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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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The public in both Suffolk and Norfolk, UK can now be ferried on a specially created bus route via the power of biogas. Anglian Bus, a division of the Go Ahead Group, is operating the fleet of 13 renewable energy powered single-deck buses, brought for a cost of £624,000 (€772,500), via new routes between Lowestoft and Norwich. Part of the UK government’s £3 million Green…
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A biomass project slated for construction near Truckee, US has been given the green light by the Placer County Planning Commission. Approval for the 2MW facility was awarded on 20 December and it will convert local wood biomass into gas to power turbines to produce electricity. The facility will be based over 11,000m2 and a further one acre area will be used for fuel storage. A contractor is due…
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Netherlands-based engineering consultancy Grontmij has won a contract to design a new organic waste to energy biogas facility in Poland. The facility will be located in Bialystok and is hoped to produce 23 million cubic metres of biogas a year from biodegradable organic waste material. The contract is said to be worth about €2 million ($2.6 million) and will be handled by Grontmij’s…
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The first food waste to power plant in Bristol, UK opened this December. The facility is operated by Geneco, a subsidiary of Wessex Water, with the anaerobic digestors provided by technology business Monsal. It took less than a year to construct and can generate 10GWh, enough power for almost 3,000 homes. ‘The opening of the food waste plant builds on our experience of using anaerobic…
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The Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Association (ADBA) has responded to the UK government’s decision to allow drilling for shale gas to recommence this month. Energy secretary Ed Davey has agreed for energy company Cuadrilla to resume operations after drilling for shale gas was suspended in 2011 due to two related earthquakes. This follows a dismissive Gas Generation Strategy, which made no…
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A new $7 million (€5.3 million), five year biofuels collaboration has been signed this month. International chemical company Johnson Matthey will work with the US Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) at producing economical drop-in gasoline, diesel and jet fuel from non-food based biomass. ‘It’s a way of leveraging the expertise of two…
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Two new biogas plants have been recently completed in the US, one in California and the other in Washington. Sacramento-based waste-to-power business Cleanworld has brought online what it claims to be the country’s largest commercial-scale anaerobic digestion system. The system is set to convert 25 tonnes of food and organic waste materials a day into electricity and renewable natural…
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Drax Biomass International is to plan for three projects in the Gulf region. It expects to begin construction of two pellet manufacturing plants in Louisiana and Mississippi, as well as storage and loading facilities at the Port of Greater Baton Rouge, during the first half of 2013. The manufacturing facilities, Amite BioEnergy in Mississippi and Morehouse BioEnergy in Louisiana, are expected…
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Renewable energy watchdog for Europe EurObserv’er has calculated the final gross energy consumption for the 27 European member states. There has been an estimated rise of nearly 1% over 2011, which finished on 13.4%, compared to 2010 on 12.5%. The report believes the increase in renewable energy share across the 27 states can be explained by the combination of a slightly higher gross…
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Malaysia-based developer of a dedicated biotechnology park and ecosystem, Malaysian Bio-XCell, has unveiled its new Central Hub facility to support the country’s Bioeconomy Transportation Programme. Based in Johor, the Central Hub will serve as the focal point in the Bio-XCell biotechnology park, acting as a catalyst for a biotechnology ecosystem in Iskandar Malaysia.  The complex…
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