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FCC Environment, a UK-based waste management company, has announced that its Buckinghamshire energy-from-waste (EfW) plant has taken its first delivery of residual waste and is generating power. Staff at Greatmoor EfW site, near Calvert, welcomed the first batch of bulked waste recently after passing all the relevant inspections. It means the plant — which will treat up to 300,000 tonnes of…
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The US Supreme Court on Tuesday barred President Obama’s Clean Power Plan (CPP) from taking effect until legal challenges against the legislation are solved. In a tight vote of 5-4, the court decided to put the plan on hold after receiving a request from 27 US States, led by Texas and West Virginia, and several businesses to block the CPP. The regulation is intended to lower US power plant…
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An anaerobic digestion plant in Canada has received a C$1,500,000 (€1.1 million) grant from The BC Bioenergy Network, a provincially-funded company supporting the growing bioenergy sector in British Columbia. The grant enables Elemental Energy to demonstrate Paradigm Environment Technologies' MicroSludge and anaerobic digestion at Catalyst Paper's Crofton-based pulp and paper mill on…
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Germany's energy wood and pellet sector had a difficult year in 2015 as falling oil and gas prices impacted on investment, according to a report by the Germany Energy Wood and Pellet Association (DEPV). In its annual report entitled Pellet market 2015 and Forecast 2016, the industry association said the "massive drop" in oil prices has "hampered" the pellet trade with only around 16,000 boilers…
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Along the Catawba River in North Carolina, US, commercial real estate development firm Forsite Development is currently developing a 20MW biomass plant, for which it has recently finalised some crucial decisions. The plant will form part of the ReVenture Park – 667 acres of land, including a solar field, a wastewater treatment facility, energy crop demonstration stands, an ethanol mixing…
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One of the largest biomass facilities in California has changed hands. Owner and operator of biomass power plants Greenleaf Power has reached an agreement to purchase 100% of Colmac Energy stock including the 47MW facility which sells its electrical output to Southern California Edison under a long-term agreement. The plant is fuelled primarily using clean diverted wood waste, green waste and…
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Canada-based Terasen Gas has received approval from the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) for a new renewable natural gas programme for an initial two-year period. In 2011 up to 24,000 residential customers will be able to subscribe to the programme on a first-come, first-served basis. The equivalent of 10% of customers' natural gas requirements will be assigned from local…
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Dow Chemical Co.’s largest manufacturing facility in Brazil will soon be powered from biomass. By Q4 2012 the Aratu Complex will begin burning eucalyptus wood biomass for the generation of power for its chemical processing plants. Over 75% of power and steam produced at the plant will then come from hydropower and eucalyptus cogeneration. Brazilian-based Energias Renovaveis do Brasil will…
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In India, Clenergen Corporation, a publicly traded company, has entered into a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) with SV Sugar Mill (SVS) to take over operations of an existing 27MW/h biomass power plant. By December 2011 the new project is expected to boot Clenergen’s output capacity to 51.5MW/h, in addition to its revenues, which are expected to reach approximately $40 million (€30.2…
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Japanese Sumitomo Corp. has signed a contract to acquire up to 20% of Cosan Biomassa, a subsidiary of the world's largest sugar and ethanol company, Cosan S.A. Industria e Comercio. The sale is subject to the prior approval of anti-trust authorities in some jurisdictions.   Cosan Biomassa has developed a fuel pellet made from sugarcane residues, such as bagasse from the sugar mill and…
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In South Africa, Johannesburg-based renewable energy firm Ecofuels has launched its biomass-fired power plant. The pilot model demonstration facility has a 120kW production capacity, enough to meet the electricity requirements of the business park where it is situated, and sufficient to power 30 homes. The plant generates 1kWh of power per 1kg of waste utilised. The plant will start out by…
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Biomass energy company Taylor Biomass Energy is to start building its waste-to-energy plant in Montgomery, New York, following approval of the Town Board. The facility is costing $134 million (€100.8 million) to construct, $100 million of which will be financed by a federal loan guarantee. Taylor has also signed a $2.4 million-a-year deal with the Port of Authority of New York and New Jersey…
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In the US, Port Gibson, Mississippi, will be home to a new biomass-fired power plant after National Clean Fuels (NACF) signed a profit participation agreement with the Center for Environment, Commerce and Energy (CECE) to construct a biomass-to-electricity facility. The plant will convert sawdust and woodchips into power. CECE and NACF will work together in the planning and implementation…
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In Scotland the UK subsidiary of Germany-based renewable energy firm RWE Innogy, RWE npower renewables, has started to build its biomass combined heat and power (CHP) plant in Markinch, Fife. With a production capacity of 50MW, the €235 million facility will be the largest of its kind in the UK. The plant will also deliver up to 120 tonnes of industrial steam per hour. The construction…
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