Nov 22, 2010
Verso Paper launches biomass project
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Nov 22, 2010
Plantation Energy Australia, Australia’s largest manufacturer and exporter of energy wood pellets, has signed a four-year supply agreement with one of Japan’s largest trading companies, Mitsui & Co.
The agreement is worth over AU$70 million (€50.6 million) and is the largest of its kind in Japan in terms of volume and value. Under the terms of the agreement... [Read More]
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Nov 19, 2010
In the US EM Biogas has acquired the Huckabay Ridge anaerobic digestion facility in Texas from the estate of Environmental Power Corporation.
Huckabay Ridge is one of the largest plants of its kind in the North America and processes agricultural manure and residues from food, grease, and other organic compounds into pipeline quality renewable natural gas.
The Huckabay... [Read More]
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Nov 19, 2010
Funding on a project to develop a methane gas purification facility at the city of San Diego's Point Loma wastewater treatment plant, and the installation of three fuel cells with a combined capacity of 4.5MW at multiple locations in San Diego, has closed.
United Fund Advisors (UFA) recently completed the tax credit equity financing on the $45 million (€33 million)... [Read More]
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Nov 18, 2010
Commissioned by NEPIC, National Grid and Centrica, a feasibility study reviewing the use of Bio-SNG (synthetic natural gas) delivered via the gas grid as a way to decarbonise road transport and heat has been published.
The study concluded that Bio-SNG offers the possibility of substantial scale renewable methane production, while the major processes required to produce... [Read More]
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Nov 16, 2010
The newly formed developer and operator of biomass power plants Greenleaf Power has completed its second acquisition.
The 15 November saw the company acquire a 28MW biomass power plant in Scotia, California, from Marathon Asset Management.
The plant, which was purchased for an undisclosed sum, has been in operation since 1988, utilising mill residuals, forest thinning,... [Read More]
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Nov 15, 2010
Rubbish collection vehicles could soon be running off natural biogas derived from landfill gas in the city of Toronto.
The city has purchased just one green truck to date which will be used for testing, but this figure will increase should the results prove positive. ‘It is important to the city to pilot test vehicles with alternative fuel technologies before making... [Read More]
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Nov 15, 2010
In Cassington, Oxford, a £9 million (€10.6 million) anaerobic digestion (AD) plant has opened.
Developed as a joint venture with M&M Skip Hire as part of Agrivert’s 20-year contract with Oxfordshire county council, the facility has the capacity to generate 2MW of electricity from 45,000 tonnes of waste a year. The renewable power produced will be supplied to... [Read More]
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Nov 12, 2010
In an attempt to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels and lower GHG emissions, the Maine Department of Conservation in the US is awarding over $5.55 million (€4.05 million) in funding to eight conservation projects.
The grants will see traditional heating systems at six schools, the University of Maine and Northern Maine Medical Center replaced by either wood chip or... [Read More]
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Nov 12, 2010
In Shandong province, China, the world's first industrial-scale plant for CO2 storage by algae is being developed.
And GEA Westfalia Group, Oelde, Germany, has been awarded a €1 million contract which will see the company supply three high-performance separators for harvesting and washing of the algae.
The algae are cultivated by feeding purified flue gas from... [Read More]
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Nov 12, 2010
Anaerobic digestion (AD) specialist Farmgen, headquartered in Lancaster, UK, is currently building an AD plant at Carr Farm, which will generate 800kW of renewable electricity for the grid when it comes online next spring.
And the company has now secured a power purchase agreement with supermarket chain Marks and Spencer (M&S).
In a bid to consume only green energy... [Read More]
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Nov 12, 2010
In Oregon, US, the building work has begun on Spain-based renewable energy firm Iberdrola Renovables’ biomass power plant in Lake County.
The plant is the company’s first biomass project in the US.
Operations are due to commence by the end of 2012 when it will produce 26.8MW of renewable power.
200 construction jobs will be created, in addition to 20 for operations... [Read More]
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Nov 11, 2010
Bioenergy firm Solena Group has signed a letter of intent with clean energy company Rentech for the use of its proprietary Fischer-Tropsch synthetic fuel technology in Solena’s sustainable biojet fuel project – GreenSky.
The facility will convert more than 500,000 tonnes of waste biomass feedstock into synthesis gas every year using Solena’s plasma gasification... [Read More]
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Nov 9, 2010
A manufacturer of biomass-based boilers and waste heat recovery systems, Thermax is to acquire Danish firm Danstoker A/S and its Germany-based subsidiary Omnical Kessel for $42 million (€29.5 million).
Danstoker is another boiler manufacturer and the deal is expected to boost Thermax’s presence within the European renewable energy sector as it aims to source 20%... [Read More]
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Nov 9, 2010
The 26 November 2010 will see a biogas plant open at the Sant’Antnin waste treatment plant in Marsascala.
250,000 tonnes of waste are produced yearly by the local residents and the new facility will use a large percentage of this producing renewable energy from 71,000 tonnes of waste.
The gas extracted will generate enough electricity to power 1,400 households.
Heat... [Read More]
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Nov 9, 2010
Orangeburg County Biomass is looking to build a wood-fired power plant but is struggling to find a client to secure the power purchase agreement.
The biomass power generator, planned for Orangeburg County’s John Matthews Industrial Park, will cost in the region of $100 million (€72.2 million) to erect.
Located on 55 acres of land, the project would burn mostly... [Read More]
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Nov 9, 2010
In March earlier this year Solid Energy business Nature’s Flame opened New Zealand’s largest wood pellet production facility.
The Taupo-based plant, which cost $34 million (€24.55 million) to build, has a total output capacity of 40,000 tonnes of pellets a year but the company is already planning to expand this to 90,000 tonnes.
Earlier this month Nature’s... [Read More]
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