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Sep 26, 2014
Brazil’s first cellulosic ethanol plant opens
Pellets News
Sep 2, 2014
RusForest AB, a Swedish forestry company with operations in Russia, has released its second quarter 2014 report.
Within this report the company revealed that, during the three months ended 30 June, it produced 12,830 tonnes of wood pellets at its production plant in Arkhangelsk.
Additionally, revenue from continuing operations during this period reached $17.8 million (€13.5... [Read More]
Pellets News
Jun 23, 2015
A new £100 million (€140 million) biomass terminal planned for the Port of Liverpool will see it handle up to 3 million tonnes of wood pellets a year as part of the decarbonisation of Drax power station.
The wood pellets – to be shipped to Liverpool from North America – are a by-product of the commercial forestry and saw-milling industry and will... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jun 23, 2015
Veolia, through its subsidiary in Ireland Veolia Energy Services, has been awarded, by Mayo Renewable Power, a €450 million 15-year contract to operate a biomass power plant in Killala, Co. Mayo, in Ireland.
The plant, which will be the largest independent biomass power plant in Ireland, will provide 42.5MW of combined heat and power, enough electricity to power the... [Read More]
Other News
Sep 4, 2014
Project Liberty, the US's first commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plant, located in Emmetsburg, Iowa, has been officially opened.
A joint venture of DSM and Poet, Project Liberty will convert 285,000 tonnes a year of biomass sourced from within a 45-mile radius of the plant into renewable fuel. Feedstocks will include baled corn cobs, leaves, husk and stalk.
The plant... [Read More]
Other News
Sep 9, 2014
Fulcrum Sierra Biofuels, a sustainable fuels company, will receive a loan from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) for the construction of waste-to-jet fuel facility.
The USDA is to award a $105 million (€81.5 million) Biorefinery Assistance Program loan guarantee to Fulcrum, which the company will use to build a biorefinery in Nevada, US. The new facility, which... [Read More]
Pellets News
Sep 9, 2014
Global wood pellet demand could more than double in the next 10 years, growing from around 23 million tonnes in 2014 to 50 million tonnes in 2024. This is according to a new study carried out by RISI, an information provider for the global forest products industry.
'It's a really exciting time to be looking at the wood pellet market. We're seeing strong demand in the European... [Read More]
Biomass News
Sep 9, 2014
Vega Biofuels' joint venture partner, Agri-Tech Producers (ATP) , has developed a new, patent-pending process that reduces the cost of some of the biomass feedstock for the company's pilot torrefaction plant in South Carolina, US.
Vega recently entered into the joint venture to build and operate a pilot manufacturing plant in Allendale for the production of biocoal, among... [Read More]
Other News
Sep 9, 2014
Finnish pulp and paper manufacturer Stora Enso is investing €32 million in a new demonstration plant, to be built in Louisiana, US, following its recent acquisition of biotechnology association Virdia.
The plant will be used to validate, on an industrial scale, Virdia's technology. This newly acquired extraction and separation process enables cellulosic biomass, such... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 9, 2014
UK supermarket Marks & Spencer (M&S) has purchased the majority of Biomethane Certificates (BMCs) from the green gas being produced at Future Biogas's £8 million (€10 million) biomethane plant in Doncaster.
The BMCs, registered with Green Gas Trading (GGT) in the name of Future Biogas, represent the green (bio) element of the biomethane produced at the... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 9, 2014
Construction work on ReFood's new £20 million (€25 million) anaerobic digestion (AD) plant in Widnes, UK has been completed by building and civil engineering contractor Britcon. The project has now been officially handed over.
The plant is the largest gas-to-grid AD facility in the UK and the second plant for the ReFood brand in the UK. It will recycle some... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jun 12, 2015
Renewable energy targets are now a defining feature of the global energy landscape, according to a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).
Renewable Energy Target Setting has found 164 countries have adopted at least one type of renewable energy target, up from just 43 countries in 2005. Two more countries – Canada and the United Arab Emirates... [Read More]
Biomass News
Sep 11, 2014
Ontario Power Generation's (OPG) Atikokan Generating Station (GS) in Canada is now operating on biomass, making it the largest power plant in North America fuelled by 100% biomass.
OPG's president and CEO, Tom Mitchell, comments: 'Close to 100% of the electricity OPG producers is from sources that are virtually free of emissions that cause smog or contribute to climate... [Read More]
Other News
Sep 12, 2014
SGB, an agricultural biotechnology and seed company, has successfully created a hybrid jatropha which has both high yield and rapid time to maturity.
In conjunction with these results, the company has closed an $11 million (€8.5 million) Series C financing to drive commercial rollout.
With its latest generation of jatropha hybrids, SGB has reduced the time to maturity... [Read More]
Biomass News
Sep 15, 2014
Kuala Lumpur-based Fitters Diversified is investing RM 14 million (€3.4 million) in three biomass-gas generators to be opened early 2015 in Sabah and Negeri Sembilan.
Through its wholly-owned subsidiary Future NRG, the company has teamed up with German-based AHT Services to update AHT's existing biomass gasification technology.
As part of the agreement, AHT will outsource... [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
