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The German biogas market accounted for nearly 70% of the global/European total in 2009. Estimates put its worth at $1 billion (€735 million). The German market fell 80% in 2008, however, pushed by the close succession of the global financial crisis, rising energy crops prices, and the revision of the German Renewable Energy law (EEG). New analysis from Frost & Sullivan finds that despite…
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Biomass-based cogeneration plants are springing up in Punjab, India. Sukhbir Agro Energy is planning to set up two paddy processing and co-generation power plants in Ferozepur and Mansa districts of Punjab with capital outlay of Rs 250 crore (€4 million) under a project scheme of the Punjab government. The project in Ferozepur envisages setting up of 80 tonnes per hour (TPH) rice mill,…
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European mid-market investment specialist BLM Partners has invested €10 million in biogas and bioelectricity producer agri.capital. agri.capital based in Munster, Germany is one of Europe’s largest biogas producers, operating 49 sites with an installed generation capacity of 36MW. Germany is Europe’s largest producer of biogas. Biogas is produced in a microbial degradation process…
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The Australian Government will make changes to the country's Renewable Energy Target plan. Starting in January 2011, the existing scheme will include two parts – the Small-scale Renewable Energy Scheme (SRES) and the Large-scale Renewable Energy Target (LRET). These revised arrangements will deliver on the Government’s 20% by 2020 Renewable Energy Target (RET) and are expected to…
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Questions of doubt are being expressed with regards to Delta Electricity’s plans to use plant material for biomass at one of its power stations. Delta’s Wallerawang power station in New South Wales, Australia may start burning biomass as part of a budding $250 million (€183 million) co-firing project. Delta has already planted mallee eucalypt trees with the idea of turning them into…
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The UK’s largest renewable energy trade association, the Renewable Energy Association (REA), has urged the UK government to support the biomass heat industry. The trade body recently responded to a consultation on reforms to the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) subsidy, which closed earlier this week. In a statement, the REA said that if changes to the RHI policy were made then “the…
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Russia’s federal service for ecological, technological and nuclear supervision (Rostekhbadzor) has approved the decision of state ecological appraisal for building and upgrading federal fuel facilities in the Muchka Bay in Vanino port in the Khabarovsk Territory. The decision will be effective for three years. The terminal handled its first vessel in 2009, and the bulker terminal project is…
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Europe’s largest wheat to ethanol refinery has shipped its first renewable fuel product. Tanker Clipper Nelly left independent terminal operator Vopak’s North Tees, UK, terminal loaded with Ensus ethanol and headed for Rotterdam in the Netherlands. Ensus’ £300 million (€332 million) plant at Wilton went into production last month, making the green road fuel, valuable animal feed and…
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The conference programme for the upcoming Bioenergy International expo & conference 2010 on 5-6 May in Prague is now available to view online at: http://www.biofuelsinternationalexpo.com/conf_prog.html Key speakers at the event include: Marc Gillmann, Head of biofuels, Total H.E. Mr. Jan Dusík, Minister of the Environment for the Czech Republic, Ivan Soucek, CEO, Ceska Rafinerska Robert…
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Delegates can now start networking and arrange meetings even before Bioenergy International expo and conference starts. The event, now eight weeks away in Prague on 5-6 May, features a networking suite for all delegates and speakers which have registered, allowing you to specifically choose who you want to have lunch with. Key speakers you can meet include H.E. Mr. Jan Dusík, Minister of the…
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The Netherlands-based storage terminal operator Koole is expanding its facility in Rotterdam by 80,000 m3. The company will add to its existing 560,000 m3 terminal with a mix of mild steel and stainless steel tanks of various sizes. In addition Koole Rotterdam will reinforce jetty no.1. and extend the draft to 15.80 metres during Q1, so that vessels of up to 75,000 tonnes can moor directly at…
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In Wales, UK, Elin Jones, rural affairs minister, has revealed a multi-million pound scheme, called the Wood Energy Business Scheme 2, which could see Wales sitting at the top of wood-to-energy production in Britain. The scheme is managed by Forestry Commission Wales on behalf of the Welsh Assembly Government, and will provide £7.8 million (€8.6 million) in European funding. This financial…
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The legally binding Recommendation 141, issued by the Bern Convention, is warning that some foreign biofuel crops are having a detrimental effect on the natural environment. It states that certain imported crops are disturbing areas outside of cultivated fields and having a negative impact on native biodiversity. As a result, the Council of Europe has made advances to reduce the potential…
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A Greenfield project is currently being developed in Sierra Leone, West Africa, by Addax Bioenergy. A division of the Swiss-based energy corporation Addax and Oryx Group (AOG), Addax Bioenergy’s project will consist of a sugarcane plantation, an ethanol distillery and a biomass power plant. Supported by the government of Sierra Leone and financed by European Development Finance Institutions…
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