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Jun 27, 2012
Welsh leisure centre adds biomass heat system
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Jun 28, 2012
US-based oil refiners Valero Energy (VE) and ethanol producers Nedak Ethanol (NE) have both temporarily closed their ethanol plants in Nebraska recently.
VE spokesman Bill Day cited ‘poor profit margins’ returned by its facility, which produces up to 110 million gallons of biofuel annually, as the reason behind the suspension. There were no signs that VE’s... [Read More]
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Jun 28, 2012
Finnish wood and pulp supplier Metsa Group (MG) is to consider increasing the use and production of renewable energy sources at its pulp mill in Kemi despite another project falling by the way side.
A feasibility study and review of production technology will be undertaken by MG as it considers putting in a gasification plant for biofuel production in place of a current... [Read More]
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Jun 29, 2012
US-based Greenleaf Biofuels is due to fully open what it is claiming to be the ‘biggest biodiesel facility in New England.
Construction begun eight months ago and the plant is expected to produce around 10 million gallons of biodiesel a year. Greenleaf is hopeful it will be online by September and its Waterfront Street location has links to both rail lines and a... [Read More]
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Jun 29, 2012
A proposal to turn abandoned agricultural land in Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia into a biomass production site has overcome initial environmentalist concerns.
Energy crop project developer Pro Farm Energy and Minas Basin Pulp and Power want to grow elephant grass on the land and use it to produce electricity via a proposed $50 million (€39.7 million) plant... [Read More]
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Jun 29, 2012
Paper-based packaging company Smurfit Kappa (SK) has added a new steam cogeneration plant at its paper mill in Nevrion, Spain.
The 21.4MW facility is part of a €20 million ($25.1 million) investment project by SK to produce energy from biomass as it aims to reduce fossil CO₂ emissions. It also increases the mill’s energy generation capacity by 40% to over... [Read More]
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Jun 11, 2012
The Punjab government has decided to push forward and devise strategies for meeting domestic and agricultural requirements through biomass and solar energy in cities and villages across Pakistan.
Punjab chief minister Shahbaz Sharif has said private sector biomass and solar energy projects would be encouraged in the next budget and has asked both the energy and planning... [Read More]
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Jun 12, 2012
In Cuba, the government has set a new target for 16.5% of the nation's energy to derive from renewable sources by 2020.
Today, 3.8% of energy is produced from renewables and Cuba is looking to utilise mainly forest biomass and sugarcane, but will also use solar, wind and hydraulic energy.
By-products of Cuba's sugarcane industry will be a major player in helping the nation... [Read More]
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Oct 27, 2015
Veolia Water Technologies has launched Package Exelys, a standard range of continuous thermal hydrolysis units for small to medium sludge digestion plants.
Thermal hydrolysis is a well proven pre-treatment technology for sludge digesters that increases digester throughput, pasteurises the sludge, enhances biogas production, and reduces the final biosolids volume for disposal.
Veolia’s... [Read More]
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Jun 15, 2012
The California Energy Commission has awarded a grant of $1.8 million (€1.42 million) to the Biodiesel Industries of Ventura (BIV), a subsidiary of Biodico.
The money will be used to spearhead new technologies for the production of advanced biodiesels at the Biodico facility at the National Environmental Technology demonstration site in Port Hueneme, which BIV will... [Read More]
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Jun 15, 2012
Renewable energy developer Iceni Energy (IE) has had planning application for a new biomass plant near Snetterton, Norfolk approved.
The plant will primarily burn cereal and oilseed rape straw to produce enough power to meet the yearly energy consumption of between 62,000 and 68,000 homes. IE engaged with over 2,300 local residents via a website, local exhibition and community... [Read More]
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Jun 15, 2012
Renewable energy firm Infinergy has won a new contract to create a carbon neutral energy plant in the UK.
The contract was won from Intermet Refractory Products and is worth more than £1 million (€1.2 million). Intermet will use the new facility at its Oughtibridge plant based near Sheffield and it will produce electricity from wood pellets rather than fossil... [Read More]
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Jun 18, 2012
UK-based energy provider Tilbury Green Power (TGP) has agreed a new partnership with biomass fuel provider Hadfield Wood Recyclers.
Under the contract Hadfield will supply more than 50,000 tonnes of wood a year to TGP’s new power facility in Tilbury Docks, Essex. TGP is approved to use up to 650,000 tonnes of fuel per year at the facility including SRF and biomass... [Read More]
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Jun 19, 2012
More US fuel plants are potentially considering retrofits to be able to produce isobutanol biofuel on-site.
Technology provider Butamax Advanced Biofuels has signed up four ethanol plants for potential retrofits, bringing the total of what it is calling ‘the early adopters group’ to seven interested parties overall. The latest plants are Granite Falls Energy,... [Read More]
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Jun 19, 2012
Hu Honua Bioenergy has signed an agreement with the Hawaii Electric Light Company to provide 21.5MW of power.
The power will come from Hu Honua’s Big Island biomass plant and, pending approval from the Hawaii Public Utilities Commission, the agreement will last for 20 years.
Big Island is located on the site of the former Pepeekeo sugar mill and a converted electric... [Read More]
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Indonesia’s transition towards environmentally friendly, zero-emission energy took centre stage this week as experts from seven countries convened at IPB University for high-level discussions on biomass and bioenergy
Spanish energy company Naturgy has connected Navarre’s first biomethane facility to its gas distribution network
Emvolon, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology spin-off, and Montauk Renewables have announced the launch of a joint venture to convert biogas into green methanol, following the successful completion of a field demonstration project
