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Viaspace, a grower of energy crops, has signed a contract with Mesquite Lake Water and Power to provide Giant King Grass for a biomass-fired power plant and biofuels facility in the US state of California.
Mesquite Lake is developing a biomass energy park in Imperial Valley. It has already purchased an 18MW biomass power plant, which was damaged during a 2010 earthquake. Following repair works,…
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The Energex American-owned wood pellet production plant in Juniata County, Pennsylvania has been damaged after a fire broke out on the morning of 29 March.
The four-alarm fire and subsequent dust explosion inside a warehouse used for storing pellets is reported to have destroyed the office and sawdust warehouse, and one firefighter was taken to hospital. The processing part of the plant was not…
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Brazilian biomass plants have produced an average of 1,449 MW in the first five months of 2015, Brazil’s Power Commercialisation Chamber (CCEE) reports.
InfoMercade Mensal, a CCEE newsletter, reports the amount is up 17.5% from last year’s.
In May Brazil’s calculated biomass power capacity was 10.7 GW, which is up by 9.6%.
The state of Sao Paulo is the largest biomass power…
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Eqtec Iberia, part of Spanish holding company Ebioss Energy, is progressing with the construction of its 5MW Karlovo renewable plant located in Bulgaria's Plovdiv province.
The biomass-to-energy plant with integrated biomass gasification technology, construction on which started last October, will use three GE Jenbacher fuel-flexible engines – one J612 and two J620 units – powered by…
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The Sustainable Biomass Partnership (SBP) says it welcomes the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification (PEFC) initiative to develop a voluntary mechanism for the transfer of GHG emission-related data along the PEFC-certified supply chain.
The SBP had identified this as an important opportunity for PEFC given that wood-for-energy producers need to collect and provide GHG data to…
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British independent renewable energy developer RES has announced it is ceasing work on its £300 million (€362.1 million) biomass power station project at the Port of Blyth in Northumberland.
RES' decision follows the withdrawal of a key project partner in late 2013 due to ongoing uncertainty in UK energy policy.
The company says the government's 'inconsistent' support for dedicated…
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Albioma, a French biomass group specialising in generating electricity from sugarcane waste in France's overseas territories, has launched its first two biogas plants to capitalise on new regulations in the country.
The group opened two biogas plants in the region – with capacities of 2 and 0.5MW respectively - around Poitiers in 2013 and has plans to open three or four more this year.
Its…
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A biomass plant in Dagenham, UK, previously owned by green power firm TEG Group has been handed over to new owners TEG Biogas.
The group will provide ongoing operating and maintenance services to TEG Biogas under a 15-year contract, with annual revenues of approximately £1.3 million.
The Dagenham facility will process 50,000 tonnes of food and green waste per year via both…
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Zilkha Biomass Energy, a renewable energy company providing the first commercially available water-resistant wood pellet, has agreed to license its Zilkha Black Pellet technology to Cate Street Capital, a developer of green technology companies.
Thermogen Industries, the pellet manufacturing subsidiary of Cate Street Capital, will use Zilkha's patented proprietary process to produce black pellets…
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Geopower Energy, an alternative energy developer, has closed a private debt facility of $5 million (€3.6 million) to acquire a joint venture interest in the Blue Mountain biogas project located in the US state of Utah.
The note was subscribed by accredited private investors. Geopower used a portion of the capital to acquire the interest in the project and will use the remainder of the funds…
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Global Business Power (GBPC) has plans to build a biomass power plant in the Philippines province of Negros Occidental, with a feasibility study expected to be completed in the third quarter this year.
The company will join with Roxas Holdings to undertake the project, while Pöyry Energy, a consulting and energy company, is undertaking the feasibility study to determine its viability.
Once…
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Britain's largest turkey producer, Bernard Matthews, has announced it will roll out 179 biomass boilers for installation in 21 of its turkey farms in Norfolk, Suffolk and Lincolnshire in a project deal with renewable energy solutions specialist Lumicity.
The project will reduce carbon emissions at the farms and allow Bernard Matthews to achieve fuel savings against its current costs.
As well as…
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Local authorities have greenlighted an application to build an anaerobic digester and associated infrastructure at Deal Farm in Bressingham, UK.
The plant will be constructed by Envitec, a Germany-based biogas constructor and solutions provider, who will also supply the necessary technology.
The system will convert pig and chicken manure and locally grown maize silage into bio-methane at a…
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UPB Energy has begun the construction of a biomass cogeneration station at Cieceres parish, Kurzeme region, Latvia.
The station, with a planned electric power output of 3.98MW and thermal power of 15.9MW, has been commissioned by 4 Energia, an independent electicity producer in the Baltic States, with UPB supplying and installing the plant’s technology.
The biomass cogeneration station will…
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