Jun 9, 2010
Neath nears green power station approval
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Jun 9, 2010
In Mumbai, India,A2Z Maintenance & Engineering Services is planning to invest about Rs 3,000 crore (€533,535,474.97) to set up a 500MW municipal solid-waste power plant by 2012.
The operator and engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company requires an equity contribution of about Rs 500-600 crore and will raise the funds through IPO and internal accruals.
The... [Read More]
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Jun 9, 2010
Canada-based forest products provider Tolko Industries has signed a contract with Ottawa-based Ensyn Technologies to build an CA$80 million (€63.8 million) plant to generate electricity from sawdust and other wood waste at a Tolko Industries’ sawmill in High Level, Aberta.
The joint venture is the world's largest commercial project of its kind, using fast pyrolysis... [Read More]
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Jun 4, 2010
In a bid to quantify and understand the environmental impacts of different strategies for producing large quantities of energy crops and other crop residues at the watershed scale the US Department of Energy (DoE) has announced $5 million (€4.1 million) in funding for research focused on sustainable production of large quantities of non-food biomass for bioenergy.
This... [Read More]
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Jun 3, 2010
Gainesville Regional Utilities (GRU) and American Renewables' joint petition for the Gainesville Renewable Energy Center, a planned 100MW biomass power plant has been approved by Florida's Public Service Commission (FPS).
American Renewables will build, own and operate the facility and will sell all energy and environmental attributes generated from the facility... [Read More]
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Jun 3, 2010
The government of Ireland has launched new renewable energy feed-in tariffs, helping to fortify the biomass industry.
The renewable energy feed-in tariffs range from €0.15 per kilowatt hour (kWh) to €0.8.5 per kWh depending on the technology deployed, as well as a miscanthus pilot demonstration programme.
The new biomass tariffs, introduced on 24 May, support technologies... [Read More]
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Jun 1, 2010
In Castle Bytham, Lincolnshire, UK, an application filed by Bygen Power for the construction of a biogas plant has received unanimous objecting votes from Castle Bytham parish council in an attempt to block the build on a nearby farm.
Deemed as too large and in the wrong place, local residents have expressed woes about vehicle noise and pollution, and the possibility... [Read More]
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Jun 1, 2010
County councillors in St. Albans, UK, have approved a biomass plant.
If the facility receives planning permission from the Secretary of State it will be built on EQ Waste Management’s composting site, which has spontaneously combusted numerous times in previous years.
EQ’s director Adrian Lupson received a £17,000 (€20,220) fine in 2009 after management of the... [Read More]
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Jun 1, 2010
The Kenya Domestic Biogas Programme, which will see the construction of 8,000 biogas digesters across 28 districts in Kenya, Africa, is receiving a helping hand from the Netherlands.
The Dutch government will invest KES200 million (€2 million) in the programme while beneficiaries will raise the other half in order to implement the Sh50,000 each digesters.
Each digester... [Read More]
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May 28, 2010
Sweden’s vision to produce 50% of its energy from sustainable sources by 2020 looks extremely likely since 32% of its energy is already generated from biomass.
The government is striving for the nation to become 100% fossil-free by the year 2030 and as a result investments in the sector have soared over the past few years.
However, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly,... [Read More]
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May 28, 2010
Turkey’s new biogas plant will be launched in July this year before it becomes fully operational at the beginning of 2011.
The plant, which was built by Austrian-based biogas engineering company Enbasys GmbH, will use ENBAFERM multi-feedstock biogas technology to process around 55,000 tonnes of municipal and industrial waste each year.
The biogas produced will be... [Read More]
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May 25, 2010
The 500-acre Lower Reule farm has begun the operation of its £3 million (€3.5 million) anaerobic digestion (AD) biogas facility in Staffordshire, UK.
The plant will produce 1.3MW of electricity from a combination of feedstocks. 12,750 tonnes of food waste collected from local supermarkets and food producers will be the main source of power but 1,250 tonnes of maize... [Read More]
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May 25, 2010
Scotland, UK-based leisure firm John O’Groats Leisure is set to install a biomass boiler after receiving a £51,808 (€60,525) grant from the Scottish Biomass Heat Scheme.
The company will use the boiler to heat its two properties Caberfeidh Guest House and the Seaview Hotel. It will be located at the guest house but heat will also be transported to the hotel across... [Read More]
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May 24, 2010
A tariff, which aims to increase the use of biomass-based feedstocks in power production facilities, has been finalised in India.
The Indian power regulator Gujaret Electricity Commission (GERC) has fixed a tariff that will see power suppliers acquire bioelectricity for Rs 4.40 (€0.08) per unit for the first decade, before increasing to Rs 4.75 per unit from the 11th... [Read More]
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May 24, 2010
12 months have passed since 80 companies applied to receive a $26 million (€20.9 million) federal grant from the Department of Energy (DoE).
Now three firms remain after the DoE made its final cut, one of which is private firm Hayden, Cary & King, Co., which hopes to construct a biomass power plant in the town of Vail, Colorado, US.
The Vail biomass refinery... [Read More]
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May 24, 2010
Costing in the region of $8.8 million (€7.1 million) and developed with the aim of slashing the US-based Northern Nevada Correction Center’s utility bills, Nevada’s first biomass project has been deemed unsuccessful.
The biomass plant burns wood for the generation of heat and power. It was originally thought that it would be able to heat all of the water used at... [Read More]
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May 21, 2010
Beddington Heat & Power has submitted its application that, if accepted, will see the construction of a small-scale renewable energy production facility in Surrey, UK.
The project, which will be developed within a purpose built structure nearby to Country Waste Recycling, a waste management company, will be led by biomass conversion firm Bioflame, located in North... [Read More]
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