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Jun 5, 2011
UK biogas plants could use 5.5 million tonnes of feedstock by 2013
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Jun 7, 2011
The global biopower sector is set to double in size over the next decade, a new report says.
Governments around the world are heavily investing into the industry for energy security purposes and although biopower only currently accounts for about 10% of all global primary energy, it is expected to increase at a yearly rate of more than 7% within the next decade.
The biopower... [Read More]
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Jun 7, 2011
Nexterra Systems is to install biomass gasification systems to heat the Missoula University campus in the US.
The system will cost a total of $16 million (€10.9 million) and will provide the campus with clean, carbon-neutral heat, converting locally sourced wood residues into 34,000 lbs/hr of clean renewable steam.
This steam will be used to displace 70% of the university’s... [Read More]
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Jun 7, 2011
Sumitomo Metal Industries, a steel works company, is using coffee grounds as a biomass fuel to power its Kashima plant in Japan.
Currently the biomass fuel generated from coffee only equates to 1% of the total amount of fuel used within the plant but the company hopes to increase this number over time.
For the first year of coffee biomass generation Sumitomo plans to purchase... [Read More]
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Jun 7, 2011
A university has produced jet fuel from a mixture of both coal and biomass feedstocks which will be tailored to be used in US military jet fuel applications.
The Energy & Environmental Research Center (EERC) at the University of North Dakota says its refining technologies helped to produce the coal-biomass feedstock which will be used as another source of fuel that... [Read More]
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Jun 7, 2011
Four Rivers BioEnergy’s UK subsidiary, Verta Energy Trading, is to purchase all the shares of ML Oils, a UK waste oil procurement and handling business.
ML Oils currently buys about 6,000 tonnes of waste liquid biomass each year which will be enough to power 4MW of electricity at Verta’s waste-to-energy plant.
Last financial year, ML Oils made $4 million (€2.7... [Read More]
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Jan 15, 2016
BioHiTech America, a US-based technology company which develops data driven solutions for food waste disposal, has partnered with New Jersey-headquartered water management specialist Natural Systems Utilities to convert commercial food waste to energy.
The firms will also be working with New Jersey-based utility specialist Ridgewood Green RME and the village of Ridgewood.... [Read More]
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Jun 8, 2011
Metso, an energy company, says it will build the world’s biggest biomass gasification plant for Vaskiluodon Voima in Finland.
The plant will provide 140MW to the grid, replacing some coal use with domestic wood-based renewable fuels and helping to cut down on CO₂ emissions.
The plant will be located in Vaasa and will be connected to a 565MW coal-fired power plant... [Read More]
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Jan 14, 2016
The US-based Florida Keys islands may use gasification technology to convert waste into electricity, according to media reports.
According to news website Waste360, Monroe County, which encompasses Key West and about 95% of the rest of the Keys islands, is finalising a contract with Annapolis, Maryland-based Energy3 LLC to build a gasification plant capable of processing... [Read More]
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Jun 14, 2011
Wood pellet and briquette supplier Verdo Renewables is the chosen supplier of wood fuel for the Scotland, UK-based business group Mhor.
The business comprises a hotel, restaurants, a fishmongers and fish and chip shop, a tea room, a 2000 acre farm and a bakery with the UK's first installed wood pellet oven.
Verdo supplies Mhor with wood pellets, bulk and bagged, and wood... [Read More]
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May 23, 2011
In Wales, UK, the threat of rising energy costs could see residents switch from using fossil fuels to renewable energy in their homes.
A price surge of 15% in the upcoming months is expected to encourage home owners to install biomass boilers in their homes.
According to Andrew Boroughs, owner of Welshpool-based Organic Energy, the sales of wood pellet burners has increased... [Read More]
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May 23, 2011
In Texas, US, the state's inaugural biomass power plant is to soon begin producing electricity.
Owned by Aspen Power, the $107-$112 million (€76-€80 million) plant will generate 57MW of power a year from 60-70 truck loads a day of biomass.
Between 50 to 52MW of the overall power produced at the site will go into the Electric Reliability Council of Texas (ERCOT)... [Read More]
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May 24, 2011
In the UK, a supplier of timber-based biomass fuel Stobart Biomass has agreed commercial terms for a long-term supply and logistics contract with Iggesund Paperboard.
The contract will see Stobart Biomass source, supply and transport biomass for use at the new £100 million (€114 million) biomass-fired power plant at Iggesund's paper mill.
According to Andrew... [Read More]
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May 24, 2011
In Hungary, Germany-based biogas plant constructor Weltec Biopower has broken ground on a biogas plant in Szeged.
With the capacity to generate 1MW of energy, the plant consists of two CHPs with an output of 600kW/h each, which will produce heat and power from pig manure and maize silage. The heat produced will be used to heat office buildings.
Local farmers will supply... [Read More]
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May 24, 2011
In Rothes, Scotland, UK, construction is due to start on a $60.5 million (€69 million) biomass CHP plant.
Utilising by-products sourced from Scotch Whisky distilleries, the facility will generate 7.2MW of electricity, produce animal feed and slash carbon emissions. Most of the electricity generated at the site, which is enough to power 9,000 households, will be transported... [Read More]
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New documents unearthed by GMB indicate that between 89 and 148 roles are expected to be lost at the plant around 31 March 2027.
The cuts could represent more than 30% of the site’s 465-strong workforce
GreenValue GmbH has advised Balance Erneuerbare Energien on the acquisition of a biogas plant portfolio spanning Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania — with a combined thermal input capacity of 46 MW.
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