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The Bio-based Industries Joint Undertaking, a public-private partnership between the EU and the Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC), has approved the funding of 10 projects totalling €120 million to boost the EU capacity to stimulate growth and jobs via a more circular, low carbon and sustainable bioeconomy. The BBI is a €3.7 billion innovative partnership that was officially launched…
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Renewable energy company China Everbright International has signed three contracts with DP CleanTech for the construction of three 30MW straw-fired biomass power plants in China. This brings the number of Everbright International plants in China using DP technology to five; and the total number of DP power plants in China to 55, which represents over 30% market share. The plants will also be…
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A $250,000 (€225,000) matching funds grant has been awarded to the city of Lebanon in Tennessee, US to assist with the construction of a new waste-to-energy facility that will reduce landfill usage and provide clean electrical power. The funding comes from the Clean Tennessee Energy Grant programme administered by the Tennessee Department of Environment and Conservation (TDEC). The biomass…
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Viridis Energy says that its wholly owned subsidiary, Viridis Merchants (VMI) – an aggregation and trading business – has secured a European supply agreement for up to 20,000 tonnes of ENplus certified premium wood pellets per year. VMI intends to distribute to the residential heating market throughout the UK and Europe. The agreement marks VMI's first European supply and is expected…
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Wastech, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Belkorp Environmental Services, has officially opened its Landfill Gas Utilization Plant at the Cache Creek Landfill in British Columbia, Canada. The plant will generate electricity at a rate of 4.8MW – enough to power more than 2,500 homes. The project uses technology to trap gas that is naturally generated from the landfilling process, and transform…
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A new £100 million (€140 million) biomass terminal planned for the Port of Liverpool will see it handle up to 3 million tonnes of wood pellets a year as part of the decarbonisation of Drax power station. The wood pellets – to be shipped to Liverpool from North America – are a by-product of the commercial forestry and saw-milling industry and will provide the Selby-based…
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Veolia, through its subsidiary in Ireland Veolia Energy Services, has been awarded, by Mayo Renewable Power, a €450 million 15-year contract to operate a biomass power plant in Killala, Co. Mayo, in Ireland. The plant, which will be the largest independent biomass power plant in Ireland, will provide 42.5MW of combined heat and power, enough electricity to power the equivalent of 68,000…
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In New York, US, BioFerm Energy Systems/Viessmann Group has been selected as the anaerobic digester technology provider for a community organic diversion project expected to begin this year. An estimated 900 tonnes of organic waste from nearby residences, restaurants and grocery stores are currently sent to area landfills in North Elba each year. Once the BioFerm technology is installed, this…
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Renewable energy targets are now a defining feature of the global energy landscape, according to a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). Renewable Energy Target Setting has found 164 countries have adopted at least one type of renewable energy target, up from just 43 countries in 2005. Two more countries – Canada and the United Arab Emirates – have set…
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Blue Sphere Corp., a clean energy company that develops, manages and owns waste-to-energy projects, has broken ground on its waste-to-energy project in Johnston, Rhode Island in the US. The plant will produce 3.2MW of clean energy from uneaten food that would normally end up in local landfills. That electricity will then be sold to the national grid to provide power to local homes and…
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In Brazil, Solvay has opened its first fully dedicated Industrial Biotechnology Laboratory (IBL) to boost the development of innovations and solutions based on sustainable chemistry, used in a growing range of end-markets. The fully integrated laboratory in Paulinia will chiefly focus on researching new processes and molecules derived from biomass, which is mostly plant or vegetable based and…
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A new public-private partnership led by Clemson University and a worldwide biomass and bioenergy producer will research the use of crops that can both open new markets for South Carolina, US landowners and support the growing global demand for renewable energy. In forming the Carolina Energy Crop Alliance, Abengoa Energy Crops has committed more than $1 million (€900,000) annually to support…
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Pinnacle Renewable Energy has announced the first full loading of wood pellets into a Panamax class vessel. This world first took place at the company's Westview Terminal in Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada, on 2 June 2015. It will be the largest load of wood pellets ever shipped anywhere in the history of the industry. Panamax vessels are purpose-built to utilise the maximum capacity of…
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DNC Energy, an environmental firm focused on building renewable energy infrastructure, has received major funding through a bond programme to build a waste wood and crop residue fired biomass electric generation plant in Ukraine's Kyiv region. The 25MW facility is the thirteenth biomass plant to be built in Ukraine, which currently has six burning biomass plants and seven biogas anaerobic…
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