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Biogas firm Thai Biogas Energy (TBEC) is planning a Bt700 million (€11.66 million) investment in a number of biogas projects across Thailand and elsewhere. According to the COO at TBEC Pajon Sriboonruang, the company wants to invest in a total of five facilities; four of which will be in Thailand while the fifth will be located in Laos. TBEC aims for all five power plants to be operational…
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In Mason County, US, biopower joint venture Adage has signed its first fuel-supply contract. The company is currently developing a $250 million (€194.9 million) plant in Shelton and now the largest private timberland owner in Mason County – Green Diamond Resource – will provide an estimated 20% of Adage’s yearly 604,000-tonne wood supply. The plant is expected to take two-and-a-half…
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On the south coast in the port of Southampton, UK, biomass energy development firm Helius Energy is looking to build a biomass power plant. Helius has already signed an option to lease a 20-acre site on which the 100MWe facility will be built. ‘Securing this site for Southampton for our proposed 100Mwe renewable energy power plant is an important addition to our strong portfolio of…
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Renewable energy joint venture Forth Energy’s plans to construct a biomass power plant at the port of Dundee, Scotland, are set to be lodged with the Scottish government. With Scotland aiming for half of its electricity and 11% of its heat to be produced from renewable energy in 10 years’ time, it is thought that the facility would be well received by all. However the power plant is…
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Nearly 569,000 people work in clean energy throughout the US Midwest, according to an analysis released by Chicago-based Clean Energy Trust (CET) and the business group Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2). Clean energy jobs throughout the region are expected to grow by more than 4% over the next year, with the possibility for even more growth with the right policies in place, the report says. The…
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In the area of Cowichan Lake, British Columbia, Canada, mayor Ross Forrest is considering starting up a wood pellet plant. As nearby forest companies are currently burning their waste wood, Forrest believes that a pellet facility would be beneficial to the region, not only for utilising waste wood, but for bringing jobs to the area. Following a meeting with the representatives of the Ministry…
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Following two-and-a-half years of planning, Harper Adams University College, located in Edgmond, UK will finally see work begin on its £3 million (€3.6 million) renewable power system. The turf cutting ceremony took place on 4 August and brought together all the major partners, including plant designer BiogenGreenfinch, energy company E.ON and local contractor Adonis Construction. The…
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Construction has commenced on biogas company Swedish Biogas International’s plant in Flint, Michigan, US. The biogas facility is being built at Flint’s wastewater treatment plant and, once completed, will produce electricity from human waste. Phase 1 of the build is expected to cost more than $4 million (€3.01 million).
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Greener for Life (GfL), a food and energy supplier based in the UK, recently submitted an application to build an anaerobic digester in Rackenford, Devon. However GfL’s plans have been dashed after the application was turned down by councillors. The plant, expected to cost in the region of £25 million (€29.7 million), would have processed cow slurry, crops and food waste, 40,000 tonnes…
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Following an announcement in July this year that food retailer Waitrose had submitted a planning application to the council that could see its 18,000 square foot supermarket in the Isle of Wight powered by biomass, the company is now switching to green transport fuel. Five of Waitrose’s home delivery vans – Mercedes Sprinters – will run on liquid biomethane (LBM), a renewable vehicle fuel…
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A power station in Nebraska is set to replace some of its coal with biopellets thanks to a new deal. Biomass supplier Next Step Biofuels signed a letter of intent with Omaha Public Power District (OPPD) to test burn 2,200 tonnes of Next Step's corn stover PowerPellets. PowerPellets will replace up to 5% of the coal burned in one of OPPD's North Omaha Station boilers during the…
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In Washington, US, Nippon Paper Industries is planning the construction of a cogeneration plant. The $71 million (€53.5 million) facility will be built at its mill in Port Angeles and generate steam and electricity from forest biomass that would otherwise remain unused or be burned. The biomass will produce 20MW of energy which will be sold to utility companies, while the new plant will add…
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In Scotland, joint venture TEG Biogas is to construct and operate a 16,000 tonne-a-year food waste anaerobic digestion plant in Glenfarg, Perthshire. TEG Biogas has been awarded a grant for approximately 20% of the plant and equipment capital funding (700,000) by Zero Waste Scotland, the Scottish Government funded organisation that provides support to the waste and recycling sector. The grant…
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Its neighbour Germany may lead the European biogas race, but thanks to loans Poland is well on its way to contending for the title. The National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management, an EU programme, will allocate z? 500 million (€123.65 million) in loans and subsidies to agricultural biogas plant development over the next three years. Overall biogas plant construction…
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