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In the Netherlands, a group of companies have joined forces for the construction of a biomass-fired power plant in the port of Delfzijl. The project, which will generate 49MW of renewable energy from woodchips, is scheduled to break ground towards the end of 2011, before it begins operations in mid-2013. The new facility will become the fifth wood-burning power plant to be built in the…
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In the US, Laidlaw Energy Group has scrapped its plans to build a biomass-fired power plant. Planned for Berlin, New Hampshire, the plant would have been the largest wood-burning power plant in the state, generating 70MW of renewable energy. The plant would have been operated by Laidlaw Energy's subsidiary Laidlaw Berlin BioPower.
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Currently under development in Idaho, US, renewable energy company Camco International says its dairy biogas project will be operational in Q1 2012. Upon completion, the plant will be one of the largest of its kind in North America. It will convert cow manure from over 1,000 cows into 4.5MW of renewable energy. The preliminary building work is due to finish by Q3 2011, before the generators,…
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In Mexico, Orbeo is planning to construct a biomass plant in Tres Valles, Veracruz. The new cogeneration plant will generate 40MW of electricity and heat from bagasse. Between 2012 and 2021, the project is expected to cut CO2 emissions by around 572,500 tonnes, according to Orbeo, a partnership between Societe Generale and Rhodia. The biomass needed for the plant will be supplied by sugar group…
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By 2016, the market for renewable energy is expected to grow significantly, increasing from $124 billion (€86.8 billion) in 2010 to $217 billion. In 2010, the market for biogas production equipment was worth $3 billion. This figure is expected to rise by 19% each year, before reaching $8.6 billion in 2016. Costing around $100 per barrel, fossil fuel is becoming a less and less viable energy…
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A wood pellet plant near Waycross, Georgia, US resumed operations on 13 July 2011, after an explosion forced the facility to close. 'We're ramping up now... starting the equipment and getting it all ready to go,' says Ken Ciarletta, plant manager at Georgia Biomass. The $175 million (€124 million) Georgia Biomass wood pellet plant has been shut since 20 June 2011, when parts of its…
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In Romania, Gherla, furniture producer Sortilemn is to install a combined heat and power (CHP) project. The plant will generate 1.4MW of electricity and around 5.3MW of heat. Turboden, a subsidiary of aircraft company Pratt & Whitney will supply the plant, after Sortilemn awarded it the contract. The electricity produced at the plant will be distributed to the national grid, while the thermal…
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The Indian state of Haryana is on track to get its first biogas bottling plants, after the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) granted approval for two projects. The first of the two plants will be located at Hansi, and construction is due to start in August 2011. Tohana will be home to the second plant, which will be commissioned by 2012, according to the Haryana Renewable Energy…
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Cheshire, UK-based Projen, a project management and engineering business, has launched a new bioenergy division, specialising in the planning, permitting, design and construction of facilities for the production of biogas. Shane Pugh leads the division, along with bioenergy expert Les Gornall. Managing director of Projen Martin Seabrook says: 'This is an extremely exciting time for Projen.…
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In Denmark, dairy firm Arla Foods and biogas company Xergi are developing a new biogas plant to supply Arla's production at Videbæk. The details of the project have not been disclosed, as approval has not yet been granted. The plant will convert manure and other waste materials from Arla's own production into 16 million m3 of methane gas. Once completed, the biogas plant is expected to be…
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In Denmark, the city of Fredericia is looking to convert municipal waste into a biofuel that can fuel public buses and power homes. As the city's mayor Thomas Banke explains: 'Our goal is to change the management of wastewater and household rubbish from a costly problem into a valuable resource for local energy production. Rubbish will be turned into gas, which will be sold and become an asset…
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Four years after it submitted its planning application for a biomass-fired power plant, UK-based organics recycling firm Eco Sustainable Solutions has been given the go ahead. Dorset County Council Planning Committee approved the application, which will see the £12 million (€13.7 million) facility built just outside of Christchurch. The plant will generate 3MW a year of electricity…
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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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