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Bioenergy company Clenergen is to begin building a 1MW biomass plant in Romblon in the Philippines which will help to supply power to houses that are in the off-grid zone of the region. The development is part of an agreement Clenergen signed with the country’s National Power Corporation recently, in which the company is to build an array of facilities. Another power plant will be built in…
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The USDA said today that it will grant a total of $44.6 million (€32.6 million) in payments to more than 150 biofuels producers in the US to help support them in producing and expanding their developments. Some companies, such as Texas-based White Energy, are being awarded more than $3 million towards ethanol production. Whereas others, such as QB Corporation, based in Idaho, is being given…
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Kyriakos Maniatis, Principal Administrator from DG Energy, part of the European Commission, will open the conference on the 16th of November by discussing the most recent developments in biofuels in Europe. Talking about advancements being made in aviation biofuel in particular, Maniatis’ presentation promises to be an insightful analysis of the European market as a whole. Also on day one,…
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A group of six green banks and two leading non-profit groups are establishing a Green Bank Network to help meet the urgent need of increasing and accelerating investment in renewable energy and energy efficiency worldwide. With nations around the world making new commitments to reducing heat-trapping pollution, more capital than ever will need to be deployed for clean energy solutions. Green…
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American energy company One World Clean Energy has signed a memorandum of understanding with South African company Pulexilite to produce biodiesel, ethanol, electricity and natural gas from a new integrated biorefinery. The biorefinery will produce 10MW of electricity each day and 10 million gallons of ethanol and 10 million gallons of biodiesel every year. The $115 million (€83 million)…
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Two new boilers have been installed at an extraction facility in Merry Hill, North Carolina, which can consume 10 tonnes of biomass an hour, producing 30,000lbs of steam. The installation at Pharmachem’s Avoca, a food and beverage company, is the first of its kind on the east coast of the US. The company needs steam to process a range of its ingredients and previously used three…
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Renewable energy company Abengoa is to open a bioethanol plant in Paysandú, Uruguay, after signing a contract with Alcoholes de Uruguay. The bioethanol plant will produce about 70 million litres of ethanol a year and 50,000 tonnes of distillers grains. For feedstocks, the plant will use sorghum, maize, barley and wheat; and will process the materials using dry milling and batch…
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An anaerobic digestion plant has been given approval to be built in Mitcham, UK, after the London government overturned the local council’s previous decision not to go ahead with the development. The plant will use organic food waste from surrounding pubs and restaurants, converting it into electricity for the grid. When Biofuels International contacted Merton Council for comment, it said…
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A new study says biofuels produced from woody biomass from forest on the west coast of the US can increase carbon emissions by ‘at least 14%’ if operations are not efficient enough. The research, released by the scientists from the College of Forestry at Oregon State University and other institutions in Germany and France, looked at 80 forest types in 19 eco-regions in Oregon,…
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The Scottish government has launched a consultation to cut financial support for large-scale biomass development, putting the funds towards tidal energy instead. The Renewables Obligation Scotland (ROS) will be looked at under the consultation and only smaller, ‘more efficient’ biomass plants would receive support, with large-scale biomass electricity plants no longer being eligible…
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Biomass fuel supplier Enviva has signed an agreement with Dominion Virginia Power in the US to supply biomass to two power facilities in southeast Virginia. Dominion plans to convert three of its 63MW coal burning power plants into 50MW biomass plants that will create continuous electricity generation. Enviva is to supply two of these, in Southampton and Hopewell (a third is also to be converted…
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Bioenergy company Iberdrola Renewables has ceased operations at its biomass power plant at Collins Pine Fremont sawmill in Lakeview, Oregon because it could not find a company to buy the power generated on the site. The 26.8MW facility was previously owned by two other companies and has been under development for the past few years. When Bioenergy Insight contacted Iberdrola for comment,…
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Renewable biomass company Trebio has received ENPlus certification for its new wood pellet mill, which opened this year. It is the first company outside of the Europe to receive the certification, which is listed as number CAN001, and says it is an ‘accolade from the European Pellet Council’. The certification will give the company third party verification on the quality and…
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UK-based supermarket chain Sainsbury’s has signed an anaerobic digestion (AD) deal with waste management company Biffa to dispose of all left-over organic waste from the retailer to AD plants around the country. The food waste will be converted into power which will be put on the grid for home and business use. London alone is going to produce about 25.8 million tonnes of waste a year by…
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