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Developer of second generation biofuels technology TMO Renewables has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the authorities of Heilongjiang, China. The MoU will see TMO provide long-term large volume biomass feedstock supply for future biofuel production facilities from Heilongjiang State Farm, the largest state owned farming corporation in China. The MoU is also the first step towards…
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Energy company Centrica has come out and clarified the potential output of a proposed biomass power station. There was confusion over the plant’s potential capacity as Cumbria County and Barrow Borough Councils believed it to be 90MW, whereas a letter to the Planning Inspectorate had it penned at 80MW. ‘We have made it very clear in our Preliminary Environmental Information that the…
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European energy giant RWE has claimed it will be cutting 2,400 jobs across the continent amid a drop in profits registered by its UK arm nPower. RWE nPower’s first-half profits fell by just over 9% to £251 million ($317.5 million) compared to the same time last year, this despite the company raising its 6.5 million British electricity and gas customer energy bills by more than 10%. It…
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Global engineering and technology company Chemtex has won a partnership with the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) to build a new advanced biofuels plant. Backed by a federal-private partnership and earmarked to open in 2014, the biorefinery will create 315 jobs and produce cellulosic ethanol from energy crops. The location of the site is believed to be Sampson County, North Carolina. The…
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A 2.4MW biogas plant being constructed in Pomerania, Poland has announced the next phase of its project. The plant, being built by Weltec Power, will have a 50m³ dosing feeder and four storage tanks up and running by the summer of 2013, which will help feed substrates into four 4,438m³ stainless-steel fermenters. Plant operator NEWD will ferment the potato waste of a local chip manufacturer, as…
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After two years of evaluation, the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) has finalised its Massachusetts Renewable Portfolio Standard Class One regulations for biomass eligibility. The final conclusion requires all woody biomass plants to generate power at a minimum of 50% efficiency to receive one half of a renewable energy credit or 60% to receive a whole one. Most plants were…
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SCA Timber’s Bollsta sawmill in Bollstabruk, Sweden has increased its capacity for the production of bioenergy, limiting its need of fossil fuels. An old on-site boiler has been replaced by two new ones that use Nordic pine bark and other residue from the production of wood-based fuel products. The use of oil at Bollsta sawmill has been reduced from 3,400 cubic metres per year to almost…
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Questions are being raised by the residents of Truckee, California about potential health implications over a proposed new renewable energy project. A meeting between residents and Brett Storey, project manager of biomass programmes at Placer County, took place in August. The new facility would convert wood debris from forest service thinning projects into sustainable energy. Storey relayed the…
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International trade and planning company Trade 360 has earmarked the site of a former pickle factory in Delhi, Ontario as a potential biogas plant home. Canadian-based Trade 360 purchased the 76 acre site from Smucker Foods, parent company of pickle producers Bick, and believes it could become a major destination for green bin waste from the Greater Toronto Area and other parts of…
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Saxlund International, the fully-owned subsidiary of German energy and environmental technology group Opcon AB, has been commissioned to deliver of a biomass handling system to a coal-fired power plant in Berlin. The 248MW coal-fired power plant is being prepared for biomass co-firing and Saxlund will provide external and internal biomass handling systems, including wood reception areas, as well…
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A joint-venture project called Ineos New Planet BioEnergy (INPB) has been granted parts 79 and 80 registration from the US Environmental Protection Agency for the production and sale of advanced bioethanol from non-food waste materials.  Headed by waste to biofuel company Ineos Bio, the notice of registration came after successful completion of the construction of the Indian River Bioenergy…
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Ontario Power Generation (OPG) has awarded a contract to Aecon Group's industrial division to begin work on its Atikokan Generating Station (GS) biomass conversion project. Aecon will be responsible for the design and construction of fuel handling and storage systems for the generating station conversion. OPG want to make the Atikokan GS one of the largest biomass plants in North America by being…
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A local Australian council has instigated a Bioenergy Support Programme to help interested individuals and businesses become more sustainable through bioenergy. Ararat Rural City Council and the Department of Sustainability and Environment has made council bioenergy support officer Daryl Scherger more directly available to discuss ideas and pathways for those wanting to explore bioenergy…
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Global supplier of environmental and energy systems Air Products is to build and operate what it is calling ‘the world’s largest renewable energy plant ‘. The Tees Valley plant, to be located at the New Energy and Technology Business Park, UK will use advanced gasification energy-from-waste technology and have a capacity of 50MW. Air Products expects the plant to produce enough…
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