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Dec 13, 2011
UK and India form bioenergy partnership
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Dec 14, 2011
BNP Paribas Clean Energy Partners has bought a straw-fired renewable energy plant from Eco2 for its clean energy fund.
It is the first biomass facility the fund has bought, although it also owns a wind power facility and solar photovoltaics and other assets in France, Italy, the UK and Ireland.
The new plant is based in Sleaford, Lincolnshire, UK and will be able to produce... [Read More]
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Nov 30, 2015
Statkraft, a European renewable energy generator, has shipped over 3,000 tonnes of woodchips to a customer in Denmark.
The consignment is the first woodchip cargo to be shipped from Statkraft's new biomass trading hub which opened in August at the site of the former Södra Cell paper mill, located south of Oslo, Norway, at Tofte.
Statkraft is processing round wood... [Read More]
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Dec 15, 2011
Shipping company Maersk and the US navy are working together to test biofuels derived from algae by fuelling a container ship with the alternative fuel for a journey from the north of Europe to India.
The ship, called Maersk Kalmar, was chosen for the tests because it features an engine that has been specifically designed for auxiliary testing, meaning risk of damage on... [Read More]
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Dec 15, 2011
OriginOil, an algae technology developer, has joined forces with Australian company Future Energy Solutions (FES), and its subsidiary Alternate Energy Systems (AES), to carry out feasibility studies on the potential for biorefining centres around the world.
The biorefineries would serve US and NATO military requirements for alternative fuels, including biofuels.
OriginOil... [Read More]
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Dec 19, 2011
Biomass to ethanol producer TMO Renewables says it has raised £7.6 million (€9 million) in a financing round from new and current shareholders.
This will be combined with the £4.6 million that was raised at the beginning of the year, and will be used to help the company come into commercialisation.
The company is working with plant owners and land official... [Read More]
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Dec 19, 2011
A new municipal solid waste (MSW) to energy centre will be built in Plymouth, processing up to 75,000 tonnes of MSW a year and exporting 3.2MW to the national grid.
Wardell Armstrong, the engineering and environmental consultancy, has received permission for the £15 million (€18 million) development from Devon County Council and will work with AAD South West,... [Read More]
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Nov 29, 2011
In Amel, Belgium, one utility company has co-fired fossil coal with biocoal supplied by renewable energy company 4Energy Invest.
4Energy Invest manufactures the biocoal, which it made from black torrefied woodchips, in its large-scale production unit.
The co-firing trial lasted for around 20 hours. The utility reported successful results as it did not have to modify the... [Read More]
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Nov 29, 2011
In Berlin, New Hampshire, US, a new programme has been set up to encourage local homeowners to convert from burning fossil fuels to wood pellets.
The Model Neigborhood Project, a collaboration between the Northern Forest Center, Berlin BetterBuildings, the city of Berlin and Maine Energy Systems, is to offer subsidies to around 40 local homeowners to incentivise them to... [Read More]
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Nov 29, 2011
In Pakistan, the Italian government, along with the Small Industries Development Board (SIDB) is to invest Rs50 million (€716,000) in the development of biogas plants in the province of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
The project will see 436 biogas plants erected throughout six districts: Peshawar, Charsadda, Nowshera, Abbottabad, Haripur and Mansehra.
Pakistan's potential for... [Read More]
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Nov 29, 2011
Canada-based wood pellet producer Biomass Secure Power has outlined its three-year growth plan.
The company currently has five wood pellet production plants under development, which will manufacture a total 3.5 million tonnes of wood pellets a year.
The first plant is slated to come online in 2012, with a further two to be ready for commissioning in 2013. The remaining... [Read More]
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Dec 5, 2011
Wood pellet manufacturer Enviva is to develop a production factory in Courtland, Virginia, US.
The plant, which could be up and running by the first half of 2013, will produce 454,000 tonnes of wood pellets a year. The majority of these pellets will be exported to utility companies in Europe through Enviva's Port of Chesapeake deep-water port terminal outside of Norfolk.
Upon... [Read More]
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Nov 30, 2011
Belgium-based tradeshow operator easyFairs has acquired the market leading bulk liquid storage conference and exhibition, StocExpo.
easyFairs will take over the organisation of the 2012 event with immediate effect. International sales manager, Sharé Mason, has transferred to the UK offices of easyFairs in Twickenham and will continue in the success of the 2012... [Read More]
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Dec 1, 2011
Algae.Tec, a company dedicated to the production of renewable oils from algae, has been awarded a contract to build its algae biofuels production facility in Sri Lanka.
The plant is being constructed for cement and building company Holcim Lanka and is Algae.Tec's first plant to be built in Asia.
Holcim is investing in the plant to reduce its carbon footprint by channelling... [Read More]
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Dec 5, 2011
Canadian company Core BioFuel has produced a wood-to-fuel process to create high-octane, benzene-free, drop-in petrol.
The fuel will be produced from dimethyl ether and Larry Melnichuk, vice president of process design and development at Core says the technology ‘performs better than expected’.
He says: ‘The catalyst for this reaction did not produce... [Read More]
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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
