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Malta has unveiled its first autoclave, a pressure chamber capable of extracting animal fat from carcasses, in Marsa — a town based in the country's south eastern region.
Wasteserv, a Maltese Government-owned waste management company, launched the facility at the south east-based town today [12 January, 2015]. The organisation will process animal fat and use it to power the country's…
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In Gloucestershire, UK, Glebe Farm has installed a biogas plant to boost the facility's income.
The new plant, which farmer James Hart describes as 'a 3,000-tonne cow's stomach', handles animal waste from 4,000 pigs, 100 cows and 100,000 chickens and converts it into renewable energy. It also reduces the farm's carbon emissions by around 10,000 tonnes a year.
The 2.2 million kW/h of renewable…
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Clean energy firm Hawaii Gas is looking to replace most of its current fuel base with renewable natural gas.
According to Pacific Business News, the company, which is owned by US-based infrastructure specialist Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation, has issued a request for proposals to purchase raw biogas and, or, bio-methane, also referred to as renewable natural gas, in Hawaii or…
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In the UK, new anaerobic digestion (AD) plants could receive financial support thanks to Defra's (Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs) £10 million (€11 million) Anaerobic Digestion Loan Fund (ADLF).
Waste Resources Action Programme (WRAP) will be responsible for the ADLF, which will be administered in amounts ranging from £50,000 to £1 million to support the…
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Africa Renewables (AfriRen), an international renewable energy trading firm headquartered in London, is looking to raise €30 million in a new round of fundraising.
The capital, raised through qualified investors, will help fund a number of sustainable schemes throughout West Africa. The first project, a Ghana-based energy trading project, will require an investment of €5 million.
This…
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In Gainesville, Florida, US, the Gainesville Renewable Energy Centre (GREC) is developing a biomass-fired power plant, for which engineering and technology corporation Metso will supply a 100MWe biomass boiler island and plant automation system.
The plant is slated for completion by 2013. When it becomes operational, the 100MW of renewable power generated will benefit around 70,000 homes. It will…
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Wood pellet manufactures across the US are increasing capacity as the global market for this renewable energy source expands.
Between 2008 and 2010 exports from the US to Europe rose from 85,000 tonnes to over 600,000 tonnes a year.
Speaking about the US wood pellet market Peter O'Keefe, a partner in Franklin Pellets, said: 'It's exploding.'
Franklin Pellets, based in Franklin, Virginia, US, is…
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In Tasmania, Australia, power stations which burn domestically grown timber are not eligible for renewable energy subsidies, as the carbon tax plan no longer classes local forest woodchips a renewable energy source.
While Environment Tasmania supports the decision and the leader of Tasmanian Greens Nick McKim stating: 'This is a big step forward towards valuing our forests properly', state-owned…
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China is ramping up its installed biomass power capacity and hopes to generate 13 million kW by the end of 2015, according to China Business News.
Currently, 5.5 million kW of power is generated from biomass in the nation. This includes the production of marsh gas and the burning of household waste.
China has the potential to produce 5 billion tonnes of biomass-derived power a year. This is…
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TeaM Energy Philippines, a partnership between Tokyo Electric Power and Marubeni Corp., will install over 50MW of new capacity from renewable energy sources.
More than $150 million (€107 million) will be invested to make these renewable energy projects a reality; each project is predicted to cost between $2.5 and $3 million.
A biomass plant, which will generate 11MW of renewable energy from…
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In a move that will slash its CO2 emissions, Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) will supply its trademark fizzy beverages to the London 2012 Olympic Games on biomethane-powered lorries.
In a £1.75 million (€1.99 million) investment, CCE will use biogas sourced from a landfill site in Surrey to power a 14-strong fleet.
'In the Olympics, every delivery we make will be made on one of these…
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Under RENEW LA, a scheme designed to help the US state of Los Angeles send 0% of its waste to landfill, a new waste-to-energy plant is being developed in the region.
Los Angeles has now started contract negotiations with Green Conversion Systems (GCS), which will design and construct the plant.
Domestic waste designed for the tip stands at around 3,300 tonnes a day in Los Angeles alone.…
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The owner of the Kawasaki biomass-fired power plant in Yokohama, Japan, could potentially open another in Fiji.
Company officials from the Japanese plant and Fiji's President Ratu Epeli Nailatikau met on 21 June 2011 to discuss the possibility of setting up a biomass plant in the country.
Fiji is an ideal country in which to develop a bioenergy industry, due to the high availability of wood…
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In Scotland, UK, a wood pellet production plant is being developed that, when operational in March 2012, will produce wood pellets.
Land Energy is behind the project, which will come to realisation on a site previously occupied by a textile factory. Work at the site is scheduled to get underway in July 2011.
Based in Belfast, Ireland, Lagen Construction will be responsible for the civil,…
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Wood pellet manufacturer Biomass Secure Power is developing a torrefied wood pellet plant in British Columbia, Canada.
The production facility will have an annual production capacity of 500,000 tonnes of pellets, made from wood harvested by the company itself. A small portion will come local logging businesses.
One hundred per cent of the pellets produced at the site will be exported to Europe…
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