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Welsh renewable energy company Eco2 has sold its 44.2MW straw-fired biomass plant in Snetterton, East Anglia to BWSC PCL in a £160 million (€201.7 million) deal. BWSC PCL is a joint venture between Burmeister & Wain Scandinavian Contractor and PensionDanmark. This marks the second deal of its kind to BWSC PCL, following Eco2's sale of its Brigg straw-fired biomass plant in North…
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Enel Green Power has started building the Cornia 2 geothermal power plant in the town of Castelnuovo Val di Cecina, in Tuscany. This will be the first plant in the world to use biomass to heat geothermal steam in order to increase the energy efficiency and electricity output of the geothermal cycle. The existing geothermal plant will be supplemented by a 5MW plant powered with locally sourced…
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Foresight Group and the UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) are investing in the construction of a new waste wood combined heat and power (CHP) facility in Merseyside, UK. The plant, which will generate 20.2MW of electricity and 7.8 MW of thermal power, will be powered by 146,000 tonnes per year of waste wood, sourced by Stobart Biomass Products under a long-term fuel supply contract. The facility…
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UK farms could be a major player in a shift towards a resilient, low-carbon energy system, according to a report launched by the Farm Power coalition. The coalition, which is made up of a growing number of farming bodies, businesses and NGOs, is now calling on policymakers and other key stakeholders, including supermarkets, to support the vision. The research carried out by sustainability…
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A new gas-to-grid plant has opened at Bristol sewage treatment works in the UK. The plant is run by Wessex Water subsidiary GENeco, which has become the first company in the UK to start injecting gas generated from food waste and sewage into the natural gas grid network and at the same time install a gas refuelling plant for a compressed natural gas (CNG) bus. Seventeen million m3 of biomethane…
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Ricardo has acquired UK consultancy firm PPA Energy. With a particular emphasis on innovation within the power industry, PPA Energy specialises in techno-economic and management consultancy services for the energy sector. The company has a strong international customer base covering over 90 countries, with particular expertise in economic and financial analysis, pricing, market regulation and…
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Biomass solutions provider DP CleanTech has signed an equipment supply agreement with China Everbright International to supply the largest waste-to-energy project in Africa. DP's European high pressure, high temperature technology has been installed in over 50 biomass power plants in China alone. It was first implemented in Europe 30 years ago. DP CleanTech and Everbright are well positioned to…
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Brazil is expected to overtake the US as the world's leading biopower producing nation by 2018, according to research and consulting firm GlobalData. Production capacity in Brazil will rise from 11.51GW in 2013 to 17.10GW in 2018. According to GlobalData's report, that the US had the world's largest biopower installed capacity in 2013, with 15.43GW, but this will only rise to 16.49GW by 2018. The…
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In the UK, AmeyCespa, North Yorkshire County Council and the City of York Council, have signed a contract to design, build and operate a new integrated waste management facility – Allerton Waste Recovery Park. The facility will include a recycling plant, an anaerobic digestion plant and a waste-to-energy plant for the treatment of residual household waste. Anaerobic digestion company OWS…
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Air Liquide, a producer of high value-added gases, has signed an agreement for the acquisition of FordonsGas, a company that distributes compressed biogas (CBG) for the Swedish transportation market. FordonsGas owns and operates more than 40 CBG stations in Sweden, making it one of the largest distribution networks for this alternative fuel in the country. These filling stations enable owners and…
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State-run agricultural research firm Embrapa states Brazil can increase planted areas for bioenergy sixfold without removing rainforest. Manoel Texeira Souza, general manager, Embrapa, said at BNamericas' 11th Southern Cone Energy Summit that as much as 50 million hectares were available for future growth. 'If we can transfer 20% or 30% of that land into new [plantations] we will exceed our…
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Pellet manufacturer German Pellets and ZG Raiffeisen Energie, a trading and service company, have created a 50/50 joint venture for the sale of wood pellets. The name of the joint subsidiary company will be 'best:Pellets Handelsgemeinschaft'. It will begin pellet sales on 1 January 2015. 'We are now taking the next logical step in our cooperation, so as to gain further market shares,' explains…
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KiOR has announced that, as part of its refocus on R&D, it has accepted a bid for substantially all of its assets from certain affiliates of Vinod Khosla that have been providing and will continue to provide it with senior secured financing. KiOR has also filed for relief under Chapter 11 in the US Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware. Under the Bankruptcy Code, the bid is subject to…
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After this year's extremely successful event in Las Vegas, API has scheduled its next Tanks, Valves and Piping event for the 12-15 October 2015. Tank Storage magazine will once again be the official media partner and the only tank-focused publication distributed at the event.
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