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EXCLUSIVE: The Department of Energy & Climate Change (DECC) has reported that the UK's domestic use of wood-based biomass to generate electricity is expected to remain steady over the next five years.
The government department unveiled the announcement in its Wood Disclosure Survey 2015 published today (8 January 2015).
The document drew its conclusions from OFGEM data and a voluntary survey…
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Utility kit specialist Fulcrum has become of the first independent utility infrastructure providers to enter the renewables market with a new biogas service.
Utilising its extensive experience and expertise in the delivery of gas, electricity and water infrastructure across Britain, Fulcrum is entering the renewables sector to provide pipelines that connect biogas plants to the UK gas…
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In the Netherlands, a group of companies have joined forces for the construction of a biomass-fired power plant in the port of Delfzijl.
The project, which will generate 49MW of renewable energy from woodchips, is scheduled to break ground towards the end of 2011, before it begins operations in mid-2013.
The new facility will become the fifth wood-burning power plant to be built in the…
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Currently under development in Idaho, US, renewable energy company Camco International says its dairy biogas project will be operational in Q1 2012.
Upon completion, the plant will be one of the largest of its kind in North America. It will convert cow manure from over 1,000 cows into 4.5MW of renewable energy. The preliminary building work is due to finish by Q3 2011, before the generators,…
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By 2016, the market for renewable energy is expected to grow significantly, increasing from $124 billion (€86.8 billion) in 2010 to $217 billion.
In 2010, the market for biogas production equipment was worth $3 billion. This figure is expected to rise by 19% each year, before reaching $8.6 billion in 2016.
Costing around $100 per barrel, fossil fuel is becoming a less and less viable energy…
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In Romania, Gherla, furniture producer Sortilemn is to install a combined heat and power (CHP) project.
The plant will generate 1.4MW of electricity and around 5.3MW of heat.
Turboden, a subsidiary of aircraft company Pratt & Whitney will supply the plant, after Sortilemn awarded it the contract.
The electricity produced at the plant will be distributed to the national grid, while the thermal…
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In Gloucestershire, UK, Glebe Farm has installed a biogas plant to boost the facility's income.
The new plant, which farmer James Hart describes as 'a 3,000-tonne cow's stomach', handles animal waste from 4,000 pigs, 100 cows and 100,000 chickens and converts it into renewable energy. It also reduces the farm's carbon emissions by around 10,000 tonnes a year.
The 2.2 million kW/h of renewable…
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Clean energy firm Hawaii Gas is looking to replace most of its current fuel base with renewable natural gas.
According to Pacific Business News, the company, which is owned by US-based infrastructure specialist Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation, has issued a request for proposals to purchase raw biogas and, or, bio-methane, also referred to as renewable natural gas, in Hawaii or…
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In the UK, new anaerobic digestion (AD) plants could receive financial support thanks to Defra's (Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs) £10 million (€11 million) Anaerobic Digestion Loan Fund (ADLF).
Waste Resources Action Programme (WRAP) will be responsible for the ADLF, which will be administered in amounts ranging from £50,000 to £1 million to support the…
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Africa Renewables (AfriRen), an international renewable energy trading firm headquartered in London, is looking to raise €30 million in a new round of fundraising.
The capital, raised through qualified investors, will help fund a number of sustainable schemes throughout West Africa. The first project, a Ghana-based energy trading project, will require an investment of €5 million.
This…
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In Gainesville, Florida, US, the Gainesville Renewable Energy Centre (GREC) is developing a biomass-fired power plant, for which engineering and technology corporation Metso will supply a 100MWe biomass boiler island and plant automation system.
The plant is slated for completion by 2013. When it becomes operational, the 100MW of renewable power generated will benefit around 70,000 homes. It will…
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Wood pellet manufactures across the US are increasing capacity as the global market for this renewable energy source expands.
Between 2008 and 2010 exports from the US to Europe rose from 85,000 tonnes to over 600,000 tonnes a year.
Speaking about the US wood pellet market Peter O'Keefe, a partner in Franklin Pellets, said: 'It's exploding.'
Franklin Pellets, based in Franklin, Virginia, US, is…
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In Tasmania, Australia, power stations which burn domestically grown timber are not eligible for renewable energy subsidies, as the carbon tax plan no longer classes local forest woodchips a renewable energy source.
While Environment Tasmania supports the decision and the leader of Tasmanian Greens Nick McKim stating: 'This is a big step forward towards valuing our forests properly', state-owned…
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China is ramping up its installed biomass power capacity and hopes to generate 13 million kW by the end of 2015, according to China Business News.
Currently, 5.5 million kW of power is generated from biomass in the nation. This includes the production of marsh gas and the burning of household waste.
China has the potential to produce 5 billion tonnes of biomass-derived power a year. This is…
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TeaM Energy Philippines, a partnership between Tokyo Electric Power and Marubeni Corp., will install over 50MW of new capacity from renewable energy sources.
More than $150 million (€107 million) will be invested to make these renewable energy projects a reality; each project is predicted to cost between $2.5 and $3 million.
A biomass plant, which will generate 11MW of renewable energy from…
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