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GMB, the UK-based trade union for workers in the energy sector, is calling on the UK government to commit itself to complete transparency, efficacy, value for money and equity on all of the costs associated with decarbonising the economy. It has also called on the UK government to commission a review of the cost effectiveness and fairness of the policies being pursued, including whether these…
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The US Department of Energy (DOE) has announced the selection of six projects for up to $12.9 million (€12.4m) in federal funding, entitled, ‘Project Definition for Pilot- and Demonstration-Scale Manufacturing of Biofuels, Bioproducts, and Biopower’. These projects, required to share the cost at a minimum of 50%, will develop and execute plans for the manufacturing of advanced or…
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Signing off for Xmas. The editorial team will be closed for the festive period from Wednesday 21 December 2016. The team will be in the office and back to business on Tuesday 3rd January 2017. Have a wonderful, relaxing break and we'll see you all next year!
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China Everbright International has signed an investment agreement with the municipal government of Can Tho to develop its energy-from-waste (EfW) project in Vietnam. In a statement, the Hong Kong-based environmental services specialist said it had obtained a project investment license issued by the municipal government. In attendance at the signing ceremony were representatives of the Vietnamese…
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Northern Ireland’s First Minister Arlene Foster will face a vote of no confidence in her leadership at the devolved Assembly over allegations about a scandal involving the renewable heat incentive (RHI) scheme that is estimated will cost taxpayers £400m (€383m). The Social Democratic and Labour party (SDLP) has won cross-party support for its motion…
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Finnish energy equipment manufacturer Wärtsilä will supply a 100MW combined heat and power (CHP) plant to Germany-based energy producer Kraftwerke Mainz-Wiesbaden. The Smart Power Generation power plant, consisting of ten Wärtsilä 34SG engines running on natural gas, is scheduled to be fully operational by the end of 2018. Wärtsilä's scope covers the engineering,…
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The UK renewable energy industry has reacted positively to the government’s renewable heat incentive (RHI) scheme plans. Changes to the scheme were proposed in a public consultation in March. At that time, the renewable heat industry was deeply concerned that the revised tariffs would result in a steep fall in the deployment of many renewable heat technologies. Proposed tariff reductions of…
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Shipping company Dampskibsselskabet Norden has announced a nine-year contract to transport pellets for Canada-based Pinnacle Renewable Energy Inc. Under the contract, starting in 2018 NORDEN will transport 3.5 million metric tons of wood pellets from Vancouver and Prince Rupert in western Canada to Europe. According to Norden, it will make eight shipments per year for Pinnacle using Supramax…
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The UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) has announced that it has committed £35m (€33m) of senior debt to the construction of Wheelabrator Parc Adfer, a new £180m energy-from-waste (EfW) plant at Deeside Industrial Park in Flintshire, North Wales. The lending club also includes Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), Siemens Bank and Natixis, with Barclays providing an equity bridging…
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The British Retail Consortium (BRC), the trade association for the UK retail industry, has published a report exploring the country’s retailers’ actions in the aftermath of the amount of food waste plateauing in 2013. Data from the UK Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) shows that retailed produced about 200,000 tonnes of food waste annually between 2013 and 2015. BRC’s…
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China Everbright International has signed a strategic investment and cooperation agreement with the People's Government of Lankao County in Henan Province to push renewable energy and environmental policies. The agreement seeks to develop cooperation in the fields of environmental water, alternative energy, and environmentally friendly new materials, and promote all-round cooperation in…
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UPM, a Finnish bio- and forestry company, is researching the recycling of green liquor dregs with the aim to reach a zero solid waste to landfill operational status by 2030. Green liquor dregs – the moist “black ashes” created in the soda recovery boiler while burning dissolved wood material – are one of the most challenging production sidestreams to recycle. The…
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As part of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan to cut carbon pollution and create clean energy jobs, US Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell has announced new steps with Western states to encourage the development of renewable power, efficiently deliver that electricity to market, and meet growing consumer demands for clean energy.  Under a Memorandum of Understanding…
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Officials in the US state of Maine have approved a $13 million (€12m) taxpayer subsidy to reopen or keep open several biomass electricity generation plants in the state. According to Maine Public.com, earlier this year, lawmakers approved a plan to use surplus state revenues to prop up the biomass industry, and the forest-products workers who depend on it, by supplementing the prices the…
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