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Jun 29, 2015
Major digestate milestone at Tamar Energy AD plants
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Jul 10, 2014
ReFood, is expanding its anaerobic digestion (AD) plant located in South Yorkshire, UK.
The new extension will see the size of the plant in Doncaster doubled, making it the largest food waste AD plant in the UK to date.
Last December ReFood secured planning consent to accept 160,000 tonnes of food waste at Doncaster that would otherwise go to landfill. The plant will generate... [Read More]
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Jul 14, 2014
Per Aarsleff, a Denmark-based contracting company, has signed an agreement to develop what it is calling 'Northern Europe's largest biogas plant' on a 12 hectare plot in the Danish town of Tønder.
The contract value of the biogas plant in Tønder is approximately DKK300 million (€40 million). There is also an option to build a similar plant in Aabenraa... [Read More]
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Jul 14, 2014
Elevance Renewable Sciences, a specialty chemicals company, has created a new collaboration with Genting Plantations through Genting Integrated Biorefinery (GIB), to be located in the Palm Oil Industrial Cluster (POIC) in Malaysia.
The 25:75 collaboration between Elevance and Genting Plantations will build a 240,000 tonne metathesis biorefinery based on Elevance's proprietary... [Read More]
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Jul 15, 2014
Scotia Atlantic Biomass, a subsidiary of renewable energy firm Viridis Energy, has entered into an agreement with Halifax Grain Elevator which will see Halifax invest up to $1 million (€700,000) in the subsidiary.
Halifax Grain, a bulk grain handling and storage provider at the Port of Halifax, provides segregated storage using 365 silos ready for transport via cargo... [Read More]
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Jul 15, 2014
Cobalt Technologies, a producer of bio n-butanol as a renewable fuel and chemical, has signed a global cooperation and supply agreement with Andritz to integrate its lignocellulosic pre-treatment process for the production of n-butanol with Andritz's customized pre-treatment systems.
The primary alcohol, n-butanol is a widely used industrial chemical found in paints, lacquers... [Read More]
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Jun 20, 2014
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is supporting energy firm Fortum Värme to design, build and operate a new biomass-fired combined heat and power (CHP) plant with a €260 million loan. The plant will be located in Stockholm and deliver heat to the existing district heating system in Sweden's capital and electricity to the public grid.
The EIB is also financing... [Read More]
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Jun 23, 2014
InventivEnergy, an asset management firm, has selected NRG Energy Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of NRG Energy, to restart the Aspen Power biomass plant located in Lufkin, Texas.
NRG will also operate and maintain the facility once it resumes operation. The plant first opened in August 2011 and was the first wood-fired biomass power plant in the state. It can consume... [Read More]
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Jun 23, 2014
Biogenic Reagents, a producer of biocarbon products from renewable biomass, has entered into an agreement with West Fraser, a US subsidiary of West Fraser Timber – the largest lumber producer in North America – to develop renewable biocarbon products.
The parties will contribute capital and assets to a new company called Biogenic Reagents Ventures, which will... [Read More]
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Jul 6, 2015
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) has launched a new online platform which will enable policy makers and other energy sector players to access the world's largest collection of global renewable energy standards and patents.
The International Standards and Patents in Renewable Energy platform, also known as INSPIRE, is the first and most complete solution... [Read More]
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Jul 3, 2015
Mark Rising of Johnstown, New York, has been named health and safety manager at ReEnergy Holdings.
Rising has more than 30 years' experience in industrial health and safety management. Before joining ReEnergy, he worked most recently as a safety specialist at PSEG Bethlehem Energy Center. Prior to that, Rising was a programme safety manager supporting Antarctica mission... [Read More]
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Jun 24, 2014
RusForest, a Swedish forestry company with operations in Russia, has signed a long-term contract for pellet sales from the company's LDK-3 wood pellet mill in Arkhangelsk.
RusForest has entered into a sales contract for 60,000 tonnes of pellets, a majority of the company's annual pellet production.
The pellets, which will be sold through a trading house focused on bioenergy,... [Read More]
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Jun 24, 2014
Finnish pulp and paper manufacturer Stora Enso has acquired 100% of the shares of the US-based company Virdia, a developer of extraction and separation technologies for conversion of cellulosic biomass into highly refined sugars and lignin.
The transaction is valued at $33 million (€24 million), with additional potential payouts totalling approximately $29 million... [Read More]
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Jun 24, 2014
Areva, a France-headquartered supplier of bioenergy facilities, has delivered a biomass power plant to U-Thong Bio Power in Thailand.
Built jointly by Areva and its partner Ensys, the installation is located in the Suphanburi province in Thailand. The facility is designed to generate 9.9MWe of energy using rice husk and bagasse. This is enough to benefit around 8,000 households.
Under... [Read More]
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Jun 24, 2014
A biomass-fired power plant in the Aurangabad district of Maharashtra, India has been destroyed following a fire on 22 June.
According to reports, the fire started in a bagasse pile kept on the plant's premises. No one was hurt and the cause of the fire is under investigation.
Fire fighters were still working to fully extinguish the blaze on 23 June.... [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
