Sep 20, 2010
Korean utilities firm to move into the US market
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Sep 20, 2010
Bioenergy International expo & conference is now less than a week away – don’t miss out on the opportunity to learn from and network with biofuels experts from throughout Canada and the US.
Starting on Tuesday the 28th September at the Coast Plaza Hotel, Calgary, Alberta, the day conference and exhibition features speakers including Bruce McEwen, Oil, gas and... [Read More]
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Sep 16, 2010
Following the closure of the Mendota, Illinois-based Spreckles Sugar plant two years ago, resulting in 200 job losses, the Mendota Advanced Bioenergy Beet Cooperative (ABBC) is now looking to inject new life into the facility.
The group of farmers known as the ABBC are expected to receive a state grant of $1.5 million (€1.15 million) that will see work start on the... [Read More]
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Sep 16, 2010
Delegates registering for the upcoming Bioenergy International Canada 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.
Biofuels International Canada expo & conference is now only days away... [Read More]
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Sep 14, 2010
Construction has started on a biogas plant in Bentley, Doncaster, UK.
Behind the scheme, which will convert 45,000 tonnes of food waste a year into renewable electricity and heat, is UK-based food chain by-product recycler Prosper de Mulder.
The project broke ground on 13 September and, when the build is completed nine months from now, will create 35 jobs for the people... [Read More]
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Sep 14, 2010
Canadian biofuel specialist Enerkem has just begun construction on what it claims will be the world's first industrial-sized plant capable of converting non-recyclable municipal waste into advanced biofuels.
The plant, in Edmonton, can produce 10 million gallons of 5% ethanol-petrol blend biofuel a year, providing enough fuel for 400,000 cars while also helping to... [Read More]
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Sep 13, 2010
In an attempt to become established within the UK’s anaerobic digestion market, Lanarkshire, Scotland-based engineering contractor Motherwell Bridge has formed a partnership with Austrian anaerobic digestion expert Entec Biogas.
In the past Entec has been involved in building biogas facilities all over the world, including Europe, India, Korea, Japan, Malawi and the... [Read More]
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Sep 13, 2010
The UK government will fail to create its promised green economic boom if the treasury takes the wrong decisions in the Comprehensive Spending Review, according to a new report from the Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Association (ADBA). The chancellor will make a decision on support for renewable heat in 20 October 2010.
The report claims that if the government fails... [Read More]
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Sep 13, 2010
Texas, US-based Greenville Energy is looking to build a biomass plant in Greenville that would generate 63MW of renewable energy from wood chips using infrastructure from the existing city-owned 87MW Powerlane plant.
On 19 August 2010 the company applied for an air quality permit for the proposed facility from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality. However, despite... [Read More]
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Sep 10, 2010
Advanced technology firm Lockheed Martin and construction company Whiting-Turner have been awarded a $15 million (€11.8 million) contract by the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) that will see the construction of a biomass plant at the VA Medical Center in Canandaigua, New York, US.
‘We recognise the critical need to reduce the country’s dependency on fossil... [Read More]
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Sep 10, 2010
In Maine, US, Maine Public Utilities Commission (PUC) has signed a five-year deal with Bucksport-based paper manufacturer Verso Paper for electricity generated from biomass.
PUC Chairman Jack Cashman said: ‘I am in favour of this proposal because of a number of things, not the least of which is that I think conservative analysis by our consultants shows a net present... [Read More]
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Sep 10, 2010
With a vision to generate £20 million (€24.3 million) in annual sales from its biogas plants, Alkane Energy, a UK-based producer of electricity, is looking to open two or three biogas-powered power plants each year from 2012 onwards.
The company has already applied for planning permission for a waste-to-power plant in Derbyshire and is also looking for partners to... [Read More]
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Sep 9, 2010
Dedicated to the production of renewable energy, Europe and US-based B9 Energy is currently considering a number of UK ports which would be suitable to house its new CHP plant.
However the facility is still in the very early stages of development and B9 Energy has stated that it will not be going ahead with the build unless the government implements the proposed Renewable... [Read More]
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Sep 7, 2010
A $92 million (€72.1 million) waste-to-power plant proposed for Maricopa, Arizona, US, has been approved by the Maricopa City Council.
Western Bio-Energy is behind the development, which will generate 30MW of electricity from 300,000 tonnes of green waste a year for around 35,000 homes.
According to Robert Buckingham, president of Western Bio-Energy, the 46-acre... [Read More]
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Sep 7, 2010
In the central Spanish province of Burgos, renewable energy firm Acciona Energy has connected its second biomass plant to the grid.
Costing €50 million to build, the facility will produce 16MW of electricity from 102,000 tonnes of straw a year.
Acciona has already secured its feedstock supply and this will come mainly from the Burgos and Palencia provinces through... [Read More]
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Sep 7, 2010
In a bid to encourage renewable transport fuel, Sheffield City Council is set to introduce a number of biogas-powered vans to the UK-based city’s streets.
The fleet of six vehicles will run on biogas extracted from the treatment of raw sewage as part of a trial looking at a variety of green alternatives for motorists. The biogas is being supplied by Kelda Water and... [Read More]
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Sep 7, 2010
This years Bioenergy International expo & conference is only two weeks away and an exciting line up of speakers, exhibitors and attendees are getting ready to meet at the Coast Plaza Hotel and Conference Centre in Calgary, Alberta on the 28th and 29th of September.
Along with the concurrent expo the conference will not only look at market targets and regulations in... [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
