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Apr 30, 2013
Enterprising gift to bioenergy research in Missouri
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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]
Biogas News
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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May 8, 2013
Small and medium enterprises in north west Europe can apply for Innovation Coupons to help them assess the feasibility of taking a bio-based idea or technology to industrial production.
The coupon scheme is being launched by Bio Base NWE, a new €6.2 million ($8.1 million) project funded under the INTERREF IVB NWE framework programme.
A coupon, each worth up... [Read More]
Biomass News
Sep 10, 2015
Western Energy Systems, GE’s distributed power business, and San Francisco-based Phoenix Energy have signed an agreement for GE to provide equipment for an integrated biomass gasification solution to power a bioenergy plant in North Fork, US.
The North Fork facility is the next in a series of bioenergy plants that Phoenix Energy is building in California.
GE’s... [Read More]
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Apr 15, 2013
The Roundtable on Sustainable Biofuels (RSB) has changed its name following a recent meeting of its delegates.
The organisation is now known as Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials to reflect its expansion of scope to apply its standards to biomass that is being used for other products in addition to biofuels.
‘There is a large range of biomaterials including bio-plastics,... [Read More]
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Apr 15, 2013
A UK charity, the Gorning Heath Almshouses, has used a National Lottery grant to purchase a biomass boiler to help heat its buildings.
The £50,000 (€58,600) windfall was put towards a £155,000 system that will burn wood pellets on behalf of the charity to heat low-cost housing for 17 pensioners. The almshouses, which are nearly 300 years old... [Read More]
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Apr 15, 2013
The Colorado Economic Development Commission has dangled a multi-million dollar carrot in front of biomass company Cool Planet Energy Systems (CP) to try and entice it to the state.
CP, a California-based start-up, claims to have a petrol generating process via biomass and plant waste that does not need to rely on federal subsidies.
The CEDC hopes $3 million (€2.3... [Read More]
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Apr 16, 2013
Bioenergy plant operator Katrinefors Kraftvärme (KK) is set to build a new CHP plant in Sweden with local municipal energy company VänerEnergi.
This will be the second plant involving KK, a 50/50 joint venture owned by Metsä Tissue (MT), and it will be based in Mariestad near a MT mill. Construction is slated to start this April and be operational by the... [Read More]
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Apr 16, 2013
The first commercial biogas plant in South Africa is nearing construction in Bronkhorstspruit.
Project development company Bio2Watt will build, own and operate the 3MW capacity facility, which it aims to have online by the end of spring 2014 latest.
The Bronkhorstspruit location allegedly provides the project with proximity to key fuel supplies, grid access and sufficient... [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
