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A UK biogas company has been ordered to pay £20,000 (€23,859) for poor management of a facility and polluting waterways. The UK Environment Agency said Trinity Hall Biogas poorly managed its anaerobic digestion (AD) plant in Hockliffe, Bedfordshire, which led to watercourses being polluted, the Energy Live News reports. Luton Magistrates’ Court heard water quality was chronically…
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Within 25 years, the US could produce enough biomass to support a bioeconomy, including renewable aquatic and terrestrial biomass resources that could be used for energy and to develop products for economic, environmental, social, and national security benefits, a new study finds. The 2016 Billion-Ton Report, jointly released by the US Department of Energy (DOE) and Oak Ridge National…
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Researchers at the University of Georgia have crossed American sweetgum tree with its Chinese cousin, creating hybrid sweetgum trees that have a potential to boost bioenergy production. The hybrid sweetgums have a better growth rate and denser wood than native varieties and can produce fibre year-round. Sweetgum trees thrive under diverse conditions, grow as fast as pine trees and provide the…
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Groen Gas Gelderland (GGG), a co-operative venture between biogas specialists BEB Holding, Engie Biogas Holding and Biogas Plus, has started construction of biogas plant in the Netherlands. The plant, which is due to open in 2017, aims to produce gas from 72,000 tonnes of waste per year. The waste includes manure, high-energy crops and grass. AIM-listed Greenlane Biogas, a biogas upgrading…
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The UK’s Wood Recyclers Association (WRA) is calling on the Environment Agency (EA) to clarify its position on bespoke permits under new Fire Prevention Plan (FPP) guidance for the UK’s wood waste sector, following fears it could seriously damage the industry. In an e-bulletin sent out last week, the Environment Agency (EA) stated a number of changes to the proposed FPP guidance…
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Canadian natural gas distributor Gaz Métro has announced that it has been conducting a demonstration project aimed at converting wood chips into natural gas using a new thermochemical process. The company has been running the project over several months. It has been in collaboration with British Columbia-based cleantech company G4 Insights. The demonstration-scale project uses a…
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Corix Multi-Utility Services, a Canadian provider of sustainable utility infrastructure, has signed an agreement with Simon Fraser University (SFU) to move forward with the construction of a new $39-million facility that would use locally sourced biomass to produce green, thermal energy for the two grids it serves. The plant will be based in Burnaby Mountain –a low, forested mountain in the…
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Danish biogas plant builder Xergi won the category for “Best international agricultural plant” at the AD & Biogas Industry Awards last week. The award, given to the company for its Nature Energy Holsted biogas plant in Denmark, which was commissioned in 2015, was handed out at the AD & Biogas show in Birmingham, UK, on 6-7 July. Jørgen Ballermann, CEO at Xergi, said he…
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The UK’s anaerobic digestion (AD) industry will concentrate on improving its environmental, operational and safety performance in an effort to move the sector forward, Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association’s (ADBA) CEO Charlotte Morton told Bioenergy Insight. Morton’s comments came as she officially launched ADBA’s Best Practice Scheme for the AD sector at the…
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The UK anaerobic digestion (AD) market has expanded with a new player when a new company called Amur launched at the UK AD & Biogas show in Birmingham. The business, part of AB Agri, an Associated British Foods subsidiary, will work with agricultural and waste-fed AD operators to supply them with high quality feedstocks and additives to improve plant performance. Nigel Lee, who will lead…
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England’s first action plan designed to increase the quantity and quality of household and commercial food waste collected and recycled has been launched today. Announced at UK AD & Biogas 2016 conference, the Food Waste Recycling Action Plan (FWRAP) developed by industry – including local authorities, waste treatment operators, private sector waste collectors, and industry bodies…
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Midlands Wood Fuel (MWF), wood fuel supplier to Central and Northern England and Wales, has today joined forces with Forest Fuels, another UK wood fuel supplier, under the ownership of AMP. MWF is a long-standing wood fuel supplier with 14 depots covering an area that stretches from York down to Gloucester and Oxford, with more than 500 customers. According to Forest Fuels MD Peter Solly, the…
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Finnish process technology and automation provider Valmet will deliver a biomass-fired boiler plant and related automation and environmental systems to Segezha Pulp and Paper Mill (Segezha PPM) in Russia. The boiler, located in the Republic of Karelia, will produce steam for the mill's production processes and enables the mill to use wood residues and sludge as fuel and thus reduce the use of…
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Swiss clean-tech company Hitachi Zosen Inova (HZI) has received an order to construct a second waste-to-energy facility at Ferrybridge, UK, in the aftermath of a successful delivery of the site’s first plant. The complete plant, consisting of a total of four lines, ranks among Europe’s largest and most efficient EfW plants. “HZI proved itself to be an exceptionally constructive…
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