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Jul 28, 2022
Rengo installs new biomass boiler for power generation at Tonegawa division in Japan
Biomass News
Jul 27, 2022
Drax has announced it is accelerating its investment in renewable energy generation as it commissions new biomass pellet production plants in the US.
The company said: "We are accelerating our investment in renewable generation, having recently submitted planning applications for the development of BECCS at Drax Power Station and for the expansion of Cruachan Pumped... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 1, 1970
Malaysia, the world’s second largest exporter of palm oil and the largest contributor to the biomass industry, is capable of becoming a biomass hub through the development of a circular economy.
Prime minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob said to drive the development of the circular economy, focus should also be given towards using raw materials from waste or excess... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 27, 2022
Although biomass is sometimes seen as an "old technology" because it's been around for a long time, the sector has not reached its potential in Ireland, according to Paddy Phelan of 3 Counties Energy and the Irish BioEnergy Association.
Addressing the recent Energy and Farm Business Show in County Tipperary, Ireland, he observed that biomass can be used "for combined... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 27, 2022
The Indian government stated in a press release that it has set a target to raise the share of natural gas in the energy mix to 15 percent by 2030, from 6.3 percent currently.
Rameswar Teli, minister of state for Petroleum and Natural Gas, said that several initiatives had been taken, including:
Expansion of National Gas Grid to circa 33,500 km from the current... [Read More]
Biomass News
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... [Read More]
Biomass News
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,... [Read More]
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... [Read More]
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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... [Read More]
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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... [Read More]
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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... [Read More]
Biomass News
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... [Read More]
Biomass News
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... [Read More]
Features
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... [Read More]
Other News
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... [Read More]
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Tages Capital SGR, an asset manager specialising in alternative investment funds in private markets, has announced the completion of the acquisition of a portfolio of two greenfield biomethane production plants
TotalEnergies has signed a Sale and Purchase Agreement (SPA) with HitecVision, a Norwegian investment company specialising in energy, for the sale of 50% of Polska Grupa Biogazowa (PGB) for an enterprise value of €190 million
Sumitomo Corporation and reNIKOLA have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) for the joint development of bioenergy (biogas and biomethane) projects in Malaysia and Indonesia
