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Plantation Energy Australia, Australia’s largest manufacturer and exporter of energy wood pellets, has signed a four-year supply agreement with one of Japan’s largest trading companies, Mitsui & Co. The agreement is worth over AU$70 million (€50.6 million) and is the largest of its kind in Japan in terms of volume and value. Under the terms of the agreement Plantation Energy will…
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In order to qualify for a $45 to $50 million (€33 to €36.8 million) federal grant, construction of the $250 million biomass/wood pellet plant planned for Pownal, Vermont, must begin before the end of this year. However, the owners of the facility are facing opposition from local residents who are claiming that more time is needed in order to realise the full environmental impact of the…
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In Auckland, New Zealand, Mayor Len Brown has started the nation’s first biogas-powered truck, in what is a joint venture between Transpacific, Greenlane Biogas, Dieselgas International and the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (Niwa). The truck, which has been developed for the purpose of collecting rubbish, has undergone 24 months of research and testing and is almost…
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Renewable energy firm Southeast Renewable Energy is looking to build a biogas plant in Allendale County in South Carolina, US. Costing $50 million (€37.57 million), the facility would generate 15MW of energy from timber residues. Raine Cotton, Southeast Renewable’s president and CEO said that his company is ‘working diligently to get the last few steps of the project worked out,…
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In an attempt to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels and lower GHG emissions, the Maine Department of Conservation in the US is awarding over $5.55 million (€4.05 million) in funding to eight conservation projects. The grants will see traditional heating systems at six schools, the University of Maine and Northern Maine Medical Center replaced by either wood chip or pellet boilers.…
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In Cassington, Oxford, a £9 million (€10.6 million) anaerobic digestion (AD) plant has opened. Developed as a joint venture with M&M Skip Hire as part of Agrivert’s 20-year contract with Oxfordshire county council, the facility has the capacity to generate 2MW of electricity from 45,000 tonnes of waste a year. The renewable power produced will be supplied to the National Grid.…
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Rubbish collection vehicles could soon be running off natural biogas derived from landfill gas in the city of Toronto. The city has purchased just one green truck to date which will be used for testing, but this figure will increase should the results prove positive. ‘It is important to the city to pilot test vehicles with alternative fuel technologies before making a long-term commitment,’…
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Sitimas Holdings, Sime Derby, Mabanaft, Dialog, Shell, Jurong Port, ASB Biodiesel, Thai Oil, ConocoPhillips, Dialog, MISC, SK Energy, Langsat Terminal, Dovechem, Vopak – just some of the names registered for next week’s Bioenergy International Asia expo & conference at the Hotel Maya in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on 10-11th November. Sustainability standards forms one of the key focuses at…
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The owner and operator of what is thought to be the largest pellet producing plant in the world, Vyborgskaya Cellulose has claimed that the Vyborg, Russia-based plant will be operational by the end of this year. When the facility reaches full-scale production it will manufacture around 900,000 tonnes of wood pellets annually, which can then be used to generate heat and electricity. The plant…
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A manufacturer of fuel cell power plants, FuelCell Energy has sold 4.8MW of power plants to renewable energy firm California-based Biofuels Fuel Cells. The deal consists of three power plants, including a 2.8MW plant, a 1.4MW model and a 300kW plant. FuelCell Energy will then use them to convert biogas into electric power. According to FuelCell the 300kW plant will be used to generate power to…
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A six-mile stretch of 13 dairies along Interstate 10 between El Paso and La Cruces produces around 1.6 billion pounds of cattle manure annually. With this in mind, start up company R-Qubed is currently developing a biogas plant in the region. It will convert the manure into methane for electricity production, in addition to high-grade fertiliser, compost and other materials. And according to…
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In March earlier this year Solid Energy business Nature’s Flame opened New Zealand’s largest wood pellet production facility. The Taupo-based plant, which cost $34 million (€24.55 million) to build, has a total output capacity of 40,000 tonnes of pellets a year but the company is already planning to expand this to 90,000 tonnes. Earlier this month Nature’s Flame loaded its second bulk…
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Orangeburg County Biomass is looking to build a wood-fired power plant but is struggling to find a client to secure the power purchase agreement. The biomass power generator, planned for Orangeburg County’s John Matthews Industrial Park, will cost in the region of $100 million (€72.2 million) to erect. Located on 55 acres of land, the project would burn mostly wood chip and forestry waste…
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With no biogas plants under construction in Greece or South Africa, biogas plant designer and constructor Zorg Biogas AG is looking to build two. The company recently received its first advanced orders from the two nations. Both of the 1MW plants will use manure as the feedstock. Prior to purchasing the biogas facilities, the prospective customers we able to visit an operating plant in Kyiv…
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