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In a bid to reduce manure pollution levels the state of Punjab, India aims to generate 1,000MW of renewable energy from agricultural waste by 2015. Excessive amounts of cow manure are proving problematic for cities such as Ludhiana and are a major source of pollution for the region. As a result the state government is looking to collect the methane for use as green power before this waste…
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New plans for a £20million (€23 million) waste recycling plant have been revealed for Inverness Harbour in Scotland, UK. The plant will convert waste collected from the Highlands into recycled materials, in addition to a biomass fibre, which could then be utilised to generate renewable energy. This process is known as auto-claving, where the level of waste is reduced and the recyclable…
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In Castlewellan Forest Park, Northern Ireland the 19th century Castlewellan Castle is installing a new heating system that will be fuelled by locally grown wood chip. The new 200kW Hargassner boiler, provided by Green Energy Technology, will heat the entire castle and provide hot water to over 25 bedrooms and the kitchen. Patrick Flynn, director of Green Energy Technology stated: ‘We are…
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Ong Eng Tong, business development manager for the Asia Pacific at Mabanaft, Singapore, is the latest speaker to confirm his participation in the upcoming Bioenergy International/Tank Storage Asia expo & conference. Tong has over 30 years of experience in the bulk liquid storage sector, and is also an emerging expert in the renewable energy market so will speak on biofuels and their role in…
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In an attempt to get more value out of the corn used in its biofuel production facility, ethanol producer United Ethanol is to install an anaerobic digester. Within a matter of weeks United Ethanol’s anaerobic digestion project will be underway at its 50 million-gallon-a-year ethanol plant in Milton, Wisconsin, US. Eisenmann Corp. has been contracted to install the biomass equipment, which…
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Construction on a new biogas power plant has begun in Ridgetown in Ontario, US. Located at the Ridgetown campus of the University of Guelph, the plant will soon be generating electricity for an estimated 300 homes from manure and other organic wastes. In April this year the Federal Development Agency for Southern Ontario awarded the campus with an investment totalling more than $2.6 million…
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UK-based renewable energy firm Living Fuels has opened its new biofuels processing plant in Hockwold, near Thetford. Part of the Renewable Energy Generation Group, Living Fuels produces biofuel from used cooking oil (UCO) collected from over 270 recycling centres located in the UK. This fuel, known as LF100, is then used by the company to generate electricity and heat in CHP units across the…
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A biomass-fired power plant planned for California in the US has been rejected. Valley Bio-Energy developed the facility but the Modesto Irrigation District has abandoned negotiations. The plant, proposed for a 13.9-acre site in the Mariposa Industrial Park, would have generated 33MW of renewable energy a year from a local supply of waste wood. However on 19 October 2010 the Modesto…
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Join those already registered at the upcoming Bioenergy International Asia expo & conference on 10-11th November in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Companies already coming include Petronas, ASB Biodiesel, Conoco Phillips, Shell Eastern Petroleum, Thai Oil, SK Energy, BioFuel Lanka, Dialog, Vopak, Oiltanking, Dovechem, CPC (Taiwan), Langsat Terminal, MISC, Rotary Engineering, Stolt Nielsen and many…
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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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Located in Cirencester in Gloucester, UK, heat and power supplier Alfagy’s new biogas plant is expected to open in November this year. The opening of the new facility, which will produce power from chicken waste, in addition to corn and wheat, will make Cirencester one of the first towns in the UK to receive renewable electricity sourced from poultry litter. The CHP unit will generate around…
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Delegates registering for the upcoming Bioenergy International Asia expo & conference can start networking straight away! Using pre-event software delegates can set-up meetings and contact other visitors, delegates, speakers and exhibitors, maximising networking opportunities at this event. The two day event, being held on 10-11th November in Kuala Lumpur, organised by market leading…
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The Antwerp Port Authority is said to be considering the possibility of constructing a large-scale biomass-fired power plant in the Antwerp Port area. The plant would ideally generate between 200MW and 400MW of renewable energy, on a site adjacent to the local petrochemical infrastructure with direct waterfront access and road and rail links. The Antwerp Port Authority is now calling on…
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