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Jun 20, 2014
EIB supports CHP plant in Sweden
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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]
Biomass News
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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Jun 30, 2014
E.ON UK has produced renewable energy for the first time at its Blackburn Meadows biomass plant in Sheffield.
The £120 million (€150 million) Blackburn Meadows plant is now the third biomass facility in E.ON UK's generation portfolio and can provide enough energy to power around 40,000 homes.
The 30MW renewable energy plant will convert locally sourced recycled... [Read More]
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Jun 10, 2014
An extension has been approved by Deschutes County, Oregon, US for Biogreen Sustainable Energy (BSG) to construct a long-delayed biomass plant in La Pine.
This is the fourth extension the company has received for the 25MW facility, which was pushed back further and further due to economic issues and uncertainty in the energy market.
BSG will meet with La Pine officials... [Read More]
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Jun 10, 2014
A public meeting is to be held in Fife, Scotland, later this month to update residents on the progress of a biomass plant in the town of Markinch.
Plant manager Ian Gaunt is set to give a presentation on the current state of ongoing work at the £200 million (€247.7 million) plant, situated on the former site of Tullis Russell paper manufacturers.
Progress relating... [Read More]
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Jun 10, 2014
The possibility of a new biomass power plant on the Vermont Yankee nuclear facility site in the US is to be discussed in a public forum organised by selectmen in Vernon, where the plant is located.
Vermont Yankee is due to cease producing power by the end of this year. Entergy, the plant's owner, made the announcement last year citing financial difficulties and competition... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 7, 2015
The University of Louisville Conn Center for Renewable Energy Research has formed a partnership with a South Carolina company to accelerate the commercialisation of a coal-like product made from wood and biomass materials.
Greenville, South Carolina-based Integro Earth Fuels is the developer of NuCoal, a product made from sustainable wood waste that can be burned with... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 7, 2015
The University of Aarhus has revealed findings from an extensive study into the performance of Landia's externally-mounted GasMix system, showing that it increases methane production by almost 11% in a digester treating agricultural residues.
The study also showed that viscosity was decreased by more than 31% when Landia's GasMix was used in a heat exchange tank treating... [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
