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For the first time the AEBIOM Bioenergy Conference & RENEXPO Bioenergy Europe will open its doors in the Albert Hall in Brussels, Belgium, from June 30th to July 1st. This joint event of the European Biomass Association (AEBIOM) and the REECO Group is an exclusive get-together of the European bioenergy industry. Strong partners were acquired for this event with a focus on bioenergy. The…
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In Bangladesh Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL), a state-run non-banking financial institution, says it targets the installation of 36,000 biogas plants in the country by 2012. Experts say only 3% of people in the country living in cities are now receiving natural gas through pipelines for their household cooking and 70% of the total population are not getting it. Like…
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UK-headquartered Blue Sphere Corporation, an emission reduction project integrator, has signed a non-binding term sheet for the construction and operation of a biomass-fired cogeneration facility in Henan Province, China. Blue Sphere and its co-developer Hanmei Straw Cogeneration have estimated that the annual electricity generated could be 140.8 million Kwh, the annual heat supply could be…
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In Canada the New Brunswick government is setting aside land for biomass projects, enough to replace about 200 million litres of oil. More than 1.2 million m3 of the province's branches, tree tops and foliage are to be allocated to forest products companies generating energy and value-added products. The Department of Natural Resources is to announce that eight proposals out of 16…
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Walters Environmental is awaiting a decision from a planning committee about its 3-5MW biomass power station in Neath, Wales. The company will develop the combined heat and power plant at the old coal stocking ground in Maesgwyn, near Glynneath. If approved it would create 50 jobs during the year-long construction stage and 14 jobs once it is operational. Some residents and Glynneath town…
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In Mumbai, India,A2Z Maintenance & Engineering Services is planning to invest about Rs 3,000 crore (€533,535,474.97) to set up a 500MW municipal solid-waste power plant by 2012. The operator and engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company requires an equity contribution of about Rs 500-600 crore and will raise the funds through IPO and internal accruals. The company, in the…
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Canada-based forest products provider Tolko Industries has signed a contract with Ottawa-based Ensyn Technologies to build an CA$80 million (€63.8 million) plant to generate electricity from sawdust and other wood waste at a Tolko Industries’ sawmill in High Level, Aberta. The joint venture is the world's largest commercial project of its kind, using fast pyrolysis to process 400 tonnes…
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In a bid to quantify and understand the environmental impacts of different strategies for producing large quantities of energy crops and other crop residues at the watershed scale the US Department of Energy (DoE) has announced $5 million (€4.1 million) in funding for research focused on sustainable production of large quantities of non-food biomass for bioenergy. This is part of DoE’s…
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Gainesville Regional Utilities (GRU) and American Renewables' joint petition for the Gainesville Renewable Energy Center, a planned 100MW biomass power plant has been approved by Florida's Public Service Commission (FPS). American Renewables will build, own and operate the facility and will sell all energy and environmental attributes generated from the facility to GRU for a period of…
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The government of Ireland has launched new renewable energy feed-in tariffs, helping to fortify the biomass industry. The renewable energy feed-in tariffs range from €0.15 per kilowatt hour (kWh) to €0.8.5 per kWh depending on the technology deployed, as well as a miscanthus pilot demonstration programme. The new biomass tariffs, introduced on 24 May, support technologies including…
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In Castle Bytham, Lincolnshire, UK, an application filed by Bygen Power for the construction of a biogas plant has received unanimous objecting votes from Castle Bytham parish council in an attempt to block the build on a nearby farm. Deemed as too large and in the wrong place, local residents have expressed woes about vehicle noise and pollution, and the possibility of water contamination.…
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County councillors in St. Albans, UK, have approved a biomass plant. If the facility receives planning permission from the Secretary of State it will be built on EQ Waste Management’s composting site, which has spontaneously combusted numerous times in previous years. EQ’s director Adrian Lupson received a £17,000 (€20,220) fine in 2009 after management of the plot was deemed below the…
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The Kenya Domestic Biogas Programme, which will see the construction of 8,000 biogas digesters across 28 districts in Kenya, Africa, is receiving a helping hand from the Netherlands. The Dutch government will invest KES200 million (€2 million) in the programme while beneficiaries will raise the other half in order to implement the Sh50,000 each digesters. Each digester will run off a daily…
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Sweden’s vision to produce 50% of its energy from sustainable sources by 2020 looks extremely likely since 32% of its energy is already generated from biomass. The government is striving for the nation to become 100% fossil-free by the year 2030 and as a result investments in the sector have soared over the past few years. However, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly, logs and wood…
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