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In Wiltshire, UK, Stowell Farms is developing an anaerobic digestion plant to add value to the business. The new plant, which was installed by EnviTec Biogas UK, will generate 4,150,000kWh of electricity from maize and whole-crop silage. Some of what is produced on site will be consumed on the farm, with the remaining sold to the National Grid at £0.13 (€0.15) per kWh. The plant will…
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TeaM Energy Philippines, a partnership between Tokyo Electric Power and Marubeni Corp., will install over 50MW of new capacity from renewable energy sources. More than $150 million (€107 million) will be invested to make these renewable energy projects a reality; each project is predicted to cost between $2.5 and $3 million. A biomass plant, which will generate 11MW of renewable energy from…
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In Croatia, privately held food and drinks company Agrokor is to construct a biogas plant in the region. Planned for Zagreb, the plant, which will be built by construction company GH Holding of Slovenia, will generate 1MW of energy from waste food. This is the first in a long line of biogas projects for Agrokor; the company is looking to invest 1 billion kuna (€135 million) throughout the…
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In a move that will slash its CO2 emissions, Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) will supply its trademark fizzy beverages to the London 2012 Olympic Games on biomethane-powered lorries. In a £1.75 million (€1.99 million) investment, CCE will use biogas sourced from a landfill site in Surrey to power a 14-strong fleet. 'In the Olympics, every delivery we make will be made on one of these…
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Energy and petrochemical company Shell and biotechnology firm Paques Holding are to enter into a 50/50 joint venture, Paqell, to encourage the use of biological desulphurisation in the oil and gas sector for high pressure gas applications using Thiopaq O&G (oil and gas) technology. Paques has been utilising Thiopaq technology in the water business for atmospheric biogas desulphurisation for…
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In Llangefni, Wales, UK, wood fuel supply company EcoPellets of Cork, Ireland, and energy firm Integrated Energy Systems International are now moving ahead with a pellet production facility and a 30MW biomass-fired power plant. The project, expected to be one of Europe's largest wood pellet plants, was announced in 2009 but developments came to a halt while waiting for approval on the 30MW power…
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In the US, Dominion Virginia Power's efforts to convert three of its coal-fired power plants to biomass-fired ones are costing its 18,000 customers an additional $0.14 (€0.10) a month. The average domestic bill is now expected to reach $108.77 a month, up from $103.91, as Dominion charges an extra $4.86 per month to cover the utility's fuel costs, according to David Botkins, a Dominion…
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The Tanzania Sisal Board is to invest $31.1 million (€21.5 million) to encourage the production of sisal biogas in the region. The investment will go towards developing 13 new biogas generation plants, with an overall capacity of 7000kW of electricity. Each plant is expected to consume around 500kW, with the excess energy sold to the national grid. One sisal biogas plant is already in…
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In Hereford, England, Great Ynys Farm will convert litter from 90,000 chickens into biogas for renewable electricity and heat generation. Some of the electricity will be used to power the poultry houses and anaerobic digester, with the remaining 90% will be sold to the national grid. The captured waste heat will warm the chicken houses, reducing the consumption of expensive fuel oil and propane…
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In India, Bangalore University will install a biogas plant to slash its electricity bills. Planned for Jnanabharati campus, the new plant will cut the University's current electricity expenditure of Rs2.50 crore a year. The biogas plant will be powered by 25 tonnes a day of organic waste, which will be supplied by the Bruhat Bangalore Maanagara Palike (BBMP) free of charge for…
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Malta has unveiled its first autoclave, a pressure chamber capable of extracting animal fat from carcasses, in Marsa — a town based in the country's south eastern region. Wasteserv, a Maltese Government-owned waste management company, launched the facility at the south east-based town today [12 January, 2015]. The organisation will process animal fat and use it to power the country's…
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In Gloucestershire, UK, Glebe Farm has installed a biogas plant to boost the facility's income. The new plant, which farmer James Hart describes as 'a 3,000-tonne cow's stomach', handles animal waste from 4,000 pigs, 100 cows and 100,000 chickens and converts it into renewable energy. It also reduces the farm's carbon emissions by around 10,000 tonnes a year. The 2.2 million kW/h of renewable…
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In the UK, new anaerobic digestion (AD) plants could receive financial support thanks to Defra's (Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs) £10 million (€11 million) Anaerobic Digestion Loan Fund (ADLF). Waste Resources Action Programme (WRAP) will be responsible for the ADLF, which will be administered in amounts ranging from £50,000 to £1 million to support the…
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Africa Renewables (AfriRen), an international renewable energy trading firm headquartered in London, is looking to raise €30 million in a new round of fundraising. The capital, raised through qualified investors, will help fund a number of sustainable schemes throughout West Africa. The first project, a Ghana-based energy trading project, will require an investment of €5 million. This…
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