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Located in Cirencester in Gloucester, UK, heat and power supplier Alfagy’s new biogas plant is expected to open in November this year. The opening of the new facility, which will produce power from chicken waste, in addition to corn and wheat, will make Cirencester one of the first towns in the UK to receive renewable electricity sourced from poultry litter. The CHP unit will generate around…
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In Bangalore, India, a landfill waste-to-electricity plant has been installed at K R Puram. Following two decades of research Scalene Energy Research Institute (SERI) provided the technology for the power plant. Named Spiral Protium Accelerated Reactor Super Enrichment (SPARSE), SERI claims that its technology is the first of its kind in the world. The technology has not yet been…
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In the Philippines the province of San Mariano, Isabela, is to receive a $120 million (€86 million) investment for the construction of an ethanol plant. The Japanese firm Itochu Corp. is behind the investment, while Green Future Innovations (GFI) will develop the project. GFI is a joint venture between Itochu, Japan-based JGC Corp., the Philippine Bioethanol and Energy Investments Corp. and…
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As two UK-based plants producing renewable gas for injection into the National Grid came online at the beginning of October, the Renewable Energy Association (REA) claims that they have been built in expectation of regulations being introduced next year to create a financial incentive for renewable gas. The Labour government was planning to introduce the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) in April…
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Speaking at the Conservative Party conference on 5 October 2010, cabinet officer minister Oliver Letwin said that his government’s ‘incentive for renewable heat will give us a huge expansion of anaerobic digestion, enabling us to produce huge supplies of home-produced, low carbon gas.’ And while the chairman of the Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Association (ADBA) Lord Redesdale welcomed…
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Delegates registering for the upcoming Bioenergy International Asia expo & conference can now receive a 10% discount to the event if they register before 15th October. The two day event, being held on 10-11th November in Kuala Lumpur, organised by market leading publication Biofuels International magazine, is now in its second year and is supported by the Malaysian Biodiesel…
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At the Adnams Brewery in Southwold, UK, Adnams Bio Energy, British Gas and National Grid have delivered the UK’s first biomethane produced from brewery waste and local food waste to the gas grid. The project will generate up to 4.8kWh annually, benefitting around 235 homes a year, or enough to power a family sized car for 4 million miles. It is hoped that the project will eventually produce…
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At the Thames Water sewage works in Didcot, UK, Thames Water, Scotia Gas Networks and Centrica have launched the UK’s first biomethane-to-grid (BtG) plant. In celebration of this milestone a barbeque fuelled by the gas produced on site will be held. Scotia Gas Networks provided funding to facilitate research and development in the UK gas industry, which enabled the project to be developed…
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American Renewables, a Boston, US-based company which develops, builds and operates clean energy facilities, has secured a long-term supply deal for its 100MW biomass plant in Gainesville, Florida. The contract will see waste recycling firm Wood Resource Recovery supply around 50% of the total biomass fuel needed when operations at the plant commence towards the end of 2013. According to…
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The Japanese government has implemented a set of guidelines that could see the nation cut its CO2 emissions by 30% by 2030 compared to levels in 1990. Japan is the fifth largest producer of greenhouse gases in the world and is looking to boost the amount of electricity generated from non-fossil fuels in a bid to cut these emissions by 25% by 2020. Currently just 34% of the country’s…
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A subsidiary of Cliffs Natural Resources, Ohio, US-based Renewafuel has finished the construction of its biomass cube fuel pellet plant in Gwinn, Michigan. The project, which was announced back in June 2008, cost $19 million (€13.85 million) to build and will create 25 new jobs when fully operational. Renewafuel, a provider of renewable energy for industrial and institutional applications,…
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In Sicily, Italy, RWE Innogy Italia is to build a biomass cogeneration plant after signing a construction agreement. Together RWE Innogy and its JV partner Fri-EI Green Power will own 90% of the project, while the remaining 10% will be owned by Infrastrutture e Gestioni S.p.A. Construction of the plant is expected to commence later on this year before it comes online in late 2012. When…
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Developer, owner and operator of renewable energy projects Methane Power is looking to raise $20 million (€14.59 million) to build a number of power projects in the US states of North and South Carolina. Based in Charlotte, North Carolina, Methane Power aims to generate up to 10MW of renewable energy from landfill gas (LFG) within the next 12 months. According to Methane Power’s founding…
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In Shropshire, UK, Bishop’s Castle Biomass Power looked set to acquire land on which it was planning to construct a biomass power plant. However a recent meeting saw the development scrutiny committee agree to send the matter back to the Shropshire Council’s cabinet to review its decision. Over 350 people attended the meeting to voice their concerns about the project and the committee’s…
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