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In May this year the Lower Reule Bioenergy anaerobic digestion (AD) plant, supported by the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP), came online in Staffordshire, UK, with the ability to generate 1.3MW of power from 15,000 tonnes of waste. However it is expected that this will increase to 30,000 tonnes of waste a year once phase two of the development process is completed in October 2010.…
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In a bid to incorporate anaerobic digestion into its composting process, organic recycling firm Ceder Grove Composting has ventured with Germany-based green energy producer BioFerm Energy. ‘Cedar Grove is always seeking proven new technologies to bring waste materials to a higher use, for example, turning food waste into compost or energy,’ Ceder Grove Composting’s CEO Steve Banchero…
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Gameslack Farm, Wetwang, UK, is to be home to a new biomass plant after having been given the green light. Despite huge opposition from local residents, East Riding planning councillors granted permission for the project to go ahead. The plant, which was voted nine to six in favour by the councillors, will burn mostly straw for the generation of 12MW power. Coun Paul Robinson, support…
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In Rwanda, southern Africa, a biogas plant has been constructed for Nsinda Central Prison in Rwamagana District, Eastern Province. The project is supported by the Ministry of Environment and Forestry and the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), which came about in an attempt to reduce the amount of firewood being consumed at the prison. The commissioner general of prisons Mary…
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In Oregon, US, three projects dedicated to generating energy from sustainable sources have been awarded $3 million (€2.4 million) in government funding. The US department of Energy’s State Energy Program split the funds between the counties of Lake, Tillamook and Wallowa. The Lakeview Cogenerative project received $1.7 million to convert wood waste into bioelectricity and heat. The…
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France-based energy provider GDF Suez is thought to be investing €5 million in a biomass plant located in Bansko, Bulgaria. GDF Suez representatives met with the town mayor Alexander Kravarov and privately owned French company Bul Eco Energy. GDF Suez will present Bansko Municipality with its investment offer by the end of July 2010. To date the French energy company has installed biomass…
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Gas and electricity provider British Gas and Adnams Bio Energy have completed the construction phase of their groundbreaking anaerobic digestion (AD) plant. Using waste from the brewery and left over food the venture will produce biogas that, in conjunction with the National Grid, will be injected into the grid sometime this year. The AD plant will be the first in the UK to produce biogas…
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The Philippines is pushing ahead with its biomass production and now has a total of 18 biomass plants, according to an ex-government official. According to local news website, InterAksyon.com, the Philippines has the ability to use enough biomass power plants to provide energy to more than 300,000 homes. According to the news channel, former Senator Juan Miguel Zubiri said: "Fired mainly by…
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China has the potential to provide millions of people living in rural parts of the country with electricity, according to the report ‘Rural Biomass Energy 2020 in the People’s Republic of China’. In order to fulfil its potential, however, China needs $60 billion (€48.8 billion) by 2020. 30 million residents who still use kerosene-fuelled lamps and firewood for heat and cooking could…
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The Nova Scotia government is ending a legal requirement to operate a biomass plant based in Port Hawkesbury as a must-run facility. In a statement, the Nova Scotia government said it introduced the new rules due to concerns expressed from the local community about the "use of primary forest biomass for electricity". Under the terms of these new regulations, the number of new trees being cut down…
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Cornwall, UK, is set to be the home of a £1.5 million (€1.9 million) anaerobic digestion (AD) plant after planning permission, submitted by AD installation company Green and Pleasant Recycling, is close to being finalised at the Cornwall Council. The plant will process local food and waste as well as farm waste for the generation of 350km/h of electricity and 500kW/h of heat. The facility…
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Expected to be UK, Scotland’s largest anaerobic digestion (AD) plant, recycling firm Scotwaste’s £70 million (€86.4 million) facility has been granted planning permission. Based in Bathgate, Lothian, the plant will have the capacity to process all of West Lothian’s commercial, industrial and residential waste, and from it generate enough electricity to benefit 7,000 households.…
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Based in Michigan, US, energy provider Traverse City Light and Power has halted plans that would have seen the development of a 10MW biomass plant. The wood burning facility would have contributed towards the company’s 2020 target of 30% of electricity to come from renewable sources. According to Mike Coco, chairman of Traverse City, ‘Our ratepayers tell us they don’t know enough about…
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In Prince George, British Columbia, Canada, green energy provider Pacific BioEnergy is currently expanding its wood pellet plant, which has now reached the halfway point. The expansion of the plant will cost in the region of $24 million (€19.7 million), making it the largest of its kind in Canada and the second largest in North America after northern Florida. The plant will double in size…
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