Sep 14, 2015
New biomass fuel could replace coal in power plants
Biomass News
Sep 10, 2015
Western Energy Systems, GE’s distributed power business, and San Francisco-based Phoenix Energy have signed an agreement for GE to provide equipment for an integrated biomass gasification solution to power a bioenergy plant in North Fork, US.
The North Fork facility is the next in a series of bioenergy plants that Phoenix Energy is building in California.
GE’s... [Read More]
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Sep 8, 2015
Yokogawa America do Sul, a subsidiary of Yokogawa Electric Corp., has received an order from Areva Renewables Brazil, a subsidiary of France-based Areva, to deliver a control system for a biomass power plant that will be the largest facility of its type in Brazil.
The plant is being constructed by Bolt Energias in Sao Désiderio, Bahia, in the north eastern part... [Read More]
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Sep 8, 2015
The 2,000MW coal-fired Eggborough power plant in North Yorkshire, UK, may cease production and close for good in March 2016. Attempts to gain government support in order to convert the station to firing biomass failed.
According to a statement released by Eggborough Power, the facility would need around £200 million (€179 million) in funding over the next three... [Read More]
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Sep 4, 2015
Brazil’s biomass power production has increased 15% year-on-year to 1,860 average megawatts (MWa) in the first half of 2015, says Brazil’s Power Trading Chamber (CCEE).
Installed biomass power capacity hit 10,793MW in June 2015, totalling at about 7.7% of the total power generation in Brazil for the period, a 9.4% expansion over the same period last year.
The... [Read More]
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Sep 3, 2015
US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has begun enrolment for farmers and forest landowners seeking financial assistance to grow new sources of biomass for energy production and biobased products.
According to Val Dolcini, Farm Service Agency administrator, funding is available from the Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP) which was reinstated in the 2014 Farm Bill.
The... [Read More]
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Sep 2, 2015
Pulp company Waggeryd Cell in Sweden has invested SEK 60 million (€6.3 million) in a biomass boiler in order to replace liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) with bioenergy as energy source for the flash dryer.
The ground work is just about to start, with the mounting of the boiler scheduled for March 2016 and the start-up for September.
The mill’s emission of fossil... [Read More]
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Aug 28, 2015
Sevier Solid Waste (SSW) in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee has engaged PHG Energy (PHGE) to build a new biomass gasification plant capable of cleanly converting more than 30 tonnes a day of composted material into thermal energy while producing a valuable high-carbon biochar.
'This new installation will help us reduce the amount of compost we need to transport by converting it... [Read More]
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Aug 25, 2015
Abengoa and Toshiba Corp. have been selected as preferred bidders to build the Tees Renewable Energy Plant.
The project is owned by MGT Teesside, a subsidiary of MGT Power, a British company committed to developing utility scale biomass combined heat and power (CHP) projects.
This will be the world's newly built largest power and steam from biomass plant, and will be located... [Read More]
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Aug 21, 2015
Africa's first grid-connected Anaerobic Digestion (AD) plant has been opened in Kenya, developer Tropical Power Energy Group has announced.
The 2.2MW Gorge Farm Energy Park, developed in Kenya's Nakuru Country, will use local crop waste to create biogas for electricity generation.
The developer said the $7.5m plant could reduce the country's carbon dioxide emissions by... [Read More]
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Aug 18, 2015
Biomass-based heating system operators in the UK face losing entitlement to payment under the renewable heat incentive (RHI) unless they can ensure compliance with new sustainability requirements coming into effect on 5 October, 2015.
Compliance with the new requirements must be agreed before 5 October to continue receiving RHI payments, according a message issued by the... [Read More]
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Aug 10, 2015
Pacific Ag, the largest crop residue supply company in the US, has announced a $7 million (€6.4 million) investment from Advantage Capital Agribusiness Partners (ACAP).
The growth capital will enable Pacific Ag to accelerate the expansion of its operations across the country through acquisitions, technology, equipment, sales and marketing to meet the increasing demand... [Read More]
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Aug 10, 2015
Alliance BioEnergy Plus, a publicly traded company focusing on green energy and renewable technologies, has entered into a non-exclusive development agreement with Renewable Resources Development of America (RRSA) for the construction and operation of up to 56 cellulose conversion plants. The plants will be located both domestically and abroad utilising Alliance's licensed,... [Read More]
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Aug 7, 2015
In China, renewable energy company China Everbright International and DP CleanTech have announced the development of a new 30MW straw-fired biomass power plant in Nanqiao City, Anhui.
This marks the fourth project for Everbright International and DP this year alone and the sixth project between the two companies. DP's advanced technology boiler will be optimised to handle... [Read More]
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Jul 30, 2015
Saxlund International, a fully owned subsidiary of energy and environmental technology group Opcon, has received an order from Babcock & Wilcox Vølund, Denmark, for the delivery of a biomass handling system to a green energy project in Margam, Port Talbot in South Wales, UK.
The scope of Saxlund's order encompass the design, manufacturing, delivery and commissioning... [Read More]
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Jul 30, 2015
Drax Group, the energy generation business responsible for supplying some 8% of the UK's electricity, has awarded ESG a five-year contract to continue fuel testing and analysis work at its plant near Selby, North Yorkshire. This follows a seven-year partnership between the two companies.
The new contract means ESG will continue to provide a wide range of biofuel testing... [Read More]
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Jul 28, 2015
Enel Green Power has brought online the world's first biomass plant used to heat geothermal steam at the Cornia 2 geothermal power plant, which is located in Castelnuovo Val di Cecina in Tuscany. The project will increase both the energy efficiency and the power output of the geothermal cycle.
The existing geothermal plant has been joined by a small power plant fuelled... [Read More]
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