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A new gas-to-grid plant has opened at Bristol sewage treatment works in the UK. The plant is run by Wessex Water subsidiary GENeco, which has become the first company in the UK to start injecting gas generated from food waste and sewage into the natural gas grid network and at the same time install a gas refuelling plant for a compressed natural gas (CNG) bus. Seventeen million m3 of biomethane…
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Ricardo has acquired UK consultancy firm PPA Energy. With a particular emphasis on innovation within the power industry, PPA Energy specialises in techno-economic and management consultancy services for the energy sector. The company has a strong international customer base covering over 90 countries, with particular expertise in economic and financial analysis, pricing, market regulation and…
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Biomass solutions provider DP CleanTech has signed an equipment supply agreement with China Everbright International to supply the largest waste-to-energy project in Africa. DP's European high pressure, high temperature technology has been installed in over 50 biomass power plants in China alone. It was first implemented in Europe 30 years ago. DP CleanTech and Everbright are well positioned to…
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Brazil is expected to overtake the US as the world's leading biopower producing nation by 2018, according to research and consulting firm GlobalData. Production capacity in Brazil will rise from 11.51GW in 2013 to 17.10GW in 2018. According to GlobalData's report, that the US had the world's largest biopower installed capacity in 2013, with 15.43GW, but this will only rise to 16.49GW by 2018. The…
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In the UK, AmeyCespa, North Yorkshire County Council and the City of York Council, have signed a contract to design, build and operate a new integrated waste management facility – Allerton Waste Recovery Park. The facility will include a recycling plant, an anaerobic digestion plant and a waste-to-energy plant for the treatment of residual household waste. Anaerobic digestion company OWS…
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Air Liquide, a producer of high value-added gases, has signed an agreement for the acquisition of FordonsGas, a company that distributes compressed biogas (CBG) for the Swedish transportation market. FordonsGas owns and operates more than 40 CBG stations in Sweden, making it one of the largest distribution networks for this alternative fuel in the country. These filling stations enable owners and…
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State-run agricultural research firm Embrapa states Brazil can increase planted areas for bioenergy sixfold without removing rainforest. Manoel Texeira Souza, general manager, Embrapa, said at BNamericas' 11th Southern Cone Energy Summit that as much as 50 million hectares were available for future growth. 'If we can transfer 20% or 30% of that land into new [plantations] we will exceed our…
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Pellet manufacturer German Pellets and ZG Raiffeisen Energie, a trading and service company, have created a 50/50 joint venture for the sale of wood pellets. The name of the joint subsidiary company will be 'best:Pellets Handelsgemeinschaft'. It will begin pellet sales on 1 January 2015. 'We are now taking the next logical step in our cooperation, so as to gain further market shares,' explains…
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Microsoft and the University of Wyoming (UW) have officially opened their zero emission green data centre that is fuelled by methane biogas and allows the university to run computing and modelling applications from the Laramie campus. A cable-cutting ceremony for the Cheyenne Biogas Power Plant, which is located at the Dry Creek Water Reclamation Facility, was scheduled for 6 November. The data…
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KiOR has announced that, as part of its refocus on R&D, it has accepted a bid for substantially all of its assets from certain affiliates of Vinod Khosla that have been providing and will continue to provide it with senior secured financing. KiOR has also filed for relief under Chapter 11 in the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. Under the Bankruptcy Code, the bid is subject to…
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In the US, the Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) has released a request for statements of interest (RSOI) in the development of a biomass gasification project for combined heat and power (CHP) application in Sacramento, California. SMUD says it is seeking an experienced project developer with a commercial technology that has a track record of successful implementation and…
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Rentech, the owner and operator of wood pellet production and wood fibre processing businesses, has closed the previously announced sale of its alternative energy technologies to Sunshine Kaidi New Energy Group. Rentech received a cash payment of $14.4 million (€11.6 million) from Kaidi, which is in addition to $500,000 in cash payments previously received. Kaidi…
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In Ghent, Belgium, Abengoa has announced it will build the largest commercial-scale biomass-fired power plant in the world. The company was chosen by electricity and gas company Belgian Eco Energy (Bee). The plant, expected to cost in excess of €315 million, will utilise woodchips and agro-residues to generate 215MW of renewable power. Abengoa will be responsible for the engineering, design…
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After this year's extremely successful event in Las Vegas, API has scheduled its next Tanks, Valves and Piping event for the 12-15 October 2015. Tank Storage magazine will once again be the official media partner and the only tank-focused publication distributed at the event.
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