Apr 11, 2011
Pellet plant fined over $30,000
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Apr 11, 2011
Energy supplier Sprague Energy of White Plains, New York, in the US, and privately owned Biodico have launched a pilot programme – Bio Genset – that will encourage the use of biodiesel and biodiesel blends in diesel-powered generators and power units, with a goal to reduce emissions from diesel fuel generators, decrease the dependence on foreign oil and promote... [Read More]
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Apr 8, 2011
Germany-based biogas plant manufacturer Weltec Biopower is developing its second biogas plant in the city of Limbaži, Latvia.
Upon completion the plant will generate 500kW power. The 3,500m3 fermenter will feed in the power from July 2011 and plans for expanding the plant with another fermenter are already underway.
The biogas facility will handle 3,500 tonnes of cattle... [Read More]
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Apr 8, 2011
A gasification plant in the Isle of Wight, UK, has become the first waste-fuelled gasification or pyrolysis plant to receive Renewable Obligation Certificates (ROCs).
Under the 2003 Renewable Obligation Order (ROO), the plant receives ROCs for each megawatt hour of electricity it generates from the renewable portion of waste (typically more than 60%).
Ofgen granted full... [Read More]
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Apr 6, 2011
In Poland, Tauron, the nation's second-largest utility company, is planning to switch from burning coal at its Tychy-based power plant to burning biomass.
The project will cost Tauron zt120 million (€30 million) and it has taken out a zt30 million loan from the Regional Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management to part-finance the conversion.
The conversion... [Read More]
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Apr 5, 2011
AES Borsodi Energetikai, the Hungarian division of US power firm AES Corporation, has ceased production at two of its three Hungary-based power plants.
Business has halted at the Tiszapalkonya Power Plant – a facility located in the east of Hungary, co-firing coal and biomass, and its Borsod Power Plant in Kazincbarcika, in the northeast of the country. The latter... [Read More]
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Apr 5, 2011
Wood Composite Technologies, a Nisku, Alberta, Canada-based company dedicated to the production of alternative wood materials, is to sell its pellet production plant.
DiCorp Properties will acquire the plant, in addition to some pieces of equipment, for $2.3 million (€1.6 million).
The deal is subject to a number of conditions, such as Wood Composite Technologies... [Read More]
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Apr 5, 2011
The Pinnacle Pellet plant in Armstrong, British Columbia, Canada, has sustained considerable damage following an explosion at around 9.30pm on 2 April 2011.
The large amount of wood feedstock present in the plant at the time of the incident led to the resulting fire quickly spreading through the basement to the attic.
Armstrong Fire Department were first to arrive at the... [Read More]
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Apr 5, 2011
France-based energy company GdF Suez is planning to build a number of biomass-fired power plants across Bulgaria, ahead of new renewable energy laws that will emphasise the generation of power from biomass.
The project, which will see power plants built in four Bulgarian towns, is expected to cost GdF an estimated €100 million, according to Miroslav Naidenov, agriculture... [Read More]
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Apr 5, 2011
In a move that will decrease the levels of nitrogen oxides, sulphur dioxide, mercury and particulate emissions, Dominion Virginia Power is planning to switch three of its coal-fired power plants to biomass burning facilities.
Located in the counties of Altavista, Hopewell and Southampton in Virginia, US, the three identical facilities could begin handling biomass in 2013,... [Read More]
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Apr 5, 2011
England has the potential to generate 4% of its electricity needs from short rotation coppice energy crops grown on unused land, according to a study supported by the UK Energy Research Centre (UKERC).
These findings highlight that such crops, including poplar and willow, could help the UK meet its 2020 renewable energy target of 15% of all energy and 30% electricity to... [Read More]
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Mar 30, 2011
While global investment into clean energy developments increased 30% in 2010, in the UK it dropped 70%. These figures are according to new research by The Pew Charitable Trusts.
Worldwide investments into this sector reached $243 billion (€172 billion), with China remaining the global leader, attracting a record $54 billion in equity last year. This is a 39% increase... [Read More]
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Mar 30, 2011
In northern Peru work is ongoing with Maple Energy's ethanol project and the ethanol company expects commercial operations to begin in the second half of 2011.
Costing an estimated $254 million (€180.6 million), the greenfield project, which includes main water delivery and drip irrigation systems, comprises an ethanol production plant and a 7,800-hectare sugarcane... [Read More]
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Mar 29, 2011
Georgia Biomass, a subsidiary of Europe-based utility firm RWE Innogy, is expected to open its wood pellet plant later this year.
Located in Ware County, Georgia, US, the production facility will manufacture 750,000 tonnes of pellets annually from locally sourced waste materials.
According to the interim director of the Okefenokee Area Development Authority, the new plant... [Read More]
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Mar 29, 2011
It has been in pipeline for over three years, but now a 350MW-a-year biomass-fired power plant can move on to the next stage of development after it was found that it would not affect local residents' health.
Proposed for Port Talbot in Wales, UK, biomass power plant developer Prenergy submitted an application in August 2010 to change some conditions to the Environmental... [Read More]
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Mar 29, 2011
With its rapidly increasing population putting pressure on the regeneration capacity of current energy sources such as charcoal and firewood, the VP of Tanzania Mohamed Gharib Bilal is urging the government to explore alternative options.
'The increasing population is a threat to continued use of firewood and charcoal since they cannot meet the growth,' he states.
The... [Read More]
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Mar 28, 2011
UK-based wood pellet supplier Forever Fuels is investing £2 million (€2.3 million) that will double the company's capacity to supply wood pellets in England and Wales.
The investment will see Forever Fuels invest £1 million in five distribution depots and £1 million in seven pellet-delivery vehicles.
The depots will be installed at sites near Carmarthen,... [Read More]
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