Jan 18, 2011
Havana and Zerus partner for biomass plants
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Jan 18, 2011
Wood-burning power plants will not be included in the US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) new greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions policy.
The Clean Air Act, which was introduced earlier this year, is aimed at encouraging high GHG emitters in the US to lower their pollution levels over the upcoming three years.
From 1 July 2011 the Clear Air Act is set to change and will... [Read More]
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Jan 18, 2011
Japan's largest biomass-fired power plant is expected to begin operations on 1 February this year.
The Kanagawa Prefecture-based Kawasaki biomass power station will handle around 180,000 tonnes of wood chips annually for the production of 33MW of power a year.
The site is currently undergoing its final inspection prior to operations commencing.
A joint venture between... [Read More]
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Jan 17, 2011
In Hawaii, power company Hawaiian Electric Industries' (HEI) subsidiary Hawaiian Electric is to generate electricity from biofuel sourced from locally grown materials.
Aina Koa Pono will provide the biofuels, which will be supplied to the Ka'u region-based 80MW Keahole Power Plant.
The new contract will help Hawaii reach its clean energy target of 70% renewable electricity... [Read More]
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Jan 11, 2011
In 2008 Indeck Magnolia LLC acquired 16 acres of land in the US, Mississippi, Pike County, on which it was planning to develop a $17 million (€13 million) wood pellet production facility.
However over two years later these plans remain to be realised and Pike County supervisors are now looking to repurchase the land.
Although Indeck has been reported to have invested... [Read More]
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Jan 11, 2011
Back in July 2010 UK, Wiltshire-based Malaby Martin’s proposed biogas plant in Warminster was approved by Wiltshire Council, subject to some landscaping adjustments being made.
Now the company is hoping to get the seal of approval before construction of the waste-to-electricity facility begins.
‘There are some tweaks and changes we have to make regarding the... [Read More]
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Jan 11, 2011
A provider of clean energy technology, National Clean Fuels (NACF) is currently developing a 10MW biomass plant in the US, Mississippi.
The $10 million (€7.7 million) project will gasify around 1 tonne of wood chips and sawdust hourly.
In September last year NACF and the city of Port Gibson signed a letter of intent to implement the production of renewable energy... [Read More]
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Jan 10, 2011
In the US, lumber firm Allengheny Wood Products, based in Preston County, West Virginia, is to start up a new wood pellet company.
Appalachian Wood Pellets will manufacture wood pellets for use as heating fuel in residential pellet stoves.
The wood pellet company will acquire the sawdust needed to produce the pellets from Allengheny, which will be transported from the... [Read More]
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Jan 10, 2011
In Nicaragua, fresh produce exporter Xagro and its multi-faceted business partner Jam are to begin testing the commercial production of cassava chips to be used for the production of ethanol in China.
Testing will include assessing a number of different cassava varieties for high starch content, which is needed in the ethanol process, in addition to the production of several... [Read More]
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Jan 10, 2011
The EU’s target to source 20% of its energy from renewable materials by 2020 may be exceeded, according to the 27 National Renewable Energy Action Plans analysis of the European Wind Energy Association.
As 25 of the 27 EU countries aim to meet or exceed their renewable energy objectives, 20.7% of the EU’s total energy consumption could come from renewable sources.
34%... [Read More]
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Jan 6, 2011
On 5 January this year Ineos New Planet BioEnergy, a joint venture between bioenergy firm Ineos Bio and New Planet Energy, received a conditional commitment for a $75 million (€57 million) loan guarantee from the US Department of Agriculture’s 9003 Biorefinery Assistance Program.
The loan will fund the Ineos BioEnergy Center, a US, Florida-based facility that will... [Read More]
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Jan 5, 2011
Metso, a global supplier of sustainable technology and services, is to supply Oü Helme Energia with a biomass power plant for combined heat and power (CHP) in Helme, Estonia.
Oü Helme Energia is a subsidiary of AS Graanul Invest, a private capital-based company dealing with bioenergy and renewable energy production.
MW Power, a joint venture between Metso and Wärtsilä... [Read More]
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Jan 4, 2011
In the city of Waterville in Maine, US, the construction of a biomass cogeneration plant has begun.
The $11.2 million (€8.36 million) facility, located in Colby College, will produce heat from steam and electricity from hot water, replacing approximately 1 million gallons of heating fuel a year.
According to college estimates, the plant will pay for itself within... [Read More]
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Jan 4, 2011
The construction of a 25MW biomass power plant proposed for Oregon, US, can now move forward after the La Pine, Oregon, city council denied an appeal against the project. Renewable energy developer Biogreen Sustainable Energy is behind the plans.
Around 25,000 bone dry tonnes (BDT) of the biomass utilised at the plant will be forest thinning materials from Biogreen’s... [Read More]
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Jan 4, 2011
In the US the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh (UWO) is to install a dry fermentation anaerobic biodigester for the production of biogas from yard and food waste.
Designed by BIOFerm Energy Systems, a provider of clean renewable energy solutions, the $3.5 million (€2.6 million) plant will generate 3071MW a year of electricity and 4183MW a year of heat for the campus.... [Read More]
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Dec 29, 2010
Dedicated to the engineering, construction and installation of coal-fired power plants, Chinese company Wuhan Kaidi Electric Power is to purchase three biomass plants.
The plants, Suqian Kaidi Green Energy Development, Wanzai Kaidi Green Energy Development and Wangjiang Kaidi Green Energy Development will be acquired from China-based Wuhan Kaidi Holding Investment for... [Read More]
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Dec 23, 2010
The UK government has set targets stating that 12% of all heat will be generated from a renewable source by 2020. This will be supported by the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI), confirmed by Westminster in October 2010.
With this in mind renewable energy consultancy Natural Power has developed a rapid ‘heat assessment’ package aimed at small-scale biomass projects... [Read More]
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Teagasc has released a substantial new research report examining the role of farm-based feedstocks in supporting the development of Ireland’s emerging biomethane industry
The company aims to repurpose land, grid connections and cooling infrastructure that date back to the site’s coal-generation era
The first project, located in Biburg, Lower Bavaria, represents EnviTec’s debut in the Bavarian market following the construction of 112 biogas plants across Germany
