Mar 15, 2010
Vega to sell biocoal
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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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Mar 9, 2010
European mid-market investment specialist BLM Partners has invested €10 million in biogas and bioelectricity producer agri.capital.
agri.capital based in Munster, Germany is one of Europe’s largest biogas producers, operating 49 sites with an installed generation capacity of 36MW.
Germany is Europe’s largest producer of biogas.
Biogas is produced in a microbial... [Read More]
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Mar 8, 2010
Gas and electricity provider Duke Energy could soon be issued with renewable energy certificates after asking regulators in North Carolina to register two of its plants as sustainable energy facilities.
In 2007 the North Carolina General Assembly passed a law stating that all plants in North Carolina must use renewable resources to generate a portion a the energy they... [Read More]
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Mar 5, 2010
Delegates can now start networking and arrange meetings even before Bioenergy International expo and conference starts.
The event, now eight weeks away in Prague on 5-6 May, features a networking suite for all delegates and speakers which have registered, allowing you to specifically choose who you want to have lunch with.
Key speakers you can meet include H.E. Mr. Jan... [Read More]
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Mar 3, 2010
At least 5% of total electricity production in Vietnam could come from renewable sources by 2020.
This equates to 2,400 MW a year experts says. Before the southeast Asian country reaches this figure, the government will need to provide hefty capital assistance.
Le Tuan Phong, deputy director of the Ministry of Industrial and Trades Energy Department, says the sector... [Read More]
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Mar 3, 2010
In the Philippines biomass power developer Global Green Power is speeding up its green plans.
The company will push ahead with three of its planned biomass projects totalling 87.5 megawatts (MW) in response to the government’s request to speed up delivery of power in the Visayas and Mindanao provinces.
The projects are Green Power Panay Philippines (35 MW), the Green... [Read More]
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Mar 3, 2010
It normally finds its way into the hands of Brazilian bioethanol producers, but now sugarcane finds a new energy purpose in Asia.
China's first power plant using sugarcane leaves has been put into operation in south China's Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region.
The factory will use 200,000 tonnes of agricultural wastes including sugarcane leaves and tree barks... [Read More]
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Mar 3, 2010
Register before 1st April and receive a 10% early booking discount for the upcoming Bioenergy expo & conference from 5-6 May in Prague.
As an added bonus the price for the conference includes a biodiesel plant tour on 4 May and places will be allocated on a first come, first serve basis.
The tour will be held at Preol’s state-of-the-art biodiesel plant in the industrial... [Read More]
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Mar 2, 2010
Europe’s largest wheat to ethanol refinery has shipped its first renewable fuel product.
Tanker Clipper Nelly left independent terminal operator Vopak’s North Tees, UK, terminal loaded with Ensus ethanol and headed for Rotterdam in the Netherlands.
Ensus’ £300 million (€332 million) plant at Wilton went into production last month, making the green road fuel,... [Read More]
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Proceeds from the bond sale have been used to refinance $40 million of Gevo RNG’s outstanding 2021 green bonds
SIAAP (Greater Paris Sanitation Authority) and SUEZ have officially inaugurated a new state-of-the-art biogas production unit at the Seine Aval wastewater treatment plant in the Paris metropolitan area
Natural State Renewables has announced a key strategic partnership with Axens as part of its plan to produce carbon-negative sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from surplus forest biomass
