Jul 26, 2011
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Jul 26, 2011
In California, US, a proposal seeking permission to build a biomass-fired power plant near to Lake Tahoe has been declined after Joanne Marchetta, executive director of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA), dubbed the location 'unworkable'.
The proposal generated complaints from a huge number of locals, concerned about the environmental and social impacts of the project.
However,... [Read More]
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Jul 25, 2011
The Israeli government has approved a plan that will see 10% of the nation's energy sourced from renewables by the year 2020.
Under the new scheme, an increased use of biogas and solar panels will be used to generate 1,550MW by 2014, before this increases to 2,760MW by the end of 2020.
The first stage of the project will be developed between 2011 and 2014. During this... [Read More]
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Jul 25, 2011
In Tulare County, California, US, the Pixley Biogas plant has been awarded a $4.67 million (€3.2 million) grant from the California Energy Commission.
The project is yet to receive approval from Tulare County, however the grant was awarded to kick-start development on aspects of the project that do not involve the environment.
If the project is approved, an anaerobic... [Read More]
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Jul 21, 2011
Four years after it submitted its planning application for a biomass-fired power plant, UK-based organics recycling firm Eco Sustainable Solutions has been given the go ahead.
Dorset County Council Planning Committee approved the application, which will see the £12 million (€13.7 million) facility built just outside of Christchurch. The plant will generate 3MW... [Read More]
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Jul 21, 2011
In Denmark, the city of Fredericia is looking to convert municipal waste into a biofuel that can fuel public buses and power homes.
As the city's mayor Thomas Banke explains: 'Our goal is to change the management of wastewater and household rubbish from a costly problem into a valuable resource for local energy production. Rubbish will be turned into gas, which will be... [Read More]
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Jul 21, 2011
In New York, US, a biomass plant, which has not yet been built, will handle waste from the Newburgh area, the city's council has decided.
The deal will cost the city around $14 (€9.8) less per tonne of waste to dispose of.
'Everything that you put out in regular garbage would be in the garbage that we would send out with our trucks and the price that we would get... [Read More]
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Jul 19, 2011
In Denmark, dairy firm Arla Foods and biogas company Xergi are developing a new biogas plant to supply Arla's production at Videbæk.
The details of the project have not been disclosed, as approval has not yet been granted.
The plant will convert manure and other waste materials from Arla's own production into 16 million m3 of methane gas. Once completed, the biogas... [Read More]
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Jul 19, 2011
Cheshire, UK-based Projen, a project management and engineering business, has launched a new bioenergy division, specialising in the planning, permitting, design and construction of facilities for the production of biogas.
Shane Pugh leads the division, along with bioenergy expert Les Gornall.
Managing director of Projen Martin Seabrook says: 'This is an extremely exciting... [Read More]
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Jul 19, 2011
The Indian state of Haryana is on track to get its first biogas bottling plants, after the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) granted approval for two projects.
The first of the two plants will be located at Hansi, and construction is due to start in August 2011. Tohana will be home to the second plant, which will be commissioned by 2012, according to the Haryana... [Read More]
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Jul 18, 2011
In Mexico, Orbeo is planning to construct a biomass plant in Tres Valles, Veracruz.
The new cogeneration plant will generate 40MW of electricity and heat from bagasse.
Between 2012 and 2021, the project is expected to cut CO2 emissions by around 572,500 tonnes, according to Orbeo, a partnership between Societe Generale and Rhodia.
The biomass needed for the plant will... [Read More]
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Jul 18, 2011
In the US, Laidlaw Energy Group has scrapped its plans to build a biomass-fired power plant.
Planned for Berlin, New Hampshire, the plant would have been the largest wood-burning power plant in the state, generating 70MW of renewable energy.
The plant would have been operated by Laidlaw Energy's subsidiary Laidlaw Berlin BioPower.... [Read More]
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Jul 18, 2011
TeaM Energy Philippines, a partnership between Tokyo Electric Power and Marubeni Corp., will install over 50MW of new capacity from renewable energy sources.
More than $150 million (€107 million) will be invested to make these renewable energy projects a reality; each project is predicted to cost between $2.5 and $3 million.
A biomass plant, which will generate 11MW... [Read More]
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Jul 18, 2011
In a move that will slash its CO2 emissions, Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) will supply its trademark fizzy beverages to the London 2012 Olympic Games on biomethane-powered lorries.
In a £1.75 million (€1.99 million) investment, CCE will use biogas sourced from a landfill site in Surrey to power a 14-strong fleet.
'In the Olympics, every delivery we make will be... [Read More]
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Jul 18, 2011
A wood pellet plant near Waycross, Georgia, US resumed operations on 13 July 2011, after an explosion forced the facility to close.
'We're ramping up now... starting the equipment and getting it all ready to go,' says Ken Ciarletta, plant manager at Georgia Biomass.
The $175 million (€124 million) Georgia Biomass wood pellet plant has been shut since 20 June 2011,... [Read More]
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Jul 12, 2011
China is ramping up its installed biomass power capacity and hopes to generate 13 million kW by the end of 2015, according to China Business News.
Currently, 5.5 million kW of power is generated from biomass in the nation. This includes the production of marsh gas and the burning of household waste.
China has the potential to produce 5 billion tonnes of biomass-derived... [Read More]
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Jul 12, 2011
In Tasmania, Australia, power stations which burn domestically grown timber are not eligible for renewable energy subsidies, as the carbon tax plan no longer classes local forest woodchips a renewable energy source.
While Environment Tasmania supports the decision and the leader of Tasmanian Greens Nick McKim stating: 'This is a big step forward towards valuing our forests... [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
