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Apr 20, 2016
Valmet to supply wood pellet heating plant to Finnish power facility
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May 6, 2010
John Ibbett, chairman of the AD group Biogen Greenfinch located in Bedfordshire, UK, manages 5,500 acres of land, 23,000 pigs sold to the likes of Tesco and J Sainsbury and an annual production 12.5 million litres of Bedfordshire herd slurry.
With the enforcement of government laws such as the taxation on rubbish sent to landfill sites as a way of reducing waste, Ibbett’s... [Read More]
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Apr 20, 2016
Finnish utility Fortum has called for a clear EU-level sustainability criteria for biomass and a transition to a market-driven system in place of complex subsidy systems.
The state-run firm unveiled its views in its latest Energy Review series. Fortum said the uncertainty regarding biomass-related regulatory policy has increased in the EU, which adds instability to the... [Read More]
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May 10, 2010
After the official opening ceremony took place in Lappeenranta, southern Finland on 7 May, the country’s largest wood-burning biomass power plant has begun production.
The plant, owned by energy companies Pohjolan Voima and Lappeenrannan Energia cost €240 million to construct and has the capacity to generate 385MW of thermal power and 125MW of electricity.
Around... [Read More]
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May 10, 2010
Carbon dioxide refineries could soon be as common as oil refineries with the possibility of converting air into fuel drawing increasingly nearer.
In March this year a team of 14 scientists from the universities of Bath, Bristol and the West of England were awarded a £1.4 million (€1.6 million) grant from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council, part... [Read More]
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May 10, 2010
The price of biomass across the US has been affected by the Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP) set up by the US federal government in 2009 to lower the prices of biomass and bring more raw materials to the market, says the North American Wood Fiber Review (NAWFR).
Northern California and Northern New England are two of the major biomass markets in the US, both housing... [Read More]
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May 10, 2010
UK firm Chesterfield BioGas, a division of Chesterfield Special Cylinders dedicated to the development of equipment for fuelling vehicles as well as the supply of systems for converting raw biogas to biomethane, will provide the city of Sheffield with a temporary biomethane gas filling station.
After signing an agreement on 22 April this year the Sheffield-based company... [Read More]
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May 11, 2010
In 2009 the owner and operator of the R.E Burger power plant FirstEnergy was to replace coal with woody biomass at the facility based in Shadyside, Ohio, US.
However a year later environmental and consumer-advocacy groups are demanding to know where the company will source its wood, as a vast amount will be required for burning. This figure is estimated to be around 3... [Read More]
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May 11, 2010
In a 2009 Directive put in place by the European Commission, the criteria requiring greenhouse gas reductions applied only to biomass sources for transport fuel. Now European energy firm Vattenfall Europe has taken it upon itself to identify measures that guarantee the sustainability of its solid biomass sources.
By doing so the company has taken a leading role in the... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 19, 2016
Two anaerobic digestion (AD) businesses, based in West Midlands of England, have showcased their technology to local MP, Rt Hon Jeremy Wright QC.
On a recent visit to Stoneleigh, the Kenilworth and Southam MP learnt how the businesses were supporting the local economy and jobs.
By building and supplying AD technology to British farmers across the UK, Stoneleigh Park-based... [Read More]
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May 14, 2010
Energy intelligence company EPS Corp has been selected to develop a $3 million (€2.4 million) biogas generation and wastewater treatment facility at the Spoetzl Brewery in Shiner, Texas, US.
The facility, which is being designed specifically to help the brewery cut its carbon dioxide (CO2) output by over 500 tonnes each year and remove 85% of the treatable waste components... [Read More]
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May 17, 2010
In a bid to reduce Cuba’s carbon dioxide emissions and save money the Rum Mulata factory in central Villa Clara province, Cuba, has begun replacing its two tonnes of diesel-a-day supply with 7m3 of biogas.
The rum factory is based in the Heriberto Duquesne Sugar Company and uses a 70/30 blend of oil and biogas respectively to generate 12 tonnes of steam every hour.... [Read More]
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May 17, 2010
Sustainable energy provider Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) is due to begin the construction of its £13.5 million (€15.9 million) biogas facility in North Ayrshire, Scotland, UK, by the end of May.
With support in the form of £2.2 million from the Scottish Government the Ayrshire renewable waste treatment plant is the first in a long line of planned AD plants... [Read More]
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May 17, 2010
The majority state-owned oil and gas firm PTT Plc is due to invest THB300 million (€7.5 million) on the development of vehicles powered by biogas in Thailand.
Agricultural waste will be converted into methane and used as an alternative to fossil fuels in vehicles.
‘The idea is aimed at using methane gas for vehicles in rural areas that are located too far from... [Read More]
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May 17, 2010
UK-based clean tech firm ENER-G has switched on a biogas from wastewater project in Budapest, Hungary.
Described as one of Europe’s most ambitious biogas from wastewater schemes, the Living Danube programme is Europe’s largest environmental investment currently under implementation.
ENER-G Energia Technologia Zrt., the Hungarian subsidiary of ENER-G, has designed... [Read More]
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Proceeds from the bond sale have been used to refinance $40 million of Gevo RNG’s outstanding 2021 green bonds
SIAAP (Greater Paris Sanitation Authority) and SUEZ have officially inaugurated a new state-of-the-art biogas production unit at the Seine Aval wastewater treatment plant in the Paris metropolitan area
Natural State Renewables has announced a key strategic partnership with Axens as part of its plan to produce carbon-negative sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from surplus forest biomass
