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Mar 29, 2012
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Mar 30, 2012
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,... [Read More]
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Mar 30, 2012
The waste water treatment plant located in Medina, New York, is to install a 60kW combined heat and power (CHP) facility which will be used to feed electricity to the grid.
The site was given a Green Infrastructure Grant from the Environmental Facilities Corporation, which is funding similar upgrades.
Tecogen has been chosen as the company to supply the cogeneration system... [Read More]
Biomass News
Nov 10, 2015
Operations have started at Hitachi Zosen Corp.'s 3 billion yen (€22.7 million) Miyanosato biomass-fired power plant in Hitachiota City, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.
Hitachi Zosen has been building the plant, with a power output of 5,750kW, since 2013.
The new facility will process waste wood, a material that is abundantly available in Ibaraki due to the large forestry... [Read More]
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Mar 5, 2012
Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding (RATCH) has announced it will take a 40% stake in Songkhla Biofuel. Precise Power Producer already holds a 40% shareholding in the company, and Assiddeek Savings Cooperative a 20% shareholding.
Songkhla Biofuel is to guarantee the supply of 300-370 tonnes of biomass residues per day to the Songkhla Biomass Power Station in... [Read More]
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Mar 5, 2012
The Dominican Republic's National Energy Commission has signed a technical cooperation agreement with the Inter-American Development Bank.
The agreement, which will see a number of bioenergy studies, including technical studies on bioenergy and also on the sustainability of agricultural projects, will be undertaken at a cost of $937,500 (€708,275).
National Energy... [Read More]
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Mar 5, 2012
Waste company Viridor has disclosed details of a facility that will burn 275,000 tonnes of waste each year. The facility is located on the company's landfill and waste management site, Beddington Lane, and will handle waste from Sutton, Croydon, Kingston, and Merton as well as a large amount of business waste.
The project, reportedly costing around £200 million... [Read More]
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Mar 6, 2012
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization has released guidance documents and policymaking tools to assist governments in ensuring rural communities can benefit from bioenergy development and also that biofuel crop production does not threaten food security or impact negatively on indigenous peoples. Deforestation due to land conversion is also an issue of concern.
'Development... [Read More]
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Mar 6, 2012
Finnish project management services provider, Dovre Group is to invest approximately €1.4 million in Sararasa Biomass's renewable energy expansion. The money will go towards an Indonesian plant that makes pellets from woodwaste materials, which is also owned by Stahl Capital.
'Our intention is to work together with Sararasa on other biomass-to-energy projects in the... [Read More]
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Mar 6, 2012
Biomass CHP is building a new demonstration plant in Wilton, Wiltshire after receiving a £100,000 investment.
The company's wood-chip gasification process can produce renewable heat and energy without generating any liquid effluent that would need to be disposed of and treated. The investment is to develop this system and comes in the form of the Finance for... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 9, 2015
Plymouth University is working with New Generation Biogas, a Devon, UK, company, to hone the design of its anaerobic digestion (AD) system.
By giving New Generation Biogas (NGB) access to its facilities and expertise, Plymouth University (PU) has helped the Totnes-based firm observe the microbes that transform waste close-up and understand what makes them thrive.
NGB used... [Read More]
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Mar 7, 2012
Energy efficiency and renewable energy company, Ameresco, together with the US Department of Energy (DOE) have completed the successful operational startup of the DOE's new Biomass Cogeneration Facility in Aiken, South Carolina.
The new 34-acre renewable energy facility located on Savannah River Site (SRS), was constructed over a 30 month period, with the investment... [Read More]
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Mar 12, 2012
RuralAus has announced that its planned 10MW biomass power plant, located on Kagaroo island will create 30 new jobs.
The Perth, Australia-based forestry group intends to power its sawmill with the proposed plant, which will convert facility waste into power.
It will require governmental funding in order to run the operation at the scale desired, and the company is... [Read More]
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Mar 12, 2012
Skogforsk, the Forestry Research Institute of Sweden, is to collaborate with Grand Rapids-based Itasca Community College (ICC), on a research program developing methods, systems and technology within the bioenergy sector in Minnesota.
The research will focus on the forest-based biomass supply chain, with the aim to increase efficiency and quality.
Skogforsk focuses... [Read More]
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Mar 12, 2012
Solid Energy business Nature's Flame has stopped production of pellets at its oldest and smallest plant located in Rolleston, Canterbury, New Zealand.
Due to its age and size, it was deemed uneconomic to upgrade the facility, as the cost of ensuring reliability and safety would be too high. Furthermore forestry in the area is reportedly waning.
Therefore the company... [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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