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Sep 7, 2016
Drax contributes more than £1bn to UK GDP, new study finds
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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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Sep 13, 2016
UK-based autoclave waste specialist Wilson Bio-Chemical has opened its micro autoclave fibre production plant for turning municipal solid waste (MSW) into biomass fibre that can be converted into chemicals or fuels.
The facility has been developed with the help of the University of York subsidiary, the Biorenewables Development Centre (BDC) and is based at the... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 30, 2016
German plant manufacturer Weltec Biopower has constructed and brought online a biogas plant at a Croatian pig farm, contributing to the country’s EU climate targets.
The 250kW plant, which went live in Varazdin on a farm owned Dalibor Vrček, suits the farm‘s cycle of food production, liquid manure utilisation, and energy production in the form of power, heat... [Read More]
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Aug 30, 2016
Waste management company Veolia is expecting to collect around 200 tonnes of leftover waste from the London-based Notting Hill Carnival, which will be burnt to generate energy for the National Grid.
The Carnival, which takes place over a public holiday weekend at the end of August every year in London, was attended by around one million revellers from around the world.
Veolia... [Read More]
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Aug 30, 2016
UK bioenergy giant Drax has announced that it will step in to fill a potential energy gap if the UK government drops plans for a €20 billion nuclear station in Somerset.
Andy Koss, CEO of Drax Group, told Bloomberg that biomass is the UK’s most cost-effective form of energy on a whole-systems cost basis. The company, which converted three of its six units to... [Read More]
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Aug 30, 2016
Aquapak Polymers has developed a process to produce a multifunctional packaging polymer that is both 100% recyclable and 100% biodegradable in standard waste management facilities, it has announced.
Currently at demonstration phase and with a full-scale production factory on the way, Aquapak is now in talks with retailers, local authorities and the waste sector to... [Read More]
Biomass News
Aug 31, 2016
Conventional and advanced biomass gasification is a promising and economically beneficial technology, according to a new study by a global team of researchers.
A new review paper published in journal Energy & Environmental Science presents a case for biomass gasification as a promising, viable and economically beneficial technology for fuel and energy.
Until... [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
