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May 21, 2013
UK transport minister opens first bio-LNG station
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May 21, 2013
A new US wood pellet production facility owned by Enviva Pellets has been officially opened in North Carolina.
The facility has a capacity of 500,000 tonnes a year and is set to support 79 full time employees and an additional 130 jobs in forestry and logistic sectors.
The pellets will be exported through Enviva’s Port of Chesapeake export terminal in Virginia to... [Read More]
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Apr 24, 2013
The Great Lakes Bioenergy Research Centre in Wisconsin, US has had its funding by the US Department of Energy (US DoE) renewed for another five years.
The centre receives $25 million (€19.2 million) a year from the US DoE and supports almost 400 researchers.
‘Our researchers, in partnership with the states of Wisconsin, Michigan and affiliated industries,... [Read More]
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Apr 25, 2013
Global biomass and renewable energy plant suppliers DP CleanTech (DPC) has released details about its new European manufacturing operations
After putting its European division, based in Tonder, Denmark into receivership last February, the company overall have recorded a profit in the first quarter of this year.
‘It has been a very challenging couple of years in the... [Read More]
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Apr 26, 2013
A new biogas project in was inaugurated in Finland in March under the banner of ‘the world’s biggest’ facility of its type.
Operated by Vaskiluodon Voima, the 140MW biomass gasification plant aims to help the country cut its use of coal down by around 40%. It has been built in Vassa, central Finland.
The plant is using wood residue from the internal forestry... [Read More]
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Apr 29, 2013
The Florida Biofuels and Bioenergy Association wants state governor Rick Scott to veto a bill that would lift the 2008 state law requiring petrol sold by a terminal suppliers or wholesalers to be blended with ethanol.‘We are disappointed in this step by the Florida Legislature as they’re telling both investors and the people who are working in bioenergy, biofuel... [Read More]
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Apr 30, 2013
Hearings will be held to discuss a proposed biogas plant and manure digester in Wisconsin, US.
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has earmarked the first gathering to consider an air pollution permit, the second for a discharge system permit. Both hearings will take place in May.
The application to operate manure storage facilities, two biogas fired engines... [Read More]
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Apr 30, 2013
Car rental brand Enterprise has made a large donation to the University of Missouri in respect to renewable fuel research.
The $2 million (€1.5 million) gift, via Enterprise Holdings Foundation, will reportedly be used to research biofuels, biomass and energy efficiency.
Missouri chancellor Brady Deaton was quoted as saying the money would be used to create an endowment... [Read More]
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Apr 30, 2013
A new biofuels plant in Sofia, Bulgaria has awarded the construction contract to Greek company Aktor-Helektor.
The project, set to use waste as feedstock, is set to take 19 months to come to fruition and cost around €109.2 million ($142.8 million).
This is the second renewable energy project for the capital city as it joins another bioenergy system which is set to... [Read More]
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May 1, 2013
A biogas digester project for households in Bali is set to be expanded according to local news sources.
Gde Suarja, project co-ordinator for Yayasan Rumah Energi, has stated a target of 500 digesters throughout the country by 2014 is now the aim.
‘As of now, 405 units have been installed in 39 districts in nine regencies. We have targeted installation of 500 units... [Read More]
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May 1, 2013
A new £8 million (€9.4 million) anaerobic digestion facility in County Durham, UK is near completion as it reaches the end of its first phase.
As the region’s first commercial food waste facility by Emerald Biogas (EB) nears completion, it is now planning the second phase after securing a number of feedstock contracts for food waste. EB will also explore... [Read More]
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May 2, 2013
A new anaerobic digestion facility is set to be built on a campus at the Vermont Technical College (VTC), US.
Ground has broken for construction to commence and it will use food and farm waste feedstock to heat the Randolph campus and deliver electricity to the grid in Vermont.
‘This facility will become a focus for education in renewable energy, waste management,... [Read More]
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May 3, 2013
The Renewable Energy Association (REA), whose members include both large and small biomass developers and suppliers, has released a private letter sent in April to three green campaign groups which appealed for a review of their strategy of “promoting … misinformation” and “deliberately facilitating confusion” about biomass among the general... [Read More]
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Sep 8, 2015
A consortium of UK companies, led by the advanced waste to energy and fuels company Advanced Plasma Power (APP), has been awarded £11 million (€15 million) in government funding to develop a unique biogas plant.
The funds will be used to develop and build the first plant of its kind to turn waste from local homes and businesses into a sustainable fuel to power... [Read More]
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May 7, 2013
A fire broke out at US-based Michigan Wood Pellet Fuel (MWPF) facility in the small hours of 6 May.
Firefighters were alerted after members of the public reported smoke and flames coming from the building as three departments were alerted to tackle the blaze.
Captain Chris Tinney of the Holland Department of Public Safety was quoted as saying that the fire was contained... [Read More]
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Proceeds from the bond sale have been used to refinance $40 million of Gevo RNG’s outstanding 2021 green bonds
SIAAP (Greater Paris Sanitation Authority) and SUEZ have officially inaugurated a new state-of-the-art biogas production unit at the Seine Aval wastewater treatment plant in the Paris metropolitan area
Natural State Renewables has announced a key strategic partnership with Axens as part of its plan to produce carbon-negative sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from surplus forest biomass
