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Oct 7, 2011
Helius Energy to raise £6.55m by proposed 'placing'
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Oct 10, 2011
In the US, the Port St. Joe, Florida, City Commission has approved Rentech's Northwest Florida Renewable Energy Center.
The renewable project will generate 55MW of power from 930 tonnes a day of woody biomass. Rentech and Progress Energy Florida have already signed a contract whereby Progress Energy Florida will acquire most of the power.
The $225 million (€166 million)... [Read More]
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Sep 12, 2011
In Indonesia, PTT is planning to invest between $3 and $4 million (€2.2-2.9 million) in a biomass-fired power plant.
The plant will generate 10MW of electricity for nearby areas.
Indonesia comprises mainly coal-fired plants and this project enables PTT to expand on its oil and gas business.... [Read More]
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Sep 12, 2011
In the UK, power companies such as Drax and RWE are facing opposition from the wood industry as they press ahead with biomass-fired power projects.
The price of wood has doubled since 2009 and the Wood Panel Industries Association is urging the government to remove the subsidies encouraging these biomass plants to come online. However, the subsidy programme for biomass... [Read More]
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Sep 13, 2011
Greenearth Energy, an Australia-based geothermal company, has set up a new subsidiary dedicated to biomass projects.
Greenearth Biomass Energy will create 'green' energy projects using biomass and waste materials.
The company is currently testing its new biomass gasification technology in Indonesia but the technology can be used anywhere.
Greenearth says this technology... [Read More]
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Sep 13, 2011
In North Carolina, US, Duke University and electric and gas service provider Duke Energy, have developed a renewable energy project with the help of search engine Google. The project creates electricity from pig excrement.
The biogas plant has been set up at the Yadkinville-based Loyd Ray Farms, which is home to 9,000 pigs.
Duke Energy and the university have invested... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 18, 2015
Blue Sphere Corp., a waste-to-energy deveoper, has completed the acquisition of four operating biogas facilities in Italy.
Blue Sphere has acquired 100% of the stock of Agricerere, Agrielektra, Agrisorse, and Gefa.
Individually, each fully operational facility generates 1MW/h of electricity which is sold to Gestore del Servizi Energetici GSE, a state-owned company that... [Read More]
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Sep 14, 2011
BP is expanding its biofuels activities in Brazil, with the purchase of shares in Tropical BioEnergia and the acquisition of additional shares in sugar and ethanol producer CNAA.
The company will invest around $71 million (€51.8 million) for the remaining 50% of Tropical BioEnergia from its joint venture partners Maeda Agroindustrial and LDC-SEV Bioenergia.
Following... [Read More]
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Sep 16, 2011
On 13 September Hungary celebrated the grand opening of a 4.2MW CHP plant in Szarvas, the largest in the nation.
r.e Bioenergie of Germany constructed the plant, while poultry company Gallicoop Pulykafeldolgozó will provide the plant with most of the biomass needed. The facility has been installed with three GE Jenbacher J416 engines which will convert the feedstock... [Read More]
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Sep 16, 2011
In Gradec, Croatia, Agrokor is looking to build a biogas plant after receiving a €5 million loan from the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
The €5 million loan will be used to buy and install the plant and purchase the necessary equipment.
Slated for completion by September 2012, the plant will convert organic waste into biogas, which will be... [Read More]
Biomass News
Dec 17, 2015
Construction work has officially begun at Glennmont Partners’ Port Clarence Renewable Energy Plant in Stockton-on-Tees, UK.
Once completed, the £160 million (€220m) plant will burn 250,000 tonnes of waste wood annually to produce 40MW of combined heat and power.
Commercial operations at the plant are expected to begin in 2018.
The project was originally... [Read More]
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Sep 19, 2011
British Columbia, Canada-based Viridis Energy, an alternative energy company, has started supplying its wood pellets to sustainable energy solutions provider Abellon Clean Energy in Italy.
This is Viridis' second European customer, but the company is about to embark on a third agreement and is scheduled to begin shipping wood pellets to Switzerland within the next month.
Viridis... [Read More]
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Sep 19, 2011
Weltec Biopower, a German biogas plant manufacturer, has completed the construction of its fifth plant in the Czech Republic.
Located in Příložany, the plant converts pig manure, grass silage, maize silage, crop silage and grain waste into 366kW of renewable energy, which is fed into the grid.
Completed by Weltec in four months, the plant comprises a 2,500m3 stainless... [Read More]
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Sep 19, 2011
In the US, River Basin Energy is developing a commercial-scale biocoal production plant, which it expects to break ground on later this year.
When the facility comes online in 2012 it will produce more than 100,000 tonnes a year of biocoal.
River Basin Energy already owns a demo-scale biocoal plant in Laramie, Wyoming. This partially commercial-scale facility has the capacity... [Read More]
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Sep 20, 2011
Canadian Biofuel held a grand opening ceremony on 17 September for its new wood pellet and briquette production plant.
Located in Springford, Ontario, Canada, the plant has been under development for six years and Canadian Biofuel finally began construction in April. Production is expected to start by the end of the year, when it will manufacture 1,500 tonnes each month... [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
