Jul 19, 2010
Oregon home to new biomass plant
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Jul 16, 2010
Near Kiev, Ukraine, the country’s first biogas cogeneration plant at the Ukrainian Milk Company has been operating successfully for nine months.
Converting the manure from 4,000 cows into biogas, the plant employs a Jenbacher gas engine manufactured by GE Energy, a company serving the energy sector by developing and deploying technology that makes efficient use of... [Read More]
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Jul 16, 2010
A biomass plant being developed for the Isle of Wight may have the capacity to supply electricity to more than two thirds of the island’s population.
Costing £130 million (€154 million) to construct, the Reality Energy Centre has been proposed for a disused landfill site in Newport, adjacent to Vestas R&D centre.
Real Ventures Ltd. is expected to submit a... [Read More]
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Jul 15, 2010
Producer of natural gas-burning engines, Vancouver, Canada-based Westport Innovations, is to manufacture engines for motor company Volvo after it signed an agreement to develop products that will run off biogas and natural gas.
Although the company refused to divulge any information surrounding the new engine products, Westport explained that it would be repaid for the... [Read More]
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Jul 15, 2010
UK-based energy provider Peel Energy is currently developing a large-scale biomass plant planned for Tafford, Manchester, UK.
Costing £70 million (€83.5 million) to build, the biomass facility will generate 20MW of energy from recycled wood, agricultural waste and energy crops. This is enough to provide 37,000 homes with energy – almost a third of Trafford borough’s... [Read More]
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Jul 14, 2010
In Newport, Wales, UK, the trading name of food manufacturer Premier Foods – RF Brookes – will soon house the first anaerobic digestion (AD) plant attached to a food factory in Wales.
RF Brookes produces ready meals for Marks & Spencer and this will be the feedstock for the company’s £5 million (€6 million) food waste-to-energy plant, which has already started... [Read More]
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Jul 14, 2010
The UK has the capacity to produce 7% of its renewable energy required by 2020.
Every year it produces 100 million tonnes of biomass waste, including animal and food waste and sewage sludge, that can be converted into biogas for the generation of heat and power.
Now, the UK government is developing a plan of action that will see a ‘huge increase’ in AD plants.... [Read More]
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Jul 13, 2010
Gas and electricity provider British Gas and Adnams Bio Energy have completed the construction phase of their groundbreaking anaerobic digestion (AD) plant.
Using waste from the brewery and left over food the venture will produce biogas that, in conjunction with the National Grid, will be injected into the grid sometime this year.
The AD plant will be the first in... [Read More]
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Jul 13, 2010
In a bid to significantly reduce its carbon output and water consumption, one of the UK’s leading food brands Birds Eye has set up a key green investment strategy.
The sustainability programme named Forever Food will see carbon emissions cut by 30% from 1990 to 2020 and water consumption reduced by 20% since 2007’s figures. By 2015 the firm is also expected to stop... [Read More]
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Jul 13, 2010
In the state if Haryana, northern India, a Rs. 4.50 crore (€688,952) 1MW biogas power plant has been set up.
The plant, which will convert distillery waste into biogas, has been commissioned at Ashoka Distillers and Chemical Pvt. Ltd. in Hathin, Palwal district. The energy generated will be used to power the distillery.
The proposal was put forward by the Haryana... [Read More]
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Jul 13, 2010
In 2009 heat energy producer International WoodFuels (IWF) was planning the construction of a $20 million (€15.9 million) commercial-scale wood pellet production facility in Burnham, Maine, US. However, plans have since changed due to a current lack of funding.
‘With the economy, what we ended up doing is focusing on our new plant in Louisiana County, Virginia, that... [Read More]
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Jul 12, 2010
France-based energy provider GDF Suez is thought to be investing €5 million in a biomass plant located in Bansko, Bulgaria.
GDF Suez representatives met with the town mayor Alexander Kravarov and privately owned French company Bul Eco Energy.
GDF Suez will present Bansko Municipality with its investment offer by the end of July 2010.
To date the French energy company... [Read More]
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Jul 9, 2010
Gameslack Farm, Wetwang, UK, is to be home to a new biomass plant after having been given the green light.
Despite huge opposition from local residents, East Riding planning councillors granted permission for the project to go ahead.
The plant, which was voted nine to six in favour by the councillors, will burn mostly straw for the generation of 12MW power.
Coun... [Read More]
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Jul 9, 2010
In Rwanda, southern Africa, a biogas plant has been constructed for Nsinda Central Prison in Rwamagana District, Eastern Province.
The project is supported by the Ministry of Environment and Forestry and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), which came about in an attempt to reduce the amount of firewood being consumed at the prison.
The commissioner... [Read More]
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Jul 9, 2010
In Oregon, US, three projects dedicated to generating energy from sustainable sources have been awarded $3 million (€2.4 million) in government funding.
The US department of Energy’s State Energy Program split the funds between the counties of Lake, Tillamook and Wallowa.
The Lakeview Cogenerative project received $1.7 million to convert wood waste into bioelectricity... [Read More]
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Jul 8, 2010
Currently under construction in the town of East Cowes, Isle of Wight, is the island’s new 18,000 square foot Waitrose supermarket, which, when completed, could be fully powered by biomass.
The retailer has submitted a planning application to the local council and if this is approved the new Waitrose will have permission to convert an electricity substation into a... [Read More]
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Jul 6, 2010
In May this year the Lower Reule Bioenergy anaerobic digestion (AD) plant, supported by the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP), came online in Staffordshire, UK, with the ability to generate 1.3MW of power from 15,000 tonnes of waste.
However it is expected that this will increase to 30,000 tonnes of waste a year once phase two of the development process is... [Read More]
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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
