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May 11, 2012
Oswalt Bioenergy opens new plant to capitalise on potential in Louisiana
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May 14, 2012
LeRay officials are in negotiations for a potential five-year payment-in-lieu-of-taxes (PILOT) agreement with ReEnergy Holdings to make building a biomass energy plant more affordable.
LeRay plans to invest about $34 million (€26.4 million) to convert a coal-fired plant into one that produces energy using biomass materials in Fort Drum, New York. To offset those costs,... [Read More]
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May 14, 2012
The Filipino government’s energy department is to look into ‘more realistic targets’ for the country’s bioethanol production.
Energy undersecretary Jay Layug says the Philippines’s bioethanol production has remained minimal compared with demand since the Biofuels Law was passed in 2006.
‘Five years ago the government wanted us to be... [Read More]
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May 15, 2012
The Small Industries Development Board (SIDB) will launch biogas plants in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan to provide both low-cost fuel and benefit economic, social and environmental sectors.
The biogas project will be funded by money from the Pakistan-Italian debt swap agreement of 2009, when Italy agreed to convert Pakistan’s $100 million (€77.8 million) debt... [Read More]
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May 15, 2012
Bangkok-based green solutions company Loxley will spend THB60 million (€1.49 million) on building a new pilot plant for algae-based biofuel.
This news comes after Loxley signed a memorandum of understanding for the development project with Bangchak Petroleum, Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding and the Department of Alternative Energy Development and Efficiency.
‘The... [Read More]
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May 15, 2012
After six months of uncertainty Griffiss Utility Services (GUS) has confirmed an $18 million (€14 million) biofuel project will go ahead.
The project, to be housed in a vast hangar called Building 100, would allow GUS to use wood chip fuel alongside existing oil and gas pipelines that heats many buildings on-site at the Griffiss Business and Technology Park.
The project... [Read More]
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Apr 23, 2012
Eco 2 (North Lincs) has bought 13 acres of the former British Sugar factory, Scawby Brook, with the plan to develop an £80 million biomass station. The acquired land, now known as Glanford Vale Business Park, will be home to the Brigg Renewable Energy Project, which will reportedly create 80 new local jobs.
This comes as the result of more than 4 years of planning... [Read More]
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Nov 3, 2015
Pretreating municipal solid waste (MSW) in an autoclave before sending it to anaerobic digestion (AD) could increase methane generation by over 300% and substantially reduce the amount of material requiring disposal, research by Aerothermal Group says.
As part of the research, Dr. Zhengjian Wang and Dr. Nigel Baily conducted experiments in triplicate on two waste streams... [Read More]
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Apr 27, 2012
Bioeconomy consultants for the UK Government, NNFCC, have released a new report suggesting that heat and power from biomass could create up to 50,000 jobs by 2020.
The UK Department of Energy and Climate Change–commissioned research, is aimed at providing evidence for the Government's Bioenergy Strategy. It coincides with two other NNFCC studies on the potential... [Read More]
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Apr 27, 2012
Helius Energy has confirmed that it is working with a number of banks including Lloyds Bank Wholesale Banking & Markets, the Royal Bank of Scotland and Santander Global Banking & Markets, amongst others, to finance its Avonmouth dedicated biomass project, located in the Port of Bristol.
It is anticipated that the project's financial close will occur this summer,... [Read More]
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Apr 27, 2012
Gloucester-based Markey Group has opened a new £1.1 million (Є1.35 million) biomass facility.
The burner runs on wood waste generated by the subsidiary of Markey Group, Premiere Kitchens. On average, Premiere Kitchens creates approximately 2,350 tonnes of wood waste each year in the form of extracted chipboard dust and residual off-cuts. Previously, the majority... [Read More]
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Apr 27, 2012
The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO) have thanked members of the Senate Agriculture Committee for reauthorizing farm programs that are valuable to the biotechnology industry and ensuring they have the funding to work.
'The Farm Bill's energy title and proposals to support biomanufacturing will help the United States maintain its competitive leadership in biotechnology,... [Read More]
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Apr 30, 2012
EcoPellets's plans to burn an annual 100,000 tonnes of wood pellets at a 17MW solid biomass co-generation plant and a 14MW liquid biomass plant in Llangefni, are on the verge of falling through due to concerns about the potentially damaging effects they will have on local air quality as well as noise pollution worries.
The £100 million (€122.98 million)... [Read More]
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May 1, 2012
Kedco has secured approximately £166,860 (€203,700.77) through a placing of 12,835,385 new ordinary shares (Placing Shares), with a number of existing and new investors, at an issue price of 1.3 pence per ordinary share.
The proceeds are to be used for working capital purposes and for continuing investment in the Company's portfolio of biomass electricity and... [Read More]
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May 1, 2012
The US Patent & Trademark Office has awarded NTE Energy a patent for its proprietary biomass hybrid renewable energy technology. This newly patented technology allows the simultaneous operation of a biomass energy cycle in unison with a traditional power plant.
It integrates biomass and steam electric power, forming a single hybrid power facility that will offer shared... [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
