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Feb 23, 2012
Renewable Energy Group releases Q4 and Full Year 2011 Financial Results
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Feb 28, 2012
Plans to build 2 biomass power plants in Yorkshire have been discarded by electricity generator Drax.
Drax's initial plan, announced back in 2008, was to invest £2 billion (€1.49 billion) constructing 3 biomass power stations located respectively in Immingham, Selby and the third in an unconfirmed location, potentially Hull. The scheme in Selby was cancelled... [Read More]
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Feb 28, 2012
Universal Bioenergy, a publicly traded independent diversified energy company, has announced that it set a new record in sales revenue for the fiscal year ending December 31, 2011. Reaching over $71.74 million, it is an estimated 73.75% mark up on the results taken at the period in 2010.
These results are however preliminary and unaudited, but the company expects the formal... [Read More]
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Feb 28, 2012
ZeaChem is to receive $12 million (€8.93 million) as part of a larger grant awarded by USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA). The grant, worth a total of $40 million (29.76 million), is being distributed through the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI), Regional Coordinated Agricultural Project (CAP). The project is aimed at establishing... [Read More]
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Feb 6, 2012
Novozymes has formed a joint venture with Sea6 Energy, an Indian company, to develop a method of turning seaweed into biofuels. Through the research, enzymes will be used to convert the seaweed-based carbohydrates into sugar, which can then be turned into ethanol through fermentation.
Sea6 Energy will contribute its offshore seaweed cultivation technology to the partnership,... [Read More]
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Feb 6, 2012
The Green Investment Bank (GIB), a world first initiative to encourage private investment into green energy projects, has received 32 bids from cities in the UK willing to host the bank.
The city that wins the bid would need to be able to recruit and retain the staff, work closely with other parties involved in order to further develop investment projects, and ensure that... [Read More]
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Feb 6, 2012
Algae producer Aquaviridis has joined forces with OriginOil to develop a new technology that extracts oil from the algae and will develop this multi-phase production at its Mexicali site in Mexico.
Through the North American Free Trade Agreement, a region in the country has been put aside for such developments and OriginOil will help by harvesting and developing its algae... [Read More]
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Feb 6, 2012
Biomass company Enviva is to supply wood pellets to utility owner E.ON under a 240,000 tonne per year agreement which will operate for a number of years.
The contract, of which the value has been undisclosed, will begin early next year and the pellets will come from Enviva’s facilities in the south east of the US, where there is a large amount of wood to be harvested.
Speaking... [Read More]
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Feb 7, 2012
Waste to energy company Kedco, which is based in the UK and Ireland, has secured about £403,000 (€485,000) through a placing of 31 million shares at an issue price of £0.013 per share.
The money raised is to be put towards working capital and will be invested into the company’s biomass electricity and heat generation projects.
The company has selected... [Read More]
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Feb 7, 2012
Iran's Tehran refinery began producing Euro-5 compliant jet fuel and gas oil on 7 February.
National Iranian Oil Engineering and Construction (NIOEC) invested approximately $650 million (€495 million) in the project, which is able to produce 5 million litres of jet fuel and 8 million litres of gas oil daily.
Additionally, NIOEC's €28.5 million jet fuel production... [Read More]
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Nov 17, 2015
HSBC has pledged to commit $1 billion (€937m) to a green bond portfolio which will invest in high quality liquid assets in the form of green, social, or sustainability bonds.
These bonds will be aligned with the Green Bond Principles and will be used to fund projects in sectors such as clean transportation, renewable energy, energy efficiency, and climate change adaption,... [Read More]
Biomass News
Nov 16, 2015
Babcock & Wilcox Vølund, a Danish thermal energy producer, has ordered a state-of-the-art biomass handling system from Saxlund, part of the Swedish Opcon Group.
The system will be delivered to Babcock & Wilcox Vølund’s (BWV) Templeborough Biomass Power Plant in Sheffield, UK.
The scope of the order is the design, manufacturing, delivery, and... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 16, 2015
Agraferm Technologies, a German manufacturer of biogas, biomethane, and waste recycling plants, is expanding its internationalisation strategy to the Asian market.
The company has chosen Seoul, South Korea, as the location for the subsidiary AF Biogas, which is currently in the process of being founded and will enter operation later in 2015.
Environmentally friendly manure... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 16, 2015
The operators of a UK combined heat and power (CHP) biogas plant report they have manage to reduce the plant’s power consumption by half.
The Agrigen-Siemens plant in Suffolk has been fitted with Siemens automation technology, including a controller, distributed I/O, and visualisation software.
The plant’s height, pressure, and temperature measurements are... [Read More]
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Feb 10, 2012
Forth Energy, a joint venture between Forth Ports and energy company SSE, has withdrawn its plans to build a combined heat and power (CHP) plant in Leith, Scotland, following the announcement of new proposals to develop the Port of Leith as an offshore renewable energy hub.
Forth Energy wrote to the Scottish government’s energy consents unit, cancelling its planning... [Read More]
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New documents unearthed by GMB indicate that between 89 and 148 roles are expected to be lost at the plant around 31 March 2027.
The cuts could represent more than 30% of the site’s 465-strong workforce
GreenValue GmbH has advised Balance Erneuerbare Energien on the acquisition of a biogas plant portfolio spanning Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania — with a combined thermal input capacity of 46 MW.
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Ireland is backing five research teams with €2.6 million to tackle some of the biggest challenges in renewable gas — from biomethane production using macroalgae to AI-powered digital twins of gas infrastructure.
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