Mar 9, 2016
Comet Biorefining awarded grant for biomass plant
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Mar 9, 2016
Renewable energy firm HRS Energy is developing a UK-based multi-million pound waste wood biomass plant which will be located in an East Yorkshire village.
The site near Tansterne, located near Hull, will produce enough electricity to power 11,000 homes and is expected to open in 2017.
The 22MW facility will also have the capacity to process up to 175,000 tonnes of waste... [Read More]
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Mar 4, 2016
UK’s largest biomass power generation project has been quietly abandoned after having never run for more than 30 minutes.
The £10.5 million (€13.5m) plant, built in 2007 to reduce CO2 emissions at the University of East Anglia (UEA) in Norwich, was intended to produce renewable electricity from woodchips.
The facility, which received a £1 million... [Read More]
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Feb 26, 2016
Kwadcha First Nation in Canada is seeking financial help to build a small-scale biomass power plant to replace petroleum diesel with a sustainable alternative.
The Kwadcha community – one of two remote First Nations on the north end of Williston Lake, British Columbia – is looking to set up a biomass facility to produce around 145kW of electricity for its just... [Read More]
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Feb 26, 2016
Japanese Sumitomo Corp. has signed a contract to acquire up to 20% of Cosan Biomassa, a subsidiary of the world's largest sugar and ethanol company, Cosan S.A. Industria e Comercio.
The sale is subject to the prior approval of anti-trust authorities in some jurisdictions.
Cosan Biomassa has developed a fuel pellet made from sugarcane residues, such as bagasse... [Read More]
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Feb 19, 2016
The Tasmania state government in Australia, is actively considering the use of biomass as a renewable energy source.
Tasmania Minister for Resources Paul Harriss said that due to recent unprecedented events, including the failure of the Basslink, which is the world’s second longest undersea electricity cable, and low rainfall, the government is now considering the... [Read More]
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Feb 18, 2016
Comet Biorefining will build its commercial-scale biomass-derived sugar facility in the TransAlta Energy Park in Sarnia, Ontario.
The 60 million lbs/y plant will come online in 2018 producing dextrose sugar from locally-sourced corn stover and wheat straw.
Corn stover consists of residues left in the field after harvest, including stalks, leaves, husks, and cobs.
Using... [Read More]
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Feb 17, 2016
UK consumers could save more than £2 billion (€2.56bn) if the country’s government’s planned renewable energy auctions are opened up to include a wider mix of technologies, a new report finds.
Drax, UK's largest power producer, commissioned NERA Economic Consulting and Imperial College to look at hidden costs that are not reflected in the contracts... [Read More]
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Feb 17, 2016
Solar 21, an Irish renewable energy company, is set to build a 22MW biomass power plant near Hull in England.
The company has acquired the project rights and is seeking to raise €60 million through a fundraising round for the scheme.
The Hull plant is the first in a pipeline of five projects in partnership with energy recovery systems company Heat Recovery Solutions,... [Read More]
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Feb 17, 2016
IHI Corp., a Japanese heavy equipment manufacturer, will build a 49MW woody biomass power plant in the southwestern Japanese prefecture of Kagoshima.
Construction will begin this year and the plant will start generating power by the end of 2018, the company said in a statement.
The station will produce enough electricity to power 77,000 homes.
... [Read More]
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Feb 12, 2016
The European Commission (EC) has launched a consultation on the preparation of a sustainable bioenergy policy for the period after 2020.
The objective is to consult stakeholders and citizens on an updated EU policy on sustainable bioenergy for the period 2020-2030, as part of the EU renewable energy package foreseen before the end of 2016.
In a statement, the EC said:... [Read More]
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Feb 11, 2016
More than 110 environmental groups across the globe have signed a declaration demanding that bioenergy be excluded from the EU's next Renewable Energy Directive (RED).
The EU is considering renewal of the RED for 2020 onwards in a consultation which ended yesterday (10 February). A decision is expected by the end of the year.
The RED will determine Europe's path forward... [Read More]
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Feb 5, 2016
Construction work is due to begin on a new biomass pipeline at the planned St Andrews University biomass plant in Scotland.
Located at Guardbridge, Fife, the £25 million (€32.5m) plant is being built on the site of a former paper mill.
Hot water will be pumped from the plant four miles underground to provide heating to laboratories and student housing at St... [Read More]
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Feb 2, 2016
The joint venture of Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), PensionDanmark, and Burmeister & Wain Scandinavian Contractor (BWSC) has completed the construction of a £162 million (€233m) biomass power plant investment in the UK well ahead of schedule.
The construction of the Brigg Renewable Energy Plant, the JV’s first 40MW straw-fired biomass plant... [Read More]
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Jan 29, 2016
Orthios, a UK sustainable energy company, is preparing to begin work on two combined food and power plants in the UK.
To be located at a former Anglesey Aluminium in Wales at Holyhead, Anglesey, the £1 billion (€1.3bn) Orthios Eco Park will process waste wood to produce 299MW of electricity, enough to power 300,000 homes.
The heat produced during power generation... [Read More]
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Jan 28, 2016
Danish Babcock & Wilcox Vølund (BWV), a subsidiary of the US-based Babcock & Wilcox, has been awarded a $90 million (€82.5m) contract for constructing a bioenergy plant in the UK
The contract to design, manufacture, and build the waste-to-energy plant near Haresfield, Gloucestershire, was awarded by a joint venture of Urbased and Balfour Beatty.
The... [Read More]
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Jan 5, 2016
Bioenergy France 3, the French arm of Spanish biofuels producer Ambene, has obtained permission from local officials to build a 41MW biomass-fired cogeneration plant in the south of France.
According to SeeNews, the plant will be constructed in the Torremila industrial zone of Perpignan.
At the end of December, the Pyrenees-Orientales prefecture gave the green light to... [Read More]
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