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Utility company Kentucky Power Co. is to acquire biomass-based power from a renewable production plant near Hazard after the Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) approved a 20-year power purchase agreement. Under the recently approved agreement, Kentucky will buy renewable electricity from the 58.8MW ecoPower Generation-Hazard biomass plant, construction on which will take about two…
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Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), in cooperation with Chemieanlangenbau Chemnitz, has produced renewable fuel at its Bioliq (biomass to liquid karlsruhe) pilot plant. With the synthesis stage of the plant now operational, all stages of the Bioliq process (flash pyrolysis, high-pressure entrained-flow gasification and synthesis) are online and the pilot facility is a step closer to producer…
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Waste from dairy farms and beer breweries could provide the necessary ingredients to grow algae-based biofuels say the leaders of a project based in Vermont, US. The US Department of Agriculture awarded the association, which includes the Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative (CAAFI), a $51,000 (€37,000) grant to research biofuels technology using algae during a news conference at…
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Enova Energy, an Atlanta-headquartered bioenergy company, is building three wood pellet plants in Georgia and South Carolina and has signed a new supply agreement for the biomass. The company has entered into a 10-year fibre supply and services agreement with Plum Creek Timber. Under the new agreement, Plum Creek will deliver up to 3 million tonnes a year of sustainably-managed wood fibre to…
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Canada’s wood pellet exports grew by 1% to a total of 781,083 tonnes in the first half of 2015 when compared to the same time period last year, data from Statistics Canada shows. Increased deliveries to the UK, Canada’s number one wood pellet export target, offset declines in shipments from Italy and South Korea, the data shows. Canadian H1 pellet exports to the UK totalled at 587,205…
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The US affiliate of Germany-based chemical company BASF has entered into an agreement to acquire the outstanding shares of common stock of biotechnology company Verenium for $4 (€3) per share. Based on all outstanding shares and including all net financial liabilities, the enterprise value is valued at approximately $62 million. California-based Verenium generated $57 million in sales last…
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CleanWorld has started building an AD plant at the former UC Davis landfill in Davis, California. The biodigester will divert 20,000 tonnes per year of food, green and agricultural waste away from landfill. The biogas collected from this decomposing feedstock is converted into 1MW of electricity and used to power campus buildings at the UC Davis university. By-products of the process includes 4…
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Cheese manufacturer Wyke Farms has launched a £4 million (€4.7 million) biogas plant at its site in Somerset, UK. The plant took five years to plan and build. It features three 4,600m3 digester vessels and will convert 75,000 tonnes a year of biodegradable waste materials from the farm and dairy, including manure, into energy. Wyke Farms said in a statement the new AD facility will…
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Old Durham Wood Co., in Oroville, California, has been temporarily closed after a fire broke out and damaged 1 acre of woodchips. The fire, which was reported at around 11am on 18 September, originated in a large pile of woodchips and strong winds caused it to spread. The facility is damaged and fire fighters managed to contain the blaze. A fire crew of 30, in addition to five engines and two…
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Asea One Power is to invest around $185 million (€137 million) over a five year period to build 60MW of biomass power plant capacity across the Philippines. It has been reported that the company would start with a $37 million, 12MW biomass-fired project in Banga, Aklan and hired an EPC contractor in June. The plant will use rice husks and straws as feedstock, in addition to woody…
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A new report by Bridging with Biomass, a coalition of North American and European wood pellet producers, suggests that the use of solid biomass for power generation achieves significant carbon savings. The coalition has called on the European Commission to take these findings into account when establishing policies 'so as to facilitate the long-term investment and legal certainty needed for…
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Biotricity, an Irish renewable company, has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the supply of feedstock to its biomass-fired power plant, which is currently under construction and expected to enter service by the end of 2015. Under the MoU, the Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) will purchase and manage straw feedstock for the Rhode, Co. Offaly biomass plant. The new facility will…
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RusForest, a Swedish forestry company, has secured bank financing for its wood pellet plant currently under construction in Arkhangelsk, Russia. The pellet plant, being built by engineering firm Hekotek at the site of RusForest's existing sawmill, will have an annual production capacity of up to 100,000 tonnes and allow the company to monetise its sawmill by-products by exporting wood pellets to…
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A new wood pellet export facility is on the cards for the Port of Morehead City in North Carolina, US after the port signed an agreement deal with WoodFuels. According to the terms of the agreement, WoodFuels would finance and build a $25 million (€18 million) export facility at the port to receive, store and load wood pellets for export to Europe, where they would be used as a renewable…
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