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The 7 February 2011 saw Dutch fish processing company A van de Groep open its biogas plant. Located in Spakenburg, the Netherlands, the facility is one of the largest in the nation. It has enough capacity to provide 3,500 households with gas. At the plant, fish and other food waste is converted into 6 million m3 of renewable energy annually. That is 6% of the total biogas produced in the…
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A biogas plant under construction in Flint, Michigan, US, could undergo expansion before operations commence. A joint venture between renewable energy company Swedish Biogas International and the City of Flint, the plant will produce biogas from waste, including primary and secondary sludge. The biogas will be used in the natural gas network and also for the production of renewable…
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In Surat, India, Surat Municipal Corporation (SMC) is looking to build three biogas-fired power plants, which will generate 20,000 units of electricity a day. Two out of the three new power plants, located in Dindoli and Variyav-Kosad, have been developed already and will come online within the next six months. The third will begin operations within a year. SMC owns a further four biogas power…
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Renewable energy company Laidlaw Energy Group is to acquire a biomass-fired power plant after it entered into a Letter of Intent on 7 February 2011. Laidlaw will purchase the 14MW plant from Renegy Holdings and other affiliated shareholders. The president and CEO of Laidlaw Michael Baroszek notes: 'This transaction is part of a larger strategy of growth and diversification that we have been…
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In Sweden energy company Göteborg Energi AB is developing a biogas project, known as GoBiGas20MW. GoBiGas20MW is focusing on producing biogas through the gasification of biofuels and forestry waste. Technology provider Metso will supply the gasifier to sustain new gasification technology. A demo gasification plant is scheduled to be built in two stages to demonstrate the technology of the…
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Not-for-profit Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative (NOVEC) and Michigan-based energy services company Novi Company have been given the go-ahead to start preliminary construction work on its biomass-fired power plant. Proposed for South Boston in Virginia, the US, the $175 million (€129 million) plant will convert between 250,000 and 500,000 tonnes a year of forest slash into 50MW of…
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In Honolulu, Hawaii, Hawaiian Electric Company has submitted a request for an annual supply of 3 to 7 million gallons of biodiesel. The biodiesel will power the 100MW Campbell Estate Industrial Park generating station – one of the world's largest commercial-scale power plants to be 100% fuelled by biodiesel. 250,000 gallons of the biofuel supply will go towards powering the Honolulu…
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In Beaudesert, Queensland, Australia, power business Quantum Power has completed its second biogas-fired power plant. The facility converts biogas from meat processing and production firm AJ Bush & Son's covered anaerobic waste pond into electricity for use at the site. Construction was completed by Quantum, which also owns and operates the plant. 'Quantum has enjoyed the support of the AJ…
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Incentives implemented by the German government have led to a surge in over 6,000 anaerobic digestion (AD) plants being built across the nation. However, the vast majority of these are large-scale, around 1MW or above, thus affecting the tipping fees for waste food – which now stands at between €10 and €20 per tonne, down from €60 to €80 per tonne – and biocrop…
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Montreal, Canada-based energy company Boralex Inc. is said to be considering the closure of its biomass plant in Ashland. The company's 40MW facility will have to be shut down indefinitely if it fails to win an energy contract by March this year. Boralex blames spot market fluctuations in New England for its decision. However, the current market will not affect a 36MW wood-fired power plant in…
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Councillors are discussing a material amendment application for a Warminster, UK-based biogas plant, which was approved by Wiltshire Council in July last year. Town councillors disapprove of the chosen 3-acre site on which the facility will be built, despite having welcomed a plan that will see the height of the biogas tanks reduced. The project will see existing farm structures replaced with new…
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In India the state of Haryana's total energy needs – 1,019MW – could be met by the nation's waste forest and agricultural biomass, according to a study conducted by the Haryana Renewable Energy Development Agency (HAREDA). The state is currently generating 128.11MW of power from renewable energy sources. The study shows that Haryana's available biomass, after taking into account…
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An operator of wood pellet production facilities, US-based Wood Fuel Developers, is developing its second plant in Richmond, Virginia. Plans for the new $8.6 million (€6.3 million) plant come after the company’s first Virginia-based plant was announced earlier this year in Greensville County. Planned for Sussex County, the facility will create an estimated 28 jobs for the local…
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The US Department of Agriculture's Bioenergy Program for Advanced Biofuels is awarding two wood pellet companies almost $300,000 (€218,691) in funds. $163,000 will be awarded to Woods Pellet Company in Athens, Maine, while Corinth Wood Pellets will receive $125,000. The federal grant is part of a scheme to encourage biofuel production. The programme is dedicated to supporting businesses that…
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