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Britain's largest turkey producer, Bernard Matthews, has announced it will roll out 179 biomass boilers for installation in 21 of its turkey farms in Norfolk, Suffolk and Lincolnshire in a project deal with renewable energy solutions specialist Lumicity. The project will reduce carbon emissions at the farms and allow Bernard Matthews to achieve fuel savings against its current costs. As well as…
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North America-based consumer packaging firm RockTenn and forest products business Simpson Lumber Company have signed an agreement whereby RockTenn will acquire the Simpson Tacoma Kraft paper mill for approximately $343 million (€246.6 million). The Tacoma Kraft Mill located in the US state of Washington, operates a 55MW biomass cogeneration facility that was completed in 2009 and sells…
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Manchester High Court has decided in favour of a controversial biomass plant, due to be built in Davyhulme, Greater Manchester, UK. The £70 million (€85.1 million) Barton Renewable Energy Plant will be built by Peel Holdings, reportedly 500m from the nearest homes – a proposal that led local councils and residents to challenge the project. However, objections to the plant were…
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Engineering company Spencer Group has delivered the first project as part of a £150 million (€182 million) investment in biomass handling operations at the Humber Ports, UK. As part of a 15-year contract between port operator Associated British Ports (ABP) and Drax Power, Spencer has delivered a facility at the Port of Hull – the first to be completed under the long-term deal.…
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A biogas liquefaction plant has opened in Oslo, which will convert household food waste into biomethane for use as renewable fuel for the city's buses. The facility, which was built by gas handling and liquefaction technology developer Wärtsilä and opened on 12 February, is operated by biowaste treatment company Cambi on behalf of Waste-to-Energy Agency (EGE) and the city of Oslo. EGE…
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Energy company Fortum has announced it will invest €40 million in a new combined heat and power (CHP) plant under development by its associated company Turun Seudun Energiantuotanto (TSE). The new plant, planned for Naantali in Finland, will cost a total €260 million and come online in the third quarter of 2017. It initially will be able to handle a combination of biomass, recycled…
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A consortium made up of clean technology company Topell Energy, three electricity companies – Essent, Nuon and GDF Suez – and the Energy Research Centre of the Netherlands (ECN) has completed a large-scale co-firing test with biomass at the Amer power plant in the Netherlands. The test, conducted under the 'Top consortium for Knowledge and Innovation Bio-based Economy (TKI BBE)…
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The New York Green Bank has started operations and will work to stimulate private sector financing to accelerate the transitions to a more cost-effective, resilient and clean energy system. The NY Green Bank is the largest bank of its kind in nation. Governor Andrew Cuomo made the announcement, declaring the bank is now seeking proposals from private sector lenders, investors and industry…
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Iona Capital, together with Scotia Gas Networks (SGN), has invested in Keithick Biogas for the development of a gas-to-grid anaerobic digestion (AD) plant in Scotland. The project, which will be the first of its kind in Scotland, is expected to commence operations later this year. The AD plant is being supplied by German company MT-Energie, while SGN will provide the gas upgrading plant and will…
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The global market for anaerobic digesters and landfill gas equipment was estimated at almost $4.5 billion (€3.3 billion) in 2013, according to a new report from BCC Research. In the report, 'Waste-Derived Biogas: Global Markets for Anaerobic Digestion Equipment', BCC says it projects the market to grow to $7 billion by 2018. The production of renewable, sustainable energy is expected to…
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Arla Foods is set to become the UK's first zero carbon dairy after opening a bio-based liquefied natural gas (bio-LNG) filling station at its £150 million (€182 million) site in Aylesbury, UK. The bio-LNG will be used to fuel Arla's fleet of trucks, with the first 10 dual-fuel vehicles to be put into operation this month. Gasrec, a supplier of liquefied gas fuel to the transportation…
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Zilkha Biomass Energy, a provider of biomass solutions, and pulp and paper technology supplier Valmet have signed a five-year collaboration agreement in the field of steam exploded black pellets. The purpose of the agreement is to bring steam exploded black pellets to the market for the production of renewable heat and power. The parties will work together to develop a joint global…
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It has been reported that Chinese company Guangzhou Devotion Thermal Technology plans to construct a biomass-fired power plant in Nepal. An estimated $50 million (€36.3 million) will be invested in the project, $15 million of which is the company's own capital. Nepal has been selected as the location of the new biomass power plant due to its rich forestry resources and demand for power…
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Two 999kW biogas plants have opened in the Czech Republic locations of Velké Meziříčí and Velká Bíteš. The first plant, based in Velké Meziříčí and owned by Energoklastr CTT, handles corn silage, cattle slurry and manure, and sugar beet pulp sourced from local farmers. The energy generated from these materials will soon be used to…
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