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Jul 27, 2022
The development of a circular economy in Malaysia, in line with its status as the world's second-largest exporter of palm oil, could make the country a biomass hub, according to prime minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob. Opening the Malaysian International Agri-Commodity Expo and Summit 2022 (MIACES) on 26 July, he said that focus should be placed upon using raw materials from waste or…
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Jul 26, 2022
The Chennai Corporation in India is planning to set up an integrated solid waste management plant at the Kodungaiyur dump yard.  It will have facilities such as a waste-to-energy plant, bio-CNG plant and material recovery centre. This will be done to process and reduce the fresh waste arriving at the dump yard on a daily basis, said, corporation officials. At present, there are more than…
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Jul 26, 2022
Palisade Real Assets has announced the acquisition of Eco2 Management Services Limited (EMSL), a UK-based renewable energy asset management and development company. The acquisition accelerates Palisade Real Assets’ energy transition investment ambitions in the United Kingdom and Europe and will underpin a dedicated Bioenergy Platform focused on anaerobic digestion assets and adjacent…
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Jul 26, 2022
There are fertile conditions for obtaining bioenergy from hazelnut residues in Azerbaijan, according to reports from FAO Azerbaijan. FAO Azerbaijan wrote on its official Twitter page that: “There are fertile conditions for bioenergy from hazelnut residues in Azerbaijan. We presented preliminary results of sustainable bioenergy options in the hazelnut value chain within the HAZER project. The…
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Jul 26, 2022
On Friday, July 22, US senator Catherine Cortez Masto visited Fulcrum BioEnergy’s new Sierra BioFuels Plant in Storey County.  For years, governmental red tape prevented this plant from launching operations, but as a result of advocacy by Senator Cortez Masto with both the Trump and Biden administrations, the plant will soon begin production. Cortez Masto’s work has helped protect 120…
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Jul 25, 2022
A Pennsylvania farm has partnered with a nearby microbrewery to create an alternative fuel produced with brewer’s waste and organic matter. The Dickinson College Farm in Pennsylvania joined with Molly Pitcher Brewing Company and other local farms to create large quantities of sustainable biogas from materials that would otherwise be discarded. Matt Steiman, the farm’s livestock…
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Jul 25, 2022
ENEOS Corporation, Suzuki Motor Corporation, Subaru Corporation, Daihatsu Motor Company, Toyota Motor Corporation and Toyota Tsusho Corporation established the Research Association of Biomass Innovation for Next Generation Automobile Fuels on July 1, 2022, to study ways to optimise the process of producing fuel. It is crucial to provide diverse energy options to meet the needs of many…
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Jul 25, 2022
The Davao Oriental provincial government is pursuing partnerships to speed up electrification in remote communities and possibly create a biomass facility for cheaper power rates.    In a statement, the local government said that Governor Corazon Malanyaon met with officials of Davao Oriental Electric Cooperative (DORECO), the province’s sole distributor, to discuss shared costs for…
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Jul 24, 2022
Simon Dawkins BEc, director, Oil Mallee Association, on the future of bioenergy in Western Australia. Western Australia (WA) is a the largest of the Australian States and has a 20-million-hectare wheatbelt. Most of the grain is exported including a million tonnes of canola to Europe for biofuel. However, it is the recent promotion of lignocellulosic biomass to produce second generation…
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Jul 22, 2022
Four workers are dead and one hospitalised after an accident involving a biogas pit at Miwon Việt Nam's plant in Việt Trì, Phú Thọ. The four casualties were identified as Vũ Sa Huỳnh, 38; Lê Hùng Vinh, 42; Trần Văn Thắm, 59 and Dương Văn Sau, 38. Nguyễn Trung Kiên, 35, survived and was sent to Phú Thọ General Hospital until his condition stabilises. The…
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Jul 22, 2022
Proposals for a renewable energy development in north Mayo, Ireland has received appeals to the country’s national independent planning body An Bord Pleanála. The proposed development, which has been approved by Mayo County Council, is an anaerobic digestion biogas facility and associated gas pipeline. It would use locally sourced silage and slurry as feedstock to generate biogas for…
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Jul 22, 2022
New research has found fertile conditions for the potential of producing bioenergy from hazelnut residues in Azerbaijan. Preliminary results for a project entitled “Catalysing the Efficeiency and Sustainability of Azerbaijan’s Hazelnut Sector” have been released. The report found that a large part of hazelnut shells and pruning residues could be mobilised for bioenergy production.…
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Jul 22, 2022
A new drive to produce degradable plastic has come from the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland. It has developed a plastic from non-edible plant parts that disintegrates into harmless sugars In the environment. The plastic has properties close to conventional plastics, meaning it is a promising prospect for food and beverage packaging. It is robust, resists…
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