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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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Lincolnshire, UK-based composting and consultancy firm Organic Recycling is to expand its site, increasing the technology options available at the Energy and Recycling Park. The news comes after the Lincolnshire County Council approved its planning application earlier this year. Organic Recycling will now be able to generate enough renewable power to benefit over 1,400 households. The site…
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In Whitecourt, Alberta, Canada, pulp mill Millar Western Forest Products is planning to construct a biomass-fired power plant. The new plant, estimated to cost in the region of $35 million (€35.6 million), would be designed to handle the mill's wastewater, converting this into 5.2MW of renewable energy a year. An anaerobic system is currently installed at the mill to treat the waste matter,…
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Wood pellet manufacturer Balcas has become the first company in Ireland to produce ENplus-certified wood pellets. The ENplus certification is the European standard which aims to guarantee the supply of standardised, premium-quality wood pellets for consumers. 'The European Pellet Council congratulates Balcas brites for being awarded the ENplus certification, which makes Balcas also the largest…
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Sri Lanka's Tokyo Cement Power, a wholly owned subsidiary of Tokyo Cement Group, is to build a power plant in the Uva Province. The Dendro Power Project will convert branches from Gliricidia plants into 5MW of renewable energy, all of which will be supplied to the National Grid. The project is estimated to cost around Rs.1.5 billion. Part of this will be financed by Tokyo Cement Group, with the…
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In Iloilo province, the Philippines, renewable energy company Global Biomass broke ground on its $4 million (€2.8 million) biomass research and manufacturing facility on 7 August 2011. The 5,000m2 facility, named the 'Global Biomass PLC Corp. Research Development and Manufacturing' facility (GBC R-D-M) is 'the very first of its kind in the world', according to David de Montaigne, CEO of…
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In the UK, Hetas has become the nation's only officially recognised body for the quality assurance system ENplus, after being approved by the European Pellet Council. 'ENplus means that producers and traders can prove their product quality is managed throughout the entire supply chain, including production, storage and transport,' says Hetas' Mark Russell. 'For their customers it means reliable…
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Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders has introduced legislation that aims to enact long-term extensions of several clean energy tax credits that benefit the bioenergy and biofuel sectors. The bill, titled the "American Clean Energy Investment Act of 2015," or S. 2391, would permanently extend the production tax credit for renewable electricity generated from certain sources, including…
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In New York, US, a biomass plant, which has not yet been built, will handle waste from the Newburgh area, the city's council has decided. The deal will cost the city around $14 (€9.8) less per tonne of waste to dispose of. 'Everything that you put out in regular garbage would be in the garbage that we would send out with our trucks and the price that we would get is $66 per tonne. Right now,…
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The Israeli government has approved a plan that will see 10% of the nation's energy sourced from renewables by the year 2020. Under the new scheme, an increased use of biogas and solar panels will be used to generate 1,550MW by 2014, before this increases to 2,760MW by the end of 2020. The first stage of the project will be developed between 2011 and 2014. During this time 800MW of wind capacity…
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In Tulare County, California, US, the Pixley Biogas plant has been awarded a $4.67 million (€3.2 million) grant from the California Energy Commission. The project is yet to receive approval from Tulare County, however the grant was awarded to kick-start development on aspects of the project that do not involve the environment. If the project is approved, an anaerobic digester will be erected…
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