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Along with wood pellet stoves come lower fuel costs but high pollution levels and health problems. Now, in a move to reduce increased winter air pollution in Maine, US, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is drawing up a set of laws designed to limit emission levels emitted from household wood heaters. The new regulations will, for the first time, apply to wood pellet stoves and outdoor…
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In the US, a biomass plant proposed for New Hampshire has sparked fresh discussions. The plant was recently granted a 20-year power purchase agreement based on certain terms but this has now been suspended following complaints from other biomass-fired power plants. Facility operators objecting to the agreement, which is with Public Service of New Hampshire, claims it breaches New Hampshire's…
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In 2011 alone biomass gasification company Nexterra Systems has received $17.5 million (€12 million) in equity financing that will help advance the company's expansion. In May 2011 it secured $2.5 million from the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC), in addition to a recent investment of $15 million from Tandem Expansion Fund and ARC Financial. 'We believe that the market for onsite…
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The joint venture subsidiary of PGI Energy – PGI Green E&P – is tapping into the wood pellet and bio coal briquette markets after identifying them to be a highly popular renewable energy source. In a bid to enter this growing market, PGI Energy has entered into a wood pellet market development and supply partnership with Ex-Factory. The collaboration of these two companies will…
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In Rutland, Massachusetts, US, the state's first biogas-fired power plant is due to come online. Located at the Jordan Dairy Farm, the plant, which will officially open on 31 May 2011, will convert manure and leftover food into energy. The plant broke ground in October 2010 and when operations commence it will generate 2,280MW/h of heat and electricity. The power will then be utilised at the…
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In Attapeu, Laos, Thai Biogas Energy (TBEC) is planning to build a biogas plant and has signed a contract with Doungphasasuk Cassava Factory Co. for the new project. The $4 million (€2.8 million) facility will use wastewater from Doungphasasuk's factory, which handles around 1,500 tonnes of cassava a day. This is TBEC's second biogas plant in Laos. With an expected daily capacity of…
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In the UK, a supplier of timber-based biomass fuel Stobart Biomass has agreed commercial terms for a long-term supply and logistics contract with Iggesund Paperboard. The contract will see Stobart Biomass source, supply and transport biomass for use at the new £100 million (€114 million) biomass-fired power plant at Iggesund's paper mill. According to Andrew Tinkler, CEO of the Stobart…
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In Hungary, Germany-based biogas plant constructor Weltec Biopower has broken ground on a biogas plant in Szeged. With the capacity to generate 1MW of energy, the plant consists of two CHPs with an output of 600kW/h each, which will produce heat and power from pig manure and maize silage. The heat produced will be used to heat office buildings. Local farmers will supply the material for the plant…
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In Rothes, Scotland, UK, construction is due to start on a $60.5 million (€69 million) biomass CHP plant. Utilising by-products sourced from Scotch Whisky distilleries, the facility will generate 7.2MW of electricity, produce animal feed and slash carbon emissions. Most of the electricity generated at the site, which is enough to power 9,000 households, will be transported to the national…
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With the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) announced, increased levels of Feed-in Tariffs (FITs) proposed for anaerobic digestion (AD) and the coalition government's promise to deliver a significant amount of energy from waste sources through the process of anaerobic digestion, all eyes are on the AD industry right now. On 6-7 July 2011, Hall 10, NEC, Birmingham will be home to UK AD & Biogas…
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In Texas, US, the state's inaugural biomass power plant is to soon begin producing electricity. Owned by Aspen Power, the $107-$112 million (€76-€80 million) plant will generate 57MW of power a year from 60-70 truck loads a day of biomass. Between 50 to 52MW of the overall power produced at the site will go into the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT) grid, from which 75% of…
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In Wales, UK, the threat of rising energy costs could see residents switch from using fossil fuels to renewable energy in their homes. A price surge of 15% in the upcoming months is expected to encourage home owners to install biomass boilers in their homes. According to Andrew Boroughs, owner of Welshpool-based Organic Energy, the sales of wood pellet burners has increased by 20% in Q1 2011…
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In Bristol, England, UK, the installation of a new biomass boiler is saving Portishead Open Air Pool £6,000 (€4,203) a year on fuel bills. The pool previously used the equivalent of 1 litre of oil per swimmer per year. The installation of the new boiler will see 80% less fossil oil burned at the site, with a saving of more than 2,000 tonnes of carbon throughout the pool's…
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Clean water and green energy solutions provider Global Water Engineering's (GWE) Asia-Pacific cassava plant project has achieved international recognition. The project uses a technology that helps minimise pollution, save power and enhance profitability. In order to reduce pollution levels at its plant by more than 95%, GWE partnered with Chokyuenyong Industrial of Thailand. The company also…
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