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US-headquartered wood pellet producer Enviva Partners is due to open a wood pellet manufacturing facility in North Carolina, US, by the end of 2017. The plant will be built in Richmond County, North Carolina. A company representative told the Richmond County Board Commissioners that construction of the facility should begin later this year, according to the Richmond County Daily Journal. Enviva…
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Lincoln Park Capital Fund has agreed to invest up to $10 million (€7.3 million) into BlueFire Renewables, a producer of renewable fuels via non-food cellulosic wastes. The investment, which will be spread out over 30 months, will go towards new developments by BlueFire, improving its processing capabilities. The round of funding comes following a busy year for BlueFire. In 2010 the company…
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In the US Ineos New Planet BioEnergy, a joint venture between Ineos Bio and New Planet Energy, broke ground on its commercial-scale waste-to-biofuels plant on 9 February.   The $130 million (€95.4 million) Indian River BioEnergy Center in Vero Beach, Florida, will convert yard, vegetative and household wastes into cellulosic ethanol and renewable power for the local community. Ineos…
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An operator of wood pellet production facilities, US-based Wood Fuel Developers, is developing its second plant in Richmond, Virginia. Plans for the new $8.6 million (€6.3 million) plant come after the company’s first Virginia-based plant was announced earlier this year in Greensville County. Planned for Sussex County, the facility will create an estimated 28 jobs for the local…
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China has become the major destination for eucalyptus chips from Australia with record-high shipments in 2015, according to new research from forest industry consulting firm Wood Resources International. Eucalyptus chip export volumes from Australia were up 15% in 2015 year-over-year to reach a record-high of 5.2m tonnes, valued at almost one billion Australian dollars. Shipments have increased…
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The US Department of Agriculture's Bioenergy Program for Advanced Biofuels is awarding two wood pellet companies almost $300,000 (€218,691) in funds. $163,000 will be awarded to Woods Pellet Company in Athens, Maine, while Corinth Wood Pellets will receive $125,000. The federal grant is part of a scheme to encourage biofuel production. The programme is dedicated to supporting businesses that…
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The US House of Representatives has passed the Electrify Africa Act to help develop renewable electricity supply in the sub-Saharan Africa. The bill, which passed on Monday and will now be sent to President Obama to be signed, sets a framework for a public-private partnership between the US and sub-Saharan governments to “develop an appropriate mix of power solutions”, including…
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In India the state of Haryana's total energy needs – 1,019MW – could be met by the nation's waste forest and agricultural biomass, according to a study conducted by the Haryana Renewable Energy Development Agency (HAREDA). The state is currently generating 128.11MW of power from renewable energy sources. The study shows that Haryana's available biomass, after taking into account…
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Incentives implemented by the German government have led to a surge in over 6,000 anaerobic digestion (AD) plants being built across the nation. However, the vast majority of these are large-scale, around 1MW or above, thus affecting the tipping fees for waste food – which now stands at between €10 and €20 per tonne, down from €60 to €80 per tonne – and biocrop…
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In Beaudesert, Queensland, Australia, power business Quantum Power has completed its second biogas-fired power plant. The facility converts biogas from meat processing and production firm AJ Bush & Son's covered anaerobic waste pond into electricity for use at the site. Construction was completed by Quantum, which also owns and operates the plant. 'Quantum has enjoyed the support of the AJ…
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Montreal, Canada-based energy company Boralex Inc. is said to be considering the closure of its biomass plant in Ashland. The company's 40MW facility will have to be shut down indefinitely if it fails to win an energy contract by March this year. Boralex blames spot market fluctuations in New England for its decision. However, the current market will not affect a 36MW wood-fired power plant in…
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Councillors are discussing a material amendment application for a Warminster, UK-based biogas plant, which was approved by Wiltshire Council in July last year. Town councillors disapprove of the chosen 3-acre site on which the facility will be built, despite having welcomed a plan that will see the height of the biogas tanks reduced. The project will see existing farm structures replaced with new…
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In Honolulu, Hawaii, Hawaiian Electric Company has submitted a request for an annual supply of 3 to 7 million gallons of biodiesel. The biodiesel will power the 100MW Campbell Estate Industrial Park generating station – one of the world's largest commercial-scale power plants to be 100% fuelled by biodiesel. 250,000 gallons of the biofuel supply will go towards powering the Honolulu…
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In Tolkkinen, Finland, sustainable technology and services supplier Metso has been selected to supply Porvoon Energia with a biomass boiler plant for the generation of combined heat and power (CHP). MW Power, a joint venture between Mesto and power solutions company Wärtsilä, will deliver the plant. The order is expected to be worth in the region of €15 million and is included in…
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