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In 2009 heat energy producer International WoodFuels (IWF) was planning the construction of a $20 million (€15.9 million) commercial-scale wood pellet production facility in Burnham, Maine, US. However, plans have since changed due to a current lack of funding. ‘With the economy, what we ended up doing is focusing on our new plant in Louisiana County, Virginia, that went into operation in…
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In Newport, Wales, UK, the trading name of food manufacturer Premier Foods – RF Brookes – will soon house the first anaerobic digestion (AD) plant attached to a food factory in Wales. RF Brookes produces ready meals for Marks & Spencer and this will be the feedstock for the company’s £5 million (€6 million) food waste-to-energy plant, which has already started being built. The…
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The UK has the capacity to produce 7% of its renewable energy required by 2020. Every year it produces 100 million tonnes of biomass waste, including animal and food waste and sewage sludge, that can be converted into biogas for the generation of heat and power. Now, the UK government is developing a plan of action that will see a ‘huge increase’ in AD plants. To date the UK consists of…
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Environment and sustainability professionals have high levels of work satisfaction because they find their jobs personally, professionally and financially rewarding, according to new research. Statistics released by the Institute of Environmental Management and Assessment (IEMA) show that 82% of its members are satisfied with their career – the highest figure ever recorded for this…
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Producer of natural gas-burning engines, Vancouver, Canada-based Westport Innovations, is to manufacture engines for motor company Volvo after it signed an agreement to develop products that will run off biogas and natural gas. Although the company refused to divulge any information surrounding the new engine products, Westport explained that it would be repaid for the engineering and related…
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UK-based energy provider Peel Energy is currently developing a large-scale biomass plant planned for Tafford, Manchester, UK. Costing £70 million (€83.5 million) to build, the biomass facility will generate 20MW of energy from recycled wood, agricultural waste and energy crops. This is enough to provide 37,000 homes with energy – almost a third of Trafford borough’s population. The…
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Near Kiev, Ukraine, the country’s first biogas cogeneration plant at the Ukrainian Milk Company has been operating successfully for nine months. Converting the manure from 4,000 cows into biogas, the plant employs a Jenbacher gas engine manufactured by GE Energy, a company serving the energy sector by developing and deploying technology that makes efficient use of natural resources. The…
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In the town of Warminster, Wiltshire, UK, property developer and energy supplier Malaby Martin Ltd. has been granted planning permission for the construction of a biogas plant. Wiltshire Council approved the plant, which is planned for Bore Hill Farm – a redundant smallholding consisting of a farmhouse, disused outbuildings and 12 acres of land. Employing anaerobic digestion technology for…
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Construction has begun on what will soon be Hungary’s largest biogas plant. The Hungarian division of Germany-based Aufwind Neue Energien laid the facility’s cornerstone on 16th July this year in Szarvas, southeast Hungary. Costing HUF 3.9 billion (€13.5 million) to build the plant will produce 4.2MW of energy each year. The project, expected to be completed early next year, received…
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Following the closure of a number of sawmills throughout Lake County, Oregon, US, a new biomass plant is being developed for the region. Planned to be built alongside the country’s last remaining sawmill, the project will be Iberdrola Renewables’ first fully owned and operated biomass power plant. Renewable energy company Iberdrola Renewables received a $1.7 million (€1.3 million)…
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A biomass plant being developed for the Isle of Wight may have the capacity to supply electricity to more than two thirds of the island’s population. Costing £130 million (€154 million) to construct, the Reality Energy Centre has been proposed for a disused landfill site in Newport, adjacent to Vestas R&D centre. Real Ventures Ltd. is expected to submit a planning application before…
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In Oregon, US, three projects dedicated to generating energy from sustainable sources have been awarded $3 million (€2.4 million) in government funding. The US department of Energy’s State Energy Program split the funds between the counties of Lake, Tillamook and Wallowa. The Lakeview Cogenerative project received $1.7 million to convert wood waste into bioelectricity and heat. The…
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The Colac Power Company, a joint venture between biological farming firm Camperdown Compost Company and green electricity developer Diamond Energy, is to build a biogas plant in the town of Colac, Victoria, Australia. The Victorian government has awarded the project with a $1.5 million (€1.2 million) grant to help build the plant. Once construction has been completed it will process organic…
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France-based energy provider GDF Suez is thought to be investing €5 million in a biomass plant located in Bansko, Bulgaria. GDF Suez representatives met with the town mayor Alexander Kravarov and privately owned French company Bul Eco Energy. GDF Suez will present Bansko Municipality with its investment offer by the end of July 2010. To date the French energy company has installed biomass…
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