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In the UK, city councillors have declined the biomass power plant proposed for Avonmouth.
The refinery, which would have utilised 70,000 tonnes of vegetable oil from tropical palm trees to power 25,000 homes, received more than 1,100 letters of objection before the meeting. The high demand for palm oil has been linked to large areas of deforestation.
Councillors voted 6-2 against the plans…
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Major European oil refiner PKN Orlen will be presenting on the execution of targets for biofuels at the upcoming Bioenergy International expo & conference in Prague on 5-6 May.
Robert Gmyrek, the director of the biofuels department will also cover the need for top quality biofuel.
PKN Orlen is the pioneer in the Polish market when it comes to selling biofuels and both its diesel and petrol…
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The European Commission is taking an active role in steering member states on to the right path for renewables. It has worked with key industry associations and producers, many of which say they will produce surplus biofuels and bioenergy than mandated.
By 2020 the European Union must source 20% of its total energy (including heat, power and transport) from renewable sources. This target was set…
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Hawaii-based ClearFuels Technology will build a biorefinery in Wayne County, Tennessee, US.
The $200 million (€148.3 million) biorefinery will turn sawdust, wood shavings and wood chips into diesel or jet fuel. The refinery would employ 50 people and be built at lumber supplier Hughes Hardwoods’ facility in Collinwood.
Construction is scheduled to begin near the end of 2011 with operations…
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The UK’s largest renewable energy trade association, the Renewable Energy Association (REA), has urged the UK government to support the biomass heat industry.
The trade body recently responded to a consultation on reforms to the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) subsidy, which closed earlier this week.
In a statement, the REA said that if changes to the RHI policy were made then “the…
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Europe’s largest wheat to ethanol refinery has shipped its first renewable fuel product.
Tanker Clipper Nelly left independent terminal operator Vopak’s North Tees, UK, terminal loaded with Ensus ethanol and headed for Rotterdam in the Netherlands.
Ensus’ £300 million (€332 million) plant at Wilton went into production last month, making the green road fuel, valuable animal feed and…
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Delegates can now start networking and arrange meetings even before Bioenergy International expo and conference starts.
The event, now eight weeks away in Prague on 5-6 May, features a networking suite for all delegates and speakers which have registered, allowing you to specifically choose who you want to have lunch with.
Key speakers you can meet include H.E. Mr. Jan Dusík, Minister of the…
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In Wales, UK, Elin Jones, rural affairs minister, has revealed a multi-million pound scheme, called the Wood Energy Business Scheme 2, which could see Wales sitting at the top of wood-to-energy production in Britain.
The scheme is managed by Forestry Commission Wales on behalf of the Welsh Assembly Government, and will provide £7.8 million (€8.6 million) in European funding. This financial…
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Ten per cent of Sainsbury’s annual national gas consumption is being provided by a partnership processing its own food waste, the UK supermarket giant said.
Sainsbury’s has linked up with UK-based food waste recycler ReFood to turn inedible food waste from two of its depots into gas, heat and fertiliser through anaerobic digestion (AD).
Nearly 50 million kilowatt hours (kWh) of…
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Canadian waste management company Progressive Waste Solutions (PWS) is planning to construct a biogas plant at the Ridge Landfill in Ontario.
The planned facility will convert landfill gas into pipeline-quality natural gas at approximately the same scale as PWS’ standing biogas plant at the Lachenaie Landfill in Montreal.
The Lachenaie plant is the largest biogas plant of its kind in…
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Denmark-headquarted energy supplier Dong Energy is offering UK business customers the opportunity to choose renewable electricity at no additional premium to traditional 'brown energy' sources.
Brown energy is energy that comes from conventional fossil fuels, such as oil or coal.
In a statement, Dong Energy said that it will cover additional costs associated with "going…
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Ingenio Montelimar, a Nicaragua-based renewable energy firm, officially launched a 38-MW biomass plant in San Rafael del Sur city, according to media reports.
The facility is named ‘Green Power’. It will use bagasse as raw material. Bagasse is the fibrous matter that remains after sugarcane or sorghum stalks are crushed to extract their juice.
The $76-million €66.4m…
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The Bio-Based and Biodegradable Industries Association (BBIA) has written to the Council of the European Union recommending changes to the Circular Economy Package (CEP) to be made regarding biowaste, organic recycling and green procurement.
In the letter, addressed to Melanie Schultz van Haegen, the President of the European Council of Environment Ministers during the…
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Based in Toronto, biogas developer StormFisher has been acquired by Greenhouse Gas Services (GGS). GGS is a joint venture between GE Energy Financial Services and the AES Corporation.
StormFisher develops, owns and manages various projects around North America, where food and agricultural by-products are converted into natural gas and electricity.
Mauricio Vargas, CEO of GGS, said that the…
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So-called ‘biostations’ could pop up over Romania following a discussion between anaerobic specialists in Germany and the Netherlands, as part of a European project.
Romania is moving away from disposing of animal waste which could be used to generate electricity.
Biostations have been operating for eight years in Germany and the Netherlands.
Vice president of the National Medical…
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