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Geopower Energy, an alternative energy developer, has closed a private debt facility of $5 million (€3.6 million) to acquire a joint venture interest in the Blue Mountain biogas project located in the US state of Utah. The note was subscribed by accredited private investors. Geopower used a portion of the capital to acquire the interest in the project and will use the remainder of the funds…
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Global Business Power (GBPC) has plans to build a biomass power plant in the Philippines province of Negros Occidental, with a feasibility study expected to be completed in the third quarter this year. The company will join with Roxas Holdings to undertake the project, while Pöyry Energy, a consulting and energy company, is undertaking the feasibility study to determine its viability. Once…
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Britain's largest turkey producer, Bernard Matthews, has announced it will roll out 179 biomass boilers for installation in 21 of its turkey farms in Norfolk, Suffolk and Lincolnshire in a project deal with renewable energy solutions specialist Lumicity. The project will reduce carbon emissions at the farms and allow Bernard Matthews to achieve fuel savings against its current costs. As well as…
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Local authorities have greenlighted an application to build an anaerobic digester and associated infrastructure at Deal Farm in Bressingham, UK. The plant will be constructed by Envitec, a Germany-based biogas constructor and solutions provider, who will also supply the necessary technology. The system will convert pig and chicken manure and locally grown maize silage into bio-methane at a…
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UPB Energy has begun the construction of a biomass cogeneration station at Cieceres parish, Kurzeme region, Latvia. The station, with a planned electric power output of 3.98MW and thermal power of 15.9MW, has been commissioned by 4 Energia, an independent electicity producer in the Baltic States, with UPB supplying and installing the plant’s technology. The biomass cogeneration station will…
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North America-based consumer packaging firm RockTenn and forest products business Simpson Lumber Company have signed an agreement whereby RockTenn will acquire the Simpson Tacoma Kraft paper mill for approximately $343 million (€246.6 million). The Tacoma Kraft Mill located in the US state of Washington, operates a 55MW biomass cogeneration facility that was completed in 2009 and sells…
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Zilkha Biomass Energy, a provider of biomass solutions, and pulp and paper technology supplier Valmet have signed a five-year collaboration agreement in the field of steam exploded black pellets. The purpose of the agreement is to bring steam exploded black pellets to the market for the production of renewable heat and power. The parties will work together to develop a joint global…
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It has been reported that Chinese company Guangzhou Devotion Thermal Technology plans to construct a biomass-fired power plant in Nepal. An estimated $50 million (€36.3 million) will be invested in the project, $15 million of which is the company's own capital. Nepal has been selected as the location of the new biomass power plant due to its rich forestry resources and demand for power…
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Two 999kW biogas plants have opened in the Czech Republic locations of Velké Meziříčí and Velká Bíteš. The first plant, based in Velké Meziříčí and owned by Energoklastr CTT, handles corn silage, cattle slurry and manure, and sugar beet pulp sourced from local farmers. The energy generated from these materials will soon be used to…
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The US Army intends to award a long-term contract to ReEnergy Holdings, a biomass energy producer that generates energy from renewable materials. The Defense Logistics Agency (DLA) Energy, in coordination with the Army Energy Initiatives Task Force (EITF), issued a notice of intent to award to ReEnergy Holdings for the purchase of up to 28MW of electricity from the renewable energy biomass…
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The US Army Corps of Engineers, Engineering and Support Center in Huntsville, Alabama, in conjunction with the Army Energy Initiatives Task Force (EITF), has awarded 20 base contracts to companies in three of the four energy-related technologies that are part of the $7 billion (€5 billion) capacity, large-scale renewable and alternative energy power production Multiple Award Task Order…
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AFC Energy plc, a UK-based industrial fuel cell power company, has signed a new cooperation agreement in Bangkok to accelerate the adoption of its fuel cell systems in proposed energy-from-waste (EfW) projects in Thailand. The agreement, comprising a memorandum of understanding (MoU), was signed between AFC Energy, Waste2Tricity International (Thailand) and Alter NRG. The MoU builds on the…
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Tamar Energy, a biogas plant developer based in the UK, is progressing with its anaerobic digestion facility in Hertfordshire, which will convert food waste into 3MW. Under a recently awarded £14.5 million (€17.6 million) contract, Imtech Water, Waste and Energy will build the new plant, designed to handle around 66,000 tonnes a year of leftover food into enough energy to power 6,000…
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Greenlane Biogas, global supplier of integrated full system solutions to upgrade biogas released from organic waste to biomethane, has partnered with China Agricultural University (CAU) to install a biogas upgrading system to facilitate research in the generation of renewable natural gas (RNG). The top academic institution in China for agricultural studies, CAU will use Greenlane's water…
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