Jan 4, 2011
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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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Dec 23, 2010
Noble Group, a Hong Kong-headquartered agricultural, industrial and energy products company, has acquired two sugarcane/ethanol mills in the state of Sao Paulo, Brazil. Both the mills, Catanduva and Potirendaba, are fully operational, situated 50km apart from each other and located just over 100km from Noble’s UNP facility. Catanduva has a nominal sugarcane crushing... [Read More]
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Dec 22, 2010
In the UK Evonik New Energies UK is continuing work on its first biomass plant in Ridham Dock, Kent.
The combined heat and power (CHP) plant will handle approximately 160,000 tonnes of landfill-diverted wood waste annually for the generation of 25MW of electricity, significantly reducing CO2 emissions.
The electricity produced will be supplied to the National Grid,... [Read More]
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Dec 22, 2010
Construction of a biogas plant is underway in Voznesensk, Ukraine, after it commenced yesterday.
In addition to the biogas plant, which will generate 3120m3 of biogas a day from corn silo, energy plants and biomass, the governmental executive committee of Voznesensk has opened a cogeneration plant. Using 130m3 of natural gas, the plant will produce 400kW of electricity... [Read More]
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Dec 21, 2010
Along the Catawba River in North Carolina, US, commercial real estate development firm Forsite Development is currently developing a 20MW biomass plant, for which it has recently finalised some crucial decisions.
The plant will form part of the ReVenture Park – 667 acres of land, including a solar field, a wastewater treatment facility, energy crop demonstration stands,... [Read More]
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Dec 21, 2010
European technical services provider Imtech has been selected by English water company Northumbrian Water to supply the technology solution for an advanced biogas plant in Howdon.
The biogas plant will generate more than 4MW of electricity annually. The order is worth around €41 million for Imtech.
‘The new order confirms Imtech’s strong position in the UK water... [Read More]
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Dec 21, 2010
Independent power producer Atlantic Power Corp. has closed the acquisition of a Cadillac, Michigan-based biomass plant and 100% of the membership interests in the facility’s operating company Cadillac Renewable Energy in a $77 million (€58.5 million) deal.
Of the $77 million, $34 million will consist of cash, while the remaining $43 million will be paid off during... [Read More]
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Dec 21, 2010
In Powys, Wales, Potter Waste Management is planning to build a £7 million (€8.24 million) anaerobic digestion (AD) facility.
The digestor at Bryn Posteg landfill site, near Llanidloes, has been approved by Powys County Council and will create up to 40 jobs in the area.
Expected to be completed by 2012, the digestor will transform bio-degradable waste to methane gas,... [Read More]
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Dec 21, 2010
Wood pellet manufacturer Enviva, based in Richmond, Virginia, is to build a pellet plant in North Carolina, US.
The company considered sites in Alabama, Mississippi and North Carolina but with resources available in abundance, its close distance to ports and lots of skilled labour, the town of Ahoskie in Hertford County was the ideal location for Enviva.
Speaking about... [Read More]
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Dec 20, 2010
Canada-based Terasen Gas has received approval from the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) for a new renewable natural gas programme for an initial two-year period.
In 2011 up to 24,000 residential customers will be able to subscribe to the programme on a first-come, first-served basis.
The equivalent of 10% of customers' natural gas requirements will... [Read More]
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Dec 20, 2010
One of the largest biomass facilities in California has changed hands.
Owner and operator of biomass power plants Greenleaf Power has reached an agreement to purchase 100% of Colmac Energy stock including the 47MW facility which sells its electrical output to Southern California Edison under a long-term agreement.
The plant is fuelled primarily using clean diverted... [Read More]
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Dec 17, 2010
An anaerobic digestion plant in Canada has received a C$1,500,000 (€1.1 million) grant from The BC Bioenergy Network, a provincially-funded company supporting the growing bioenergy sector in British Columbia.
The grant enables Elemental Energy to demonstrate Paradigm Environment Technologies' MicroSludge and anaerobic digestion at Catalyst Paper's Crofton-based... [Read More]
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Dec 14, 2010
In Sweden the Volvo Group has collaborated with Schmidt and Swedavia as part of a field test to trial a snow sweeper powered by biogas.
The Volvo Group’s snow sweeper is fitted with two nine-litre Volvo engines, which are currently powered on a 50:50 mix of biogas and conventional diesel. However this fossil fuel could eventually be switched with biodiesel, resulting... [Read More]
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Dec 14, 2010
The first anaerobic digestion (AD) plant to be constructed in London, UK has received a grant from the London Waste and Recycling Board.
Dedicated to developing and operating energy projects, TEG is behind the Dagenham-based facility. The £1.9 million (€2.2 million) grant will help TEG develop the 30,000 tonne-a-year AD plant, in addition to a 20,000 tonne silo cage... [Read More]
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Dec 14, 2010
While a number of anaerobic digestion (AD) facilities are springing up all over Europe, in the US it is a different story.
However, Portland-based Columbia Biogas is planning to break the mould and construct an AD plant that will convert commercial food waste into methane gas for the production of electricity.
The plans will see the AD plant constructed on an 11-acre... [Read More]
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