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Barenbrug, one of the largest grass seed producers in the UK, has released initial observations from a research trial assessing the suitability of different grass varieties and mixtures as feedstocks for anaerobic digestion (AD) plants.
At its 15-acre Cropvale trial site in Worcestershire, Barenbrug is mid-way through a two-year programme evaluating the AD potential of a range of shorter-term…
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The North East Lincolnshire Council in the UK has approved a biomass-fuelled plant, which will be built in the region for about £130 million (€158 million).
Real Ventures, the company behind the development, plans for the facility to have an electrical output of more than 49MW which should power around 90,000 residences.
The plant will be a combined heat and power (CHP) project which…
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A renewable energy power station worth £250 million (€304 million) will be built in the Port of Blyth after planning permission was granted.
The renewable energy developer RES submitted its planning application in March 2012 and the Planning Inspectorate confirmed formal acceptance on 11th April 2012. The examination and consultation period can take up to nine months before a decision…
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In Oslo, Norway, the government is planning to run all the city’s buses on biogas produced from food waste.
At the moment there 65 buses in Oslo that are powered by biogas from the city’s sewage treatment plant but with this new development enough biogas will be produced to fuel at least 200 buses.
Using 50,000 tonnes of food waste a year, the facility will produce the equivalent of 4…
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Dong Energy wants to invest just under $800 million (€612 million) into converting three of its coal and gas fired power stations into bioenergy plants, using wood pellets to produce heat and electricity.
According to Bloomberg, the executive VP of Dong, Thomas Dalsgaard, says that the Danish plants will have a capacity of around 1GW.
The company plans to begin the conversions next year,…
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The local government of Bridgeport in Connecticut, US, is considering building an anaerobic digestion plant that would convert the city’s sewage into energy.
The government has asked for proposals to be submitted for a plant to be built near the West Side Treatment Facility, a sewage plant.
The anaerobic digester will recover the methane, which creates about 1,000BTUs when burned, produced…
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Three schools in India are going green with biogas plants being installed on their sites.
Under a scheme being funded by the Kerala Sustainable Urban Development Project, over the next month Cotton Hill Government Higher Secondary School for Girls; Government Girls HSS, Pattom; and Government Vocational Higher Secondary School, Manacaud, will all have biogas plants built within their…
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Vega Biofuels has raised funds to help it design and engineer a bio coal manufacturing plant which will be based in South Georgia.
The facility will produce the bio coal from timber waste as part of a green energy torrefaction process.
‘We've been working with a small group of existing shareholders the past few months to put together a funding package that will help us with expenses…
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Imperative Energy, a company that provides biomass heat and power to the UK and Ireland, plans to expand its US presence by bringing its biomass developments overseas.
The company has formed a partnership with Northline Energy, a Lynnwood, Washington-based company that provides biomass combustion systems. The companies plan to invest $100 million (€75 million) over the next three…
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The Association of Anaerobic Digestion Operators (AADO) has secured confirmation of the Partial Harmonisation methodology, proposed by the European Commission for the management of digestate.
The confirmation comes prior to the announcement of the amendment to the EU Fertilisers Regulation due under the Circular Economy review later this year.
Since autumn 2014, concerns have been raised by AADO…
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Italy-based Agroils Technologies has received investment funds of €900,000 from X-Capital, which it says it will use to develop technology to produce biofuel, protein biomass for animal feed and jatropha.
The process of production was developed by Roberto Crea, who also developed the first recombinant production of human insulin at Genentech in California in 1978.
‘The industrial…
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World Health Energy Holdings has signed a letter of intent with Prime, an Indian industrial and transport company, to build a biodiesel production facility on a budget of $100 million (€75 million).
The development will be built on 250 acres and Prime has tested batch samples of spirulina algae which it plans to cultivate under the project, for biodiesel production.
The proposed areas for…
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A recent study published says that investors should look at renewables and clean tech as growth areas as it is estimated that the global oil supply will start to diminish.
The research, carried out by the DGFI, says that oil resources will be scarcer by 2020, yet the demand for energy is on the rise. It points out that 30 countries provide the entire world’s production of oil and that…
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A controversial anaerobic digestion plant development has been approved by the Ministry of Environment in Woolwich, Canada.
Both the Woolwich Township council and the Elmira Biofuel Citizens Committee opposed the plant, which they said would exceed noise and odour limits.
The township previously met with provincial ministers at the Rural Ontario Municipal Association, to discuss alternative…
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