Oct 19, 2010
Pellet-powered car sets records
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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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Oct 14, 2010
The Antwerp Port Authority is said to be considering the possibility of constructing a large-scale biomass-fired power plant in the Antwerp Port area.
The plant would ideally generate between 200MW and 400MW of renewable energy, on a site adjacent to the local petrochemical infrastructure with direct waterfront access and road and rail links.
The Antwerp Port Authority... [Read More]
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Oct 13, 2010
Delegates registering for the upcoming Bioenergy International Asia expo & conference can start networking straight away! Using pre-event software delegates can set-up meetings and contact other visitors, delegates, speakers and exhibitors, maximising networking opportunities at this event.
The two day event, being held on 10-11th November in Kuala Lumpur, organised... [Read More]
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Oct 12, 2010
Located in Cirencester in Gloucester, UK, heat and power supplier Alfagy’s new biogas plant is expected to open in November this year.
The opening of the new facility, which will produce power from chicken waste, in addition to corn and wheat, will make Cirencester one of the first towns in the UK to receive renewable electricity sourced from poultry litter.
The CHP... [Read More]
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Oct 11, 2010
In Bangalore, India, a landfill waste-to-electricity plant has been installed at K R Puram.
Following two decades of research Scalene Energy Research Institute (SERI) provided the technology for the power plant. Named Spiral Protium Accelerated Reactor Super Enrichment (SPARSE), SERI claims that its technology is the first of its kind in the world.
The technology has... [Read More]
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Oct 11, 2010
In the Philippines the province of San Mariano, Isabela, is to receive a $120 million (€86 million) investment for the construction of an ethanol plant.
The Japanese firm Itochu Corp. is behind the investment, while Green Future Innovations (GFI) will develop the project. GFI is a joint venture between Itochu, Japan-based JGC Corp., the Philippine Bioethanol and Energy... [Read More]
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Oct 8, 2010
As two UK-based plants producing renewable gas for injection into the National Grid came online at the beginning of October, the Renewable Energy Association (REA) claims that they have been built in expectation of regulations being introduced next year to create a financial incentive for renewable gas.
The Labour government was planning to introduce the Renewable Heat... [Read More]
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Oct 8, 2010
Speaking at the Conservative Party conference on 5 October 2010, cabinet officer minister Oliver Letwin said that his government’s ‘incentive for renewable heat will give us a huge expansion of anaerobic digestion, enabling us to produce huge supplies of home-produced, low carbon gas.’
And while the chairman of the Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Association (ADBA)... [Read More]
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Oct 8, 2010
Delegates registering for the upcoming Bioenergy International Asia expo & conference can now receive a 10% discount to the event if they register before 15th October.
The two day event, being held on 10-11th November in Kuala Lumpur, organised by market leading publication Biofuels International magazine, is now in its second year and is supported by the Malaysian... [Read More]
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Oct 8, 2010
At the Adnams Brewery in Southwold, UK, Adnams Bio Energy, British Gas and National Grid have delivered the UK’s first biomethane produced from brewery waste and local food waste to the gas grid.
The project will generate up to 4.8kWh annually, benefitting around 235 homes a year, or enough to power a family sized car for 4 million miles.
It is hoped that the project... [Read More]
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Oct 7, 2010
At the Thames Water sewage works in Didcot, UK, Thames Water, Scotia Gas Networks and Centrica have launched the UK’s first biomethane-to-grid (BtG) plant.
In celebration of this milestone a barbeque fuelled by the gas produced on site will be held.
Scotia Gas Networks provided funding to facilitate research and development in the UK gas industry, which enabled the... [Read More]
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Oct 5, 2010
American Renewables, a Boston, US-based company which develops, builds and operates clean energy facilities, has secured a long-term supply deal for its 100MW biomass plant in Gainesville, Florida.
The contract will see waste recycling firm Wood Resource Recovery supply around 50% of the total biomass fuel needed when operations at the plant commence towards the end... [Read More]
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Oct 5, 2010
The Japanese government has implemented a set of guidelines that could see the nation cut its CO2 emissions by 30% by 2030 compared to levels in 1990.
Japan is the fifth largest producer of greenhouse gases in the world and is looking to boost the amount of electricity generated from non-fossil fuels in a bid to cut these emissions by 25% by 2020. Currently just 34%... [Read More]
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Oct 4, 2010
A subsidiary of Cliffs Natural Resources, Ohio, US-based Renewafuel has finished the construction of its biomass cube fuel pellet plant in Gwinn, Michigan.
The project, which was announced back in June 2008, cost $19 million (€13.85 million) to build and will create 25 new jobs when fully operational.
Renewafuel, a provider of renewable energy for industrial and... [Read More]
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