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Technology supplier Metso is to supply Bioenergeticheskaya Kompaniya with a complete biomass-fired combined heat and power plant in Syktyvkar, Russia. The 4MW CHP plant will use bark and wood residues from a Syktyvkar-based sawmill among other biomass. The produced power will be distributed to the local grid and heat will be used in the internal belt dryer. ‘Sawmill residues that have long…
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A European water treatment plant is being powered by a feedstock more typically found on the dinner table. Sauerkraut, particularly the juice, is mixed with specific bacteria to make methane and CO2 which powers turbines at the Bassin de l‘Ehn water treatment plant located in Northern France. Jerome Fritz, director Bassin de l‘Ehn Water Treatment was quoted as saying: ‘The…
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International polymer producer Invista Technologies and biotechnology Arzeda  will collaborate on the development of new technologies for bio-derived processes. The agreement will combine the two companies’ technologies in order to further co-develop platforms to ultimately develop new bio-derived processes for a range of products. The initial focus of the collaboration will be on the…
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A new report looking at renewable energy use in New Zealand believes the potential for industry and economy boosts is huge. The report, published by Greenpeace and based on scientific modelling by experts in New Zealand, Europe and Australia, states its economy could be given a multi-million dollar injection and create thousands of jobs via bioenergy and geothermal industries over the next 20 to…
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It has been confirmed that Philippines-based Eastern Petroleum will begin construction of a biomass plant this year. The power facility represents EP’s first venture into the biomass sector and will cost $60 million (€44.7 million). Construction is hoped to begin in the third quarter and be fully operational in 2015. ‘We, through our subsidiary Eastern Renewables Fuels, have also…
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UK-based logistics company AV Dawson has signed a 40-year deal to site a waste-to-energy plant at its Riverside Park base in Middlesbrough. Greenlight AD Power’s energy plant is the first project in the UK to benefit from the government’s Green Investment Bank (GIB) with funding of £8 million (€9.3 million) matched with private sector funding. It will be based on the site…
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Germany-based biofuels and bioliquid certification body Tüv Süd has obtained further accreditation for the testing of waste and residual materials. The news comes as the 36th Ordinance on the Implementation of the Federal Immission Control Act now requires EU companies operating in the collection of waste and residual materials to furnish proof of certification in accordance with…
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Nerea, a subsidiary of Akuo Energy, has begun construction of a new biomass cogeneration facility in Estrees-Mons, France. The 13MW project represents a €65 million ($87.2 million) investment and aims to be fully operational by the end of 2014, producing 100,000MWh of electricity and 25 tonnes of steam per hour annually via wood pellets. This project is the third involving biomass for Akou…
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US-based agricultural technology company Arcadia Biosciences (AB) has signed an agreement with international woody crops enhancement business FuturaGene to look into sustainable development of eucalyptus and poplar trees. The contract will allow FuturaGene exclusive use of AB’s nitrogen and water use efficiency technologies, which both aim to increase tree yields while reducing…
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A new pilot pellet mill has been opened in Georgia, US by the Herty Advanced Materials Development Centre (HAMDC). HAMDC, which is a part of the Georgia Southern University, claims its $2 million (€1.4 million) mill will support local and national feedstock suppliers by providing validating process technology and pellet design engineering. ‘The global demand for biomass pellets has…
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Bioenergy Insight has been appointed by the World Bioenergy Association (WBA) with the exclusive responsibility of increasing awareness and industry involvement in its ground breaking portal BioenergyConnect. Due for official launch in May 2013, BioenergyConnect aims to make it easier to do business and communicate by bringing all areas of the bioenergy industry together into one user-friendly…
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Energy company RWE nPower has awarded a logistics contract as it further advances the construction of a CHP facility in Scotland. To be housed on the site of a paper mill in Markinch, the 49.9MW plant is expected to burn over 400,000 tonnes of wood. Malcolm Logistics has won the contract to deliver at least a third of the required fuel needed. ‘This contract will make a positive impact on…
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Brazil-based ETH Bioenergy and European technology provider Inbicon will work together to bring second generation ethanol to the Brazilian market. The partnership aims to introduce Inbicon’s technology to ETH’s industrial and commercial experience to produce ethanol and other products from lignocellulosic raw materials such as bagasse. Inbicon is owned by Danish energy company Dong…
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The Renewable Energy Association (REA) believes biomass could be key in helping the UK government meet its woodland priorities. That idea comes after the Department for Environment, Farming and Rural Affairs' (DEFRA) Government Forestry and Woodlands policy statement, which states that effective management of country woodlands could boost the UK forestry industry. Additional avenues for biomass…
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