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UK-based waste management company Shanks has signed new contracts as it moves its plans forward for a residual waste treatment and recycling facility. A consortium of Dutch engineering company Imtech and Spanish environmental technology business Ros Roca have signed a £10 million (€11.7 million) in order to provide an anaerobic digestor (AD) plant, due to be based in Wakefield. It is…
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The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is considering investing around £400 million (€467.8 million) into biomass projects throughout 2013. It is believed the bank is working on five deals which would support facilities which use feedstock like wood chips to generate heat and power. Each plant would be built from scratch and have a capacity of between 50MW and 150MW. This move towards…
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Christmas trees are again set to be renewed as energy in Lithuania according to local news reports. Residents across 12 major cities will have the opportunity to drop their trees in specially marked containers, after which the trees will be used for both biofuel and heat for housing projects. This is the seventh year the campaign has run for a week in January. ‘The campaign gets more…
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Independent European electricity services providers Markedskraft and Noble Group’s subsidiary Noble Clean Fuels (NCF) has announced the formation of a strategic partnership for the Nordic energy market.  The partnership will combine Markedskraft’s portfolio management, physical optimisation and business analysis experience with NCF’s capabilities to offer bilateral trading…
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Biomass-to-energy business DP Cleantech is to deliver a biomass power plant into Poland for the Polish Energy Partners (PEP). The 30MW plant, to be fired with straw, is hoped to be operational within two years and cost $34.1 million (€25.6 million). It will be located in Winsko, south west Poland. ‘We are great admirers of what PEP is trying to achieve with biomass power in…
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New research by global management and consultancy business Bain points to increased wood pellet demand by Europe for electricity production by 2020. As governments begin to subsidise greener energy sources to reach continental targets, the report puts European pellet demand at 29 million tonnes by the end of the decade, up from 8 million from 2010. Pellets can be included in positive…
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A new algal biotechnology pilot facility in Roeselare, Belgium is set to allow scientists to explore methods of treating wastewater with microalgae and new microalgal harvesting techniques. It is one of nine pilot sites across North West Europe that will be constructed as part of the EnAlgae project. The project's aim is to develop sustainable technologies for algal biomass production, bioenergy…
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Research and consultancy firm GlobalData has revealed that supportive government policies will see Germany continue to dominate global biogas energy generation for the foreseeable future. According to its latest report, biogas power generation is forecast to increase from 18,244GWh in 2012 to 28,265GWh in 2025. The US, the second most productive biogas power producing country, is expected to…
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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will be seeking a new administrator after Lisa Jackson stepped down from the position after four years. It is believed Jackson told President Barack Obama of her decision to leave her post shortly after his re-election in November. Below is the statement that Jackson issued upon her departure: ‘I want to thank President Obama for the honour he…
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An explosion at a biogas factory in Maharashtra, India claimed two lives on 15 January. A third person was critically injured on the site of the under construction Solapur Bioenergy (SB) facility on the outskirts of the town. The source of the explosion has been attached by local police to some drilling and welding work near a cement tank which caused a gas leak. It has been reported by local…
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The Olvi Foundation (OF) has decided to join in the funding of Green Fuel Nordic’s (GFN) biorefinery project. The decision will represent one of the most significant capital investors into the biorefinery project according to OF CEO Timo Saarelainen. GFN has spent the last 12 months making different players more aware of bio-oil, its production, applications and benefits. Its board believes…
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Norway-based green energy producer Tergopower is developing a biomass-fired combined heat and power (CHP) plant in Poland. The plant, to be constructed in Lublin for a cost of around €140 million ($184.6 million), is set to have 40MW capacity and will use various feedstocks, including wood and straw biomass, to be sourced from local farmers. Feedstock contracts for straw alone have been…
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It is understood, through a statement made by its Federal Ministry of Environment, Germany is to assist Ukraine in developing its own bioenergy production this year. Ukrainian scientists outlined draft plans for new facilities that would convert agricultural waste into thermal power and biogas via German technology as ministry representative Jurgen Keinhorst revealed that Germany is considering…
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Canada-based Vega Biofuels (VB) is to ship samples of its torrefied pellet product to European power companies for testing as the New Year commences. The EU is home to the world's largest regional energy market and accounts for one fifth of the world's energy use and European power companies have been mandated to cut carbon dioxide emissions by 20% by the year 2020. VB believes Europe's biomass…
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