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Nov 6, 2015
AADO secures clarification of Partial Harmonisation proposed by the European Commission for biofertiliser
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Mar 28, 2012
Italy-based Agroils Technologies has received investment funds of €900,000 from X-Capital, which it says it will use to develop technology to produce biofuel, protein biomass for animal feed and jatropha.
The process of production was developed by Roberto Crea, who also developed the first recombinant production of human insulin at Genentech in California in 1978.
‘The... [Read More]
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Mar 29, 2012
World Health Energy Holdings has signed a letter of intent with Prime, an Indian industrial and transport company, to build a biodiesel production facility on a budget of $100 million (€75 million).
The development will be built on 250 acres and Prime has tested batch samples of spirulina algae which it plans to cultivate under the project, for biodiesel production.
The... [Read More]
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Mar 29, 2012
A recent study published says that investors should look at renewables and clean tech as growth areas as it is estimated that the global oil supply will start to diminish.
The research, carried out by the DGFI, says that oil resources will be scarcer by 2020, yet the demand for energy is on the rise. It points out that 30 countries provide the entire world’s production... [Read More]
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Mar 30, 2012
A controversial anaerobic digestion plant development has been approved by the Ministry of Environment in Woolwich, Canada.
Both the Woolwich Township council and the Elmira Biofuel Citizens Committee opposed the plant, which they said would exceed noise and odour limits.
The township previously met with provincial ministers at the Rural Ontario Municipal Association,... [Read More]
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Mar 30, 2012
The waste water treatment plant located in Medina, New York, is to install a 60kW combined heat and power (CHP) facility which will be used to feed electricity to the grid.
The site was given a Green Infrastructure Grant from the Environmental Facilities Corporation, which is funding similar upgrades.
Tecogen has been chosen as the company to supply the cogeneration system... [Read More]
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Mar 5, 2012
Waste company Viridor has disclosed details of a facility that will burn 275,000 tonnes of waste each year. The facility is located on the company's landfill and waste management site, Beddington Lane, and will handle waste from Sutton, Croydon, Kingston, and Merton as well as a large amount of business waste.
The project, reportedly costing around £200 million... [Read More]
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Mar 6, 2012
The UN Food and Agriculture Organization has released guidance documents and policymaking tools to assist governments in ensuring rural communities can benefit from bioenergy development and also that biofuel crop production does not threaten food security or impact negatively on indigenous peoples. Deforestation due to land conversion is also an issue of concern.
'Development... [Read More]
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Mar 6, 2012
Finnish project management services provider, Dovre Group is to invest approximately €1.4 million in Sararasa Biomass's renewable energy expansion. The money will go towards an Indonesian plant that makes pellets from woodwaste materials, which is also owned by Stahl Capital.
'Our intention is to work together with Sararasa on other biomass-to-energy projects in the... [Read More]
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Mar 6, 2012
Biomass CHP is building a new demonstration plant in Wilton, Wiltshire after receiving a £100,000 investment.
The company's wood-chip gasification process can produce renewable heat and energy without generating any liquid effluent that would need to be disposed of and treated. The investment is to develop this system and comes in the form of the Finance for... [Read More]
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Nov 9, 2015
Plymouth University is working with New Generation Biogas, a Devon, UK, company, to hone the design of its anaerobic digestion (AD) system.
By giving New Generation Biogas (NGB) access to its facilities and expertise, Plymouth University (PU) has helped the Totnes-based firm observe the microbes that transform waste close-up and understand what makes them thrive.
NGB used... [Read More]
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Mar 7, 2012
Energy efficiency and renewable energy company, Ameresco, together with the US Department of Energy (DOE) have completed the successful operational startup of the DOE's new Biomass Cogeneration Facility in Aiken, South Carolina.
The new 34-acre renewable energy facility located on Savannah River Site (SRS), was constructed over a 30 month period, with the investment... [Read More]
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Mar 12, 2012
RuralAus has announced that its planned 10MW biomass power plant, located on Kagaroo island will create 30 new jobs.
The Perth, Australia-based forestry group intends to power its sawmill with the proposed plant, which will convert facility waste into power.
It will require governmental funding in order to run the operation at the scale desired, and the company is... [Read More]
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Mar 12, 2012
Skogforsk, the Forestry Research Institute of Sweden, is to collaborate with Grand Rapids-based Itasca Community College (ICC), on a research program developing methods, systems and technology within the bioenergy sector in Minnesota.
The research will focus on the forest-based biomass supply chain, with the aim to increase efficiency and quality.
Skogforsk focuses... [Read More]
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Mar 12, 2012
Solid Energy business Nature's Flame has stopped production of pellets at its oldest and smallest plant located in Rolleston, Canterbury, New Zealand.
Due to its age and size, it was deemed uneconomic to upgrade the facility, as the cost of ensuring reliability and safety would be too high. Furthermore forestry in the area is reportedly waning.
Therefore the company... [Read More]
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Drax Group has reported a decline in earnings for the six months ending 30 June 2025, reflecting tightening margins and weaker profit growth amid ongoing energy market challenges
A new voucher scheme has been launched by the Supergen Bioenergy Hub, based at Aston University’s Energy and Bioproducts Institute (EBRI)
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has approved a loan of up to €264 million to Snam to support the construction of new infrastructure dedicated to integrating biomethane production plants into Italy’s national gas transmission system
