May 4, 2010
ADBA proposes additional support for RHI
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Apr 30, 2010
Key Speakers include the likes of Vladimír Vlk, Advisor to the new minister of environment of the Czech Republic,Ivan Soucek, CEO, Ceska Rafinerska, Marc Gillmann, Bioenergy expert, Total, Miroslav Bažata, Head of biofuel sales, Agropodnik, Robert Gmyrek, Director, Biofuels Department, PKN Orlen, Dag Roger Rinde, CEO, Statoil and many more.
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Apr 28, 2010
Germany-based Biogaspark Neckar-Odenwald GmbH (BNO) is building a biogas refinery that will produce 800kW of energy.
Following construction company UTS’ recent signing of a €1.5 million contract that will see the construction of the biogas plant based in Bieringen, Germany, the official ceremony took place on 26 April at the site of the new plant.
The order came... [Read More]
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Apr 27, 2010
Following the resignation of the Czech Minister of the Environment Jan Dusík in March, Vladimír Vlk, energy advisor for the new Minister of the Environment Rut Bízková, will now make the keynote presentation at the upcoming Bioenergy International expo & conference next week in Prague on 5-6 May.
Dusik resigned because he felt that the prime minister had put... [Read More]
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Apr 27, 2010
A new biofuel processing facility has been approved for Surrey, Canada, by the Metro Vancouver regional district board in British Columbia.
A partnership between Metro and Surrey, the plant will convert rubbish from the domestic and commercial divisions into gas that will be consumed by the city’s waste collection lorries.
The plant, expected to utilise around 80,000... [Read More]
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Apr 26, 2010
A new report claims that a planned group of biomass power plants in Scotland, UK, developed by the Scottish National Party (SNP) could harm the environment and result in the loss of thousands of jobs.
The report by Edinburgh-based John Clegg Consulting and commissioned by the Confederation of Forest Industries (ConFor) claims that party leader Alex Salmond’s green... [Read More]
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Apr 26, 2010
North Carolina-based renewable power plant operator Rollcast Energy is planning to construct three biomass plants – the first of which is expected to be operational by 2012.
The Piedmont Green Power plant will utilise around 500,000 tonnes of wood waste annually to generate 53.5MW of power that will benefit 40,000 homes located in Barnesville, Georgia, US. The facility,... [Read More]
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Apr 26, 2010
In the UK liquid anaerobic digestion (AD) pioneer BV Dairy is aiming to cut its carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions by over 65%.
Reducing its carbon footprint by 1,200 tonnes annually is the equivalent of planting 120,000 trees. This change will also help towards saving the dairy an estimated £150,000 (€174,000) a year.
The AD system is expected to be fully operational... [Read More]
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Apr 22, 2010
The controversial Traverse City Light and Power (TCLP) biomass plant has been given the go ahead, despite fears of deforestation and pollution it would bring to the area in Michigan, US.
After a meeting on Tuesday 20 April the board voted to approve the facility, which will burn approximately 100,000 tonnes of wood chips annually once constructed, and supply sustainable... [Read More]
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Apr 22, 2010
Worldwide the pulp and paper sector has dramatically boosted its consumption of woody biomass, with the industry using an estimated 75 million tonnes of biomass in 2009.
The figures come from Wood Resource Quarterly, which reported that biomass-to-energy use has increased by 51% since 2006, accounting for 18% of the total energy consumption by the pulp and paper industry.... [Read More]
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Apr 22, 2010
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) is supporting China’s plan to increase the amount of biogas generated from waste materials – in the form of $66.08 million (€49.6 million).
The loan will be used to help build biogas facilities in poorer areas such as the Heilongjiang, Henan, Jiangxi and Shandong provinces. For years the rural businesses in these regions have been... [Read More]
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Apr 20, 2010
Generating power from the stalks and straw of sugarcane, also known as bagasse, is becoming increasingly popular in Brazil.
Power generation and distribution company CPFL is cashing in on this new trend and is in the development stage of building three bagasse-to-fuel power plants.
Costing €155 million, these power plants will have a total output of 145MW.... [Read More]
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Apr 20, 2010
Biomass energy development firm Helius Energy has posted a first half net loss of £0.6 million (€0.7 million) compared with a pre-tax profit of £18,875 last time.
At the end of March this year the company reported a cash balance of £12.8 million (H1 2009 £16.8m) and its net assets totaled £30 million (H1 2009 £34 million).
According to Adrian Bowles, chief executive... [Read More]
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Apr 20, 2010
In the UK the Isle of Wight’s first combined heat and power (CHP) generator has been granted planning permission.
Following opposition from Calbourne Parish Council, the councillors did a U-turn and decided to support the facility as long as noise and emission levels produced by the generator were frequently monitored.
With the capacity to generate 100KW of electricity... [Read More]
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Apr 20, 2010
The Zalaegerszeg Waste Water Treatment Plant (WWTP) is undertaking a demo plant in Hungary that will see the production of transport fuel from biogas.
DMT Environmental Technology will supply the plant with a biogas upgrading system that has the capacity to process between 40 and 80Nm3 of biogas an hour.
The WWTP converts biogas from the combined heat and power (CHP)... [Read More]
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Apr 16, 2010
US-based derivatives marketplace CME Group has launched trading and clearing services for four new European biofuel swap futures contracts.
Trading will be available on the New York trading floor and clearing services through CME ClearPort, a set of flexible clearing services open to over-the-counter (OTC) market participants to substantially mitigate counterparty risk... [Read More]
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Apr 16, 2010
Germany-based utility E.ON is expanding its biomass power plant portfolio.
The company has switched on two new biomass power plants in Slovakia and expects another two more to come online in the coming months.
The total installed capacity of
the €16 million project would be 4MW, supplying enough electricity to power nearly 14,000 households. Each plant has 1 MW of... [Read More]
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