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In the US, Ineos New Planet BioEnergy has finalised $75 million (€52 million) in private financing, utilising funds awarded by the US Department of Agriculture's (USDA) loan guarantee programme for its new BioEnergy Center. The financing will be used to complete the project, including equipment, engineering and construction. The BioEnergy Center is located near Vero Beach, Florida. Upon…
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RWE, a German utility company, is looking to increase the levels of renewable energy it generates in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. With a strong focus on the biogas and wind energy markets, the company is planning to invest €13 million for the construction of a biogas plant in Bergheim Paffendorf. It will convert a variety of feedstocks including sugar beets, alfalfa and manure into…
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In Quirinópolis in Goiás, Brazil, Petrobras Biocombustível and Grupo São Martinho, through Nova Fronteira, are planning to increase the sugarcane milling capacity of the Boa Vista plant with an R$520.7 million (€226 million) investment. The expansion will be completed ready for the 2014/2015 harvest, increasing the plant's capacity to 8 million tonnes of…
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Veolia UK, a branch of the French Veolia Group, has announced that it has completed the acquisition of the business and assets of Boomeco, a waste wood processor and producer of Refuse Derived Fuel (RDF). Based in Avonmouth, Bristol, the Boomeco site processes a variety of grades of wood into wood chips to be used in combined heat and power plants and produces RDF from residual household…
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The Anaerobic Digestion & Bioresources Association (ADBA) has welcomed the representative for the House of Commons Commission, Tom Brake MP's response to a recent Parliamentary question about Parliament's own food waste disposal strategy. The association said that although the government is still "dragging" its feet over action to divert food waste from landfill through segregated collection…
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In Ontario, Canada, energy-from-waste power generation company Covanta Energy has broken ground on its new plant, Durham York Energy Centre (DYEC). Covanta Energy has designed the plant, and will build and operate it as well. Covanta Energy began planning the project in 2009 and it was approved in June 2011. Following construction throughout 2013, operations are slated to begin in Q3-Q4…
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In the UK, energy minister Charles Hendry has approved two new biomass-fired power plants in Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire. Drax Biomass Selby got the go-ahead for a 299MW biomass-fuelled power station, which will be installed at the existing 400MW Drax Power Station site in Selby, North Yorkshire, while Drax Biomass Immingham has been granted consent for a 299MW biomass power station at South…
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In Georgia, US, Beasley Forest Products and Land Care Services have partnered for the development of a biomass-fired power plant to be located in Dublin in Laurens County. Upon completion, slated for October 2012, the 56MW Green Power Solutions plant will be the largest of its kind in Georgia. The facility will be able to handle 1.2 million tonnes a year of woody biomass, including bark and…
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Biodiesel in Europe should be produced to meet EN142414 – 2008/2009 and EN15376-2011 standards, which can then be blended into road fuels meeting EN590 and EN228 quality requirements. On 15 November 2011, delegates at Biofuels International expo & conference will have the chance to learn how biodiesel production can be optimised using the latest testing methods and procedures in a tour…
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The European Commission (EC) has opened an investigation into whether a plan by Drax to convert a plant from coal to biomass breaches state aid rules. The Commission said it would look into whether the move was unfair to competitors. Drax shares fell 3.3%. The UK aims to close all coal-fired generators by 2025, and recently won EU clearance to support a biomass plant being converted by RWE. Drax…
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In the US, projects designed to restore and protect wetlands in the Northern Everglades Watershed could receive funding from the Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the government of Florida. The grants will support a number of projects, including the INEOS New Planet BioEnergy plant in Vero Beach. A loan guarantee from the USDA went towards the construction of this facility, which now…
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In the UK, supermarket giant Tesco's organic waste-derived ethanol has been certified by OFGEM, the government's energy official. The ethanol, which has been under development for 2 years, has seen Tesco granted a Renewable Obligation Certificate, confirming the fuel contains no traces of additional fossil fuels and is 100% renewable. The fuel is currently being used to fuel specially adapted…
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In Hungary, Biogas-Miskolc is building a HUF2.2 billion (€7.5 million) biogas plant, which will produce renewable energy from sewage sludge. The project, which was part-funded with a HUF1 billion grant from the EU, is scheduled to begin operations in August. Waterworks company MIVIZ Miskolci Vízmű, Bioenergy-Miskolc and WIS Zrt are behind the development, which is a fully sustainable…
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In the US, wood pellet manufacturer Fram Renewable Fuels is to partner with a producer of pine shavings, Telfair Forest Products (TFP), to build a wood pellet production plant in Lumber City, Georgia. The companies are scheduled to break ground on the facility this month before it becomes operational in January 2012. Upon completion, the plant will convert around 350,000 tonnes a year of shavings…
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