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Beaver Wood Energy is planning to construct a large biomass and wood pellet production facility at the former Green Mountain Race Track in Vermont, US, and the company recently met with the State Board to discuss the project further. When the facility is completed, after a 26-month construction period, the 144-acre site will consist of a 29MW biomass plant and an integrated pellet plant, which…
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Asea One Power Corporation, a Philippines-based biomass project developer, has shortlisted the final four companies, one of which will be selected for the turnkey contract of its first power plant. The chosen engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor will be informed by 15 July 2010 before the 12MW plant in Aklan, Philippines, begins construction. ‘We are still in the…
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UK-based bioethanol producer Ineos Bio has received a £7.3 million (€8.77 million) grant from One North East and the Department for Energy and Climate Change towards the £52 million construction cost of its advanced bioethanol from waste plant. The plant, to be located at the Ineos Seal Sands site in the Tees Valley, is designed to produce 24,000 tonnes per year (30 million litres) of…
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In a bid to quantify and understand the environmental impacts of different strategies for producing large quantities of energy crops and other crop residues at the watershed scale the US Department of Energy (DoE) has announced $5 million (€4.1 million) in funding for research focused on sustainable production of large quantities of non-food biomass for bioenergy. This is part of DoE’s…
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Biogas power plant operator RuBa Energie has signed an agreement to purchase grass from clean energy company Viaspace. As part of the agreement, a test plot of five acres of Viaspace Giant King Grass was planted at the RuBa facility in Kevelaer, Germany, on 6 June 2010. The goal of the collaboration with RuBa is to produce an alternative, high yield, non-food feedstock for the more than 4,000…
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For the first time the AEBIOM Bioenergy Conference & RENEXPO Bioenergy Europe will open its doors in the Albert Hall in Brussels, Belgium, from June 30th to July 1st. This joint event of the European Biomass Association (AEBIOM) and the REECO Group is an exclusive get-together of the European bioenergy industry. Strong partners were acquired for this event with a focus on bioenergy. The…
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New York-based Laidlaw Energy Group’s subsidiary Laidlaw Berlin BioPower will sell its energy from its proposed wood-fired power generation facility to Public Service of New Hampshire (PSNH). Once operational the 70MW biomass facility in Berlin, New Hampshire, will be the largest wood-burning power plant in the state. The long-term power purchase agreement must be considered and approved by…
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In Bangladesh Infrastructure Development Company Limited (IDCOL), a state-run non-banking financial institution, says it targets the installation of 36,000 biogas plants in the country by 2012. Experts say only 3% of people in the country living in cities are now receiving natural gas through pipelines for their household cooking and 70% of the total population are not getting it. Like…
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In Idaho, US, three anaerobic digestion (AD) plants could fuel a power station on a 15-year contract. The Idaho Power Company is hoping to buy power from the three projects in the Magic Valley area of south-central Idaho. The utility is seeking permission from the state’s Public Utilities Commission for the power purchase agreements with the Middleton-based developer New Energy Company.
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UK-headquartered Blue Sphere Corporation, an emission reduction project integrator, has signed a non-binding term sheet for the construction and operation of a biomass-fired cogeneration facility in Henan Province, China. Blue Sphere and its co-developer Hanmei Straw Cogeneration have estimated that the annual electricity generated could be 140.8 million Kwh, the annual heat supply could be…
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In Canada the New Brunswick government is setting aside land for biomass projects, enough to replace about 200 million litres of oil. More than 1.2 million m3 of the province's branches, tree tops and foliage are to be allocated to forest products companies generating energy and value-added products. The Department of Natural Resources is to announce that eight proposals out of 16…
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Walters Environmental is awaiting a decision from a planning committee about its 3-5MW biomass power station in Neath, Wales. The company will develop the combined heat and power plant at the old coal stocking ground in Maesgwyn, near Glynneath. If approved it would create 50 jobs during the year-long construction stage and 14 jobs once it is operational. Some residents and Glynneath town…
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In Mumbai, India,A2Z Maintenance & Engineering Services is planning to invest about Rs 3,000 crore (€533,535,474.97) to set up a 500MW municipal solid-waste power plant by 2012. The operator and engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company requires an equity contribution of about Rs 500-600 crore and will raise the funds through IPO and internal accruals. The company, in the…
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Canada-based forest products provider Tolko Industries has signed a contract with Ottawa-based Ensyn Technologies to build an CA$80 million (€63.8 million) plant to generate electricity from sawdust and other wood waste at a Tolko Industries’ sawmill in High Level, Aberta. The joint venture is the world's largest commercial project of its kind, using fast pyrolysis to process 400 tonnes…
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