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Ottowa, Canada-based biotechnology firm Iogen will see construction begin on a commercial-scale facility based on its technology after a 10-year wait. The company announced that the plant will now be built in Brazil instead of Canada as originally intended. Raízen Energia Participacoes (REP) has signed a deal to license Iogen's biomass-to-ethanol technology, which converts biomass waste,…
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Cory Environmental, a UK-based recycling, waste management and energy recovery company, has launched its first anaerobic digestion plant in Weston-super-Mare. The plant can generate up to 500kW of energy per hour for onsite use and export to the national grid using around 12,000 tonnes of food waste a year. Around 7,500 tonnes of this feedstock is part of a seven year waste treatment contract…
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Biomass and waste-to-energy provider DP Cleantech has developed a biomass combustion technology to convert coconut waste into clean energy. DP recently signed a contract to deliver the new turnkey solution for the Mahachai Green Power project in Samut Sakhon Province, Thailand. The 9.5MWe high pressure, high temperature plant will be delivered on an EPC basis including all electro-mechanical…
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Global technology provider of specialised biofuels and renewable chemicals, Biochemtex, is to invest around $200 million (€147 million) in its new cellulosic biofuels plant in Sampson County, North Carolina, US. The firm will operate at the location as Carolina Cellulosic Biofuels, established in early 2013 as a special purpose vehicle for delivering the first commercial-scale cellulosic…
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German Pellets has announced that its US wood pellet production facility in Woodville, Texas has received ENplus certification. The certification confirms that the facility, which commenced operations this summer, is producing high-quality product, thus securing a high level of security of supply for customers in Europe. German Pellets says its import of ENplus pellets also strengthens its…
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Future Biogas, a UK-based builder and operator of anaerobic digestion plants, is to become the first registered producer to join the Biomethane Certification Scheme (BMCS) run by private limited company Green Gas Trading. The BMCS is an independent certification scheme was set up to provide both a credible process for certifying biomethane and a trading platform to facilitate the trading of…
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Neste Oil, a refining and marketing company concentrating on low-emission traffic fuels, is to promote the deployment of sustainable aviation biofuels in the Netherlands after committing to a Dutch initiative for the sector. Neste is to explore the production opportunities for aviation biofuel and scaling up production. Its renewable fuel refinery in Rotterdam could…
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Wood pellet manufacturer German Pellets is ramping up capacity at its Urania production plant in Louisiana, from 578,000 tonnes to over 1 million tonnes a year. The commissioning of the first construction phase is complete and work on phase two has now started. The financing for the capacity increase of the plant has been raised in full. 'We are delighted at the fast realisation of the expansion…
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Power provider Hoosier Energy has started up its landfill gas-to-energy plant in Illinois, US. Located at the 460 acre Livingston Landfill, the refurbished Livingston Renewable Energy Station generates 15MW of electricity for approximately 9,000 homes in Illinois and Indiana. Hoosier partnered with the landfill owner and operator as well as Ameresco – the company that assisted the…
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A 160,000 tonne per year anaerobic digestion facility that will process food waste into biogas for energy generation has been awarded planning permission in Dagenham, London. The green light for the plant, which is being developed by ReFood - a part of the Doncaster, UK-based PDM Group - was given by the London Borough of Barking and Dagenham. ReFood explains that the facility, which is expected…
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Dalkia and Fengate Capital Management have closed the financing for a biomass plant to be located in British Columbia, Canada. With a production capacity of 40MW of renewable electricity using 307,000 tonnes a year of biomass, the plant will be one of the largest in Canada. The power will be sold to BC Hydro and Power Authority and benefit almost 40,000 homes. Funding will be provided by the…
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Atico, an asset management fund in Brazil, and German energy company Steag have partnered to build a biomass plant in Bahia, Brazil. According to reports the new plant, Atico's first renewables project, will cost BRL750 million (€240 million). It will generate 150MW of renewable energy from woodchips made from eucalyptus. The feedstock used to make the woodchips will be sourced from a…
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Pacific Ag, the largest crop residue supply company in the US, has announced a $7 million (€6.4 million) investment from Advantage Capital Agribusiness Partners (ACAP). The growth capital will enable Pacific Ag to accelerate the expansion of its operations across the country through acquisitions, technology, equipment, sales and marketing to meet the increasing demand for agricultural…
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Viridis Energy, a manufacturer and distributor of biomass fuel, has formed a wholly owned subsidiary to arrange transactions between buyers and sellers of alternative energy, including wood pellets. Commodities trading specialist Jesse Harte has been appointed MD of the wholesale division of the new company, named Viridis Merchants. Doug Middleton, who currently manages the US brokerage business…
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