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Energy efficiency and renewable energy company, Ameresco, together with the US Department of Energy (DOE) have completed the successful operational startup of the DOE's new Biomass Cogeneration Facility in Aiken, South Carolina. The new 34-acre renewable energy facility located on Savannah River Site (SRS), was constructed over a 30 month period, with the investment of over 600,000 hours of…
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RuralAus has announced that its planned 10MW biomass power plant, located on Kagaroo island will create 30 new jobs. The Perth, Australia-based forestry group intends to power its sawmill with the proposed plant, which will convert facility waste into power. It will require governmental funding in order to run the operation at the scale desired, and the company is hoping to receive a grant…
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Skogforsk, the Forestry Research Institute of Sweden, is to collaborate with Grand Rapids-based Itasca Community College (ICC), on a research program developing methods, systems and technology within the bioenergy sector in Minnesota. The research will focus on the forest-based biomass supply chain, with the aim to increase efficiency and quality. Skogforsk focuses on research areas such as…
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$4 million (€2.97 million) is being distributed between 3 companies in Edmonton, Canada, in a bid to boost the area's bio-refining sector. The grants will help Ceapro, Radient Technologies and TerraVerdae BioWorks take their products developed from biomass and municipal waste into commercial realms. Approximately 30 other companies were in the running to receive the grants, awarded by…
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Solid Energy business Nature's Flame has stopped production of pellets at its oldest and smallest plant located in Rolleston, Canterbury, New Zealand. Due to its age and size, it was deemed uneconomic to upgrade the facility, as the cost of ensuring reliability and safety would be too high. Furthermore forestry in the area is reportedly waning. Therefore the company is focusing on its…
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Christian Paradis, Minister of Industry and of State (Agriculture), announced that Biofour will receive grants of up to $126,400, (€93,951.41) via the Canadian Agricultural Adaptation Program (CAAP). The investment will be put towards testing an incinerator for agricultural biomass combustion. The trial aim is to evaluate the energy potential of various biomasses. The project will supply a…
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Vechta-based Weltec Biopower has started building one of Germany's largest biogas plants in Arneburg, Stendal District, Saxony-Anhalt. The plant will use four fermenters, six digestate storage units, and one liquid reservoir to produce about 6 million m3 of biomethane (more than 700 cubic metres/hour) every year that will then be fed into the natural gas grid. 'This biogas refinery, which will…
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A fire broke out in a fuel storage area at RWE npower's wood-pellet-fired Tilbury Power Station on Monday morning. The plant, which only started generating power last month, is Britain's largest dedicated biomass plant. 'The fire involves some 4,000 tonnes of fuel in storage cells. At least two are very well alight,' says the Essex County Fire and Rescue Service. Due to the fire being high up in…
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The capacity of Rangeland Energy's Crude Oil Terminal, or COLT Hub has been expanded to supply the growing demand of Bakken crude oil. The oil rail terminal, located on 300 acres of land in North Dakota, US, has been expanded prior to its official opening, slated for May later this year. The terminal was originally planned to open in Q1 2012 but this was delayed after severe rains and flooding…
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Waste to energy group Kedco, has announced that it is looking to establish an Anaerobic Digestion ("AD") facility in Langham, Rutland as part of the Company's ongoing development pipeline. The company, which focuses on the production of clean energy in the UK and Ireland, expects to develop the facility in partnership with the Larkfleet Group, a privately owned group of development and …
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Recycling and waste to energy firm, Ecolutio, has entered into an agreement to develop an advanced municipal waste handling system in Lancaster, California. The new facility will reportedly feature the company's patented GreenStream technology. It will reduce local waste, generate fuels, produce large supplies of green-certified recycled materials and help the city take another step towards…
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Npower has announced that 2 of Tilbury Power Station's 3 generating units are likely to be out of use for at least another 5 months. This is in the wake of the fire that broke out at the plant last week. It has been suggested that the third generator, which is situated in a different location and suffered less damage, could be up and running again by April. However, the other 2 units are unlikely…
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Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding (RATCH) has announced it will take a 40% stake in Songkhla Biofuel. Precise Power Producer already holds a 40% shareholding in the company, and Assiddeek Savings Cooperative a 20% shareholding. Songkhla Biofuel is to guarantee the supply of 300-370 tonnes of biomass residues per day to the Songkhla Biomass Power Station in the Chana district. This…
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Mustus Energy is to work with Lockheed Martin, building a new 41.5mW biomass-fuelled power generation plant in La Crete, Canada. Once completed, the facility will provide enough energy to power over 30,000 Canadian homes. Commercial operations are expected to begin in autumn 2013, with the previously discarded tops of aspen trees being used as feedstock. Lockheed Martin will offer support …
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