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Construction has commenced on biogas company Swedish Biogas International’s plant in Flint, Michigan, US. The biogas facility is being built at Flint’s wastewater treatment plant and, once completed, will produce electricity from human waste. Phase 1 of the build is expected to cost more than $4 million (€3.01 million).
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Following an announcement in July this year that food retailer Waitrose had submitted a planning application to the council that could see its 18,000 square foot supermarket in the Isle of Wight powered by biomass, the company is now switching to green transport fuel. Five of Waitrose’s home delivery vans – Mercedes Sprinters – will run on liquid biomethane (LBM), a renewable vehicle fuel…
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In Washington, US, Nippon Paper Industries is planning the construction of a cogeneration plant. The $71 million (€53.5 million) facility will be built at its mill in Port Angeles and generate steam and electricity from forest biomass that would otherwise remain unused or be burned. The biomass will produce 20MW of energy which will be sold to utility companies, while the new plant will add…
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In Colorado, US, biogas firm Heartland Renewable Energy has received approval from commissioners that will see the construction of an 80-acre biogas-to-power facility in Weld County. The plant will operate 24 hours a day, converting cattle manure into biogas that will generate enough energy to power 20,000 homes in communities such as Windsor, Frederick, Firestone and Dacono. The president…
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Following two-and-a-half years of planning, Harper Adams University College, located in Edgmond, UK will finally see work begin on its £3 million (€3.6 million) renewable power system. The turf cutting ceremony took place on 4 August and brought together all the major partners, including plant designer BiogenGreenfinch, energy company E.ON and local contractor Adonis Construction. The…
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In the area of Cowichan Lake, British Columbia, Canada, mayor Ross Forrest is considering starting up a wood pellet plant. As nearby forest companies are currently burning their waste wood, Forrest believes that a pellet facility would be beneficial to the region, not only for utilising waste wood, but for bringing jobs to the area. Following a meeting with the representatives of the Ministry…
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Drax’s plans to build its second biomass plant are close to completion. Following the success of its smaller facility in Goole, North Humberside, UK, the Yorkshire-based power station operator is now developing a pellet producing facility for the town of Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. Made from shredding, grinding, drying and compressing straw and miscanthus or elephant grass, the pellets will…
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The UK’s leading advanced digestion and integrated biogas to energy business Monsal has secured £14 million (€16.85 million) in funding. Awarded by the Waste Resources Fund (WRF), managed by FourWinds Capital Management, the capital will go towards financing Monsal’s AD company within the UK’s wastewater sector, in addition to providing infrastructure funding for biogas energy from…
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In Tennessee, US, biomass and bioenergy company Genera Energy has broke ground on its Biomass Innovation Park, a unique campus that, once completed, will integrate and optimise the entire biomass supply chain. The campus, which is being desgined by Michael Brady Architects of Knoxville and constructed by J&S Construction of Cookeville, will be built nearby to Genera Energy and Dupont Danisco…
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Hearings for a new biomass plant proposed for Nova Scotia, Canada, by Nova Scotia Power and NewPage, have begun. The $200 million (€152.9 million) cogeneration facility is facing opposition from groups claiming that it would result in high levels of deforestation. Plans cannot go ahead until the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board approve the project. If approved the plant, planned for the…
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UK-based waste management company Viridor Laing is to open an anaerobic digestion (AD) plant in Manchester. In September this year Viridor will start sending waste to the site in Manchester where its two wet AD tanks will convert the organic waste into methane. The plant will process roughly 100,000 tonnes of waste annually and the methane produced will be used to help power another facility…
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Spain-headquartered biomass plant builder and operator Gestamp Biomass and US renewable energy development company Clean Power Development will work together to develop, finance and operate biomass energy projects across the north-east region of the US. While multiple projects are under consideration in New Hampshire, the first to move forward under the exclusive agreement will be a 29MW…
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The Vinogradovsky district in north-west Russia will be home to a new wood pellet plant. The plant, which will employ 100 specialists, is expected to be completed by 2013 and will produce 35,000 tonnes of pellets annually. The project will challenge the issues of lumbering wastes and low-quality lumber in the region. Made from compacted sawdust, wood pellets are a type of fuel with high…
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A power station in Nebraska is set to replace some of its coal with biopellets thanks to a new deal. Biomass supplier Next Step Biofuels signed a letter of intent with Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) to test burn 2,200 tonnes of Next Step's corn stover PowerPellets. PowerPellets will replace up to 5% of the coal burned in one of OPPD's North Omaha Station boilers during the…
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