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The Indonesian government has been urged to implement more incentives in a bid to encourage households and small businesses to use biogas as a source of renewable energy and reduce the nation's reliance on fossil fuels. According to the Indonesian Chamber of Commerce and industry chairman Suryo Bambang Sulisto, the country's potential to develop biogas is great, however the cost of infrastructure…
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Helius Corde, the joint venture of biomass energy development company Helius Energy and The Combination of Rothes Distillers has received conformation of credit approval from both Lloyds Banking Group and the Royal Bank of Scotland for a non-resource project finance credit facility. Under the approval, the two banks will provide up to 75% of the total funding requirement for the construction and…
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Two biomass-fired power plants in California, US, have been fined a combined total of $835,000 (€610,165). Ampersand Chowchilla Biomass and Merced Power received the penalty after a joint investigation by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District found that the two facilities violated the Clean Air Act and district rules. These…
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In a bid to reduce the cost of energy bills, cutting tool manufacturer Simonds International, headquartered in Fitchburg in Massachusetts, US, is to install a combined heat and power (CHP) congeneration plant to generate electricity and thermal power. After deciding to install a 100% modular all-in-one and connection-ready congeneration system to save costs and reduce technical risk, Simonds…
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Manufacturer of processed biomass Enviva has acquired a port terminal in Chesapeake, Virginia, US. The purchase will help Enviva satisfy the growing demand for renewable energy feedstock overseas, primarily Europe. The terminal was formerly owned by Giant Cement Company. Under Enviva's ownership the terminal will receive, store and load more than three million tonnes a year of sustainably…
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A renewable energy plant has received governmental approval, despite the application being refused 12 months ago. Proposed by technology provider W4B for Avonmouth, Bristol, in the UK, the plant will utilise palm oil for the production of biopower. This did not sit well with critics and the plant was slammed for using a fuel which contributes to rainforest deforestation. The power station was…
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An action group has been formed in a bid to fight against a proposed biomass plant. Proposed for the former Oran Recycling site at Lambhill Farm in the UK, Lambhill Energy is planning to construct a renewable energy plant. However, the Blairingone Action Group believes that the development poses serious health and safety risks for the local residents and is insisting that the project be upgraded…
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India's renewable energy sources have the potential to generate 68,000MW of green power costing under RS.6 (€0.098) per unit, according to a report by funding agency The World Bank. The study, titled Potential of Renewable Energy in India, states: 'Developing indigenous renewable energy sources, which have low marginal costs of generation, are more economically viable in the long…
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In the town of Altavista in Virginia, US, Dominion Virginia Power is planning to convert its Altavista Power Station from a coal-burning plant to a biomass one. The plant was temporarily shut down towards the end of 2010 to begin the conversion project. Dominion hopes that it will be reopened as a biomass power plant within three years. Some construction work needs to be carried out on the…
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After more than two years since Atikokan Renewable Fuels, an Ontario, Canadian-based company dedicated to the production of pellet fuel, completed the acquisition of a facility, it finally has all the wood necessary to begin operations at its pellet production facility. The company received the full amount of 179,400m3 of poplar and birch wood, in addition to maintaining the 100,000m3 of wood…
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Wood pellet company Corinth Wood Pellets of Maine, US, is planning to expand its business. The pellet firm is on track to receive almost $125,000 (€92,327) from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to fund the expansion, which includes an increase in pellet production and the use of advanced biofuels. According to CFO Steven Goldberg, 'Wood pellets are not only a cost saving, but it's a…
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DeltaPoint Capital Management, a financial company based in Rochester, New York, US, has acquired its second biomass plant in seven months. DeltaPoint bought wood pellet manufacturer Dry Creek Products for an undisclosed sum, but the purchase was aided by a $3.2 million (€2.4 million) investment by the New York state pension fund. In July 2010 DeltaPoint set up Biomaxx, a holding company for…
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In the town of Grand Falls-Windsor, Canada, the wood pellet business looks lucrative and three wood pellet production facilities are currently in operation. It is for this reason that out of the five proposals submitted to the provincial government for the redundant mill, two were for sawmills and wood pellet production. Now the Newfoundland and Labrador Lumbers Producers Association (NLLPA) is…
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Residents against a proposed biomass plant in Leith, Scotland, have taken their protest to the next level. Behind the £360 million (€426.6 million) development is Forth Energy, a renewable energy company, which claims that the new facility could create over 200 jobs, both during and post-construction, and help Scotland meet its renewable energy targets. If approval were granted for the…
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