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A manufacturer of biomass-based boilers and waste heat recovery systems, Thermax is to acquire Danish firm Danstoker A/S and its Germany-based subsidiary Omnical Kessel for $42 million (€29.5 million). Danstoker is another boiler manufacturer and the deal is expected to boost Thermax’s presence within the European renewable energy sector as it aims to source 20% of its total energy from…
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Bioenergy firm Solena Group has signed a letter of intent with clean energy company Rentech for the use of its proprietary Fischer-Tropsch synthetic fuel technology in Solena’s sustainable biojet fuel project – GreenSky. The facility will convert more than 500,000 tonnes of waste biomass feedstock into synthesis gas every year using Solena’s plasma gasification technology, BioSynGas. The…
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In Shandong province, China, the world's first industrial-scale plant for CO2 storage by algae is being developed. And GEA Westfalia Group, Oelde, Germany, has been awarded a €1 million contract which will see the company supply three high-performance separators for harvesting and washing of the algae. The algae are cultivated by feeding purified flue gas from the coal-fired power…
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Anaerobic digestion (AD) specialist Farmgen, headquartered in Lancaster, UK, is currently building an AD plant at Carr Farm, which will generate 800kW of renewable electricity for the grid when it comes online next spring. And the company has now secured a power purchase agreement with supermarket chain Marks and Spencer (M&S). In a bid to consume only green energy by 2012 M&S has…
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Sweden-based Vargardbuss is to purchase 11 buses with methane/diesel technology from Volvo Buses. The order includes the Volvo 8500 intercity bus model and the fleet will begin running in July next year. The buses consist of a conventional diesel-powered vehicle containing gas tanks attached to the roof. These tanks inject gas into the engine, producing a combination of air and fuel. The…
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In Oregon, US, the building work has begun on Spain-based renewable energy firm Iberdrola Renovables’ biomass power plant in Lake County. The plant is the company’s first biomass project in the US. Operations are due to commence by the end of 2012 when it will produce 26.8MW of renewable power. 200 construction jobs will be created, in addition to 20 for operations and maintenance at the…
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Syed Nadeem Ahmed, Senior Power Plants Engineer at Pakistan International Airlines, is the latest speaker to confirm his participation at the upcoming Bioenergy International Asia expo & conference, being held on 10-11 November at the Hotel Maya in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. World aviation fuel demand is growing rapidly, and is being led by Asia. The global aviation fuel in 2010 is forecast to…
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Nova-Institute, a German environmental consultancy, has evaluated the extent of the contribution made by the continent's bioeconomy and claims that the sector employs around 18m people and its turnover is worth €2.1 trillion. The bioeconomy comprises those parts of the economy that use renewable biological resources from land and sea – such as crops, forests, fish, animals and…
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Bioenergy company Ineos Bio’s joint venture Ineos New Planet BioEnergy has awarded the engineering procurement and construction (EPC) contract to build its bioenergy facility in Southeast Florida, US, to Amec. Amec will provide engineering and construction expertise to build this first commercial scale facility, valued at over $100 million (€71.5 million). The facility will produce 6MW…
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A CHP station planned for Rhode in Co Offaly, Ireland is due to break ground early next year. Renewable energy company Biotricity Ltd. is behind the project, which is estimated to cost €40 million and create 200 construction jobs in addition to 65 full-time positions when completed by mid 2012. The facility will generate 15MW of renewable energy from willow grown and supplied to the site by…
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Following the construction of a biogas facility in Michigan, US, which commenced in August earlier this year, biogas company Swedish Biogas International is looking into building a second facility. The new project will also be based in Michigan, generating renewable energy from municipal and agricultural waste. ‘The Flint operation is showing real promise,’ the president and CEO of the…
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Alexandra Dock at the Port of Liverpool could be home to a new biomass-fired power plant. Green energy developer RES is planning the development of the £300 million (€336 million) facility, which will produce renewable power for nearby homes and create new jobs for the area. Should the project go ahead it is estimated to generate between 100 and 150MW of electricity a year, benefitting…
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Malaysia is well placed to become a global leader in biodiesel production. Ambitious plans were announced in 2008 but in the last couple of years the market has virtually ground to a halt. The government has so far approved 56 licenses for biodiesel production, which would create an annual production capacity of 6.8 million tonnes. However about 60% of the approved capacity has still to be…
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The UK government has outlined its goals for anaerobic digestion in its new National Infrastructure Plan. The £200 billion (€227 million) public and private sector investment plan will deliver the UK's infrastructure needs over the next five years, which reiterates the government's commitment to promote and incentivise energy from waste, and anaerobic digestion (AD) in…
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