Oct 29, 2018
‘New generation’ biomass fired CHP in Duiven
Biomass News
Oct 29, 2018
Reuters has reported that Swedish power company Vattenfall is considering converting to gas or biomass to fuel its German power stations.
Currently fuelled by coal, the company is thinking about switching to more renewable fuels as other utility companies in the country are preparing for a government deadline that will phase out coal altogether.
According... [Read More]
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Oct 22, 2018
According to The Economic Times, India’s largest power producer NTPC is to start biomass co-firing across all of its coal-based thermal power stations.
The Economic Times has reported that sources have said that NTPC will start procuring biomass pellets as well as torrefied biomass pellets and briquettes for the co-firing of its coal fired plants.
In an attempt to... [Read More]
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Oct 17, 2018
The UK government has launched a consultation on the restriction of new biomass installations in urban areas under the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI).
Introduced in November 2011, the RHI is a scheme put in place to incentivise and encourage the generation of heat from renewable energy sources by subsidising non-domestic users for every kilowatt an hour of renewable energy... [Read More]
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Oct 16, 2018
The UK Government’s Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy has appointed Triple Point, an FCA regulated investment management firm, as delivery partner for its £320 million heat network investment project.
BEIS’ aim is to create a self-sustaining heat network market to increase volume, improve quality and draw £1 billion of additional... [Read More]
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Oct 15, 2018
In a public release, a research team representing the Tomsk Polytechnic University (TPU) revealed its studies into pyrolysis, a process of thermal biomass decomposition in ‘an oxygen-free environment’.
The article, published in the Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry, used ‘pine sawdust’ and ‘peat straw’ as an example of common... [Read More]
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Oct 1, 2018
Renewable energy producer Albioma has announced the industrial commissioning of its 100% biogas/biomass plant. The plant, Galion 2, will be located in Martinique and was commissioned on the 26 September 2018.
According to the press release, Galion 2 has become the first 100% biogas/biomass plant in the French overseas departments and is dedicated to renewable energy production.
The... [Read More]
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Oct 1, 2018
Reported by Horizon, research by the CarboPlex team as part of a project coordinated by Dr. Jan Mumme, found that biochar has profoundly improved results when used in an additional process first.
Biochar is the result of biomass that is heated to 400-800°C to produce a charcoal-like material.
The CarboPlex team developed a material named CreChar, made from paper waste... [Read More]
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Sep 24, 2018
US-based technology solutions company, EQTEC, announced in a press release that it had signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with California-based power firm Phoenix Biomass, to supply its EQTEC Gasifier Technology (EGT) for two plants.
Both contracts are estimated to be worth €10 million ($11.7 million) collectively.
The press release detailed Phoenix’s... [Read More]
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Sep 24, 2018
Two biomass plants in South Carolina are to be acquired by Atlantic Power Corporation. One is located in Allendale and the other in Harleyville. Both plants were originally owned by EDF Renewables Inc. and were sold together for a total of $13 million (approximately €11.10 million).
The deal is expected to be finished by the third or fourth quarter of 2019 after a... [Read More]
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Sep 20, 2018
The Corinth Wood Pellets manufacturing facility in Corinth, Mississippi caught fire on Wednesday evening. Over 20 fire departments were controlling the fire that broke out.
The fire began at around 6pm in the manufacturing part of the mill. The blaze was described by the dispatcher as a large fire that would take some time to control. The firefighters were fighting the... [Read More]
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Sep 19, 2018
Power Philippines has reported that electric power distributor AboitixPower is looking to sell its 8.8 MW biomass plant located in Lian, Philippines.
The biomass plant was acquired by the company in 2016 and led to the expansion of its renewable energy work, as they previously produced hydro, run-off-river hydro, geothermal and solar energy.
The company’s... [Read More]
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Sep 18, 2018
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) announced in a press release that their combined heat and power plant (CHP) Kent Renewable Energy had commenced operations on September 13, two months ahead of schedule ‘to specification and within budget’.
The CHP plant has a capacity of 27MW and is in Sandwich, Kent within the United Kingdom.
With fuel locally sourced... [Read More]
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Sep 14, 2018
Edmonton Maple Reinders has completed construction of the High Solids Anaerobic Digester at the Edmonton Waste Centre.
The Canadian facility has been commissioned and handed over to the City of Edmonton. It is designed to integrate into the existing processing and transfer facility and will be able to process up to 48,000 tonnes of organic waste per year.
The digester... [Read More]
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Sep 14, 2018
As reported by local media outlet, New Hampshire Public Radio (NHPR), New Hampshire legislators voted and subsequently overturned the vetoing of Senate Bill 365 (SB365), a bill which focused on the subsidisation of biomass plants across the state.
The overturning occurred by a narrow margin of 226 to 113 (66.7%) legislators, which was the minimum number of votes needed... [Read More]
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Sep 12, 2018
J Murphy & Sons announced that it had landed a contract to develop a new energy and recycling facility in Huddersfield for Yorkshire Water. The firm estimates the deal to be worth over €64 million ($74 million).
The development will include new aerobic digesters; a new sludge reception plant; sludge thickening plant and storage; CHP and dual fuel boilers; sludge... [Read More]
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Sep 6, 2018
New Hampshire Public Radio reported that the Toxics Action Center (TAC) and the Energy Justice Network (EJN) have both come forward in their support of the Governor of New Hampshire Chris Sununu’s decision in June of this year to veto a bill designed to subsidise and encourage the development of biomass and solar energy across the state.
The biomass bill, Senate... [Read More]
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