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Oct 8, 2012
New investment to double Bangchak biodiesel output
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Oct 9, 2012
A biogas plant has been caught up in a mystery surrounding multi-coloured honey being made by bees over in France.
Northeastern French beekeepers were recently confounded after reaping honey made on their farms that appeared blue and green in colour, which they couldn’t sell.
It was eventually deciphered that the bees must have been collecting sugary waste from biogas... [Read More]
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Oct 9, 2012
The UK government will ask entrepreneurs and businesses to bid for a share of a £2 million ($3.2 million) fund aimed towards bioenergy production via UK wetlands.
A forecast made under a Bioenergy Strategy back in April believes technology could meet between 8 and 11% of the UK’s total primary energy demand by the end of the decade. The scheme will aim to use... [Read More]
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Oct 9, 2012
A second round of government funding applications for on-farm biomass projects is set to close next month in Northern Ireland.
The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development’s Biomass Processing fund will close on 30 November, but is open to all individual or groups of farmers as it aims to encourage installation of biomass-fuelled technologies to help agricultural... [Read More]
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Oct 10, 2012
Clean chemical developers Global Bioenergies (GB) claims to be able to demonstrate a direct way of producing propylene from renewable sources.
GB believes the market for propylene stands at $93 billion (€72.2 billion), mainly through the packaging and car industries, and that currently there is no known natural pathways leading to propylene in microorganisms.
‘Designing... [Read More]
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Sep 18, 2012
The conversion from coal to biomass power at the Ontario Power Generation-owned Atikokan Generating Station is now underway.
The Ontario Ministry of Energy believe that, once fully converted with an operational date set of late 2014, the plant will be capable of generating more than 200MW of clean power.
‘We are one step closer to eliminating the use of dirty coal... [Read More]
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Sep 18, 2012
Renewable energy group Kedco has signed a heads of agreement with Reforce Energy as it looks to acquire its entire capital share.
Both parties are heading towards signing the final legal contracts and completing all pre-conditions related to the acquisition. The consideration for the acquisition, if completed, would be satisfied by the issue of new Kedco ordinary shares... [Read More]
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Sep 19, 2012
Biomass energy generating company Helius Energy has been finalising commercial arrangements for funding its 100MW Avonmouth project.
Alongside working with a club of banks, Helius say negotiations are underway with a shortlist of equity partners for the provision of the equity required to build the plant, with project documentation and due diligence apparently at an advanced... [Read More]
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Oct 7, 2015
The African continent could generate nearly a quarter of its energy needs through the use of indigenous, clean, renewable energy by 2030, according to a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).
Africa 2030 – a comprehensive roadmap for Africa’s energy transition – finds that a combination of modern renewable technology could realistically... [Read More]
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Sep 19, 2012
UK vegetable growers Staples Vegetables (SV) is to set up its third biogas plant as it aims to fully supply its own power to a facility in Sisbey, Boston.
SV believes the national grid near Sisbey has insufficient capacity to supply the power it needs to satisfy its increased need as production of vegetables rises.
Biogas specialists Xergi will provide the technology to... [Read More]
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Sep 20, 2012
Millar Western Forest Products is to construct a $42 million (€32.4 million) bioenergy facility at its bleached chemi-thermo-mechanical pulp mill in Alberta, Canada.
The project will involve integration of anaerobic hybrid digesters (AHD) into the mill’s existing aerobic effluent treatment system. The AHD units will recover organic material from the pulp mill’s... [Read More]
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Sep 21, 2012
Clean energy company Mustus Energy has begun construction on the first of six new biomass plants in northern Alberta, Canada.
The 41.5MW power plant will cost Mustus $170 million (€134 million) and it is hopeful that the facility will be operational by spring 2014.
The plant will use residual wood from aspen trees processed by local lumber mills as its main feedstock.
‘These... [Read More]
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Sep 21, 2012
Clean energy company General Biofuels Georgia is set to construct a new wood pellet plant in Washington County, Georgia to aid biofuels production.
The facility is set to cost around $60 million (€46 million) and the Georgia Department of Economic Development (GDED) is hopeful it will open in early 2014.
Georgia timberlands and local lumber producers will provide... [Read More]
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Sep 21, 2012
A UK-based biomass fuels producer and supplier has been forced into administration after failing to meet debt repayments to creditors.
Silvigen, established in 2005 and based in North Humberside, began successfully processing woodwaste into fuel for co-firing in coal-fired power plants from 2006.
Despite winning contracts with UK power generating companies to supply them... [Read More]
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Sep 24, 2012
India is set to see some new biomass power projects up and running thanks to a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed by the Haryana state government.
The MoU has been signed with four independent power producers to set up five biomass projects each producing up to 51MW of power via an investment of Rs230 crore (€33.3 million).
Haryana has been heralded as a leading... [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
