Aug 21, 2015
Africa’s first grid-connected AD plant fires up
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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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Jul 28, 2015
Researchers at Aston University have developed a new portable technology called Pyrofab to convert organic waste materials, even including baby wipes, into carbon neutral fuel and biochar.
The Pyrofab is based on Pyroformer technology, developed in the UK by the European Bioenergy Research Institute (EBRI) at Aston University.
The Pyrofab has the ability to process... [Read More]
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Jul 27, 2015
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... [Read More]
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Jul 27, 2015
In the US, Greenleaf Power, an owner and operator of green energy power plants and a portfolio company of leading energy and resources-focused global private equity firm Denham Capital, has finalised the purchase of the Plainfield Renewable Energy Plant located in Plainfield, Connecticut.
'The acquisition of Plainfield Renewable Energy will mark Greenleaf Power's sixth... [Read More]
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Jul 23, 2015
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... [Read More]
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Jul 22, 2015
Saxlund International, a fully-owned subsidiary of the energy and environmental technology group Opcon, has received an order for the delivery of a biomass handling system.
The system will be delivered for Babcock & Wilcox Vølund, Denmark, for a green energy project in Margam – Port Talbot, between Swansea and Cardiff in South Wales, UK.
The scope of the... [Read More]
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Jul 21, 2015
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... [Read More]
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Jul 16, 2015
The world's largest ever single shipment of biomass has been discharged on the quayside at Associated British Ports' (ABP) Humber International Terminal (HIT) at the Port of Immingham ready for onward transit to Drax power station.
Almost 60,000 tonnes of wood pellets were unloaded from the POPI S – the first time such cargo has been carried by a Panamax-class vessel.... [Read More]
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Jul 14, 2015
Vecoplan has executed a fixed-price contract with Fulcrum BioEnergy, to design, engineer, install and commission a municipal solid waste (MSW) feedstock processing system for Fulcrum's Sierra BioFuels Plant.
Fulcrum has developed a reliable and efficient process for converting MSW, or household garbage that would otherwise be landfilled, into low-cost, low-carbon renewable... [Read More]
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Jul 14, 2015
Boeing and Japanese aviation industry stakeholders have charted a course to develop sustainable aviation biofuel for flights during the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo, when millions of people are expected to visit Japan.
The Initiatives for Next Generation Aviation Fuels (INAF) – a consortium of 46 organisations including Boeing, All Nippon Airways (ANA),... [Read More]
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