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Biomethane technology provider Purac Puregas is to supply Scotia Gas Networks with a biogas upgrading plant. The facility will upgrade around 2,000Nm3/hr of raw biogas to grid specification, producing enough energy to heat around 7,500 homes. ‘This contract award represents a significant step change in the scale of biogas upgrading projects in the UK,’ says Jan Molin, MD of Purac…
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The Port of Pascagoula has received the last piece of funding it needs for a new wood pellet facility. The $30 million (€23.2 million) facility will be built along two terminals on the port’s Bayou Casotte after the project received $10 million in bond money after a $196 million bond bill was recently approved. Port director Mark McAndrews believes construction will begin before the…
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Lonach Dairy Farm in Sri Lanka, owned by Sunshine Holdings (SH), has become energy self-sufficient after completion of an on-site biogas project. The facility uses cow dung and urine collected from on the farm to produced 100m3 of biogas a day, via a digester that SH claims to be one of the most advanced in the country. The farm uses the generated biogas to produce 140 units of electricity which…
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A new biomass boiler plant in Canada is set to benefit cattle producers in eastern Canada and Quebec according to the government. The Sanimax facility in Lévis will handle carcass disposal and other related by-products and turn it into energy. It was funded by a repayable investment of $7.6 million (€5.9 million) from the federal government. Sanimax claims the plant will also reduce…
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Chemical company BASF and biotechnology provider Dyadic International have entered into a non-exclusive worldwide research and license agreement.  BASF will be able to use Dyadic’s patented and proprietary C1 platform technology to develop, produce, distribute and sell industrial enzymes in certain fields for a variety of applications.  It will also fund research and development…
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The UK-based European Bioenergy Research Institute (EBRI) has appointed a research consultancy to aid in its work. The Madano Partnership will provide EBRI, which is based at Aston University, with market intelligence and business development support. EBRI director of operations Tim Miller claims Madano won the contract because it demonstrated ‘sound knowledge of energy and its…
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The Leaders of Sustainable Biofuels (LSB) met the European Parliament (EP) in Brussels this May at a meeting hosted by the ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) Committee.EP VP Alejo Vidal Quadras introduced the positions of the EP ITRE Committee on the European Commission revision of the Renewable Energy Directive (RED).The Leaders sent a clear message to the EP members: ‘Second…
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The European Investment Bank (EIB) is to provide a €140 million ($181 million) loan to Elektrocieplownia Stalowa Wola for the construction of a combined cycle gas turbine power station. The facility will have an electricity capacity of 450MWe, a heating capacity of 240MWh and is expected to be operational in the second half of 2015. It will be built on an existing industrial site within the…
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A Scottish biogas provider has received multi-million pound funding from high street bank chain Barclays. Energen Biogas (EB), a joint venture between Shanks Waste management and Paragon Efficiencies, has been given access to £7.25 million (€8.5 million) via Barclays’ Cashback for Business’ scheme. EB’s biogas facility in Cumbernauld is now fully operational, and can…
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The Port of Immingham, UK has awarded a new biomass handling facility design contract to Graham Construction (GC). Nearly 12 acres will be taken up by the fully-automated bulk handling terminal which will be able to handle three million tonnes of pellets a year. There will also be four silos capable of storing 100,000 tonnes of pellets onsite. ‘The challenge is now to complete the design…
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Sustainable chemical company BioAmber has announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 8,000,000 units consisting of one share of common stock and one warrant to purchase half of one share of common stock at $10 (€7.60) per unit, before underwriting discounts and commissions. Each warrant will be at an exercise price of $11 per whole share of common stock. All units are being sold…
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The green light has been given for a new renewable power station at Shoreham Port, UK this month. Plans for the electricity generating facility, set to cost around £20 million (€23.6 million), were passed by Adur District Council committee. Construction will be handled by Edgeley Green Power and the facility will cover one acre next to the existing Shoreham power station on Fishergate…
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The development of a UK biogas network has received funding by renewable energy concern Wrap to assess its feasibility. The funds will go to bioeconomy consultants NNFCC and biomathane injection providers CNG Services, who will both work with Cheshire-based farmers, to begin looking into this field. ‘The idea of a hub of farms feeding the national grid with low carbon gas is…
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US-headquartered biomass supplier Rentech has acquired Fulghum Fibres in Georgia to extend its wood pellet portfolio. The purchase means Rentech can now convert two mothballed facilities in Canada into pellet mills along with contracts with Drax Power and Ontario Power Generation for the sale and delivery of over four million tonnes of product overt 10 years. ‘This will launch us into the…
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