Oct 27, 2010
BCAP boosts biofuels farmers
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Oct 26, 2010
The UK government has outlined its goals for anaerobic digestion in its new National Infrastructure Plan.
The £200 billion (€227 million) public and private sector investment plan will deliver the UK's infrastructure needs over the next five years, which reiterates the government's commitment to promote and incentivise energy from waste, and anaerobic digestion... [Read More]
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Oct 26, 2010
Malaysia is well placed to become a global leader in biodiesel production. Ambitious plans were announced in 2008 but in the last couple of years the market has virtually ground to a halt.
The government has so far approved 56 licenses for biodiesel production, which would create an annual production capacity of 6.8 million tonnes. However about 60% of the approved capacity... [Read More]
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Oct 25, 2010
Following the construction of a biogas facility in Michigan, US, which commenced in August earlier this year, biogas company Swedish Biogas International is looking into building a second facility.
The new project will also be based in Michigan, generating renewable energy from municipal and agricultural waste.
‘The Flint operation is showing real promise,’ the... [Read More]
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Oct 25, 2010
A CHP station planned for Rhode in Co Offaly, Ireland is due to break ground early next year.
Renewable energy company Biotricity Ltd. is behind the project, which is estimated to cost €40 million and create 200 construction jobs in addition to 65 full-time positions when completed by mid 2012.
The facility will generate 15MW of renewable energy from willow grown... [Read More]
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Oct 25, 2010
Alexandra Dock at the Port of Liverpool could be home to a new biomass-fired power plant.
Green energy developer RES is planning the development of the £300 million (€336 million) facility, which will produce renewable power for nearby homes and create new jobs for the area.
Should the project go ahead it is estimated to generate between 100 and 150MW of electricity... [Read More]
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Oct 21, 2010
A biomass-fired power plant planned for California in the US has been rejected.
Valley Bio-Energy developed the facility but the Modesto Irrigation District has abandoned negotiations.
The plant, proposed for a 13.9-acre site in the Mariposa Industrial Park, would have generated 33MW of renewable energy a year from a local supply of waste wood.
However on 19 October... [Read More]
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Oct 21, 2010
UK-based renewable energy firm Living Fuels has opened its new biofuels processing plant in Hockwold, near Thetford.
Part of the Renewable Energy Generation Group, Living Fuels produces biofuel from used cooking oil (UCO) collected from over 270 recycling centres located in the UK.
This fuel, known as LF100, is then used by the company to generate electricity and heat... [Read More]
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Oct 21, 2010
Join those already registered at the upcoming Bioenergy International Asia expo & conference on 10-11th November in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
Companies already coming include Petronas, ASB Biodiesel, Conoco Phillips, Shell Eastern Petroleum, Thai Oil, SK Energy, BioFuel Lanka, Dialog, Vopak, Oiltanking, Dovechem, CPC (Taiwan), Langsat Terminal, MISC, Rotary Engineering,... [Read More]
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Oct 20, 2010
Construction on a new biogas power plant has begun in Ridgetown in Ontario, US.
Located at the Ridgetown campus of the University of Guelph, the plant will soon be generating electricity for an estimated 300 homes from manure and other organic wastes.
In April this year the Federal Development Agency for Southern Ontario awarded the campus with an investment totalling... [Read More]
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Oct 19, 2010
Ong Eng Tong, business development manager for the Asia Pacific at Mabanaft, Singapore, is the latest speaker to confirm his participation in the upcoming Bioenergy International/Tank Storage Asia expo & conference.
Tong has over 30 years of experience in the bulk liquid storage sector, and is also an emerging expert in the renewable energy market so will speak on... [Read More]
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Oct 19, 2010
Construction of a £3 million (€3.4 million) biomass plant at Dryholme Farm in Cumbria, UK is expected to commence by the end of this year.
Developer, manufacturer and operator of anaerobic digestion plants Farmgen is developing the project, which is expected to generate renewable energy for the National Grid by Q3/Q4 2011.
An estimated 1,000 homes will benefit from... [Read More]
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Oct 19, 2010
A $59.16 million (€42.48 million) biomass power plant is to be built in the province of Phu Tho, Vietnam.
The facility will generate 40MW of renewable energy from agricultural and municipal waste.
Almost 3,500 jobs will be created at the plant when it comes online in 2013.
Vietnam High-Tech Renewable Biomass Energy Joint Stock Company has been contracted to build... [Read More]
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Oct 19, 2010
A car that runs on wood pellets alone has achieved a world speed record at the World of Speed 2010 competition held at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, US after reaching 48mph.
Speaking about the competition the owner of the 1989 Mercury Cougar XR7 Robert ‘Chip’ Beam said: ‘There’s no category for a wood-powered car. This year we set the record. Next year we’re... [Read More]
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Oct 18, 2010
INEOS Bio’s first commercial project in the US has secured key permits to build its waste-to-bioenergy facility in Indian River County, Florida.
The INEOS Bio joint venture has obtained its final air permit and environmental resource permit from the State of Florida, its wetlands permit from the US Army Corps of Engineers and a Final Environmental Assessment (EA) and... [Read More]
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Oct 18, 2010
In Emden, Germany a totally enclosed, air-supported conveyor system has been installed at a biomass-powered power plant generating 20MW of renewable energy a year.
The system feeds the facility’s new woodchip-fired block, while it manages to control the majority of fugitive materials in the strong winds common to its North Sea location.
Owned by BKE and managed by... [Read More]
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Oct 18, 2010
On 13 October 2010 biomass fuel producer Enviva acquired a controlling interest in alternative fuel company Tomorrow’s Energy and its Piney Wood pellet manufacturing facility.
Today the facility produces approximately 50,000 tonnes of wood pellets a year but under Enviva’s ownership this is expected to increase to around 150,000 tonnes a year. Piney Woods Pellets... [Read More]
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Proceeds from the bond sale have been used to refinance $40 million of Gevo RNG’s outstanding 2021 green bonds
SIAAP (Greater Paris Sanitation Authority) and SUEZ have officially inaugurated a new state-of-the-art biogas production unit at the Seine Aval wastewater treatment plant in the Paris metropolitan area
Natural State Renewables has announced a key strategic partnership with Axens as part of its plan to produce carbon-negative sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from surplus forest biomass
