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BioNitrogen Holdings, a cleantech firm that builds biomass-to-fertiliser plants, has commissioned BioResource Management to conduct feasibility studies for biomass feedstock supply to its plants in Florida and Louisiana states.
BioResource Management is a forestry, geography and agriculture-based firm that focuses on biomass resources, working to identify, evaluate, predict and provide biomass…
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Pacific Coast Canola, a subsidiary of US-based crop processor Legumex Walker, has signed a six-month contract to deliver canola oil to biofuels company Imperium Renewables.
The so-called ‘super degummed’ feedstock will be delivered by truck to Imperium’s refinery in Hoquiam.
‘The biofuel industry is an important complementary market for our canola oil, and crush margins…
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Viaspace has completed the engineering and design work for a 2MW biogas power plant in Papua New Guinea for Clean Energy Solutions Pacific (CES).
CES, based in Salt Lake City, US, is an independent power producer focused on developing power for frontier and emerging markets with experience in project development and management, engineering, and construction of power plants.
The CES project…
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Novozymes, a producer of industrial enzymes, says 2013 financial results saw organic sales grow by 7% (DKK 5%, LCY 8%), EBIT by 6% and net profit by 9%. The EBIT margin increased by 0.3% to 24.7% compared with 2012.
The company is confident 2014 will show a continuation of these upward trends, an outlook which includes the expected financial impact from its BioAg Alliance with US-based chemical…
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Alberta-based Climate Change and Emissions Management (CCEM) now supports 51 renewable energy projects with $213 million (€157 million) in funding after adding 12 new projects between 2012 and 2013.
CCEM said in a statement just over $108.2 million is used to support technology at later stages of development, which will produce near-term greenhouse gas emission reductions. The company's…
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RusForest, a Swedish forestry company with operations in Russia, has put its wood pellet production facility at the site of its existing sawmill into operation.
The construction of the pellet plant in Arkhangelsk is close to completion, with it now in the test-production phase. Full capacity is expected by the end of March. As previously reported by Bioenergy Insight, RusForest engaged Hekotek, a…
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The European Commission has proposed new energy targets for 2030, which include a reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 40% below 1990 levels and an EU-wide binding target for renewable energy of at least 27%.
European Commission President José Manuel Barroso says: 'It is in the EU's interest to build an economy that is less dependent on imported energy through increased…
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Clean energy facility DP Cleantech (DPC) is to partnership with Addis Ababa-based Cambridge Industries (CI) to facilitate the rollout of biomass and waste-to-energy projects in Africa.
The first project, in consortium with China National Electrical Engineering (CNEE) has been secured, and will deliver a waste-to-energy plant in Ethiopia.
DPC will supply the technology to the project, developed by…
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Saxlund International, a fully owned subsidiary of energy and environmental technology group Opcon, has received an order from Babcock & Wilcox Vølund, Denmark, for the delivery of a biomass handling system to a green energy project in Margam, Port Talbot in South Wales, UK.
The scope of Saxlund's order encompass the design, manufacturing, delivery and commissioning of two fully…
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A commercial food waste anaerobic digestion (AD) plant located in County Durham, UK, has started operations.
The Emerald Biogas-operated £8 million (€9.6 million) facility has a capacity to process 50,000 tonnes a year of leftover food collected from businesses across the northeast of the country. It will generate enough energy to power 2,000 homes annually.
At the plant launch, UK…
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Indian meat processing company Allana Sons is to build a meat facility in Ethiopia, Africa, the waste from which will be converted into biogas and animal feed.
The plant will be built on 75 hectares of land and will also include an effluent treatment plant.
Commercial operations at the new $20 million (€14.8 million) project are scheduled to begin in September later this year.
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UK on-site biogas plants increased their power generation by 40% in the last year, a survey by the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has found.
According to DECC’s annual Digest of United Kingdom Energy Statistics, the farming sector led the rise in biogas capacity from 164MW in 2013 to 216MW in 2014.
Anaerobic digestion (AD) plants took the lead from sewage sludge in the water…
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An initial funding of $210 million (€88 million) will be invested into the NY Green Bank, a new initiative designed to accelerate green energy projects.
This funding comprises $165 million redirected from other programmes, approved by the Public Service Commission, and $45 million from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative.
'With this funding we will attract greater investment in New York,…
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Agricultural residues such as straw and will play an important role in helping Europe generate renewable energy through to 2020. This is according to a report published by Rabobank.
The report, 'Ag residue provides the answer to EU's Bioenergy needs', says biomass feedstocks like straw and stover will increase in popularity because rising global demand for solid biomass is expected to increase…
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