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Nov 9, 2010
Nature’s Flame ships second supply of pellets
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Nov 9, 2010
Orangeburg County Biomass is looking to build a wood-fired power plant but is struggling to find a client to secure the power purchase agreement.
The biomass power generator, planned for Orangeburg County’s John Matthews Industrial Park, will cost in the region of $100 million (€72.2 million) to erect.
Located on 55 acres of land, the project would burn mostly... [Read More]
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Nov 9, 2010
With no biogas plants under construction in Greece or South Africa, biogas plant designer and constructor Zorg Biogas AG is looking to build two.
The company recently received its first advanced orders from the two nations. Both of the 1MW plants will use manure as the feedstock.
Prior to purchasing the biogas facilities, the prospective customers we able to visit... [Read More]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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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]
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Nov 12, 2010
In Oregon, US, the building work has begun on Spain-based renewable energy firm Iberdrola Renovables’ biomass power plant in Lake County.
The plant is the company’s first biomass project in the US.
Operations are due to commence by the end of 2012 when it will produce 26.8MW of renewable power.
200 construction jobs will be created, in addition to 20 for operations... [Read More]
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Oct 28, 2010
Renewable energy consultancy firm Natural Power is expanding its green energy portfolio of products and services provided in the wind, wave and tidal markets and is moving into the biomass sector.
A new team of experienced professionals across the biomass and associated industries have joined Natural Power’s existing staff at its Scottish headquarters in the UK.
Work... [Read More]
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Oct 29, 2010
In a bid to reduce manure pollution levels the state of Punjab, India aims to generate 1,000MW of renewable energy from agricultural waste by 2015.
Excessive amounts of cow manure are proving problematic for cities such as Ludhiana and are a major source of pollution for the region. As a result the state government is looking to collect the methane for use as green power... [Read More]
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Oct 29, 2010
New plans for a £20million (€23 million) waste recycling plant have been revealed for Inverness Harbour in Scotland, UK.
The plant will convert waste collected from the Highlands into recycled materials, in addition to a biomass fibre, which could then be utilised to generate renewable energy.
This process is known as auto-claving, where the level of waste is reduced... [Read More]
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Oct 29, 2010
In Castlewellan Forest Park, Northern Ireland the 19th century Castlewellan Castle is installing a new heating system that will be fuelled by locally grown wood chip.
The new 200kW Hargassner boiler, provided by Green Energy Technology, will heat the entire castle and provide hot water to over 25 bedrooms and the kitchen.
Patrick Flynn, director of Green Energy Technology... [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
It aspires to rehabilitate 10,000 hectares and sequester over 200,000 tonnes of CO₂ equivalent during its first decade-long phase
