Jan 11, 2011
Pike County to buy land meant for pellet plant
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Jan 11, 2011
Back in July 2010 UK, Wiltshire-based Malaby Martin’s proposed biogas plant in Warminster was approved by Wiltshire Council, subject to some landscaping adjustments being made.
Now the company is hoping to get the seal of approval before construction of the waste-to-electricity facility begins.
‘There are some tweaks and changes we have to make regarding the... [Read More]
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Jan 11, 2011
A provider of clean energy technology, National Clean Fuels (NACF) is currently developing a 10MW biomass plant in the US, Mississippi.
The $10 million (€7.7 million) project will gasify around 1 tonne of wood chips and sawdust hourly.
In September last year NACF and the city of Port Gibson signed a letter of intent to implement the production of renewable energy... [Read More]
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Jan 10, 2011
In the US, lumber firm Allengheny Wood Products, based in Preston County, West Virginia, is to start up a new wood pellet company.
Appalachian Wood Pellets will manufacture wood pellets for use as heating fuel in residential pellet stoves.
The wood pellet company will acquire the sawdust needed to produce the pellets from Allengheny, which will be transported from the... [Read More]
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Jan 10, 2011
In Nicaragua, fresh produce exporter Xagro and its multi-faceted business partner Jam are to begin testing the commercial production of cassava chips to be used for the production of ethanol in China.
Testing will include assessing a number of different cassava varieties for high starch content, which is needed in the ethanol process, in addition to the production of several... [Read More]
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Jan 10, 2011
The EU’s target to source 20% of its energy from renewable materials by 2020 may be exceeded, according to the 27 National Renewable Energy Action Plans analysis of the European Wind Energy Association.
As 25 of the 27 EU countries aim to meet or exceed their renewable energy objectives, 20.7% of the EU’s total energy consumption could come from renewable sources.
34%... [Read More]
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Jan 6, 2011
On 5 January this year Ineos New Planet BioEnergy, a joint venture between bioenergy firm Ineos Bio and New Planet Energy, received a conditional commitment for a $75 million (€57 million) loan guarantee from the US Department of Agriculture’s 9003 Biorefinery Assistance Program.
The loan will fund the Ineos BioEnergy Center, a US, Florida-based facility that will... [Read More]
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Jan 5, 2011
Metso, a global supplier of sustainable technology and services, is to supply Oü Helme Energia with a biomass power plant for combined heat and power (CHP) in Helme, Estonia.
Oü Helme Energia is a subsidiary of AS Graanul Invest, a private capital-based company dealing with bioenergy and renewable energy production.
MW Power, a joint venture between Metso and Wärtsilä... [Read More]
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Jan 4, 2011
In the city of Waterville in Maine, US, the construction of a biomass cogeneration plant has begun.
The $11.2 million (€8.36 million) facility, located in Colby College, will produce heat from steam and electricity from hot water, replacing approximately 1 million gallons of heating fuel a year.
According to college estimates, the plant will pay for itself within... [Read More]
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Jan 4, 2011
The construction of a 25MW biomass power plant proposed for Oregon, US, can now move forward after the La Pine, Oregon, city council denied an appeal against the project. Renewable energy developer Biogreen Sustainable Energy is behind the plans.
Around 25,000 bone dry tonnes (BDT) of the biomass utilised at the plant will be forest thinning materials from Biogreen’s... [Read More]
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Jan 4, 2011
In the US the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh (UWO) is to install a dry fermentation anaerobic biodigester for the production of biogas from yard and food waste.
Designed by BIOFerm Energy Systems, a provider of clean renewable energy solutions, the $3.5 million (€2.6 million) plant will generate 3071MW a year of electricity and 4183MW a year of heat for the campus.... [Read More]
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Dec 29, 2010
Dedicated to the engineering, construction and installation of coal-fired power plants, Chinese company Wuhan Kaidi Electric Power is to purchase three biomass plants.
The plants, Suqian Kaidi Green Energy Development, Wanzai Kaidi Green Energy Development and Wangjiang Kaidi Green Energy Development will be acquired from China-based Wuhan Kaidi Holding Investment for... [Read More]
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Dec 23, 2010
The UK government has set targets stating that 12% of all heat will be generated from a renewable source by 2020. This will be supported by the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI), confirmed by Westminster in October 2010.
With this in mind renewable energy consultancy Natural Power has developed a rapid ‘heat assessment’ package aimed at small-scale biomass projects... [Read More]
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Dec 23, 2010
Noble Group, a Hong Kong-headquartered agricultural, industrial and energy products company, has acquired two sugarcane/ethanol mills in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Both the mills, Catanduva and Potirendaba, are fully operational, situated 50km apart from each other and located just over 100km from Noble’s UNP facility. Catanduva has a nominal sugarcane crushing... [Read More]
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Dec 22, 2010
In the UK Evonik New Energies UK is continuing work on its first biomass plant in Ridham Dock, Kent.
The combined heat and power (CHP) plant will handle approximately 160,000 tonnes of landfill-diverted wood waste annually for the generation of 25MW of electricity, significantly reducing CO2 emissions.
The electricity produced will be supplied to the National Grid,... [Read More]
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Dec 22, 2010
Construction of a biogas plant is underway in Voznesensk, Ukraine, after it commenced yesterday.
In addition to the biogas plant, which will generate 3120m3 of biogas a day from corn silo, energy plants and biomass, the governmental executive committee of Voznesensk has opened a cogeneration plant. Using 130m3 of natural gas, the plant will produce 400kW of electricity... [Read More]
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Dec 21, 2010
Along the Catawba River in North Carolina, US, commercial real estate development firm Forsite Development is currently developing a 20MW biomass plant, for which it has recently finalised some crucial decisions.
The plant will form part of the ReVenture Park – 667 acres of land, including a solar field, a wastewater treatment facility, energy crop demonstration stands,... [Read More]
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