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In a bid to cut its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, British Airways (BA) has teamed up with Solena Group, a renewable energy producer, to construct a waste-to-biofuels plant. Solena will invest around $300 million (€233.9 million) in the plant and is already considering two potential sites, both located close by to Dagenham, east London, UK. The plant will produce 16 million gallons of…
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London looks likely to miss its 20% renewable energy target that was set prior to the Olympic Games. In a meeting between the London Assembly’s Environment Committee and the head of sustainability at the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games, David Stubbs explained that there are not enough renewable energy projects in the city. A planned wind turbine scheme has already been…
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A new quarterly magazine will launch in September, targeted at companies producing biomass, biopower and biogas. BIOENERGY INSIGHT magazine is a brand new international publication borne out of extensive research and a market demand for information. Using a totally up to date circulation list, the magazine will provide the inside track on issues surrounding pellet/briquette biomass production…
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Industrial gas and equipment supplier Air Products is planning to construct a renewable energy plant in Tees Valley, UK. The facility still needs to be approved by Stockton on Tees Borough Council and receive consent from the Environment Agency. However, if it goes ahead, 50 permanent jobs will be created, in addition to 500-700 construction jobs. It is expected to take three years to…
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In the town of Warminster, Wiltshire, UK, property developer and energy supplier Malaby Martin Ltd. has been granted planning permission for the construction of a biogas plant. Wiltshire Council approved the plant, which is planned for Bore Hill Farm – a redundant smallholding consisting of a farmhouse, disused outbuildings and 12 acres of land. Employing anaerobic digestion technology for…
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Construction has begun on what will soon be Hungary’s largest biogas plant. The Hungarian division of Germany-based Aufwind Neue Energien laid the facility’s cornerstone on 16th July this year in Szarvas, southeast Hungary. Costing HUF 3.9 billion (€13.5 million) to build the plant will produce 4.2MW of energy each year. The project, expected to be completed early next year, received…
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Following the closure of a number of sawmills throughout Lake County, Oregon, US, a new biomass plant is being developed for the region. Planned to be built alongside the country’s last remaining sawmill, the project will be Iberdrola Renewables’ first fully owned and operated biomass power plant. Renewable energy company Iberdrola Renewables received a $1.7 million (€1.3 million)…
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Near Kiev, Ukraine, the country’s first biogas cogeneration plant at the Ukrainian Milk Company has been operating successfully for nine months. Converting the manure from 4,000 cows into biogas, the plant employs a Jenbacher gas engine manufactured by GE Energy, a company serving the energy sector by developing and deploying technology that makes efficient use of natural resources. The…
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A biomass plant being developed for the Isle of Wight may have the capacity to supply electricity to more than two thirds of the island’s population. Costing £130 million (€154 million) to construct, the Reality Energy Centre has been proposed for a disused landfill site in Newport, adjacent to Vestas R&D centre. Real Ventures Ltd. is expected to submit a planning application before…
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Producer of natural gas-burning engines, Vancouver, Canada-based Westport Innovations, is to manufacture engines for motor company Volvo after it signed an agreement to develop products that will run off biogas and natural gas. Although the company refused to divulge any information surrounding the new engine products, Westport explained that it would be repaid for the engineering and related…
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UK-based energy provider Peel Energy is currently developing a large-scale biomass plant planned for Tafford, Manchester, UK. Costing £70 million (€83.5 million) to build, the biomass facility will generate 20MW of energy from recycled wood, agricultural waste and energy crops. This is enough to provide 37,000 homes with energy – almost a third of Trafford borough’s population. The…
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In Newport, Wales, UK, the trading name of food manufacturer Premier Foods – RF Brookes – will soon house the first anaerobic digestion (AD) plant attached to a food factory in Wales. RF Brookes produces ready meals for Marks & Spencer and this will be the feedstock for the company’s £5 million (€6 million) food waste-to-energy plant, which has already started being built. The…
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The UK has the capacity to produce 7% of its renewable energy required by 2020. Every year it produces 100 million tonnes of biomass waste, including animal and food waste and sewage sludge, that can be converted into biogas for the generation of heat and power. Now, the UK government is developing a plan of action that will see a ‘huge increase’ in AD plants. To date the UK consists of…
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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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