Aug 7, 2024
Dobbins biomass plant receives financing from Yuba Water Agency
Biomass News
Aug 6, 2024
DB Cargo UK has announced that all trains it operates for Drax Group in and out of the UK’s largest renewable energy plant near Selby in North Yorkshire, will be powered by environmentally friendly Hydro-treated Vegetable Oil (HVO), having switched entirely to the fuel.
Drax Group, a leading producer of renewable energy, has taken the decision to switch to the 100%... [Read More]
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Aug 5, 2024
RENOVA has announced the resumption of the operation of its Tokushima-Tsuda biomass power plant following maintenance works. A further shutdown is scheduled for the end of September for long-term improvements.
The biomass plant's resumption comes after repair work following regular inspection and maintenance carried out in April.
These interventions are crucial to ensure... [Read More]
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Aug 5, 2024
Industrial Accessories Company (IAC) has been named to design, build, and commission two waste heat biomass drying systems for SDI Biocarbon Solutions, LLC.
Steel Dynamics, Inc. announced the selection of Columbus, Mississippi in the US as the location for the initial SDI Biocarbon Solutions biocarbon production operations, a joint venture between the company and Aymium.
The... [Read More]
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Aug 2, 2024
Research from Liverpool John Moores University’s School of Biological and Environmental Sciences is boosting commercial production of Miscanthus grass, which it said is a key material for the burgeoning biomass energy sector.
A team, led by senior lecturer in plant biology Dr Richard Webster has produced Miscanthus hybrids to increase seed production of the crop.
“Seed... [Read More]
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Aug 1, 2024
Japan Petroleum Exploration (JAPEX), Yonden Business, and SHINKO DENSO have announced that the Ozu Biomass Power Plant in Japan has achieved its commercial operation date of today (1 August).
The Ozu City-based power plant is a biomass-only thermal power plant using wood pellets as fuel.
With a power output of 50,000 kW and an annual power generation of approximately... [Read More]
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Jul 31, 2024
hte Co., a company specialising in high-throughput experimentation, has entered an R&D service agreement with SUEZ.
This collaboration is focused on the screening of various catalytic materials to convert biomass-derived feedstocks into sustainable gases.
This biomass valorisation R&D project featured a catalyst benchmarking step and subsequent poisoning resistance... [Read More]
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Jul 30, 2024
Italian tissue group Sofidel France has announced that the second biomass boiler at its Frouard tissue mill in north-east France is on its way.
Construction will begin in the autumn, and commissioning is scheduled for next year.
The investment will allow the plant to reduce its CO2 emissions by 9,100 tons per year, according to the company.
In Frouard, a biomass boiler... [Read More]
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Jul 29, 2024
PLN Indonesia Power (PLN IP) has announced an investment in a Solid Biomass Fuel (BBJP) production facility in Medan, developed through its Pangkalan Susu Generation Business Unit (UBP), reported Kontan.co.id.
The pilot project for the BBJP Plant is located at the Terjun landfill in Medan Marelan, Medan City, and is being developed in collaboration with the Medan City... [Read More]
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Jul 26, 2024
Forestalia's biomass plant in Cubillos del Sil (El Bierzo) in Spain has entered a technical shutdown phase.
The cessation of activity has been necessary to adjust the plant's activity 'to the rate of collection of economic compensation provided for in the current ministerial order, as well as adjustments in the supply of agroforestry biomass', according to the company.
During... [Read More]
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Jul 23, 2024
Arable land used to grow bioenergy crops has hit a record high, but capacity issues saw the electricity generated from biomass fall 15% in a year, according to analysis of government data by waste-to-hydrogen company Compact Syngas Solutions.
Some 133,000 hectares of agricultural land were used to grow crops for bioenergy in 2023, a 39% rise on the 96,000 hectares used... [Read More]
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Jul 22, 2024
Next month, Bridgwater in Somerset, England, will become the first town to benefit from green fuel generated at a local recycling plant, reported The Sunday Times.
Grass clippings from roadside verges in South Gloucestershire will go through a 45-day anaerobic digestion (AD) process. The first batch weighed 13 tonnes.
Alan Armstead, commercial director of Cannington... [Read More]
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Jul 22, 2024
Tata Steel has completed a successful trial consisting of utilising biomass fuel in its Ferro Alloys and Minerals Division (FAMD) at Athagarh, Odisha in India.
The trial involved substitution of conventional fossil fuels with biomass, to mark a significant step towards sustainable ferrochrome production and reducing its carbon footprint.
The process will help replace... [Read More]
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Jul 22, 2024
Suzano, the world's largest market pulp producer, has announced the successful operational startup of its new mill, which it said is the largest single pulp production line in the world, in Ribas do Rio Pardo, Mato Grosso do Sul state, Brazil.
This marks the completion of one of Brazil's largest ever private investment projects.
This facility will have an annual production... [Read More]
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Jul 19, 2024
The Town of Swan River and Ecostrat have announced the issue of an investment grade BDO Zone ‘BBB’ Rating for Woody Biomass.
The Swan River BDO Zone is the first rating in the Province of Manitoba and extends a 120-km drive distance from the centre point in Swan River, Manitoba.
Swan River's 'BBB' rating indicates a good prospective capacity to support new biobased... [Read More]
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Jul 19, 2024
An explosion took place at a biomass plant in Ishikari, Hokkaido in Japan today (19 July).
The local fire department and the plant's operating company said that an employee was rushed to hospital as a result.
Operated by Ishikari Bio Energy Godo Kaisha, a local organisation, the fire department received the alert at around 9.30am.
According to the authorities, the explosion... [Read More]
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Jul 18, 2024
Danish biomass company Dall Energy has made its biggest ever deal with French energy firm Coriance/Caen la Mer Energie Verte.
Dall will provide four biomass boilers to expand the existing Caen Nord Heating Network and Hérouville-Saint-Clair Heating Network in Caen
la Mer and help power nearly 40,000 homes with 100% renewable and recovered energy by 2031.
The total... [Read More]
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