Jan 25, 2011
Pepsi-Cola builds biomass plants in the Philippines
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Jan 25, 2011
The Ben & Jerry's ice cream factory in Hellendoorn, the Netherlands, will soon be home to a new biodigester.
The digester comes as Unilever implements its Sustainable Living Plan that will see the company slash its production of waste, in addition to its water and energy consumption.
Paques, a producer and developer of water and gas purification systems, is supplying... [Read More]
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Jan 21, 2011
The Department of Wisconsin in the US has decided to scrap plans to build a biomass boiler at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, saving up to $100 million (€73.7 million).
The plant was to burn natural fuels such as wood chips and paper pellets in a more environmentally-friendly manner and the project’s cancellation has been criticised by environmental... [Read More]
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Jan 18, 2011
Germany-based Mabanaft Deutschland, part of Mabanaft, the international trading division of Marquard & Bahls, is to begin trading wood pellets.
Previously dealt with by GEE Energy GmbH & Co., a subsidiary of Mabanaft, the wood pellet business has now been transferred to Mabanaft Deutschland.
The addition of pellets to its product portfolio will allow the company... [Read More]
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Jan 18, 2011
In the UK Buildwas Power Station, Shropshire's only coal-fired power plant, may have to close down due to EU emissions targets.
According to EU legislation, power plants burning fossil fuels must either replace existing technology with a green alternative or store its carbon emissions in order to stop them entering the atmosphere.
Daniel Kawczynski, Shrewsbury and Atcham... [Read More]
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Jan 18, 2011
Garbage trucks in Toronto, Canada, could soon be fuelled by biomethane derived from kitchen leftovers.
Dufferin, the city's pilot processing facility, is due to convert the biomethane into natural gas by mid-2011. The project will continue until the end of 2013.
This gas is currently being flared off, however the new project will soon see it captured and pumped into the... [Read More]
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Jan 18, 2011
UK-based Havana Energy has signed a deal that will see it construct a number of biomass-fired power plants in Cuba.
Together with Cuba's state-owned Zerus S.A., a company linked to the Ministry of Sugar, Havana Energy is to develop a 30MW pilot plant at the Ciro Redondo Sugar Mill.
Following this initial development, the joint venture is planning to build a further four... [Read More]
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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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