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In Attapeu, Laos, Thai Biogas Energy (TBEC) is planning to build a biogas plant and has signed a contract with Doungphasasuk Cassava Factory Co. for the new project. The $4 million (€2.8 million) facility will use wastewater from Doungphasasuk's factory, which handles around 1,500 tonnes of cassava a day. This is TBEC's second biogas plant in Laos. With an expected daily capacity of…
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BioHiTech America, a US-based technology company which develops data driven solutions for food waste disposal, has partnered with New Jersey-headquartered water management specialist Natural Systems Utilities to convert commercial food waste to energy. The firms will also be working with New Jersey-based utility specialist Ridgewood Green RME and the village of Ridgewood. They will be testing a…
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In Rutland, Massachusetts, US, the state's first biogas-fired power plant is due to come online. Located at the Jordan Dairy Farm, the plant, which will officially open on 31 May 2011, will convert manure and leftover food into energy. The plant broke ground in October 2010 and when operations commence it will generate 2,280MW/h of heat and electricity. The power will then be utilised at the…
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Metso, an energy company, says it will build the world’s biggest biomass gasification plant for Vaskiluodon Voima in Finland. The plant will provide 140MW to the grid, replacing some coal use with domestic wood-based renewable fuels and helping to cut down on CO₂ emissions. The plant will be located in Vaasa and will be connected to a 565MW coal-fired power plant which uses mostly forest…
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The joint venture subsidiary of PGI Energy – PGI Green E&P – is tapping into the wood pellet and bio coal briquette markets after identifying them to be a highly popular renewable energy source. In a bid to enter this growing market, PGI Energy has entered into a wood pellet market development and supply partnership with Ex-Factory. The collaboration of these two companies will…
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The US-based Florida Keys islands may use gasification technology to convert waste into electricity, according to media reports. According to news website Waste360, Monroe County, which encompasses Key West and about 95% of the rest of the Keys islands, is finalising a contract with Annapolis, Maryland-based Energy3 LLC to build a gasification plant capable of processing 50,000 tonnes of organic…
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In 2011 alone biomass gasification company Nexterra Systems has received $17.5 million (€12 million) in equity financing that will help advance the company's expansion. In May 2011 it secured $2.5 million from the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC), in addition to a recent investment of $15 million from Tandem Expansion Fund and ARC Financial. 'We believe that the market for onsite…
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Wood pellet and briquette supplier Verdo Renewables is the chosen supplier of wood fuel for the Scotland, UK-based business group Mhor. The business comprises a hotel, restaurants, a fishmongers and fish and chip shop, a tea room, a 2000 acre farm and a bakery with the UK's first installed wood pellet oven. Verdo supplies Mhor with wood pellets, bulk and bagged, and wood briquettes, all…
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In the US, a biomass plant proposed for New Hampshire has sparked fresh discussions. The plant was recently granted a 20-year power purchase agreement based on certain terms but this has now been suspended following complaints from other biomass-fired power plants. Facility operators objecting to the agreement, which is with Public Service of New Hampshire, claims it breaches New Hampshire's…
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Along with wood pellet stoves come lower fuel costs but high pollution levels and health problems. Now, in a move to reduce increased winter air pollution in Maine, US, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is drawing up a set of laws designed to limit emission levels emitted from household wood heaters. The new regulations will, for the first time, apply to wood pellet stoves and outdoor…
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In Harleyville, South Carolina, US, Southeast Renewable Energy Dorchester (SRE) is looking to build a 17MW biomass-fired power plant that will use virgin wood waste as its feedstock. The company has applied to the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control for an air construction permit. Providing the permit is granted, SRE will go on to build and operate its plant. Objections…
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In the UK, Milford Haven Port is looking to push plans that will attract new renewable energy and biomass businesses, after it reported 2010 as a strong year from the clean gas and oil activities. In its annual report released on 1 June 2011 Milford Haven Port, which handles a fifth of the UK's fuel needs, reported increased revenues of almost 20% throughout 2010. Profits also rose by more than…
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Ceres, a California-based agricultural biotechnology company focused on forage crops, said its revenue for the quarter ended 30 November, 2015, increased by 140% to $942,000, compared to $400,000 the same period last year, owing to a strengthened balance sheet and a strategy to focus on commercialising its forage products. The company also reported that it narrowed its net loss from $5.9m for the…
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A $14.5 million (€9.9 million) wood pellet production plant is due to officially open on 9 June 2011 with a ribbon cutting ceremony. Wood pellet manufacturer New England Wood Pellet owns the plant, which is based in Deposit, New York, US and has the capacity to manufacture 85,000 tonnes of wood pellets a year. Construction of the plant was completed in April 2011. It was built on a site…
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