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The Aberystwyth University in Wales, UK and the supply chain specialist Terravesta are running new trials to examine how the energy crop miscanthus survives in water-logged land and its effect on the soil after flooding. The trials come some 18 months after the floods which devastated the Somerset Levels and are being funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council…
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Oneida Seven Generations (OSG) has been given approval by the US Department of Energy (DoE) to build an electricity plant to run on waste in the City of Green Bay, Brown County, Wisconsin. The US state previously received nearly $55.5 million (€40.6 million) under a federal grant, and will give a $2 million loan to OSG from the funds. Municipal solid waste is to be brought to the plant,…
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Laidlaw Energy Group, a renewable energy company, has acquired a biomass-fired power plant in Susanville, California, US. Renergy and Natural Energies formerly owned the idle facility, which is able to generate 12.5MW of electricity. Both companies will become equity shareholders in Laidlaw Energy. Laidlaw will spend around one year and $20 million (€14.7 million) restoring the plant and…
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Varn Wood Products is to build a new wood pellet production plant next year, utilising waste pinewood from its sawmill facility in Hoboken, Georgia, US. The company is scheduled to break ground on the project in Q2 2012, with startup slated for the end of 2012. The plant will be able to manufacture 80,000 tonnes of wood pellets annually, but this could be expanded to 120,000 tonnes if demand from…
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AD plant developer Farmgen has started operations at its plant at Dryholme Farm, West Cumbria in the UK. The biogas plant cost £4 million (€4.7 million) to install and started supplying electricity to the national grid on 4 November. The project was partly financed by Nuclear Management Partners, which supplied a £350,000 grant. The plant converts locally farmed crops into 1.2MW…
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At the end of November, energy company E.on will break ground on a £120 million (€140.6 million) biomass-fired power plant in Tinsley, Sheffield, UK. According to the project's final plans, which have now been announced, the plant will produce up to 30MW from UK-based waste wood only. This is enough to power 40,000 homes when it comes online in mid-2014. The new development will also…
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Turkey producer Bernard Matthews is looking to become more self-sufficient with the installation of a biogas plant at its factory in Suffolk, UK. The £4 million (€4.7 million) AD plant will produce heat and power for the factory's onsite operations from 28,000 tonnes of poultry effluent, blood fluids and fat. It is hoped the new facility will supply 13% of the factory's electricity and…
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The announced £1.15 billion allocation for the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) budget by 2021 could quadruple the number of UK biomethane plants. The forecast, released by the Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA), says that the Chancellor George Osborne’s spending review could support the construction of an additional 140 biomethane plants. These plants represent a…
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In Barsikow, Brandenburg, Germany, production has started at Weltec's biomethane refinery. The plant will handle around 1,000m3 of biological raw gas an hour and convert it into around 4.3 million m3 a year of biomethane. This total quantity is the equivalent to around 5MW, which is enough to power 3,000 households. 350m3 of the biomethane produced will be fed into the natural gas network and…
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The USDA said today that it will grant a total of $44.6 million (€32.6 million) in payments to more than 150 biofuels producers in the US to help support them in producing and expanding their developments. Some companies, such as Texas-based White Energy, are being awarded more than $3 million towards ethanol production. Whereas others, such as QB Corporation, based in Idaho, is being given…
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Kyriakos Maniatis, Principal Administrator from DG Energy, part of the European Commission, will open the conference on the 16th of November by discussing the most recent developments in biofuels in Europe. Talking about advancements being made in aviation biofuel in particular, Maniatis’ presentation promises to be an insightful analysis of the European market as a whole. Also on day one,…
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Dieffenbacher, a German international industrial equipment manufacturer, has received an order from Hong Kong, China, for its new recycling division. The Eppingen-based company will supply two treatment lines for the size reduction and homogenisation of organic waste for a fermentation plant. In Hong Kong, one of the most technologically advanced fermentation plants for material and energy…
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The European Biomass Association (AEBIOM), a non-profit bioenergy representative, has selected its new president and vice president. At AEBIOM’s latest general assembly, Gustav Melin (SVEBIO, Sweden) was elected as AEBIOM president for one further term. Following his election, Melin gave statement in which he hoped for positive results from the COP21 climate summit in…
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A group of six green banks and two leading non-profit groups are establishing a Green Bank Network to help meet the urgent need of increasing and accelerating investment in renewable energy and energy efficiency worldwide. With nations around the world making new commitments to reducing heat-trapping pollution, more capital than ever will need to be deployed for clean energy solutions. Green…
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