million) UK-based collaboration to help strengthen the UK’s position within industrial biotechnology. The three year project – SeaGas – is working on producing bio-methane from seaweed through anaerobic digestion (AD). The project launched in July 2015 and consists of…
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Genera Energy, a bioenergy supply chain management company and a feedstock developer, has launched its first mobile agriculture app, Biomass. The Biomass app was developed to serve as a mobile crop planning and learning tool for biomass farmers and landowners. The Biomass app offers features such as a biomass crop library complete with detailed information, photos, and range maps for the most…
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The US will produce 30% more renewable energy by 2030 under the new clean power plan (CPP), presented by President Obama on 3 August. The new federal regulations sets limitations on CO2 emissions for existing power plants in separate states with a target to cut emissions by 32% from 2005 levels by 2030, which is up from the earlier proposal of 30%. However, states will only have to comply with…
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The first commercial-scale UK seaweed farm is scheduled to be scheduled in Argyll off the coast of Scotland in late summer 2015. The new facility, planned by scientists at the Scottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) in Oban, will be run as a demonstration project that will help shape the UK’s fledling seaweed cultivation sector. Seven native seaweed varieties will be planted at…
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The use of pulsed electric fields for conditioning substrates can significantly enhance yields in commercial biogas plants, a new study by the Institute for Bioprocessing and Analytical Measurement Techniques, a German researcher, finds. Although the primary effect of an electric field in biogas production is cracking cell structures for better availability of nutrition, other effects like…
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UK on-site biogas plants increased their power generation by 40% in the last year, a survey by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has found. According to DECC’s annual Digest of United Kingdom Energy Statistics, the farming sector led the rise in biogas capacity from 164MW in 2013 to 216MW in 2014. Anaerobic digestion (AD) plants took the lead from sewage sludge in the water…
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France is set to increase its feed-in tariffs for biogas installations and small photovoltaic (PV) systems, says the Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy. The feed-in tariff for electricity produced by cogeneration installations running on biogas will be raised for both new and existing installations. On a project basis, depending on individual size and feedstock used, the…
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Viaspace has completed the engineering and design work for a 2MW biogas power plant in Papua New Guinea for Clean Energy Solutions Pacific (CES). CES, based in Salt Lake City, US, is an independent power producer focused on developing power for frontier and emerging markets with experience in project development and management, engineering, and construction of power plants. The CES project…
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Saxlund International, a fully owned subsidiary of energy and environmental technology group Opcon, has received an order from Babcock & Wilcox Vølund, Denmark, for the delivery of a biomass handling system to a green energy project in Margam, Port Talbot in South Wales, UK. The scope of Saxlund's order encompass the design, manufacturing, delivery and commissioning of two fully…
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Drax Group, the energy generation business responsible for supplying some 8% of the UK's electricity, has awarded ESG a five-year contract to continue fuel testing and analysis work at its plant near Selby, North Yorkshire. This follows a seven-year partnership between the two companies. The new contract means ESG will continue to provide a wide range of biofuel testing services for Drax's road,…
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