Mar 23, 2010
European Biogas Association gives a sneak preview into upcoming presentation
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Mar 22, 2010
In California Envirepel Energy plans to reopen the company’s first renewable energy facility after it temporarily closed in June last year to deal with a shareholder proxy effort.
The company hopes the facility, which generates 2.5MW of power from biomass resources, will be operational again by the middle of April 2010.
The plant, which was built in the centre of... [Read More]
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Mar 19, 2010
India’s largest energy firms NTPC and Indian Oil Corp (IOC) are considering biodiesel production.
The two companies will undertake research and development on an integrated biodiesel unit for developing new innovative technology.
The biodiesel project is in line with the government-proposed policy on biofuels. The government is considering to replace 10% of petroleum... [Read More]
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Mar 17, 2010
A sewage work upgrade project planned by UK utility provider Thames Water will also introduce an anaerobic digestion process, where solid waste is broken down in enclosed tanks in the absence of oxygen.
This process forms biogas which can be used to generate renewable energy, and it is intended to produce enough energy to power the entire site.
Thames Water began the... [Read More]
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Mar 17, 2010
The Growing Power Hairy Hill biogas facility’s plans to expand are being supported by the Canadian Government.
Expansion of the existing demonstration-scale biogas plant represents the first phase in developing a larger integrated biorefinery capable of producing products such as green power, bio-fertiliser and fuel ethanol.
The project includes the construction of... [Read More]
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Mar 17, 2010
In the US the newly-passed Forest Biomass Supply Agreements Bill (SB 6236) will allow the Washington State Department of Natural Resources (DNR) to enter into long-term agreements to supply forest biomass from trust lands for energy projects/purposes.
There are approximately 3 million acres of state trust land in Washington.
The bill goes hand-in-hand with HB 2165,... [Read More]
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Mar 16, 2010
Wisconsin, US-based wind farm operator We Energies is looking to build a biomass plant.
The company has filed an application with state regulators to build a $255 million (€185 million) biomass power plant near Wausau.
The project would supply steam to Domtar’s paper mill in Rothschild and create up to 150 jobs.
The 50MW power plant would generate enough power... [Read More]
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Mar 16, 2010
A plant proposed for the city of Gretna, Florida, US, has been suspended for a period of six months.
The proposal was filed by Adage and the company has requested for the state Department of Environmental Protection to delay working on its application. Work has halted work on the Gretna project.
Proposal for the refinery was submitted in December 2009 but received negative... [Read More]
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Mar 15, 2010
US-based Vega Promotional Systems has signed a five-year agreement with ECEM Salzburg Energy and Environment Consulting to sell its biocoal.
Vega is currently building a 40,000 square foot biomass production plant in Georgia, US, that when completed will process biomass to produce 125,000 tonnes of biocoal every year.
Austria-based ECEM has agreed to purchase 100% of... [Read More]
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Mar 15, 2010
In March Stockton Borough Council in the UK will decide whether to give a multi-million pound green energy plant the go-ahead.
The £150 million (€165 million) renewable energy refinery would burn around 400,000 tonnes of pine kernel to produce 49MW of power annually. The electricity generated will be exported to the National Grid via a sub-station at North Tees and... [Read More]
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Mar 12, 2010
By the end of March 2010 the UK government will have officially released the sustainability model for biomass and biofuels that the UK will abide by.
David Kidney, the energy minister, explained that the UK is following in the footsteps of the European Commission, which published its sustainability recommendations in February of this year. Work on the UK guidelines has... [Read More]
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Mar 12, 2010
In the UK, Malaby Biogas is waiting for the go ahead from Wiltshire council after plans for a biogas plant have now been submitted and validated.
The company is the anaerobic digestion (AD) division of property development firm Malaby Martin and wants to create a 680kW biogas refinery at Bore Hill farm, near Warminster, UK. The proposals, if accepted, will see the introduction... [Read More]
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Mar 11, 2010
Questions of doubt are being expressed with regards to Delta Electricity’s plans to use plant material for biomass at one of its power stations.
Delta’s Wallerawang power station in New South Wales, Australia may start burning biomass as part of a budding $250 million (€183 million) co-firing project. Delta has already planted mallee eucalypt trees with the idea... [Read More]
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Mar 10, 2010
The Australian Government will make changes to the country's Renewable Energy Target plan.
Starting in January 2011, the existing scheme will include two parts – the Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme (SRES) and the Large-scale Renewable Energy Target (LRET).
These revised arrangements will deliver on the Government’s 20% by 2020 Renewable Energy Target (RET)... [Read More]
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Mar 9, 2010
As with many countries reduced demand for diesel in the past few months has had an impact on the sector in the Czech Republic. And added to this future blend rates are not yet set.
Total production capacity in the Czech Republic is about 300,000 tonnes a year but use is only around 40%.
The government proposal which has been sent to the Czech Parliament suggests a change... [Read More]
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Mar 9, 2010
The German biogas market accounted for nearly 70% of the global/European total in 2009.
Estimates put its worth at $1 billion (€735 million). The German market fell 80% in 2008, however, pushed by the close succession of the global financial crisis, rising energy crops prices, and the revision of the German Renewable Energy law (EEG).
New analysis from Frost &... [Read More]
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Mar 9, 2010
Biomass-based cogeneration plants are springing up in Punjab, India.
Sukhbir Agro Energy is planning to set up two paddy processing and co-generation power plants in Ferozepur and Mansa districts of Punjab with capital outlay of Rs 250 crore (€4 million) under a project scheme of the Punjab government.
The project in Ferozepur envisages setting up of 80 tonnes per... [Read More]
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