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Feb 25, 2016
Weltec Biopower acquires 3.3MW biogas plant
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Nov 16, 2010
The newly formed developer and operator of biomass power plants Greenleaf Power has completed its second acquisition. The 15 November saw the company acquire a 28MW biomass power plant in Scotia, California, from Marathon Asset Management. The plant, which was purchased for an undisclosed sum, has been in operation since 1988, utilising mill residuals, forest thinning,... [Read More]
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Nov 18, 2010
Commissioned by NEPIC, National Grid and Centrica, a feasibility study reviewing the use of Bio-SNG (synthetic natural gas) delivered via the gas grid as a way to decarbonise road transport and heat has been published. The study concluded that Bio-SNG offers the possibility of substantial scale renewable methane production, while the major processes required to produce... [Read More]
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Feb 24, 2016
The Renewable Energy Association (REA), a UK-based renewable energy trade body, has issued a new report calling on the UK government to support on-site anaerobic digestion (AD).
In its new report, entitled 'REA paper on support for small scale AD Feb 2016', the REA states that AD can provide supplementary income for hard pressed dairy farmers and help to decarbonise the... [Read More]
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Nov 19, 2010
In the US EM Biogas has acquired the Huckabay Ridge anaerobic digestion facility in Texas from the estate of Environmental Power Corporation. Huckabay Ridge is one of the largest plants of its kind in the North America and processes agricultural manure and residues from food, grease, and other organic compounds into pipeline quality renewable natural gas. The Huckabay... [Read More]
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Nov 19, 2010
Funding on a project to develop a methane gas purification facility at the city of San Diego's Point Loma wastewater treatment plant, and the installation of three fuel cells with a combined capacity of 4.5MW at multiple locations in San Diego, has closed. United Fund Advisors (UFA) recently completed the tax credit equity financing on the $45 million (€33 million)... [Read More]
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Nov 23, 2010
In Ha Noi, Vietnam, the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is to invest $100 million (€73.6 million) over an eight-year period to expand its Biogas Programme. The expansion project will see a further 100,000 biogas generators installed on farms across 35 provinces. According to the deputy director of the ministry’s Animal Husbandry Department Nguyen Thanh... [Read More]
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Nov 22, 2010
The East Texas Electric Cooperative (ETEC) is looking to construct a biomass power plant in Woodville, Texas. The facility would cost in the region on $145 million (€105.6 million) to build, generating around 50MW of renewable energy. The not-for-profit cooperative, which consists of 10 utility providers, including the Rusk County Electric Cooperative, Panola-Harrison... [Read More]
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Nov 22, 2010
As the price for electricity has dropped in recent months, Akron, Ohio-headquartered energy company FirstEnergy Corp. has now announced that it is cancelling its plans to repower units 3 and 4 with biomass at its R.E. Burger Plant located in Shadyside. The new biomass-powered units would have been used to generate electricity, however FirstEnergy is now to shut down... [Read More]
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Nov 22, 2010
In the US, Memphis, Tennessee-based coated paper producer Verso Paper Corp. has launched a $40 million (€29.1 million) renewable energy project at its mill in Bucksport, Maine. By replacing coal with biomass in one of its boilers and installing a new 25MW turbine generator, the project will provide a 43% increase in thermal energy production from renewable biomass.... [Read More]
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Nov 22, 2010
Plantation Energy Australia, Australia’s largest manufacturer and exporter of energy wood pellets, has signed a four-year supply agreement with one of Japan’s largest trading companies, Mitsui & Co. The agreement is worth over AU$70 million (€50.6 million) and is the largest of its kind in Japan in terms of volume and value. Under the terms of the agreement... [Read More]
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Nov 23, 2010
In order to qualify for a $45 to $50 million (€33 to €36.8 million) federal grant, construction of the $250 million biomass/wood pellet plant planned for Pownal, Vermont, must begin before the end of this year. However, the owners of the facility are facing opposition from local residents who are claiming that more time is needed in order to realise the full environmental... [Read More]
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Nov 25, 2010
In Auckland, New Zealand, Mayor Len Brown has started the nation’s first biogas-powered truck, in what is a joint venture between Transpacific, Greenlane Biogas, Dieselgas International and the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (Niwa). The truck, which has been developed for the purpose of collecting rubbish, has undergone 24 months of research and... [Read More]
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Nov 25, 2010
Renewable energy firm Southeast Renewable Energy is looking to build a biogas plant in Allendale County in South Carolina, US. Costing $50 million (€37.57 million), the facility would generate 15MW of energy from timber residues. Raine Cotton, Southeast Renewable’s president and CEO said that his company is ‘working diligently to get the last few steps of the... [Read More]
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Feb 23, 2016
DONG Energy, a Denmark-headquartered energy firm, has unveiled plans to build a bio plant which turns unsorted household waste into energy in the UK.
The plant, which the company will finance, build and operate, will use an enzyme technology it calls REnescience. DONG claims that "it will be the first bio plant in the world to handle unsorted household waste, without prior... [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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