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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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Electricity-generating company Drax has threatened to relocate its biomass projects oversees if the government refuses to undo its decision to limit subsidies. Drax, operator of the coal-burning facility in Selby, West Yorkshire, UK, is the biggest polluter in Western Europe. Now, plans to build three biomass power plants are in place to help the company reduce its carbon emissions. The…
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In the UK, Danish company Dong Energy is planning a multi-million pound biomass power station in Hull. If plans go ahead, the refinery will be constructed on an 80,000 m2 site that is owned by Associated British Ports (ABP). The biomass plant will burn waste wood to generate 300MW of electricity – enough to power 500,000 homes. Dong Energy and ABP are also working on plans for a new £100…
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In the UK, W4B is back, after its application for a biofuel plant in Portland was rejected in 2009. W4B Renewable Energy has submitted a second proposal for planning permission on a £35 million (€40 million) palm oil facility. W4B wants to construct the multi-million pound power plant at Portland Port, on the edge of Balaclava Bay. Now, in a bid to show their lack of support for revived…
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Antti Pasanen, managing director of St1 Biofuels Oy, is the latest addition to the impressive line-up of speakers at the upcoming Bioenergy International expo & conference in Prague on 5-6 May. St1 Biofuels Oy was established in 2006 and its first small-scale plant in Finland is the first anywhere to produce ethanol from waste for commercial use on motor fuel. While St1’s current…
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Since the year 2006, 114,000 biogas pools have been built in the rural areas of Tibet. The Tibet Department of Farming and Animal Husbandry claims that around 570,000 farmers and herdsmen will now be provided with clean methane. The state council gave the green light for 155,705 biogas pools to be constructed in rural villages in Tibet, costing 659.26 million Yuan (€71.2 million). Further…
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Waste management firms Covanta and Veolia are joining forces, under a project development agreement, to develop the energy recovery plant at Rookery South Pit near Stewartby, Bedfordshire, which will create sufficient low-carbon energy to power up to 65,000 homes. When completed, the facility is expected to generate more than 50MWe of electricity and will create around three hundred jobs during…
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Mexico-based Tequila Cazadores distillery has installed a biomass boiler that is designed to harness as much green energy it can from the discards made during regular production of the brand's top-shelf spirits. These discards are then transformed into fuel. The ashes created within the boiler are used for composting and transforming the ashes into a nutrient-rich soil supplement. About…
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Denmark-headquarted energy supplier Dong Energy is offering UK business customers the opportunity to choose renewable electricity at no additional premium to traditional 'brown energy' sources. Brown energy is energy that comes from conventional fossil fuels, such as oil or coal.   In a statement, Dong Energy said that it will cover additional costs associated with "going…
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The Bio-Based and Biodegradable Industries Association (BBIA) has written to the Council of the European Union recommending changes to the Circular Economy Package (CEP) to be made regarding biowaste, organic recycling and green procurement.  In the letter, addressed to Melanie Schultz van Haegen, the President of the European Council of Environment Ministers during the…
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Based in Toronto, biogas developer StormFisher has been acquired by Greenhouse Gas Services (GGS). GGS is a joint venture between GE Energy Financial Services and the AES Corporation. StormFisher develops, owns and manages various projects around North America, where food and agricultural by-products are converted into natural gas and electricity. Mauricio Vargas, CEO of GGS, said that the…
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