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If granted permission, a proposed biomass plant in Kent, UK, is due to convert thousands of tonnes of waste wood into heat and power. A joint venture between German Evonik New Energies and renewable energy firm HES Biopower, Biomass Power’s facility will utilise a yearly supply of 160,000 tonnes of wood for the generation of 25MW of power. 35MW of low-grade steam heat will also be produced…
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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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Located in Kentucky, US, bioenergy producer ecoPower Generation has been given the go ahead to construct its biomass plant in Perry County. The refinery, which will generate 50MW of electricity from burning waste wood and logs, was approved by the Kentucky State Board on Electric Generation and Transmission Siting, after disruptive factors such as noise levels and aesthetics, as well as effects…
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Beddington Heat & Power has submitted its application that, if accepted, will see the construction of a small-scale renewable energy production facility in Surrey, UK. The project, which will be developed within a purpose built structure nearby to Country Waste Recycling, a waste management company, will be led by biomass conversion firm Bioflame, located in North Yorkshire. The facility…
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A tariff, which aims to increase the use of biomass-based feedstocks in power production facilities, has been finalised in India. The Indian power regulator Gujaret Electricity Commission (GERC) has fixed a tariff that will see power suppliers acquire bioelectricity for Rs 4.40 (€0.08) per unit for the first decade, before increasing to Rs 4.75 per unit from the 11th year to the 20th year.…
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12 months have passed since 80 companies applied to receive a $26 million (€20.9 million) federal grant from the Department of Energy (DoE). Now three firms remain after the DoE made its final cut, one of which is private firm Hayden, Cary & King, Co., which hopes to construct a biomass power plant in the town of Vail, Colorado, US. The Vail biomass refinery would use beetle-killed pine…
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Costing in the region of $8.8 million (€7.1 million) and developed with the aim of slashing the US-based Northern Nevada Correction Center’s utility bills, Nevada’s first biomass project has been deemed unsuccessful. The biomass plant burns wood for the generation of heat and power. It was originally thought that it would be able to heat all of the water used at the prison, as well as…
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The 500-acre Lower Reule farm has begun the operation of its £3 million (€3.5 million) anaerobic digestion (AD) biogas facility in Staffordshire, UK. The plant will produce 1.3MW of electricity from a combination of feedstocks. 12,750 tonnes of food waste collected from local supermarkets and food producers will be the main source of power but 1,250 tonnes of maize silage and 1,000 tonnes of…
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Scotland, UK-based leisure firm John O’Groats Leisure is set to install a biomass boiler after receiving a £51,808 (€60,525) grant from the Scottish Biomass Heat Scheme. The company will use the boiler to heat its two properties Caberfeidh Guest House and the Seaview Hotel. It will be located at the guest house but heat will also be transported to the hotel across the road via a pipe…
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Sweden’s vision to produce 50% of its energy from sustainable sources by 2020 looks extremely likely since 32% of its energy is already generated from biomass. The government is striving for the nation to become 100% fossil-free by the year 2030 and as a result investments in the sector have soared over the past few years. However, according to the Wood Resource Quarterly, logs and wood…
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