Mar 21, 2019
Signed, €68m converting plant to 100% biomass
Biomass News
Mar 18, 2019
Researchers from the University of Illinois in the US, and the Aarhus University in Denmark are looking to examine a new cold-tolerant strand of the miscanthus plant to make it more efficient for biomass production.
The study details how Miscanthus x giganteus, which is the standard strain for current production, can be bred with Miscanthus sacchariflorus which can be... [Read More]
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Mar 14, 2019
French renewable energy producer Albioma announced that it has taken out a new long-term loan for its 34MW Albioma Caraïbes for a total of €68 million to convert the facility’s feedstock into 100% biomass.
It will also be used to finance the works required for making the plant comply with the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) which comes into force on... [Read More]
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Mar 8, 2019
In a recent press release, supplier of membrane biogas upgrading systems, Bright Biomethane has announced the construction of its first project in Scotland is set to start soon.
The construction of the modular and compact biogas upgrading system will take place in the north of Scotland, and will be producing sustainable biomethane from various wastes and residues.
Bright... [Read More]
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Mar 8, 2019
Fund management company Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) announced that its Templeborough biomass plant in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, UK has commenced operations.
“We are pleased to have achieved commercial operations, which is an important milestone. Construction was more challenging than expected however, we have always had a good cooperation with... [Read More]
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Mar 7, 2019
Plaintiffs from six different countries have filed an action in the European General Court, outlining that the inclusion of forest biomass as a renewable fuel ‘fatally’ undermines the goals of the Renewable Energy Directive (REDII).
Irish environmental NGO Friends of the Irish Environment (FIE)’s Tony Lowes is one of the plaintiffs in the legal challenge,... [Read More]
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Mar 7, 2019
Mumbai-based biomass supplier Punjab Renewable Energy Systems (PRESPL) is planning to raise up to $10 million in a Series B funding round, Mercom India reports.
PRESPL and the funding round is being promoted under the Bermaco Group.
“The bioenergy, biofuel sector in India is looking very bullish right now,” PRESPL managing director Monish Ahuja told Mercom... [Read More]
Biomass News
Mar 4, 2019
According to The Times, Drax has failed its emissions test at a US pellets plant in Louisiana.
The power station owner has admitted to breaching environmental rules in the US after one of its wood pellet plants significantly exceeded air pollution limits.
The Times reports that Drax has admitted that its Morehouse Bioenergy plant in Louisiana produces particulate emissions... [Read More]
Biomass News
Mar 1, 2019
A study has revealed that biomass burning from neighbouring regions is a major contributor to New Delhi’s winter pollution, Outlook India reports.
Published in the journal Nature Sustainability, the research suggests that urban emissions of black carbon from fossil fuel combustion are not always the predominant generators of pollution in cities like New Delhi.
“Black... [Read More]
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Mar 1, 2019
A letter written on behalf of 46 groups including environmental, climate and social justice organisations urges the EU not to proceed with proposals to permit the Cordemais power station to be kept open beyond 2021 by burning a mix of biomass and coal.
Referring to the Paris agreement, the groups state that keeping global warming to 1.5 or even 2 degrees above pre-industrial... [Read More]
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Feb 27, 2019
US-based operator ReEnergy is shutting down the ‘last’ running 39MW biomass plant in the Aroostock Count in Maine which currently employs 20 people, The County reports.
ReEnergy, which is headquartered in New York, stated in a release to The County that the plant in Ashland, Maine was not financially viable under current market conditions.
The plant is expected... [Read More]
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Feb 26, 2019
British electrical power generation company Drax revealed its end-of-year results, which includes a 9% increase in the Group’s EBITDA to a total of £250 million (€291 million).
Regarding biomass, Drax outlined that it had opened its third US biomass pellet plant, whilst detailing its outlook on biomass as an ‘attractive’ investment option for... [Read More]
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Feb 26, 2019
Valmet has announced that it has signed a ten year operation and maintenance agreement with Uni Viridas for the biomass plant in Babina Greda, Croatia.
The order has been included in the company’s first quarter of 2019 orders received; however the value of the order has not been disclosed.
The biomass plant is a fluidised bed boiler, BiowerPower 8, a plant with an... [Read More]
Biomass News
Feb 21, 2019
The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has recently released its joint report with Adaptation Committees assessing measures that they feel need to be adopted in the housing sector to manage climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
The CCC report states there are currently 27.2 million households in the UK and the government is committed to building around 1.5... [Read More]
Biomass News
Feb 20, 2019
The government of Massachusetts announced that the Baker-Polito administration has awarded five grants totalling $2,889,285 (€2,548,681) to Massachusetts businesses to fund infrastructure projects to increase the availability of low-carbon, renewable heating fuels.
The grants have been funded by the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) as part of the... [Read More]
Biomass News
Feb 20, 2019
The Lancashire Post reports that plans to build a £200 million (€229 million) biomass plant are underway in Preston, Lancashire that would have the capacity to turn up to 395,000 tonnes of residual waste per year, into alternative fuel.
Infrastructure development company, Miller Turner have told the Lancashire Post that the plant will burn largely biomass waste... [Read More]
Biomass News
Feb 13, 2019
Canada’s government announced a federal investment of up to $7 million (€6.19 million) to a biomass cluster under the Canadian Agricultural Partnership.
The cluster, led by producer BioFuelNet Canada Network, will also include an additional $3.1 million (€2.74 million) in contributions from the industry for a total of $10.1 million (€8.93 million).
Three... [Read More]
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