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In Kenya a five-year pilot project is being developed as a way of improving the nation’s biogas industry and turning it into a viable market through financial and technical advancements.
The farmers of small-scale dairy farms are set to gain from the project as it looks to develop 8,000 biogas plants in rural parts of the country.
The pilot programme is targeting these farmers to develop…
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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 of Research Councils UK, to…
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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 a significant number of…
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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 will now supply…
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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 million tonnes a year,…
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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 defining and sourcing of…
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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 agriKomp and Stoneleigh…
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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 in the brewery’s…
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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.
Repairs are currently…
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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 throughout Scotland.
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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 natural gas for vehicles…
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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 and built a €2.6 million…
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Energy company Dalkia is to undertake its largest biomass project to date and invest €70 million on the construction of two biomass generators in Poland.
Owned by French energy firm EDF and Veolia Environnement, this is the Dalkia Group’s largest biomass combustion project so far.
A statement released by Dalkia said: ‘The investment of €70 million, which is to generate around €364…
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The partnership between New Page and Nova Scotia Power, coated papers producer New Page Port Hawkesbury, has proposed a biorefinery that will be constructed on the Canadian island of Cape Breton.
The facility would convert waste biomass from forests into 60MW of electricity, benefitting 30,000 homes.
However the proposal is not being well received by local residents due to the belief that…
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