Aug 31, 2017
Arensis buys Scotland-based wood pellet plant
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Aug 30, 2017
Researchers in China have developed a new process to turn fallen leaves into a capacitor which could be used to store energy in electronic devices.
Deciduous phoenix trees lining the roadside of Northern China produce a blanket of fallen leaves every autumn. Generally, these leaves are burnt as the temperatures drop, contributing to China’s air pollution problem.... [Read More]
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Aug 21, 2017
Bioenergy Infrastructure Group (BIG) has announced substantial additions its portfolio by acquiring 20 assets from the UK Green Investment Bank.
The assets included as part of the transaction are four biomass and waste-to-energy facilities, 15 anaerobic digestion plants and a materials recovery facility, which combined have a generating capacity of more than 70MW.
BIG... [Read More]
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Aug 21, 2017
Glennmont Partners has completed the £150 million refinancing of the Sleaford Renewable Energy plant.
Located in Lincolnshire, UK, Sleaford REP is a 40MWe straw-fired biomass plant. In operation since 2014, the plant is operated by Burmeister & Wain Scandinavian Contractor (BWSC). It provides free heat to the local community under long-term offtake contracts.
Glennmont... [Read More]
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Aug 17, 2017
Frozen vegetable company Greenyard Frozen will receive new Entrade biomass energy units that will provide clean electricity, heating and cooling for two UK sites.
Entrade is a Germany-headquarted biomass equipment specialist.
Thirty-two new biomass units will replace old gas boilers and electric heating units at Greenyard Frozen’s operations at Kings Lynn and Boston,... [Read More]
Biomass News
Aug 10, 2017
The Almond Alliance of California has called for increased funding from the Farm Bill in order to help develop bioenergy outlets for almond biomass and byproducts in the state.
Kelly Covello, president of the Almond Alliance of California, explained to a Farm Bill listening session in Modesto that the legislation was important to the almond industry in the areas of trade,... [Read More]
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Aug 7, 2017
A new biomass centre had been opened at the University of Northampton. The facility uses woodchip biomass and gas to provide hot water and low carbon heating to buildings around the University’s Waterside campus.
Renewable energy specialists Vital Energi worked closely with the University’s Project Management team to build the 1.5MW biomass powered energy centre.... [Read More]
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Aug 7, 2017
Investors are expecting more renewable energy to be produced from waste management centres and landfill sites over the next five years, according to new research.
Renewable Energy Waste Solutions (REWS), a new renewable energy company, found 72% of institutional investors and IFAs expect that over the next five years recycling and waste management centres will increasingly... [Read More]
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Aug 7, 2017
Wood pellet giant Enviva has reported strong quarter two results for the period ended 30 June, 2017.
Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation (EBITDA) improved to $24.5 million (€20.75 million) for the second quarter of 2017, a 14.8% increase compared to the corresponding period in 2016.
The increase in adjusted EBITDA was driven by... [Read More]
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Aug 2, 2017
A £6.5 million (€7.6 million) biomass energy project has officially opened at the University of Northampton’s Waterside Campus.
On 1 August, 2017, members from The University of Northampton and sustainable energy specialists, Vital Energi took the opportunity to celebrate the opening by officially switching the 27sqm LED screen on, which was performed... [Read More]
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Aug 2, 2017
A Californian biomass plant is at the heart of the launch of the ‘first’ software-defined network for critical infrastructure.
Dispersive Technologies new Internet-based, software-defined network for use by California’s energy grid operator to connect entities using real-time devices to the grid’s energy management system, has now gone live.
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Aug 1, 2017
The “first” pan-African expert network on food and non-food biomass has been launched by African and German researchers.
BiomassNet aims to ensure that food security and environmental sustainability are not compromised in the development of new biomass uses. The scheme’s developers claim this will help to strengthen the emerging African bioeconomies.
The... [Read More]
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Aug 1, 2017
Bioenergy can play a role in reducing the risk of forest fires, according to a video recently published on the European Forest Institute’s website.
Across the world, forest fires devastate large areas of forest every year. In 2017, the tragic trend has been seen in forest fires in France, the USA and Portugal. In its new video, the EFI looks at the factors behind... [Read More]
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Jul 31, 2017
New insights have been gained into a unique system some fungi use to digest and recycle wood.
Remarkably, a new study suggests that this unusual mechanism does not involve the use of enzymes, the usual accelerators of chemical reactions.
Microbiologist Barry Goodell first discovered the unique system twenty years ago. However, although three orders of ‘brown rot’... [Read More]
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Jul 28, 2017
New research from Rice University claims biochar from recycled waste boosts crop growth and reduces health costs by helping clean the air of pollutants.
Scientists from the university have concluded that widespread use of biochar in agriculture could significantly reduce health care costs, particularly for those living in urban areas close to farmland.
The research was... [Read More]
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Jul 21, 2017
Wood pellet giant Enviva has released its latest proprietary Track & Trace forestry data, highlighting the company’s ongoing commitment to a sustainable and transparent supply chain.
These data are another key tool for measuring and demonstrating Enviva’s sustainability practices throughout the Southeastern US.
“We are committed to keeping forests... [Read More]
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Jul 20, 2017
UK power giant Drax has announced that it is pressing ahead with its biomass plans as new figures show the company produced about 17% of the UK’s renewable electricity in the first half of 2017.
The company, which runs a coal and biomass plant in North Yorkshire, UK, published its half-year results for the six months ended 30 June, 2017, yesterday (19 July,2017).
Three... [Read More]
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