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A recent study conducted by the Oregon State University (OSU) and a number of other universities located in Germany, France, Switzerland and Austria, has suggested that the use of forest biomass may be responsible for higher greenhouse gas emissions and furthermore may not be sustainable.
A depletion of soil nutrients, higher erosion risk, younger forests, loss of forest biodiversity and shorter…
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A demonstration coordinated by organisations Biofuelwatch, No Leith Biomass Campaign, Friends of the Earth Scotland and Grangemouth Community Council was joined by MSPs as they attempted to persuade the Scottish Government to reduce the "heavy subsidies" given to biomass plants.
The protest, which took place outside Holyrood, was in reaction to the high subsidies being offered to wood-burning…
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Proposed Biomass power plant, which will be located in Russell, Massachusetts, has been issued with a final Clean Water Act permit by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
EPA has determined that the final National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit for the proposed facility meets the requirements set by the Federal Clean Water Act.
The proposed facility, with its planned…
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Planning permission has been awarded to developer Real Ventures, for the proposed construction of a biomass power station at the Port of Immingham on the River Humber. The project has a value of approximately £130 million (Є159.15 million).
Hundreds of jobs will reportedly be created during the 30-month construction period and during the predicted 25-year life of the 49MW combined heat and…
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ProSelect Gas Treating has launched the world's first carbon capture system for the greenhouse industry. The GC6 Carbon Capture System was unveiled at the SunSelect Produce greenhouses in Delta, British Columbia.
The $5 million new technology was developed in Canada and is able to secure carbon dioxide emissions from biomass combustion and convert it into fertilizer. This can then be used to grow…
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A memorandum of understanding has been signed by Italian power company Enel to build a 1-5MW concentrated solar power and biomass bi-generation plant, which will produce electricity for the city of Rome.
Italy's agency for new technologies, Enea, and Rome's local authority Roma Capitale, which will be backing the porject also signed the agreement. Enel will build and manage the Trebois plant as…
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Eco 2 (North Lincs) has bought 13 acres of the former British Sugar factory, Scawby Brook, with the plan to develop an £80 million biomass station. The acquired land, now known as Glanford Vale Business Park, will be home to the Brigg Renewable Energy Project, which will reportedly create 80 new local jobs.
This comes as the result of more than 4 years of planning and will see the…
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Pretreating municipal solid waste (MSW) in an autoclave before sending it to anaerobic digestion (AD) could increase methane generation by over 300% and substantially reduce the amount of material requiring disposal, research by Aerothermal Group says.
As part of the research, Dr. Zhengjian Wang and Dr. Nigel Baily conducted experiments in triplicate on two waste streams at Aerothermal’s…
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Bioeconomy consultants for the UK Government, NNFCC, have released a new report suggesting that heat and power from biomass could create up to 50,000 jobs by 2020.
The UK Department of Energy and Climate Change–commissioned research, is aimed at providing evidence for the Government's Bioenergy Strategy. It coincides with two other NNFCC studies on the potential for domestically grown…
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Helius Energy has confirmed that it is working with a number of banks including Lloyds Bank Wholesale Banking & Markets, the Royal Bank of Scotland and Santander Global Banking & Markets, amongst others, to finance its Avonmouth dedicated biomass project, located in the Port of Bristol.
It is anticipated that the project's financial close will occur this summer, following an acceptable…
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Gloucester-based Markey Group has opened a new £1.1 million (Є1.35 million) biomass facility.
The burner runs on wood waste generated by the subsidiary of Markey Group, Premiere Kitchens. On average, Premiere Kitchens creates approximately 2,350 tonnes of wood waste each year in the form of extracted chipboard dust and residual off-cuts. Previously, the majority of this would have gone to…
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The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) have thanked members of the Senate Agriculture Committee for reauthorizing farm programs that are valuable to the biotechnology industry and ensuring they have the funding to work.
'The Farm Bill's energy title and proposals to support biomanufacturing will help the United States maintain its competitive leadership in biotechnology, manufacturing and…
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EcoPellets's plans to burn an annual 100,000 tonnes of wood pellets at a 17MW solid biomass co-generation plant and a 14MW liquid biomass plant in Llangefni, are on the verge of falling through due to concerns about the potentially damaging effects they will have on local air quality as well as noise pollution worries.
The £100 million (€122.98 million) plant was set to create a…
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Kedco has secured approximately £166,860 (€203,700.77) through a placing of 12,835,385 new ordinary shares (Placing Shares), with a number of existing and new investors, at an issue price of 1.3 pence per ordinary share.
The proceeds are to be used for working capital purposes and for continuing investment in the Company's portfolio of biomass electricity and heat generation…
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The US Patent & Trademark Office has awarded NTE Energy a patent for its proprietary biomass hybrid renewable energy technology. This newly patented technology allows the simultaneous operation of a biomass energy cycle in unison with a traditional power plant.
It integrates biomass and steam electric power, forming a single hybrid power facility that will offer shared equipment for both…
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