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A bioenergy project in British Columbia has had to be temporarily delayed while developer Conifex Timber secures long-term financing. Conifex claims the project is around 30% complete to date but, in order to further its continued development and secure satisfactory long-term financing, it will suspend installation and construction activities. ‘While it is disappointing to have to reduce…
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The UK government has revealed the details of its revised Energy Bill this November but a decision on carbon emission targets will be delayed. Energy companies will be allowed to charge households an extra £7.6 billion ($12.1 billion) to go towards low-carbon electricity infrastructure by 2020. Chancellor George Osborne, who is in favour of gas-powered generation, has not enjoyed a smooth…
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Finland-based technology supplier Metso will work with Vamamo Energi to construct a new biomass power plant in Sweden. The combined heat and power facility order Metso has received is around €17 million ($21.9 million) and have a thermal output of 13.4MW and electrical output of 3.6MW. It will use local forest residues as feedstock. ‘This is an important investment in the future of…
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Singapore-based AMG Bioenergy Resources has signed a non-binding letter of intent regarding the potential acquisition of numerous Jatropha  assets owned by Eco-Energy China. The move would see AMG take on EC’s 10,000 hectares of jatropha plantation assets in the province of Guizhou, with a further right to plant an extra 30,000 hectares of the feedstock in the same area. A decision is…
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Renewable energy projects are set to benefit as Philippines-based carbon asset management business Greenergy Holdings authorises a raise of its capital stock. Board approval was obtained in November and the rise will take stock value from PP2 billion (€37.7 million) to PP5 billion. Greenergy president Antonio Tiu was reported to say that the higher stock would be used ‘to expand…
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Brazil has become the first major developing country to pledge an absolute reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions ahead the Paris climate talks in December. The South American country, which is the world’s seventh biggest GHG polluter, says it will cut emissions by 37% by 2025 by cracking down on deforestation and increasing the share of renewable energy sources. In addition, Brazil…
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UK-based Tamar Energy has secured the management and development rights of four of the Countrystyle Group’s anaerobic digestion sites. The deal sees Tamar Energy acquire the development rights to three of Countrystyle’s sites, with full planning permission for digestive facilities in the south of England, plus the development of a fourth facility subject to planning. As part of the…
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Nepcon has issued a Sustainable Biomass Partnership (SBP) certificate to wood pellet producer SBE Latvia (SBE). SBE is the first in Europe and only second in the world to earn this credential, expected to be in strong demand by European energy producers. With the certificate in place, SBE Latvia is able to meet the European energy sector’s growing demands for sustainable biomass…
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The Pakistani government is to implement several new plants with the aim of creating a total of 304MW of electricity from city waste. Many projects are already underway, with an aggregate capacity of 57MW, and the subsequent facilities will create a further 247MW via agricultural, industrial and biogas waste products.  A senior government official stated that agricultural waste projects were…
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A new report by consultancy firm Deloitte believes biomass could contribute even more than the fifth of UK electricity it is expected to by the end of the 2020s. Biomass was believed to provide around 21% share of electricity generation by 2030 by Deloitte’s report argues that burning pellets or woodchips could play an even more significant role in meeting climate targets. ‘As the…
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Renewable energy company Anaergia is set to participate in the creation of ‘the world’s largest college campus-based anaerobic disgestion system in the US. The Canada-based biogas producer will be involved in the project found at the Dairy Cattle Teaching and Research Centre at Michigan State University (MSU). The project’s aim is demonstrate how anaerobic digestion can address…
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US-based transportation fuels producer Kior has begun production at its first commercial facility in Mississippi. It is believed the plant, once running at full capacity within the next 12 months, will be able to produce almost 50 million litres of petrol and diesel per year. Kior will be using a mixture of biomass, like non-food crops and woodwaste, as part of the manufacturing process. Despite…
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A Scottish association has secured a loan to help build a renewable heating system near Oban. The West Highland Housing Association (WHHA) will use the £400,000 ($638,350) given by a government initiative called the Warm Homes Fund, to construct a biomass district heating network at Dunbeg. The electricity created would be enough to generate power for 50 homes and construction is due to…
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The Tanzania Bureau of Standards (TBS) has confirmed new international bioenergy standards will come into operation by 2014 across East Africa. Following a three day workshop at the start of November TBS acting director Dominic Mwakangale believes the bureau is in at the final stages of compiling the proposed standards. The workshop attracted participants from places including Uganda, Burundi,…
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