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Nov 15, 2012
New cellulosic sugar facility gets designer
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Nov 15, 2012
A potential biomass import centre in Northern England remains a prospect but will rely heavily on favourable government policy being in place.
Teesport owner PD Ports wants to add the centre as a response to growing demands for biomass supplies, but bosses believe the government’s plans around electricity market reform must remain pro-biomass to go ahead.
‘There... [Read More]
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Nov 16, 2012
The Indian town of Thamna, Anand is set to go ahead with a new biopower plant to produce natural gas for local use.
Around 700 farmers each own a part of the Thamna Biopower and Organic Producers company (TBO)which is hoping to produce 1,000 cubic metres of natural gas per day. Landless farmers have contributed Rs1,000 ($18) to TBO while larger land owners have put in... [Read More]
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Nov 19, 2012
The UK county of Dorset is set to benefit from a new biogas plant which is backed by some heavy duty royal approval.
The Prince of Wales, Prince Charles, will officially open the facility, based on land owned by his Duchy of Cornwall estate, this week and it is hoped it will provide gas for around 56,000 homes. It will also feed gas back into the national grid.
It is believed... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 29, 2015
Novozymes, Novo Nordisk, Dong Energy, and Bigadan are investigating the possibility of producing biomass-based biogas.
If the results from the pre-investigation, expected to last a year or more, confirm the preliminary analyses, the parties intend to go ahead and realise biogas production.
In Kalundborg, Denmark, Novo Nordisk and Novozymes have extensive factory facilities,... [Read More]
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Nov 20, 2012
A group of students in the US have made a sizeable donation to local bioheat charities recently.
The youngsters, part of the Westerly Innovation Network, recently visited Providence, Rhode Island to announce the $25,000 (€19,500) donation to mayor Angel Taveras.
The team form the Turning Grease Into Fuel project which sells cooking oil and residue waste to a refinery... [Read More]
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Nov 21, 2012
Researchers in Taiwan believe they are a step closer to creating algae-based alternative fuels.
A project has been conducted by the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) and the Fisheries Research Institute and the results, which have been seen by the ROC Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA), confirm that Taiwan is getting closer to creating a cost-effective,... [Read More]
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Nov 21, 2012
A new combined heat and power plant is up and running in Germany.
The $44 million (€34.4 million)GBE Gocher Bioenergie facility, a joint venture between RWE Innogy and Goch municipal utility, has a capacity for 7.6MW of electricity and 28MW of heat. It will used landscaping wood as feedstock.
The nearby Nähr -Engel food production facility will benefit from around... [Read More]
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Nov 22, 2012
Three companies signed a biogas supply agreement at the official opening of the Suiker Unie biomass fermenator in Vierlaten, the Netherlands.
Suiker Unie will produce biogas from around 100,000 tonnes of vegetable residues, including sugar beet, while GasTerra will transport the gas which will be purchased by BioMCN.
The new facility increases Suiker Unie’s current... [Read More]
Pellets News
Sep 28, 2015
SBP, an industry-led initiative formed by major European biomass energy utilities, has announced its first certification of a biomass producer.
NSF International, an SBP-approved certification body, has certified the Aliceville, Alabama, facility of US pellet producer Westervelt Renewable Energy.
The SBP certificate issued to Westervelt covers the manufacture of woody... [Read More]
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Nov 22, 2012
A bioenergy project in British Columbia has had to be temporarily delayed while developer Conifex Timber secures long-term financing.
Conifex claims the project is around 30% complete to date but, in order to further its continued development and secure satisfactory long-term financing, it will suspend installation and construction activities.
‘While it is disappointing... [Read More]
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Nov 23, 2012
The UK government has revealed the details of its revised Energy Bill this November but a decision on carbon emission targets will be delayed.
Energy companies will be allowed to charge households an extra £7.6 billion ($12.1 billion) to go towards low-carbon electricity infrastructure by 2020.
Chancellor George Osborne, who is in favour of gas-powered generation,... [Read More]
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Nov 23, 2012
Finland-based technology supplier Metso will work with Vamamo Energi to construct a new biomass power plant in Sweden.
The combined heat and power facility order Metso has received is around €17 million ($21.9 million) and have a thermal output of 13.4MW and electrical output of 3.6MW. It will use local forest residues as feedstock.
‘This is an important investment... [Read More]
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Nov 26, 2012
Singapore-based AMG Bioenergy Resources has signed a non-binding letter of intent regarding the potential acquisition of numerous Jatropha assets owned by Eco-Energy China.
The move would see AMG take on EC’s 10,000 hectares of jatropha plantation assets in the province of Guizhou, with a further right to plant an extra 30,000 hectares of the feedstock in the... [Read More]
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Nov 27, 2012
Renewable energy projects are set to benefit as Philippines-based carbon asset management business Greenergy Holdings authorises a raise of its capital stock.
Board approval was obtained in November and the rise will take stock value from PP2 billion (€37.7 million) to PP5 billion.
Greenergy president Antonio Tiu was reported to say that the higher stock would be... [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
