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A UK-based producer and exporter of biomass has entered into a long-term partnership with Africa-based SIFCA’s subsidiary. Africa Renewables (AfriRen) and Ghana Rubber Estates (GREL) are to collaborate for eight years in order to develop renewable energy projects in Africa. During the agreement biomass in the form of woodchips will be extracted from GREL’s rubber tree plantation near…
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In the US, Kansas city-based Spectrum Business Ventures has acquired an ethanol production plant in Mead, Nebraska. The plant was formerly owned by E3 Biofuels – Mead but Spectrum purchased the company’s assets out of bankruptcy. The $90 million (€67.9 million) facility, called the Genesis Complex, was launched back in 2007, however full-time operations failed to commence after E3…
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In the Philippines, Bacavalley Energy has launched its biomass power plant in San Pedro, Laguna. The plant, which cost $10 million (€7.57 million) to construct, will generate 4MW of energy from methane gas produced at the San Pedro landfill. The landfill is located in a 12-hectare site in the southern province of Luzon and consists of around 1.6 million tonnes of waste. In 2007 two areas of…
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In California, the US, Mendota Bioenergy has become the latest company to receive a grant from the California Energy Commission (CEC) in a bid to develop more renewable energy projects in the region. The $1.5 million (€1.12 million) grant will see Mendota Bioenergy test the feasibility of converting sugar beets and agricultural waste into ethanol and other forms of clean energy, Should the…
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In India the Khadki Cantonment Board (KCB) is planning to set up a biogas plant in Gawliwada. Construction is expected to commence shortly. When the Rs. 55 lakh (€91,930) plant is operational it will generate 400kW of electricity a day from a daily supply of 5 tonnes of organic waste. The electricity will be used to power streetlights and the cantonment hospital. The plant will treat a…
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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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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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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 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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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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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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Clean Development Projects Limited, a London, UK-based company dedicated to promoting and facilitating sustainability in energy, has signed an agreement with a Tunisian cement company to develop a 500,000-hectare bioenergy plantation. The oil obtained from the bioenergy plantation will be used to power cement plants in Tunisia, reducing carbon emissions by more than 2 million tonnes of CO2 a…
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As the UK reaches a critical crossroads for renewable energy, and specifically the generation of biogas through anaerobic digestion (AD), The Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Association (ADBA)’s National Conference 2010 could not come at a more important time. Bringing together government departments and agencies, interest groups and industry, the conference will consider AD's place in the…
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Following plans to build the Midwest’s largest biomass power plant in Ashland, US, utility holding company Xcel Energy has now put these plans on hold. The decision was made after the cost of the project turned out to be 37% higher than initial estimations. It was first thought that the total cost would be $58.1 million (€44.57 million). However, following further work it was found that it…
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