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In India Clenergen Corporation has begun generating electricity at its anaerobic digestion plant located in Salem, Tamilnadu. By 1 September the plant will produce 1MW/h of renewable energy. This will increase to 1.5MW/h by October this year. The facility will use methane from chicken waste, which is then used to power the plant’s GE Jenbacher turbine engines. Clenergen intends to install…
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The possibility of building a biogas pipeline, which has been proposed for Cayuga County, New York, US, will be discussed today. If the pipeline were approved by Cayuga County Legislature it would transport biogas and convert it into useable energy. It would stretch for 40 miles, connecting seven dairy farms. Anaerobic digesters located at each site would extract the biogas from cow manure…
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In a bid to increase its production of renewable energy, Clark County commissioners are considering plans to build a $10-20 million (€7.7-15.8 million) biomass plant in Vancouver, Washington, US. County commissioner Steve Stuart commented: ‘We are looking at a biomass generation facility that could save the taxpayers over $100,000 a year in energy costs for county facilities.’ However…
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A multimillion-pound biomass plant, which has been proposed for an industrial site near Fort William, Scotland, UK, is facing opposition from local residents. The company behind the proposals, which have caused worries about emissions, increased noise levels and the visual impact it would have on the surrounding area, is low carbon energy company Peel Energy. The plant would process around…
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North Carolina, US-based Duke Energy will buy swine and poultry waste output to use as feedstock for a planned biogas facility to generate renewable electricity at four power stations. Carbon Cycle Energy will build and own the plant whose location has not been announced, but is expected to be in eastern North Carolina. "It is encouraging to see the technological advances that allow…
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The silent residents of the Arnos Vale cemetery in the UK may get a chance to put in some after-life work hours powering the graveyard’s new lighting system. A research team from Columbia University (CU) in the US has won a competition, organised by the University of Bath’s (UoB) Centre for Death and Society, to reimagine the historic resting grounds, opened near Bristol in 1836. The…
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In India, following the opening of its first plant in February 2010, the city of Pune’s second biogas facility has recently come online. Generating electricity from around 3.5 tonnes of wet garbage a day, the new plant, which is located at Lumbini garden in the Maharashtra Housing Board, is currently powering almost 100 streetlights, including 15 250W, 29 150W and 70W and 25 96W lamps.…
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A poultry waste-to-biopower plant looks set for Northern Ireland, following environmental minister Edwin Poots’ announcement that he intends to approve the project. The facility has been developed and proposed by Rose Energy for Glenary in the county of Antrim and will generate 30MW of power from poultry bedding, meat and bone meal. Commenting on his decision to approve the plant, Poots…
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Enfield, north London, UK, will soon be home to a new biomass plant after Enfield council granted planning permission on 31 August. Irish-based Kedco, the renewable energy firm behind the plans, can now begin securing funding for the 12MW plant, which is predicted to cost in the region of £45 million (€53.6 million) to build. Following this, it is thought that the facility will be up and…
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In collaboration with electricity provider NV Energy, Placer County is looking to construct a biomass plant in California, US. Generating between 1 and 3MW of energy the facility has been narrowed down to one of two sites: a 1.3-acre plot in Kings Beach or a site in Tahoe City. However the residents of Kings Beach are not happy that this site has been shortlisted for consideration as it is so…
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A $92 million (€72.1 million) waste-to-power plant proposed for Maricopa, Arizona, US, has been approved by the Maricopa City Council. Western Bio-Energy is behind the development, which will generate 30MW of electricity from 300,000 tonnes of green waste a year for around 35,000 homes. According to Robert Buckingham, president of Western Bio-Energy, the 46-acre site along the Maricopa Casa…
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In the central Spanish province of Burgos, renewable energy firm Acciona Energy has connected its second biomass plant to the grid. Costing €50 million to build, the facility will produce 16MW of electricity from 102,000 tonnes of straw a year. Acciona has already secured its feedstock supply and this will come mainly from the Burgos and Palencia provinces through medium- and long-term…
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In a bid to encourage renewable transport fuel, Sheffield City Council is set to introduce a number of biogas-powered vans to the UK-based city’s streets. The fleet of six vehicles will run on biogas extracted from the treatment of raw sewage as part of a trial looking at a variety of green alternatives for motorists. The biogas is being supplied by Kelda Water and its sister company…
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This years Bioenergy International expo & conference is only two weeks away and an exciting line up of speakers, exhibitors and attendees are getting ready to meet at the Coast Plaza Hotel and Conference Centre in Calgary, Alberta on the 28th and 29th of September. Along with the concurrent expo the conference will not only look at market targets and regulations in Canada and the…
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