Sep 17, 2014
Gaelectric Group acquires Imperative Energy
Biomass News
Sep 17, 2014
Energy company E.ON’s £120 million biomass power station in Blackburn Meadows, Sheffield nears completion.
The 30MW facility in the Blackburn Meadows area is now in the final stages of construction and is due to be fully commissioned later this year.
It will burn locally-sourced waste wood to create electricity. Once fully operational, it will utilise an additional... [Read More]
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Sep 15, 2014
JFE Holding's Engineering unit will build a 50MW biomass plant for Erex in Oita prefecture, southwestern Japan.
The plant will use palm kernel shells and coal as fuel.
Production at the facility is expected to begin late 2016.... [Read More]
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Sep 15, 2014
Glencane Bioenergia, a local sugar and ethanol producer, has gained permission to operate a 40-MW biomass plant in Junqueiropolis municipality as an independent power producer (IPP).
Brazil's electricity regulator Aneel has authorised Glencane's Rio Vermelho 2 plant, which will use sugarcane bagasse and straw as fuel, to begin production later this year.
The facility has... [Read More]
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Sep 15, 2014
Kuala Lumpur-based Fitters Diversified is investing RM 14 million (€3.4 million) in three biomass-gas generators to be opened early 2015 in Sabah and Negeri Sembilan.
Through its wholly-owned subsidiary Future NRG, the company has teamed up with German-based AHT Services to update AHT's existing biomass gasification technology.
As part of the agreement, AHT will outsource... [Read More]
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Sep 11, 2014
Ontario Power Generation's (OPG) Atikokan Generating Station (GS) in Canada is now operating on biomass, making it the largest power plant in North America fuelled by 100% biomass.
OPG's president and CEO, Tom Mitchell, comments: 'Close to 100% of the electricity OPG producers is from sources that are virtually free of emissions that cause smog or contribute to climate... [Read More]
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Sep 9, 2014
Vega Biofuels' joint venture partner, Agri-Tech Producers (ATP) , has developed a new, patent-pending process that reduces the cost of some of the biomass feedstock for the company's pilot torrefaction plant in South Carolina, US.
Vega recently entered into the joint venture to build and operate a pilot manufacturing plant in Allendale for the production of biocoal, among... [Read More]
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Sep 2, 2014
It has been reported that GDF Suez's Belgian subsidiary, Electrabel, has resumed operations at its Max Green Rodenhuize biomass-fired power plant in Ghent.
According to Platts, operations restarted on 28 August after an agreement was reached with authorities and stakeholders over the renewal of green certificates.
The Ghent plant is able to handle up to 850,000 tonnes... [Read More]
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Sep 2, 2014
Technology start-up company Algae Systems, along with Japan's IHI Corp, has completed the demonstration of a new biofuel production approach. Algae Systems is a group company of IHI Corp based on a joint venture partnership with Algae Systems' founders
The process involved converting algae and wastewater into both energy and clean water. The demo plant, located in Daphne,... [Read More]
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Sep 2, 2014
Engineering firm Spencer Group has delivered the first project as part of a £150 million (€190 million) investment in biomass handling operations at the Humber Ports, UK.
The facility is the first to be completed to support a 15-year contract between port operator Associated British Ports (ABP) and Drax Power to enable sustainable biomass to be transported to... [Read More]
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Aug 26, 2014
Construction on a $35 million (€26.5 million) 10MW biomass-fired power plant in Nadroga, Fiji has begun following the formation of a joint venture between Tropik Wood Industries Fiji and Korea-based Gimco.
According to reports, the investment for the project will be sourced locally as well as through overseas funding. A timeframe of 28 months has been allocated, with... [Read More]
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Aug 26, 2014
The Speyside biomass power station in Moray, Scotland has been guaranteed £48 million (€60 million) of finance by the UK government, and a further £26 million from international infrastructure investor John Laing and the Green Investment Bank (GIB).
The new woodchip combined heat and power (CHP) plant will supply 87.4GWh of renewable electricity per annum... [Read More]
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Aug 7, 2014
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending up to PLN295 million (€71 million) to the Polish energy company Tauron Polish Energy for its investments in renewable energy and energy efficiency in southern Poland, to be completed by the end of 2016.
With the support of the EIB, Tauron Group will expand its electricity distribution networks and upgrade the existing... [Read More]
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Jul 30, 2014
Another Scottish distillery is to go green after receiving funding from the UK Green Investment Bank (GIB).
Balmenach Distillery in Speyside is the third such facility to benefit from the GIB's investment in the Scottish drinks industry.
The project will be financed using £5 million of funding announced last month. Balmenach itself will also contribute capital in... [Read More]
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Jul 28, 2014
Dalkia, an energy services provider and subsidiary of Veolia Environnement and Electricité de France (EDF), and the Canadian investment fund Fengate Capital Management are joining forces to develop what will be their second biomass power plant in Merritt, British Columbia, Canada.
This plant will consume 307,000 tonnes a year of biomass to generate 40MW of electricity.... [Read More]
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Jul 28, 2014
Dong Energy Thermal Power is developing a renewable energy plant near Fredercia in Denmark that will supply district heating and power to local residents.
On 23 July, the Babcock and Wilcox Company (B&W) announced that B&W Vølund, a subsidiary of B&W Power Generation Group, was awarded a contract exceeding $80 million (€60 million) to build a 280MW-thermal... [Read More]
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Jul 28, 2014
Plans to build a £160 million (€202 million) biomass-fired power plant in Stockton-On-Tees, in the north of the UK, have been accepted and planning permission granted by Stockton Council.
Port Clarance Energy, a joint venture between Eco2 and Temporis Capital, is the behind the project, plans for which were submitted in April earlier this year.
The new power... [Read More]
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