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In the Netherlands, a group of companies have joined forces for the construction of a biomass-fired power plant in the port of Delfzijl. The project, which will generate 49MW of renewable energy from woodchips, is scheduled to break ground towards the end of 2011, before it begins operations in mid-2013. The new facility will become the fifth wood-burning power plant to be built in the…
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In Texas, US, the Aspen Power biomass plant is due to come online on 1 August. When it does, the plant will generate renewable power from woodchips sourced from timber harvesting businesses. The plant will also utilise waste, untreated woodchips donated by the public. The plant broke ground in 2008 and completion was scheduled for October 2010. However, it was then postponed from January to…
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In California, US, a proposal seeking permission to build a biomass-fired power plant near to Lake Tahoe has been declined after Joanne Marchetta, executive director of the Tahoe Regional Planning Agency (TRPA), dubbed the location 'unworkable'. The proposal generated complaints from a huge number of locals, concerned about the environmental and social impacts of the project. However, the idea of…
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The Israeli government has approved a plan that will see 10% of the nation's energy sourced from renewables by the year 2020. Under the new scheme, an increased use of biogas and solar panels will be used to generate 1,550MW by 2014, before this increases to 2,760MW by the end of 2020. The first stage of the project will be developed between 2011 and 2014. During this time 800MW of wind capacity…
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In Tulare County, California, US, the Pixley Biogas plant has been awarded a $4.67 million (€3.2 million) grant from the California Energy Commission. The project is yet to receive approval from Tulare County, however the grant was awarded to kick-start development on aspects of the project that do not involve the environment. If the project is approved, an anaerobic digester will be erected…
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Four years after it submitted its planning application for a biomass-fired power plant, UK-based organics recycling firm Eco Sustainable Solutions has been given the go ahead. Dorset County Council Planning Committee approved the application, which will see the £12 million (€13.7 million) facility built just outside of Christchurch. The plant will generate 3MW a year of electricity…
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In Denmark, the city of Fredericia is looking to convert municipal waste into a biofuel that can fuel public buses and power homes. As the city's mayor Thomas Banke explains: 'Our goal is to change the management of wastewater and household rubbish from a costly problem into a valuable resource for local energy production. Rubbish will be turned into gas, which will be sold and become an asset…
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In New York, US, a biomass plant, which has not yet been built, will handle waste from the Newburgh area, the city's council has decided. The deal will cost the city around $14 (€9.8) less per tonne of waste to dispose of. 'Everything that you put out in regular garbage would be in the garbage that we would send out with our trucks and the price that we would get is $66 per tonne. Right now,…
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In Denmark, dairy firm Arla Foods and biogas company Xergi are developing a new biogas plant to supply Arla's production at Videbæk. The details of the project have not been disclosed, as approval has not yet been granted. The plant will convert manure and other waste materials from Arla's own production into 16 million m3 of methane gas. Once completed, the biogas plant is expected to be…
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Cheshire, UK-based Projen, a project management and engineering business, has launched a new bioenergy division, specialising in the planning, permitting, design and construction of facilities for the production of biogas. Shane Pugh leads the division, along with bioenergy expert Les Gornall. Managing director of Projen Martin Seabrook says: 'This is an extremely exciting time for Projen.…
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The Indian state of Haryana is on track to get its first biogas bottling plants, after the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) granted approval for two projects. The first of the two plants will be located at Hansi, and construction is due to start in August 2011. Tohana will be home to the second plant, which will be commissioned by 2012, according to the Haryana Renewable Energy…
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In Mexico, Orbeo is planning to construct a biomass plant in Tres Valles, Veracruz. The new cogeneration plant will generate 40MW of electricity and heat from bagasse. Between 2012 and 2021, the project is expected to cut CO2 emissions by around 572,500 tonnes, according to Orbeo, a partnership between Societe Generale and Rhodia. The biomass needed for the plant will be supplied by sugar group…
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In the US, Laidlaw Energy Group has scrapped its plans to build a biomass-fired power plant. Planned for Berlin, New Hampshire, the plant would have been the largest wood-burning power plant in the state, generating 70MW of renewable energy. The plant would have been operated by Laidlaw Energy's subsidiary Laidlaw Berlin BioPower.
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TeaM Energy Philippines, a partnership between Tokyo Electric Power and Marubeni Corp., will install over 50MW of new capacity from renewable energy sources. More than $150 million (€107 million) will be invested to make these renewable energy projects a reality; each project is predicted to cost between $2.5 and $3 million. A biomass plant, which will generate 11MW of renewable energy from…
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