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Recycling and waste to energy firm, Ecolutio, has entered into an agreement to develop an advanced municipal waste handling system in Lancaster, California. The new facility will reportedly feature the company's patented GreenStream technology. It will reduce local waste, generate fuels, produce large supplies of green-certified recycled materials and help the city take another step towards…
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Npower has announced that 2 of Tilbury Power Station's 3 generating units are likely to be out of use for at least another 5 months. This is in the wake of the fire that broke out at the plant last week. It has been suggested that the third generator, which is situated in a different location and suffered less damage, could be up and running again by April. However, the other 2 units are unlikely…
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Operations have started at Hitachi Zosen Corp.'s 3 billion yen (€22.7 million) Miyanosato biomass-fired power plant in Hitachiota City, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan. Hitachi Zosen has been building the plant, with a power output of 5,750kW, since 2013. The new facility will process waste wood, a material that is abundantly available in Ibaraki due to the large forestry industry. Approximately…
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Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding (RATCH) has announced it will take a 40% stake in Songkhla Biofuel. Precise Power Producer already holds a 40% shareholding in the company, and Assiddeek Savings Cooperative a 20% shareholding. Songkhla Biofuel is to guarantee the supply of 300-370 tonnes of biomass residues per day to the Songkhla Biomass Power Station in the Chana district. This…
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The Dominican Republic's National Energy Commission has signed a technical cooperation agreement with the Inter-American Development Bank. The agreement, which will see a number of bioenergy studies, including technical studies on bioenergy and also on the sustainability of agricultural projects, will be undertaken at a cost of $937,500 (€708,275). National Energy Commission president…
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Waste company Viridor has disclosed details of a facility that will burn 275,000 tonnes of waste each year. The facility is located on the company's landfill and waste management site, Beddington Lane, and will handle waste from Sutton, Croydon, Kingston, and Merton as well as a large amount of business waste. The project, reportedly costing around £200 million (€240.13 million)…
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The UN Food and Agriculture Organization has released guidance documents and policymaking tools to assist governments in ensuring rural communities can benefit from bioenergy development and also that biofuel crop production does not threaten food security or impact negatively on indigenous peoples. Deforestation due to land conversion is also an issue of concern. 'Development of bioenergy…
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Finnish project management services provider, Dovre Group is to invest approximately €1.4 million in Sararasa Biomass's renewable energy expansion. The money will go towards an Indonesian plant that makes pellets from woodwaste materials, which is also owned by Stahl Capital. 'Our intention is to work together with Sararasa on other biomass-to-energy projects in the future,' says Janne…
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Biomass CHP is building a new demonstration plant in Wilton, Wiltshire after receiving a £100,000 investment. The company's wood-chip gasification process can produce renewable heat and energy without generating any liquid effluent that would need to be disposed of and treated. The investment is to develop this system and comes in the form of the Finance for Business North East Proof…
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Plymouth University is working with New Generation Biogas, a Devon, UK, company, to hone the design of its anaerobic digestion (AD) system. By giving New Generation Biogas (NGB) access to its facilities and expertise, Plymouth University (PU) has helped the Totnes-based firm observe the microbes that transform waste close-up and understand what makes them thrive. NGB used the world-class…
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Energy efficiency and renewable energy company, Ameresco, together with the US Department of Energy (DOE) have completed the successful operational startup of the DOE's new Biomass Cogeneration Facility in Aiken, South Carolina. The new 34-acre renewable energy facility located on Savannah River Site (SRS), was constructed over a 30 month period, with the investment of over 600,000 hours of…
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RuralAus has announced that its planned 10MW biomass power plant, located on Kagaroo island will create 30 new jobs. The Perth, Australia-based forestry group intends to power its sawmill with the proposed plant, which will convert facility waste into power. It will require governmental funding in order to run the operation at the scale desired, and the company is hoping to receive a grant…
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Skogforsk, the Forestry Research Institute of Sweden, is to collaborate with Grand Rapids-based Itasca Community College (ICC), on a research program developing methods, systems and technology within the bioenergy sector in Minnesota. The research will focus on the forest-based biomass supply chain, with the aim to increase efficiency and quality. Skogforsk focuses on research areas such as…
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Solid Energy business Nature's Flame has stopped production of pellets at its oldest and smallest plant located in Rolleston, Canterbury, New Zealand. Due to its age and size, it was deemed uneconomic to upgrade the facility, as the cost of ensuring reliability and safety would be too high. Furthermore forestry in the area is reportedly waning. Therefore the company is focusing on its…
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