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Renewable energy firm Infinergy has won a new contract to create a carbon neutral energy plant in the UK. The contract was won from Intermet Refractory Products and is worth more than £1 million (€1.2 million). Intermet will use the new facility at its Oughtibridge plant based near Sheffield and it will produce electricity from wood pellets rather than fossil fuels. Intermet’s…
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Renewable energy developer Iceni Energy (IE) has had planning application for a new biomass plant near Snetterton, Norfolk approved. The plant will primarily burn cereal and oilseed rape straw to produce enough power to meet the yearly energy consumption of between 62,000 and 68,000 homes. IE engaged with over 2,300 local residents via a website, local exhibition and community newsletter and…
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The California Energy Commission has awarded a grant of $1.8 million (€1.42 million) to the Biodiesel Industries of Ventura (BIV), a subsidiary of Biodico. The money will be used to spearhead new technologies for the production of advanced biodiesels at the Biodico facility at the National Environmental Technology demonstration site in Port Hueneme, which BIV will operate. The plant will…
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In Cuba, the government has set a new target for 16.5% of the nation's energy to derive from renewable sources by 2020. Today, 3.8% of energy is produced from renewables and Cuba is looking to utilise mainly forest biomass and sugarcane, but will also use solar, wind and hydraulic energy. By-products of Cuba's sugarcane industry will be a major player in helping the nation achieve its goal, and…
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The Punjab government has decided to push forward and devise strategies for meeting domestic and agricultural requirements through biomass and solar energy in cities and villages across Pakistan. Punjab chief minister Shahbaz Sharif has said private sector biomass and solar energy projects would be encouraged in the next budget and has asked both the energy and planning development departments to…
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Netherlands-based biomass torrefaction technology provider Topell Energy has announced €13 million ($16.3 million) worth of new funding to increase future production and plant sales. The Topell funding was led jointly by existing investor Innogy Venture Capital along with Yellow and Blue Clean Energy Investment Management. ‘The additional financing will allow us to ramp up production…
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Biomass producer Takoradi Renewable Energy (TRE) was secured a $5 million (€4 million) credit facility to support its first biomass energy project in Africa. TRE, a subsidiary of African Renewables (AR), received the backing from the Standard Chartered Bank in Ghana which finalises AR’s Ghanian distribution chain following other deals with Verdo Energy and Ghana Rubber Estates. It is…
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UK prime minister David Cameron and Norwegian prime minister Jens Stoltenberg have agreed a landmark energy partnership between the two countries designed to secure affordable and sustainable long term energy supplies. Named the Norway-UK Energy Partnership for Sustainable Growth, it will see closer collaboration between the two countries across a wide range of energy activities including…
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Plans to build Canada’s largest biodiesel plant moved a step closer to realisation as biofuels producer Great Lakes Biodiesel announce construction partner. Engineering services management company TWD Technologies is to provide full engineering, procurement and construction management for the new plant in Welland, Ontario. The plant is scheduled to be operational before the end of this…
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UK biomethane company Gazasia has signed a proposed $150 million (€119 million) agreement with Philippines-based Aboitiz Equity Ventures (AEV). The deal, which was signed in London, will see both companies jointly develop and operate organic waste-to-fuel plants across the Philippines particularly for use in the transport sector. The deal is split so that Gazasia will provide technical…
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A new Dutch wastewater treatment plant has been agreed to be constructed by animal waste material processor Rendec Son and water technology company Paques. The new plant will combine anaerobic treatments and Anammox processes to efficiently remove nitrogen and allow Paques to convert the animal carcass and slaughterhouse waste into both electricity and heat more efficiently than Rendec currently…
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Biodiesel producer and distributor Renewable Energy Group (REG) is to establish a B100 wholesale terminal at its soon-to-be-completed biodiesel plant in New Mexico. The development of the 15 million gallon per year plant, known as REG Clovis, is almost 50% completed but product from the new terminal will be available from July. ‘We believe this new infrastructure demonstrates our commitment…
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Asia Bioenergy Technologies (ABT) has said after tax losses for year ending January 2012 has been due to impairments in the biodiesel sector. The audited loss after tax and minority interest was MYR19.95 million (€5.02 million), which was a variation of MYR7.3 million (57.7%) above the audited loss after tax and minority interest of MYR12.65 million. ABT said the impairments that the…
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A proposed biomass combustion plant in Trafford, UK has been ‘minded for approval’ by The Environmental Agency (EA). Low carbon energy provider Peel Energy’s plant, known as the Barton Renewable Energy Plant, were rejected by the local authority last year, but in a recent statement the EA said: ‘Following a rigorous assessment process, we are minded to give approval to…
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