Return to main news page
If you would like to use our search facility - please log in or register above.
The results below show our latest news.
The results below show our latest news.
Nov 22, 2010
Plantation Energy to export to Japan
Other News
Nov 23, 2010
In order to qualify for a $45 to $50 million (€33 to €36.8 million) federal grant, construction of the $250 million biomass/wood pellet plant planned for Pownal, Vermont, must begin before the end of this year.
However, the owners of the facility are facing opposition from local residents who are claiming that more time is needed in order to realise the full environmental... [Read More]
Other News
Nov 25, 2010
In Auckland, New Zealand, Mayor Len Brown has started the nation’s first biogas-powered truck, in what is a joint venture between Transpacific, Greenlane Biogas, Dieselgas International and the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (Niwa).
The truck, which has been developed for the purpose of collecting rubbish, has undergone 24 months of research and... [Read More]
Other News
Nov 25, 2010
Renewable energy firm Southeast Renewable Energy is looking to build a biogas plant in Allendale County in South Carolina, US.
Costing $50 million (€37.57 million), the facility would generate 15MW of energy from timber residues.
Raine Cotton, Southeast Renewable’s president and CEO said that his company is ‘working diligently to get the last few steps of the... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 23, 2016
DONG Energy, a Denmark-headquartered energy firm, has unveiled plans to build a bio plant which turns unsorted household waste into energy in the UK.
The plant, which the company will finance, build and operate, will use an enzyme technology it calls REnescience. DONG claims that "it will be the first bio plant in the world to handle unsorted household waste, without prior... [Read More]
Biomass News
Feb 19, 2016
The Tasmania state government in Australia, is actively considering the use of biomass as a renewable energy source.
Tasmania Minister for Resources Paul Harriss said that due to recent unprecedented events, including the failure of the Basslink, which is the world’s second longest undersea electricity cable, and low rainfall, the government is now considering the... [Read More]
Other News
Nov 1, 2010
Sweden-based Vargardbuss is to purchase 11 buses with methane/diesel technology from Volvo Buses.
The order includes the Volvo 8500 intercity bus model and the fleet will begin running in July next year.
The buses consist of a conventional diesel-powered vehicle containing gas tanks attached to the roof. These tanks inject gas into the engine, producing a combination... [Read More]
Other News
Nov 1, 2010
Syed Nadeem Ahmed, Senior Power Plants Engineer at Pakistan International Airlines, is the latest speaker to confirm his participation at the upcoming Bioenergy International Asia expo & conference, being held on 10-11 November at the Hotel Maya in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
World aviation fuel demand is growing rapidly, and is being led by Asia. The global aviation... [Read More]
Other News
Nov 9, 2010
The 26 November 2010 will see a biogas plant open at the Sant’Antnin waste treatment plant in Marsascala.
250,000 tonnes of waste are produced yearly by the local residents and the new facility will use a large percentage of this producing renewable energy from 71,000 tonnes of waste.
The gas extracted will generate enough electricity to power 1,400 households.
Heat... [Read More]
Other News
Nov 9, 2010
A manufacturer of biomass-based boilers and waste heat recovery systems, Thermax is to acquire Danish firm Danstoker A/S and its Germany-based subsidiary Omnical Kessel for $42 million (€29.5 million).
Danstoker is another boiler manufacturer and the deal is expected to boost Thermax’s presence within the European renewable energy sector as it aims to source 20%... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 1, 2016
Almost 150 farmers joined around 90 Members of Parliament (MP) and Peers the UK’s House of Commons today to champion the anaerobic digestion (AD) industry.
Farming representatives from across the UK will join the farming themed event to raise awareness about the technology's value to their businesses and the rural economy.
They will also petition politicians for... [Read More]
Other News
Nov 11, 2010
Bioenergy firm Solena Group has signed a letter of intent with clean energy company Rentech for the use of its proprietary Fischer-Tropsch synthetic fuel technology in Solena’s sustainable biojet fuel project – GreenSky.
The facility will convert more than 500,000 tonnes of waste biomass feedstock into synthesis gas every year using Solena’s plasma gasification... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 29, 2016
In Finland, Taaleri and Gasum have completed an arrangement to transfer the ownership of the Biotehdas group to Gasum.
The nationwide Biotehdas group, owned by Taaleritehdas Biotehdas I Private Equity Fund, is the market leader in the biogas sector in Finland.
It comprises operational biogas plants in Huittinen, Kuopio, Oulu, and Honkajoki, and a plant to be completed... [Read More]
Other News
Nov 12, 2010
In Shandong province, China, the world's first industrial-scale plant for CO2 storage by algae is being developed.
And GEA Westfalia Group, Oelde, Germany, has been awarded a €1 million contract which will see the company supply three high-performance separators for harvesting and washing of the algae.
The algae are cultivated by feeding purified flue gas from... [Read More]
Other News
Nov 12, 2010
Anaerobic digestion (AD) specialist Farmgen, headquartered in Lancaster, UK, is currently building an AD plant at Carr Farm, which will generate 800kW of renewable electricity for the grid when it comes online next spring.
And the company has now secured a power purchase agreement with supermarket chain Marks and Spencer (M&S).
In a bid to consume only green energy... [Read More]
CONNECT WITH US
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
It aspires to rehabilitate 10,000 hectares and sequester over 200,000 tonnes of CO₂ equivalent during its first decade-long phase
