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Jun 2, 2017
UK resource management industry sets out its top priorities for the next government
Biomass News
Jun 2, 2017
Vega Biofuels has announced that it will build a new biochar manufacturing plant in Anchorage, Alaska. The new facility will produce biochar for use in a high grade agricultural growing medium for legal cannabis growers in the Pacific Northwest, as well as Alaska.
It was recently announced that Vega had entered into a reseller agreement with an Anchorage cannabis start-up... [Read More]
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Jun 2, 2017
Americans want to know when they’re power is coming from renewable sources, according to a new study from Washington State University (WSU).
Interestingly, this concern over energy use isn’t connected to political beliefs, the sociologists behind the research finding both Democrats and Republicans were interested in using non-fossil fuel energy sources.
The... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jun 5, 2017
A new study argues that carbon emissions are drastically lower when biomass is used to generate electricity instead of natural gas.
The new research was commissioned by the US Biomass Power Association. Dr. Madhu Khanna, professor in Environmental Economics at the University of Illinois, and Dr. Puneet Dwivedi, assistant professor in Sustainability Sciences at the University... [Read More]
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Jun 5, 2017
The World Bioenergy Association (WBA) has criticised President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris climate change agreement.
According to the WBA, the Paris Climate Agreement, which was agreed upon by more than 190 countries, was the single most important global treaty ever.
Last week (1 June, 2017), Trump framed his decision to pull the US from the landmark Paris... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 5, 2017
NexSteppe, a US feedstock provider for the bio-based industries, has announced the launch of a new product line.
The new product line is called Metano Alto.
Metano Alto Industrial Sorghums are bred to deliver both high crop yields in the field and high biogas and biomethane yields in a digester.
”We are seeing a significant level of interest from our customers in... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 5, 2017
The ‘first’ plant in Brazil to make biomethane for fuelling vehicles has been opened in the city of Foz do Iguaçu, in the state of Paraná.
Brazilian company Intaipu Binacional, the ‘world’s largest’ generator of renewable clean energy, opened its new biomethane facility on 2 June 2017. It will see non-polluting biomethane, which... [Read More]
Pellets News
Jun 6, 2017
The bioenergy industry is set to benefit from a proposed energy U-turn by South Korea’s new government would put the environment at the centre of energy policy, shifting one of the world’s staunchest supporters of coal and nuclear power toward natural gas and renewables.
According to a report in Reuters, if implemented, the ambitious plans by the world's fourth... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 6, 2017
A company hoping to build an anaerobic digestion (AD) plant in Norfolk, UK, has submitted a new bid after its first application was blocked on a technicality, according to the Eastern Daily Press.
The planning application submitted by The Planning Group, on behalf of developer Mikram, outlines the company’s intentions to build two digesters, two storage tanks, a... [Read More]
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Jun 6, 2017
MEP Bas Eickhout has proposed sweeping reforms to EU legislation regarding bioenergy and biofuels.
They come amid the Dutch politician’s proposals for increasing the EU’s renewable energy share target for 2030 from 27% to 45%.
"The entire energy sector must be sustainable by 2040 one hundred percent." Eickhout said, according to Groen Links. Just as significantly,... [Read More]
Biomass News
May 24, 2017
Yorke Biomass Energy is building a demonstration plant in South Australia to demonstrate how a straw burning generator can provide miners with a competitively priced power source for the first 10-20 MW of power.
It is hoped that the new project will eventually allow remote mining projects in farming areas to access their baseload electricity from straw powered biomass... [Read More]
Biomass News
May 24, 2017
Thailand’s Energy Ministry will show the country’s potential as “the land of energy crops” at Astana Expo 2017, an international exposition themed on ‘future energy’ held in Kazakhstan’s capital.
The Thailand Pavilion or ‘Sala Thai’ will showcase the country’s ‘Bioenergy-for-all’ concept in the hope... [Read More]
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May 24, 2017
Denmark-based utility energy firm Dong Energy has made a commitment to renewables and agreed to divest its entire oil and gas business to Ineos in a deal worth up to $1.3bn (€1.16bn).
The transaction includes production, development and exploration sites off Denmark, Norway and west of Shetland.
Ineos said the move would make it the biggest private group operating... [Read More]
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May 25, 2017
Waste management company Renewi, the combination of UK-based Shanks and Netherlands-based Van Gansewinkerl, has recorded a loss for its first financial year.
The company's net loss for the year ended 31 March, 2017, stood at £60.0 million (€70.37m).
Shanks and Van Gansewinkel merged on 28 February, 2017, to create Renewi. Shanks stated that it took the decision... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 25, 2017
The UK’s Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association has scaled down its expectations for biomethane growth for 2017, but expects a rebound in 2018.
Previously, ADBA projected between ten and 25 new biomethane plants to be commissioned in 2017. Now, according to a statement, that figure has been revised down to between eight and 20.
Delays in reforming the Renewable... [Read More]
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Indonesian gas distributor PT Pertamina Gas Negara Tbk (PGN) has signed an agreement with NeutraDC Singapore (NDSG) to provide biomethane for forthcoming data centre projects in Singapore
Once cleared, the site will be redeveloped into an Energy, Biochar and Carbon (EBAC) plant – a pyrolysis facility designed to convert plant matter into biochar, renewable electricity and heat
Swedish tanker owner Furetank has announced it will run its European fleet on renewable biogas throughout 2025, marking a major step towards fossil-free shipping
