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Feb 13, 2013
New Russian biomass plant appoints technology supplier
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Sep 17, 2015
Viessmann, a German manufacturer of heating, industrial, and refrigeration systems, has begun marketing synthetic natural gas (SNG) produced from surplus renewable electricity by means of a biological power-to-gas method for the first time in the world.
The first plant of its kind to produce this type of SNG went into operation at the beginning of March this year, and... [Read More]
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Feb 13, 2013
Harare City in Zimbabwe has been told to welcome a Ministry of Energy and Power Development biogas project by the government.
The city council has been reported as being wary of the project but local government, rural and urban development officer Ignatius Chombo says fears of gas explosions were ‘unfounded’.
‘I hereby direct that the council cooperate... [Read More]
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Feb 14, 2013
A waste-to-fuel project spearheaded by Canada-based Green Energy Solution Industries has appointed a gasification technology provider.
GESI will work with International Technologies to bring the plant, to be located just outside Edmonton, online. It will be powered by old or disused railway ties of which GESI believes there are 1,800 per kilometre of track in Alberta alone.
International... [Read More]
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Jan 24, 2013
Power producers in Nova Scotia, Canada will have to start using biomass if proposed electricity regulations come into effect.The regulations aim to establish more flexibility for Nova Scotia Power to plan for various renewable targets if the project is approved by the Utility and Review Board.It also states that power accessed through the Maritime Link must also be used,... [Read More]
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Jan 25, 2013
The Philippines bioenergy industry is set to be boosted by support coming from eight companies based in Germany.
Representatives from the companies, including Envitec Biogas, Pregobello and GTP Solutions, are in Asia looking for projects and partnerships in which they can provide technology and share knowledge.
As the Philippines starts to look beyond fossil fuels, bioenergy... [Read More]
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Jan 25, 2013
UK-based waste management company Shanks has signed new contracts as it moves its plans forward for a residual waste treatment and recycling facility.
A consortium of Dutch engineering company Imtech and Spanish environmental technology business Ros Roca have signed a £10 million (€11.7 million) in order to provide an anaerobic digestor (AD) plant, due to be... [Read More]
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Jan 28, 2013
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is considering investing around £400 million (€467.8 million) into biomass projects throughout 2013.
It is believed the bank is working on five deals which would support facilities which use feedstock like wood chips to generate heat and power.
Each plant would be built from scratch and have a capacity of between 50MW and 150MW.... [Read More]
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Jan 28, 2013
UK-based food waste recycler PDM has started the construction of its second industrial scale anaerobic digestion (AD) plant under its ReFood brand.
The plant is being built on PDM’s existing rendering and renewable energy generation site in Widnes and, once completed, will have the capacity to handle 90,000 tonnes of commercial and domestic food waste.
The new facility... [Read More]
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Jan 29, 2013
Energy crop company SG Biofuels (SGB) is to work with two Brazilian companies to advance the development of jatropha as a next generation crop.
Agreements have been signed by SGB with agricultural research institution Embrapa and biodiesel refiner Fiagril.
‘These agreements validate the two years of progress we’ve made advancing our genetics in Brazil and provide... [Read More]
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Jan 29, 2013
A report by the North American Wood Fibre Review claims wood pellet exports over to Europe were up over 70% in the third quarter of 2012 year-on-year.
The total amount delivered was reported to be 860,000 tonnes and the increase has been put down to expansion of production in both the US South and British Columbia.
‘The three major European pellet import countries... [Read More]
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Jan 30, 2013
US-based New Biomass Energy is expanding as it sees its third bulk shipment of torrefied wood pellets depart for Europe recently.
The delivery of 4,000 tonnes was produced at NBE’s plant in Mississippi and will end up at various coal-fired plants throughout Europe.
The plant is currently increasing its production capacity, dependent on the energy density of the pellet... [Read More]
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Jan 31, 2013
A new £8 million (€9.3 million) anaerobic digestion (AD) facility is well under development in County Durham, UK.
Emerald Biogas claim the commercial food waste facility, to be based at Newton Aycliffe industrial estate, will be the first in the north east of England. It will process 50,000 tonnes of food waste a year sourced across the north east and generate... [Read More]
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Feb 1, 2013
New levels of support for renewable energy have been announced by the Northern Ireland government.
From 1 April, under a revised Northern Ireland Renewables Obligation, new large-scale biomass CHP plants are eligible for an additional six months support from the government.
‘The additional six month eligibility period for eligible biomass stations, which retains... [Read More]
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Feb 1, 2013
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reached a settlement for Clean Air Act violations by the Thermal Energy Development Partnership (TEDP).
The settlement totalled $145,000 (€106,500) as TEDP’s biomass power plant in California “failed to properly operate and maintain emission monitoring equipment”.
TEDP’s monitoring equipment... [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
