May 10, 2011
USDA and DoE grant $47m in R&D funding
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May 10, 2011
In Andover, UK, wood pellet and briquette supplier Verdo Renewables has officially opened its £15 million (€17 million) wood fuel production plant.
The new facility has the capacity to produce 55,000 tonnes of wood pellets a year. The majority of these pellets will be used in biomass heating systems such as wood pellet boilers and pellet stoves.
In addition... [Read More]
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May 9, 2011
In Canada, renewable energy producer Rentech is looking to develop a biomass plant in White River, Ontario that will produce jet fuel and create 400 fulltime jobs.
'This will be the largest renewable clean jet fuel programme in the world,' says the CEO of RenTech Hunt Ramsbottom. 'This will be the first of its kind where the province, the federal government, local communities... [Read More]
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May 9, 2011
An opening ceremony for a $50 million (€35 million) biomass plant in Eugene, Oregon, US, owned by Seneca Sawmill, took place on 5 May 2011. The plant has been operational since February 2011.
With the ability to handle woodchips, bark and slash material sourced from the logging industry, the plant generates 19MW of renewable energy, benefitting around 13,000 households... [Read More]
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May 9, 2011
New terms to the Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP) will see funding capped at $112 million (€77.7 million) for the 2011 financial year. James Barber, New York's US Department of Agriculture (USDA) Farm Service Agency state executive director, announced the provision.
'Both matching payments and annual payments will be affected by the reduction in programme funding,'... [Read More]
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May 9, 2011
In the US We Energies and paper company Domtar are developing a $225 million (€156 million) biomass plant in Rothschild.
The companies can now progress with the next stages of development after the state Public Service Commission (PSC) approved the plans.
Despite receiving a unanimous vote from the panel, consisting of three members, We Energies and Domtar are to... [Read More]
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May 9, 2011
Privately owned company Greenergy is to start reducing the levels of waste sent to landfill and has partnered with waste food recycling company Brocklesby to produce biodiesel from food leftovers.
In a bid to reduce the environmental impact of the fuel that the company produces, while also creating a new alternative source of fuel, the joint venture will covert edible... [Read More]
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May 4, 2011
Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, US, has been given a grant from the Biofuels Center of North Carolina worth more than $145,000 (€97,500).
The money will be used to expand the university’s testing facilities for biofuels catalysts. The grant is for one year’s worth of research and will be used to produce biodiesel from cheap feedstocks and other... [Read More]
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Apr 28, 2011
Opcon Bioenergy, a subsidiary of Opcon, an energy and environmental technology group, is to build a bioenergy plant in the Czech Republic which will produce energy using recycled heat.
As part of its contract, Opcon Bioenergy will deliver flue gas condensation equipment, including a treatment system, to a district heating plant used by TTS in Trebic. The plant is scheduled... [Read More]
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Apr 27, 2011
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded three new research grants to Michigan State University to research the production of bioenergy and bio-based products.
It is hoped the grants will help develop sustainable regional systems and create jobs in the sector.
Already at the university there is a cellulosic ethanol pre-treatment research lab and an AFEX technology... [Read More]
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Apr 26, 2011
Rentech has acquired additional equity in ClearFuels Technology, and will now own a substantial majority of the equity of ClearFuels, with existing ClearFuels investors retaining a minority interest.
ClearFuels, a company developing advanced sustainable biorefineries that convert multiple mixed cellulosic biomass feedstocks into sustainable, high-value energy products,... [Read More]
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Apr 19, 2011
Supported by Barclay's Business, the small business arm of the global financial services provider, which has provided additional working capital, The Pelleting Solutions Company CFE is planning for growth.
CFE supplies pellet consumables to the compound feed industry. The company has evolved to accommodate the growing pellet market in the biomass and green energy industries.
According... [Read More]
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Apr 19, 2011
In Montgomery County, North Carolina, US, plans are in place to build the state's first poultry waste-to-biogas plant.
Poultry Power USA will construct, own and operate the 36MW power plant and has already signed a contract with energy company Progress Energy Carolinas, which will acquire the output.
'Turning poultry litter into power is an important milestone in the development... [Read More]
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Apr 19, 2011
In a bid to encourage the use of biogas across China, Austria's GE Energy is to supply its Jenbacher biogas engine technology to power China's largest ethanol production plant, which is currently under construction in the city of Nan Yang, Henan Province.
Owned and operated by Henan Tianguan Group, the new ethanol plant will produce 500,000m3 of biogas a day, from organic... [Read More]
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Apr 19, 2011
Canada-based energy infrastructure fund Viridis Energy has signed an off-take agreement worth over $15 million (€10.5 million) that will see it supply wood pellets to a key pellet manufacturer in British Columbia.
As part of the deal, worth $15.5 million, Viridis will supply at least 22,000 tonnes of pellets that will be shipped to Europe throughout 2011. After this... [Read More]
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Apr 19, 2011
In Scotland, UK, biomass energy development company Helius Energy has confirmed the financing for its £60.5 million (€69 million) Helius CoRDe project.
Helius previously announced a project finance facility from Lloyds TSB Bank and the Royal Bank of Scotland for the CoRDe project. However the company has now confirmed that Rabo Project Equity BV, a 100% subsidiary... [Read More]
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Apr 19, 2011
UK-headquartered oil company Eastern Petroleum is looking to enter the renewable energy market with the acquisition of its first biomass plant.
The company is considering investing in a 40MW facility in Nueva Ecija, the Philippines, but will not progress with the plan until the Renewable Energy Board sets the feed-in tariff (FIT) rates, according to the company chairman... [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
