Oct 19, 2011
Algae bioreactors receive approval for Australian facility
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Oct 18, 2011
Placer County officials say they will consider building a biomass power generation facility near a material recovery facility in Cabin Creek in California.
The research will be funded by a Department of Energy (DoE) grant that was given to the region in 2008 and the development will not cost more than $200,000 (€146,200).
A proposal for development could be made by... [Read More]
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Oct 18, 2011
Biomass gasification company Nexterra has signed a research agreement with the University of British Columbia to develop a conditioning synthetic gas.
The new method will be based on Nexterra’s proprietary biomass gasification technology and will research towards developing a lower cost catalytic process for removing tars from the synthetic gas produced by Nexterra’s... [Read More]
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Oct 18, 2011
The Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) Regional Board of Investments says it has approved a P24 million (€405,000) investment into expanding cassava starch producer Matling Industrial and Commercial Corporation.
The company is to expand its operations by building biomass power plants around the country and has also received investment from surrounding regions... [Read More]
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Oct 17, 2011
Canadian company FireBox Energy is to build a demonstration biomass facility in Glenevis, Alberta to generate about 30MW of electricity.
The primary feedstock for the plant is to be wood waste from north western Alberta and central British Colombia.
‘In addition we are also sourcing Logepole Pine infected by the Mountain Pine Beetle that has cut a swath through a... [Read More]
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Oct 17, 2011
A biogas facility in Somerset, south west England, has been given approval to double its current capacity to power 4,000 homes.
Currently the Cannington Enterprises plant uses an anaerobic digester to produce power from residue crops such as maize silage, grass, whole crop and big bale silage but it will now be allowed to treat up to 75,000 tonnes of other waste such as... [Read More]
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Oct 17, 2011
Ethanol company ICM has decided to branch off into the waste-to-energy sector, opening a demonstration plant in Harvey County, Kansas in the US.
The facility uses a gasifier, which is running at full capacity on various types of feedstock, such as municipal solid waste and producing syngas. The unit has the potential to produce electricity and thermal energy if it receives... [Read More]
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Oct 17, 2011
A new multi-million pound anaerobic digestion plant has opened in Edgmond, Shropshire in the UK, which will convert 23,000 tonnes of food waste and cow slurry into biogas, feeding the electricity onto the local grid.
The plant, designed and built by BiogenGreenfinch for a local university, will work with retailers, manufacturers and caterers to gather the food waste; and... [Read More]
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Oct 14, 2011
The Gainesville Renewable Energy Center has broken ground in Florida, following the fundraising of nearly $500 million for the biomass project.
American Renewables, the company behind the development, plans to gather wood waste left over from tree harvesting from forests within a 75 mile radius surrounding the plant.
This year American Renewables signed an agreement with... [Read More]
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Oct 11, 2011
In the US, a groundbreaking ceremony was held on 6 October for the Berlin, New Hampshire-based Burgess BioPower facility.
Upon completion, expected for 2013, the $275 million (€183.5 million) biomass-fired power plant will generate 75MW of renewable power from 750,000 tonnes of waste wood.
A long-term power purchase agreement has already been signed, which will see... [Read More]
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Oct 10, 2011
FuturaGene, a company dedicated to enhancing the yield and sustainability of woody crops for biofuels and biopower, and Guangxi Academy of Sciences (GXAS) have entered into a development agreement.
Under the agreement, FuturaGene and GXAS, which is primarily focussed on bioenergy research and the development of non-food crops, will develop and optimise second generation... [Read More]
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Oct 10, 2011
In the US, the Port St. Joe, Florida, City Commission has approved Rentech's Northwest Florida Renewable Energy Center.
The renewable project will generate 55MW of power from 930 tonnes a day of woody biomass. Rentech and Progress Energy Florida have already signed a contract whereby Progress Energy Florida will acquire most of the power.
The $225 million (€166 million)... [Read More]
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Oct 10, 2011
In the US, wood pellet producer German Pellets is developing its first manufacturing facility in Tyler County, Texas.
German Pellets chose this location due to the large quantities of raw materials available, including timber. This is attributed to the warm climate, fertile soils and higher forest growth rates.
The plant is expected to begin production in Q3 2012 when... [Read More]
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Oct 7, 2011
In the UK, Renewable Energy Generation's (REG), Leeds-based bioliquid-powered plant is ready to begin operating under the company's two-year National Grid contract.
REG is a renewable energy developer and operator whose subsidiary REG Bio-Power was awarded a contract with National Grid in March. Under the contract, REG will supply Short Term Operating Reserve (STOR) to... [Read More]
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Oct 7, 2011
Biodiesel has the potential to replace fossil-based heating oils, according to a new report by the UK Government and written by the UK's National Centre for Biorenewable Energy, Fuels and Materials (NNFCC).
These non-renewable oils currently heat more than 1 million homes in the UK. Liquid fuels made from biomass (bioliquids), however, can be used to replace fossil-based... [Read More]
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Oct 7, 2011
In the US, the US Forest Service's Wood Education and Resource Center (WERC) has awarded a $70,000 (€52,000) grant to the Biomass Thermal Energy Council (BTEC) and Resource Professional Group (RPG).
BTEC and RPG have embarked on a joint venture to encourage energy cost savings and make commercial buildings more greenhouse gas saving. The project will educate building... [Read More]
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Oct 7, 2011
The Board of biomass energy development company Helius Energy is to raise £6.55 million (€7.57 million) by way of a placing of New Ordinary Shares at £0.16 per share.
This placing will raise a large sum of capital for Helius, and additional working capital that will allow it to further develop both its immediate and future projects. These include seeking... [Read More]
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The company aims to repurpose land, grid connections and cooling infrastructure that date back to the site’s coal-generation era
The first project, located in Biburg, Lower Bavaria, represents EnviTec’s debut in the Bavarian market following the construction of 112 biogas plants across Germany
