Jun 28, 2011
Dairy farm installs biogas plant
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Jun 27, 2011
In France, bioenergy firm Meta-Bio Energies has broken ground on a biomass-to-biogas plant in Bel-Air de Combrée.
The new biogas plant will handle around 23,000 tonnes a year of biomass, including food, agricultural and municipal waste, and convert it into 1MW of energy – enough to benefit around 4,000 households.
Electricité de France will purchase... [Read More]
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Jun 24, 2011
The owner of the Kawasaki biomass-fired power plant in Yokohama, Japan, could potentially open another in Fiji.
Company officials from the Japanese plant and Fiji's President Ratu Epeli Nailatikau met on 21 June 2011 to discuss the possibility of setting up a biomass plant in the country.
Fiji is an ideal country in which to develop a bioenergy industry, due to the high... [Read More]
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Jun 24, 2011
Under RENEW LA, a scheme designed to help the US state of Los Angeles send 0% of its waste to landfill, a new waste-to-energy plant is being developed in the region.
Los Angeles has now started contract negotiations with Green Conversion Systems (GCS), which will design and construct the plant.
Domestic waste designed for the tip stands at around 3,300 tonnes a day in... [Read More]
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Jun 24, 2011
In Scotland, UK, a wood pellet production plant is being developed that, when operational in March 2012, will produce wood pellets.
Land Energy is behind the project, which will come to realisation on a site previously occupied by a textile factory. Work at the site is scheduled to get underway in July 2011.
Based in Belfast, Ireland, Lagen Construction will be responsible... [Read More]
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Jun 24, 2011
Wood pellet manufacturer Biomass Secure Power is developing a torrefied wood pellet plant in British Columbia, Canada.
The production facility will have an annual production capacity of 500,000 tonnes of pellets, made from wood harvested by the company itself. A small portion will come local logging businesses.
One hundred per cent of the pellets produced at the site will... [Read More]
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Jun 21, 2011
Construction on a proposed biomass plant in Rothschild, Wisconsin, US, is due to begin shortly, after Domtar, a paper company behind the proposal, agreed to certain conditions.
The plant, which is a joint venture between Domtar and energy firm We Energies, was originally announced back in September 2009. According to Craig Timm, manager of public affairs at Domtar, the... [Read More]
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Jun 21, 2011
Russia is turning to biogas in a bid to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels.
According to the Energy Ministry, Russia has the potential to generate 66 billion m3 of biogas a year from agricultural waste. This could produce 110 billion KW/h of electricity, 1 billion GJ of heat or 8.7 billion gallons of petrol or diesel.
The Energy and Agriculture Ministries are now urging... [Read More]
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Jun 21, 2011
Production has stopped at the Georgia Biomass wood pellet plant in Waycross, Georgia, US, after an explosion on 20 June 2011.
The incident occurred at around 8am. No one was injured.
'It did extensive damage to the processing end,' says Dennis Keen, Ware County fire chief. 'They'll probably be down an extended period of time.'
Georgia Biomass is a subsidiary of Germany's... [Read More]
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Jun 21, 2011
In Canada, the Toronto Zoo is planning to build a $5.4 million (€3.76 million) biogas power plant on site that will generate power from zoo animal excrement.
The zoo will partner with Toronto-based ZooShare Co-operative to get the project off the ground. ZooShare will then fund the project, as well as design, develop, build and operate the plant, which will be located... [Read More]
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Jun 20, 2011
In the US, energy provider DTE Energy has revealed plans to convert its Stockton, California-based coal-fired power plant – the Port of Stockton District Energy Facility (POSDEF) – to fire on 100% biomass.
The plant will generate 45MW of renewable power from wood waste, tree trimmings and agricultural residues.
'The plant conversion to biomass energy advances... [Read More]
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Jun 17, 2011
Woodpecker Energy UK, a provider of domestic and commercial biomass boilers, welcomes the announcement of the £860 million (€972 million) Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI), saying that businesses, farmers and the public sector could effectively benefit from free installation of biomass heating systems and free fuel for 20 years.
The first scheme of its kind, the... [Read More]
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Jun 17, 2011
Waste specialist Biffa of the UK has launched its anaerobic digestion (AD) food waste-handling plant near Cannock, Staffordshire.
The new facility will process up to 120,000 tonnes of food waste sources from households and businesses every year, making it the largest of its kind in the nation. This leftover food will be converted into enough renewable energy to power 6,000... [Read More]
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Jun 14, 2011
A new research centre is being developed in Grangetown, Middlesbrough in the UK and orders in excess of £2.5 million (€2.8 million) have been placed for the hi-tech industrial equipment.
The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) and Tata Steel have begun work to establish the national research facility after signing a Memorandum of Understanding in October 2010.
The... [Read More]
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Jun 14, 2011
In Lithonia, Georgia, US, a biomass plant proposed for DeKalb County has led to a protest from local residents.
A county consisting of homes and businesses, citizens say they do not want the facility to be built close by. According to some residents, the plant was originally planned for north DeKalb County but this proposal was rejected.
On 13 June 2011 citizens fighting... [Read More]
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Jun 14, 2011
Thermya, a French engineering firm dedicated to biomass-to-energy conversion technologies, has begun building three industrial biocoal production units using Torspyd – the company's biomass torrefaction process.
The first unit is currently in construction on the site of Urnieta, in the Spanish Basque Country, under the supervision of Grupo Lantec, promoter and developer... [Read More]
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Jun 14, 2011
Martin Engineering, a US-based company dedicated to conveyor technology and bulk materials handling, has revealed its final plans for a new 10,000m2 facility in Kunshan, Jiangsu Province, China.
Scheduled to open in late 2011, the new Martin Engineering building will house 8,000m2 of manufacturing and warehouse operations and 2,000m2 of office space, making it eight times... [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
