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Nov 5, 2013
Biomass plant opens in Port Hawkesbury
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Nov 5, 2013
The National Energy Regulator of South Africa has approved the registration of six biogas plants in KwaZulu-Natal.
These latest projects will be located in Izimpongo Village, Melmoth and Mgwabi Village at Eshowe and come shortly after a further 21 similar plants were registered this year, planned for Limpopo and one in Pretoria. This brings the total number of biogas operations... [Read More]
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Nov 5, 2013
Nippon Paper Industries is reported to have started operations at its new biomass in Port Angeles in Washington, US.
The new $85 million (€63 million) co-generation plant at the site of Nippon's existing mill is not yet fully operational; this is slated to begin by the end of 2013 when it will generate electricity and steam from forest wood waste.
The majority of... [Read More]
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Nov 6, 2013
A biomass refinery in Malaysia is set to become the second in the world to convert biomass waste into renewable products before 2017.
Work is scheduled to begin on the facility in Johor by the end of 2014 and will be developed by MYBiomass, a collaboration between the Malaysian Industry Government Group for High Technology (MIGHT), renewable energy business Sime Darby... [Read More]
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Nov 7, 2013
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has awarded nearly $10 million (€7.3 million) to a consortium, led by Colorado State University (CSU), to study the challenges limiting the use of insect-killed trees as a sustainable feedstock for bioenergy and renewable fuels.
CSU researchers, together with other scientists from universities, government and private industry... [Read More]
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Oct 11, 2013
Two Malaysian companies Detik Aturan and Global Green Synergy have both secured contracts to supply wood pellets to different Asian markets.
Under a new agreement, Detik plans to export 20,000 tonnes a month of pellets to South Korea's BC21 Co. by the middle of next year. BC21 hopes to be consuming 5 million tonnes per year by 2015.
As part of its agreement with China... [Read More]
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Oct 15, 2013
Clean Energy Fuels, one of North America's largest providers of natural gas for transportation, is ready to begin distributing commercial volumes of its renewable natural gas vehicle fuel at 35 public Clean Energy stations throughout California.
The company's fuel – Redeem – is made from waste materials collected from landfill, diary and sewage plants and today... [Read More]
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Oct 15, 2013
VTT Technological Research Centre of Finland is organising a new European project to study the anaerobic digestion (AD) of organic waste.
The AD process can be optimised to produce either biogas or volatile fatty acids that are even more valuable products than biogas. The produced volatile fatty acids can be converted further to raw materials with which it is possible... [Read More]
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Oct 15, 2013
Utility company Kentucky Power Co. is to acquire biomass-based power from a renewable production plant near Hazard after the Kentucky Public Service Commission (PSC) approved a 20-year power purchase agreement.
Under the recently approved agreement, Kentucky will buy renewable electricity from the 58.8MW ecoPower Generation-Hazard biomass plant, construction on which will... [Read More]
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Oct 15, 2013
The cause of a fire which broke out at the UK's Port of Tyne on 11 October is under investigation.
Around 50 fire fighters responded to the incident, which originated inside a wood pellet storage facility at around 3pm.
The port's operations were not disrupted and the property sustained minimal damage, according to reports. An external conveyor transfer tower will need... [Read More]
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Oct 15, 2013
According to a new survey published by WRAP, anaerobic digestion (AD) is driving forward to UK organics recycling industry.
The study – ASORI – shows the number of operational AD sites grew during 2012 and the total input of organic waste processed via AD rose to 1.69 million tonnes last year. WRAP said over 50% of those sites surveyed have come online since... [Read More]
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Oct 17, 2013
Leidos Holdings, a science and technology company, is to assume ownership of a 37.5MW biomass-fuelled power plant currently being built in Plainfield, Connecticut by Leidos Constructors.
The new facility is scheduled to be completed by the end of this year. Upon entering operations the biopower plant will power the equivalent of 37,000 homes. Connecticut Light & Power... [Read More]
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Oct 17, 2013
A commercial-scale renewable power plant has opened in Junction City in the US state of Oregon.
The project, known as JC-Biomethane, has been labelled 'the Pacific Northwest's first commercial food waste-to-electricity' facility.
Essential Consulting of Oregon designed and will also manage the plant, which will convert large volumes of food waste and other biomass materials... [Read More]
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Oct 17, 2013
Brazilian biopower company Energias Renovaveis do Brasil (ERB) is to partner with Dow Chemical for the construction of a renewable electricity facility in Minas Gerais state.
According to reports from Bloomberg, the two companies have agreed to build a 237 million real (€80 million) biopower plant at the site of Dow Chemical's ethanol production facility. It will... [Read More]
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Oct 18, 2013
RWE Innogy's biopower plant in Georgia, US has recently been certified under the European Pellet Council's ENplus A1.
The new certification provides assurance to buyers in Europe that the pellets meet strict quality criteria. The company exports to European countries such as Italy, Germany and Denmark.
The pellet production facility manufactures 750,000 tonnes of pellets... [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
