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RWE nPower's 750MW Tilbury biomass-fired power station will close today after being refused financial support.
The plant runs solely on biomass after being converted from coal in 2011. It was one of the UK's largest sources of green energy, supplying 10% of the country's renewable power.
The power station is shutting down under the EU's Large Combustion Plant (LCPD) Directive, which limits the…
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Brazil-based biotechnology company GranBio and Rhodia, a Solvay Group company, are to produce bio n-butanol after signing a joint venture agreement.
The bio n-butanol chemical will be made from biomass which is readily available in Brazil, such as sugarcane straw and bagasse.
The partnership will see the two companies build a biomass-based n-butanol plant in Brazil, scheduled to enter operation…
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PensionDanmark is to build, own and operate a new biomass-fired power plant in Lincolnshire, UK and has formed a joint venture with Burmeister & Wain Scandinavian Contractor (BWSC).
The £160 million (€187.5 million) Brigg Renewable Energy plant will use mostly locally sourced straw to generate 40MW of renewable electricity – enough for 70,000 homes. This will also result in…
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The last five years has seen China's importation of woodchips soar as the nation's pulp and paper industry grows.
A lack of competitively priced wood fibre in China means the country's two largest pulp mills – Asia Pacific Resources International and Asia Pulp and Paper – are sourcing much of their wood fibre needs from across the water and this has resulted in a surge of woodchips…
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Detroit Renewable Energy (DRE) has completed $55 million (€41 million) in long-term financing to support the company's expanding investment in the environmental, renewable energy and economic development infrastructure of Greater Detroit.
The financing consists of tax-exempt Limited Obligation Revenue Bonds with maturities extending to 2030. The bonds were issued by the Michigan Strategic…
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Zilkha Biomass Fuels is to convert a shuttered facility in Selma, Alabama into a 275,000 tonne black pellet production plant after it closed $18.8 million (€14 million) in financing.
The closing was announced by AMCREF Community Capital and combines federal and state New Markets Tax Credit financing. Susan Seagren of AMCREF says: 'Flexible, low-cost NMTC financing will allow Zilkha to offset…
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North Blyth Energy is to build a 99.99MW biomass-fired power station at Blyth Harbour, Northumberland after being granted permission by the UK government.
It is estimated the new renewable plant will generate enough electricity to benefit 170,000 homes per year.
A spokesman for the Department of Energy and Climate Change says: 'Sustainably-sourced biomass has an important role to play as part of…
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Emera Energy, energy company and subsidiary of Emera Inc., has acquired the biomass-fired power plant Brooklyn Power in Nova Scotia, Canada for $25 million (€18.8 million).
The deal, originally announced in December last year, came about following the Nova Scotia government's decision to buy ReNova Scotia Bioenergy (formerly Bowater Mersey Paper Company) from Resolute Forest Products,…
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Ekman, a forestry trading company, is now Scotia Atlantic Biomass' worldwide agent for the marketing of its entire wood pellet production after the two companies entered into an agreement.
Scotia Atlantic Biomass is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Canadian alternative energy company Viridis Energy. The agreement covers an initial period of 24 months and an aggregate projected wood pellet…
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Clean energy recovery from waste specialist Energos is preparing to build its ninth conversion facility featuring an anaerobic digestion plant after it received planning approval earlier this month.
Based at AmeyCepsa's Milton Keynes Waste Recovery Park in the UK, the facility will convert 90,000 tonnes of non-recyclable household waste into 7MW of electricity – sufficient to power…
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Green crude producer Sapphire Energy (SE) has paid off the entire loan guarantee it was awarded by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) in December 2009.
SE was awarded a $54.5 million (€41 million) loan guarantee through the Biorefinery Assistance Programme, administered by the USDA Rural Development-Cooperative Service, to build a fully integrated, algae-to-crude oil commercial…
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Waste management company AmeyCespa has secured a green light for its Milton Keynes Waste Recovery Park (MKWRP) project 11 weeks after submission of the planning application.
MKWRP will have the capacity to process up to 140,000 tonnes of municipal, industrial and commercial residual waste a year to generate approximately 7MW of renewable energy, 5.8MW of which will be exported to the…
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PDM Group, a UK food product manufacturer, has revealed it plans to spend over £90 million (€103.2 million) on anaerobic digestion, recycling and food processing facilities over the next 18 months.
In addition to the £44 million investment into AD facilities in Widnes and Dagenham , PDM will spend just shy of £30 million to upgrade its animal by-product rendering operations…
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An anaerobic digestion plant developed by HydroThane UK and the North British Distillery, in partnership with biogas digester company Ener-G, has received an industry award.
The AD plant generates up to 24,000MWh of renewable energy in the form of biogas from 27,000kg per day of chemical oxygen demand.
The facility is fitted with Ener-G's 500kW combined heat and power system and 1,000kW steam…
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