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Jan 20, 2015
RusForest to build wood pellet plant in Magistralny
Pellets News
Jan 20, 2015
Maine Woods Pellet Company is building a biomass-fired power plant in Athens, Maine and has chosen Turboden to supply what will be the world's largest biomass-based Organic Rankine Cycle (ORC).
Maine Woods Pellet owns and operates a wood pellet production facility. This plant can produce up to 100,000 tonnes per year of wood pellets for the bulk and bagged fuel markets,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 20, 2015
At Cannington Cold Stores' 45,000 tonne Bridgwater site in Somerset, UK, Veolia has installed a 2MW biogas combined heat and power (CHP) plant. This adds to four existing 324kW CHPs it has already successfully installed at the site.
The biogas solution has been supplied by Cogenco, Veolia's package CHP team and is fuelled by waste food, helping the chilled food storage... [Read More]
Other News
Jan 20, 2015
Construction has started on a new 44.2MW biomass power plant in Snetterton.
The plant, known as Snetterton Renewable Energy Plant, is being developed by Eco2 and Iceni Energy. Using straw as its feedstock, the plant will have capacity to generate enough electricity to meet the needs of 82,000 homes and the potential to become an electricity connectivity point for Snetterton... [Read More]
Pellets News
Dec 10, 2014
Enviva Holdings and John Hancock Life Insurance Company have partnered to develop industrial wood pellet production plants and marine export terminals in the southeastern US.
Through their affiliates, Enviva Development Holdings, (Enviva) and Hancock Natural Resource Group (HNRG), the companies have committed to invest up to an aggregate of $320 million (€258 million)... [Read More]
Biomass News
Dec 15, 2014
Roxas Holdings, a large integrated sugar business in the Philippines, and Global Business Power (GBPC), a power producer in the Visayas and power generation component company of GT Capital Holdings, have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to undertake a front-end engineering design (FEED) study and other pre-development activities for a 40MW cogeneration facility... [Read More]
Biomass News
Dec 15, 2014
In the US, biomass supply company Genera Energy has received a strategic financing commitment from WindSail Capital Group, an investment firm that provides growth financing to companies advancing energy innovation and sustainability.
The investment will provide Genera with the resources to continue expanding by helping scale its energy crop production and supply chain... [Read More]
Biomass News
Dec 15, 2014
CHE Group has entered into a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Full Advantage to build a number of biomass-fired power plants across the Philippines.
Under the $480 million (€386 million) contract, the companies will develop 16 biomass plants totalling 191MW constructed in strategic locations in the Philippines. The facilities will be built over the next five... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 16, 2014
Hungarian energy firm Ormánsági Zöldenergia is reported to be investing HUF950 million (€3 million) into a new biogas plant in Vajszló in the southwest of the country.
Using waste products sourced from nearby farms, the plant will have a capacity to generate 4.5GWh of electricity when it comes online in Q2 2015.
In addition to Ormánsági... [Read More]
Pellets News
Dec 16, 2014
Portucel S.A, a Portuguese pulp and paper company, will build a wood pellet production plant in South Carolina, US, according to reports.
With an annual production capacity of around 460,000 tonnes and costing in the region of $110 million (€88 million) to build, construction on the facility is due to begin next year. It is slated to be up and running towards the... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 16, 2014
Via its subsidiary Sita, Suez Environment has been awarded a €150 million operating contract for the Amétyst anaerobic digestion plant in Montpellier, France, for a period of 10 years.
Sita has operated the Amétyst plant since 2008, which will benefit from a €10 million investment programme funded by Sita. This investment will increase its electricity... [Read More]
Biomass News
Dec 16, 2014
Shepherd Construction, a nationally operating contractor, has achieved handover at the UK's largest power station, Drax, following completion of new biomass facilities.
Now independently operating and burning up to 14,000 tonnes of biomass daily, new facilities designed, built and engineered by Shepherd are enabling Drax to generate up to 1,260MW of renewable electricity... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 21, 2015
BioEnergy Hawaii (BEH) a designer, developer and operator of waste treatment and alternative energy systems, has partnered with impact investment firm Ulupono Initiative to finance a resource recovery facility planned for the west side of Hawaii Island.
The project will include advanced recycling operations and produce multiple value products from the waste streams: recyclable... [Read More]
Biomass News
May 21, 2015
UN FAO, Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials, Bloomberg New Energy Finance, Carbon War Room, KLM, Novozymes and the UN Foundation partner to scale up the development and deployment of sustainable bioenergy solutions to meet the global need for sustainable energy.
As part of the 2nd Annual Sustainable Energy for All (SE4ALL) Forum, a new multi-stakeholder coalition, co-chaired... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 18, 2014
The European Biogas Association (EBA) has released its Biogas Report 2014, which found there are now more than 14,500 biogas plants in Europe and this figure is still growing.
In central Europe, countries such as Hungary, Slovakia, Poland and the Czech Republic experienced an 18% increase in the number of biogas plants. Other key producing countries included the UK, France... [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
