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Oct 15, 2013
Clean Energy to distribute large-scale volumes of biomethane
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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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Oct 18, 2013
Greenleaf Power, an owner and operator of green energy plants, has completed the acquisition of the Saint-Félicien cogeneration power plant in Quebec, Canada.
This is the first plant Greenleaf has purchased outside of the US; it currently owns and operates biomass facilities in San Joaquin, Humboldt, Lassen and Riverside counties.
Its latest project has the capacity... [Read More]
Biomass News
Aug 18, 2015
Biomass-based heating system operators in the UK face losing entitlement to payment under the renewable heat incentive (RHI) unless they can ensure compliance with new sustainability requirements coming into effect on 5 October, 2015.
Compliance with the new requirements must be agreed before 5 October to continue receiving RHI payments, according a message issued by the... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 18, 2015
Clearfleau, a UK-based provider of on-site anaerobic digestion (AD) solutions for food and beverage companies, has handed over its latest bioenergy plant at Diageo's Glendullan distillery.
The Glendullan plant, which was visited by Scotland Office Minister Lord Dunlop on 13 August, optimises energy output using co-products from the distillation process. The project involved... [Read More]
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Oct 1, 2013
Greensphere Capital has acquired a biomass-fired power plant in Wales.
The 14.7MWe Western Bio-Energy in Port Talbot was purchased with funds managed by Greensphere on behalf on the UK Green Investment Bank (GIB), Stobart and Signia investors. Greensphere says it led the deal and will manage the investment.
Opened in 2008, the plant burns approximately 150,000 tonnes a... [Read More]
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Oct 1, 2013
Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), in cooperation with Chemieanlangenbau Chemnitz, has produced renewable fuel at its Bioliq (biomass to liquid karlsruhe) pilot plant.
With the synthesis stage of the plant now operational, all stages of the Bioliq process (flash pyrolysis, high-pressure entrained-flow gasification and synthesis) are online and the pilot facility... [Read More]
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Oct 2, 2013
Waste from dairy farms and beer breweries could provide the necessary ingredients to grow algae-based biofuels say the leaders of a project based in Vermont, US.
The US Department of Agriculture awarded the association, which includes the Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative (CAAFI), a $51,000 (€37,000) grant to research biofuels technology using algae... [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
