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Sep 27, 2016
India’s Punjab has ‘potential to generate 2GW’ of biomass energy
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Sep 27, 2016
Despite a slump in annual additions, the global biopower market is set to show steady growth, at a compound annual growth rate of 4.4%, according to a new market study
Research and consulting firm GlobalData forecasts the global installed biopower capacity to rise from 106.2GW in 2015 to 165.2GW by 2025.
The company’s latest report states that bioenergy is a niche... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 27, 2016
FCC, a Spanish environmental services, construction, and water management group, is participating in a project to convert waste treatment plants into bioenergy factories.
Co-financed by the EU’s LIFE Programme, the Methamorphosis project is headed by FCC Aqualia in partnership with Area Metropolitana de Barcelona (AMB), FCC Environment (FCC’s environmental... [Read More]
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Sep 28, 2016
The bioenergy sector should seize the opportunity to contribute more to the heating and cooling industries to help drive Europe towards a low-carbon economy, said Marie Donnelly, director for renewables at the European Commission.
Her comments were made at the European Biogas Association’s conference in Ghent, Belgium. She also warned that the bioenergy sector needed... [Read More]
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Sep 28, 2016
China Everbright International commenced the construction of 14 bio-projects in the third quarter of 2016, with a total investment exceeding RMB3.8 billion (€508.6m).
The construction of all of the projects is progressing well and on schedule, the company reports.
In the environmental energy segment, five waste-to-energy projects and a food waste treatment project... [Read More]
Biomass News
Sep 7, 2016
UK-based renewable heat specialist Scot Heat & Power has announced that it is ramping up its entry into the Cumbrian market.
According to the firm, it is one of just three UK companies to offer ElectraTherm’s innovative Power+ Generator, which is a US-produced generator that utilises biomass for efficient clean energy production.
Scot Heat & Power, has been... [Read More]
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Sep 7, 2016
UK-based power giant Drax contributed more than £1 billion towards UK GDP in 2015 and supported thousands of jobs across the country, according to a new study from Oxford Economics.
The findings were revealed in a new report looking at the group’s UK operations, which includes Drax Power Station - Europe’s largest decarbonisation project.
Researchers... [Read More]
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Sep 7, 2016
Gatwick Airport, in partnership with DHL, is set to become the first airport in the world able to dispose of Category One waste on site – an issue that costs the global aviation sector around £500 million a year – and convert it into energy.
Category One forms the majority of waste from non-EU flights and is defined as food... [Read More]
Biomass News
Sep 8, 2016
Finnish technology developer Valmet and Danish energy utility Hofor Energiproduktion have signed a contract regarding delivery of a biomass-fired boiler plant and related biofuel storage and conveyor systems.
The equipment will be delivered to Hofor's new Amagerværket heat and power plant in Copenhagen.
The order is included in Valmet's third quarter 2016 orders... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 8, 2016
FuelCell Energy, a power plant developer, has completed the construction and begun commercial operation of a megawatt-class fuel cell power plant in California.
The Riverside Regional Water Quality Control Plant is structured so that the City of Riverside pays for power produced, achieving immediate operating cost savings without any capital outlay and in a manner that... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 8, 2016
Ecomaine, a Maine, US-based recycling service provider, has officially opened its new food waste recovery service utilising anaerobic digestion (AD) for biogas production.
The company says the addition of food waste recovery to its portfolio of services will help its member communities reach the statewide recycling goal of 50% by 2021.
“Recent studies have shown... [Read More]
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Sep 9, 2016
In the UK, the Energy and Climate Change Committee (ECCC) has warned the government that on its current course the UK will fail to achieve its 2020 renewable energy targets.
Despite progress in some areas of its renewables commitments, there is simply not enough being done, ECCC says in its new report titled 2020 renewable heat and transport targets.
The island country... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 9, 2016
A £72 million (€85m) new state-of the-art sludge treatment and anaerobic digestion (AD) facility in the centre of Leeds, UK, has been given the go-ahead.
Yorkshire Water’s planning proposal for a bioenergy facility at the company’s Knostrop works was approved by Leeds City Council’s planning committee and the contract has been awarded to Black... [Read More]
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Sep 12, 2016
Scottish National Party MPs Callum McCaig and Alex Salmond have condemned proposed changes to the Renewable Heat Incentive Scheme regulations after the UK government failed to bring then to debate in Parliament.
The North East MPs have directly criticised the UK government for proceeding to implement cuts that will affect all biomass plants that use less than 20% of their... [Read More]
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Sep 12, 2016
Industry experts have backed a report by the UK’s Energy and Climate Change Committee (ECCC) which suggests that the UK will miss its 2020 renewable energy targets.
Despite progress in some areas of its renewables commitments, there is simply not enough being done, ECCC says in its new report titled 2020 renewable heat and transport targets.
The UK has... [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
