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UK’s largest biomass power generation project has been quietly abandoned after having never run for more than 30 minutes.
The £10.5 million (€13.5m) plant, built in 2007 to reduce CO2 emissions at the University of East Anglia (UEA) in Norwich, was intended to produce renewable electricity from woodchips.
The facility, which received a £1 million grant from the UK…
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Renewable energy consultancy firm Natural Power is expanding its green energy portfolio of products and services provided in the wind, wave and tidal markets and is moving into the biomass sector.
A new team of experienced professionals across the biomass and associated industries have joined Natural Power’s existing staff at its Scottish headquarters in the UK.
Work has already been…
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In a bid to reduce manure pollution levels the state of Punjab, India aims to generate 1,000MW of renewable energy from agricultural waste by 2015.
Excessive amounts of cow manure are proving problematic for cities such as Ludhiana and are a major source of pollution for the region. As a result the state government is looking to collect the methane for use as green power before this waste…
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New plans for a £20million (€23 million) waste recycling plant have been revealed for Inverness Harbour in Scotland, UK.
The plant will convert waste collected from the Highlands into recycled materials, in addition to a biomass fibre, which could then be utilised to generate renewable energy.
This process is known as auto-claving, where the level of waste is reduced and the recyclable…
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In Castlewellan Forest Park, Northern Ireland the 19th century Castlewellan Castle is installing a new heating system that will be fuelled by locally grown wood chip.
The new 200kW Hargassner boiler, provided by Green Energy Technology, will heat the entire castle and provide hot water to over 25 bedrooms and the kitchen.
Patrick Flynn, director of Green Energy Technology stated: ‘We are…
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In an attempt to get more value out of the corn used in its biofuel production facility, ethanol producer United Ethanol is to install an anaerobic digester.
Within a matter of weeks United Ethanol’s anaerobic digestion project will be underway at its 50 million-gallon-a-year ethanol plant in Milton, Wisconsin, US.
Eisenmann Corp. has been contracted to install the biomass equipment, which…
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Located in Cirencester in Gloucester, UK, heat and power supplier Alfagy’s new biogas plant is expected to open in November this year.
The opening of the new facility, which will produce power from chicken waste, in addition to corn and wheat, will make Cirencester one of the first towns in the UK to receive renewable electricity sourced from poultry litter.
The CHP unit will generate around…
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Delegates registering for the upcoming Bioenergy International Asia expo & conference can start networking straight away! Using pre-event software delegates can set-up meetings and contact other visitors, delegates, speakers and exhibitors, maximising networking opportunities at this event.
The two day event, being held on 10-11th November in Kuala Lumpur, organised by market leading…
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The Antwerp Port Authority is said to be considering the possibility of constructing a large-scale biomass-fired power plant in the Antwerp Port area.
The plant would ideally generate between 200MW and 400MW of renewable energy, on a site adjacent to the local petrochemical infrastructure with direct waterfront access and road and rail links.
The Antwerp Port Authority is now calling on…
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INEOS Bio’s first commercial project in the US has secured key permits to build its waste-to-bioenergy facility in Indian River County, Florida.
The INEOS Bio joint venture has obtained its final air permit and environmental resource permit from the State of Florida, its wetlands permit from the US Army Corps of Engineers and a Final Environmental Assessment (EA) and Finding of No Significant…
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In Emden, Germany a totally enclosed, air-supported conveyor system has been installed at a biomass-powered power plant generating 20MW of renewable energy a year.
The system feeds the facility’s new woodchip-fired block, while it manages to control the majority of fugitive materials in the strong winds common to its North Sea location.
Owned by BKE and managed by Statkraft Markets GmbH…
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On 13 October 2010 biomass fuel producer Enviva acquired a controlling interest in alternative fuel company Tomorrow’s Energy and its Piney Wood pellet manufacturing facility.
Today the facility produces approximately 50,000 tonnes of wood pellets a year but under Enviva’s ownership this is expected to increase to around 150,000 tonnes a year. Piney Woods Pellets will also be renamed Enviva…
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A $59.16 million (€42.48 million) biomass power plant is to be built in the province of Phu Tho, Vietnam.
The facility will generate 40MW of renewable energy from agricultural and municipal waste.
Almost 3,500 jobs will be created at the plant when it comes online in 2013.
Vietnam High-Tech Renewable Biomass Energy Joint Stock Company has been contracted to build the plant, for which the…
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A car that runs on wood pellets alone has achieved a world speed record at the World of Speed 2010 competition held at the Bonneville Salt Flats in Utah, US after reaching 48mph.
Speaking about the competition the owner of the 1989 Mercury Cougar XR7 Robert ‘Chip’ Beam said: ‘There’s no category for a wood-powered car. This year we set the record. Next year we’re hoping to break the…
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Renewable energy firm HRS Energy is developing a UK-based multi-million pound waste wood biomass plant which will be located in an East Yorkshire village.
The site near Tansterne, located near Hull, will produce enough electricity to power 11,000 homes and is expected to open in 2017.
The 22MW facility will also have the capacity to process up to 175,000 tonnes of waste wood each year, with 100%…
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