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Technology supplier Metso is to provide a Swedish combined heat and power plant with a biofuel-fired boiler. The plant, based in Torsvik and owned by Jönköping Energi (JE), is expanding and the new 100MW unit will serve to help meet district heating and electric power needs of Jönköping municipality. The expansion the CHP plant represents a significant investment for the…
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Some biomass-related projects in the US are set to benefit from a new multi-million investment by the USDA’s Rural Energy for America Programme (REAP). REAP hopes to aid ranchers, farmers and small rural businesses fund renewable energy systems and energy-efficiency improvements. The new investment is $16 million (€12.3 million) and is earmarked for 244 projects. Grants for…
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Schools in India are set to benefit from plans by Kochi to introduce biogas plants to help convert waste into heat and power. Kochi will work with Suchitwa Mission to provide the systems to both government and aided schools under the umbrella theme of ‘My City, My Pride’, part of the Suchitwa Varsham waste management programme. ‘The biogas plants will be installed to treat waste…
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After six years of research and development BioPower Systems is set to construct its pilot demonstration plant just off the coast of Port Fairy, Australia. The plant has received a combined funding of AU$10.6 million (€8.4 million) from the Australian and Victorian governments and BioPower Systems has also sealed a new strategic partnership with large Chinese industrial organisation Shanghai…
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Planning applications by Estover Energy have been submitted for two biomass CHP power plants in Scotland and one in England this September. Estover Energy submitted the applications to Moray, Aberdeen City and Northumberland County Council earlier this month and claims the plants would create up to 120 jobs split between positions at the plants and within the local forestry and…
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A new partnership between Biodico and the LamdaGen Corporation will see LamdaGen's nano-based Meta-Catalytic Surface (MCS) technology integrated into Biodico's research and development programmes for biomass-based diesel, combined heat and power, and biochemicals. Other collaborations between the two will be explored via other ongoing Biodico research programmes, which also developed technology…
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Crimson Bioenergy has signed an agreement with the Pacific Carbon Trust (PCT) for the afforestation of non-productive farmland in order to develop a permanent mixed-wood forest. PCT has agreed to buy up to 56,000 of the greenhouse gas offsets expected to result from the project over a 10-year period starting in 2013. PCT will also have a right of first refusal to purchase any amounts over and…
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An agreement to convert a Canadian power facility from a lignite-fired boiler to 100% biomass has been signed. The 227MW Atikokan Generating Station has awarded the conversion contract to Doosan Power Systems. The scope of work will comprise mechanical, electrical and instrumentation services in order to convert the facility to biomass ahead of 2014 legislation mandating the closure of coal…
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A newly proposed biomass facility in Oregon, US has received some strong investor backing. Despite concerns raised by other failed projects in the surrounding area failing to find energy purchasers, Klamath Falls Bioenergy (KFB) says it has two potential energy buyers lined up. ‘We already have a contract pending with Pacific Power and Portland General Electric could laso be a potential…
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A combined heat and power facility in the north west of England is to get an upgrade. The contract for a performance upgrade at the PDM Widnes plant in Cheshire has been awarded to Siemens and will focus on two of its scale-scale steam turbines. The current project is set to involve modernisation of the plant, plus upgrades and modifications including new nozzle rings, turbine wheels and valve…
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Consent was given today by the UK government for the construction of a 60MW energy-from-waste generating station in Cheshire. The proposed development in Northwich will generate enough power to supply 80,000 homes and create a total of 500 jobs during the construction period and a further 50 permanent operating posts. ‘It is essential we have a balanced energy mix in the future to provide…
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Operations have begun at the largest biomass driven CHP facility in France this month. The 69MW plant is based at paper manufacturer Smurfit Kappa Group’s Biganos-Facture facility in the south west. It will convert over 500,000 metric tonnes of tree bark and fines from its pulp screening process to produce electricity, which will be purchased by EDF Energy, and up to 360 metric tonnes of…
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Energy ministers from the G20 countries and heads of international organisations affirmed their commitment to renewable energy at the first-ever G20 Energy Ministers Meeting in Istanbul on 2 October. The high-level participants endorsed an 11-point communiqué, including the adoption of a renewable energy toolkit, which provides options for G20 countries to take a long-term, integrated, and…
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A wood recycling business in Nottinghamshire, UK has submitted planning application for a biomass energy facility. The new Plevin and Sons facility would be based in Elkesley and could potentially generate 1.6MW of electricity and 8MW of heat via 25,000 tonnes of wood waste as feedstock. ‘The proposed biomass CHP plant would be carbon neutral and offset 25,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide per…
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