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In Colorado, US, biogas firm Heartland Renewable Energy has received approval from commissioners that will see the construction of an 80-acre biogas-to-power facility in Weld County. The plant will operate 24 hours a day, converting cattle manure into biogas that will generate enough energy to power 20,000 homes in communities such as Windsor, Frederick, Firestone and Dacono. The president…
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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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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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Drax’s plans to build its second biomass plant are close to completion. Following the success of its smaller facility in Goole, North Humberside, UK, the Yorkshire-based power station operator is now developing a pellet producing facility for the town of Gainsborough, Lincolnshire. Made from shredding, grinding, drying and compressing straw and miscanthus or elephant grass, the pellets will…
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The UK’s leading advanced digestion and integrated biogas to energy business Monsal has secured £14 million (€16.85 million) in funding. Awarded by the Waste Resources Fund (WRF), managed by FourWinds Capital Management, the capital will go towards financing Monsal’s AD company within the UK’s wastewater sector, in addition to providing infrastructure funding for biogas energy from…
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In Tennessee, US, biomass and bioenergy company Genera Energy has broke ground on its Biomass Innovation Park, a unique campus that, once completed, will integrate and optimise the entire biomass supply chain. The campus, which is being desgined by Michael Brady Architects of Knoxville and constructed by J&S Construction of Cookeville, will be built nearby to Genera Energy and Dupont Danisco…
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Hearings for a new biomass plant proposed for Nova Scotia, Canada, by Nova Scotia Power and NewPage, have begun. The $200 million (€152.9 million) cogeneration facility is facing opposition from groups claiming that it would result in high levels of deforestation. Plans cannot go ahead until the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board approve the project. If approved the plant, planned for the…
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UK-based waste management company Viridor Laing is to open an anaerobic digestion (AD) plant in Manchester. In September this year Viridor will start sending waste to the site in Manchester where its two wet AD tanks will convert the organic waste into methane. The plant will process roughly 100,000 tonnes of waste annually and the methane produced will be used to help power another facility…
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Spain-headquartered biomass plant builder and operator Gestamp Biomass and US renewable energy development company Clean Power Development will work together to develop, finance and operate biomass energy projects across the north-east region of the US. While multiple projects are under consideration in New Hampshire, the first to move forward under the exclusive agreement will be a 29MW…
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The Vinogradovsky district in north-west Russia will be home to a new wood pellet plant. The plant, which will employ 100 specialists, is expected to be completed by 2013 and will produce 35,000 tonnes of pellets annually. The project will challenge the issues of lumbering wastes and low-quality lumber in the region. Made from compacted sawdust, wood pellets are a type of fuel with high…
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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 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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In Boston, Lincolnshire, UK, an anaerobic digestion (AD) plant is under construction at Staples Vegetables plant. The plant will utilise vegetables out-of-specification at the packhouse or bypassed in the field to generate electricity for supply to the site and the surplus will be injected into the grid. Heat will also be produced by the plant and will be used to chill packhouse areas, with…
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