Feb 17, 2017
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Feb 17, 2017
A US, Alabama-based, company has agreed to buy a shuttered biomass plant fuelled by wood chips, from Niagara Worldwide in Maine.
42 Railroad Ave plans to reopen the plant by late June and plans to bring around 300 jobs the area.
In a statement, company CEO Steven Johnson, said he plans to rebuild the turbine, activate new transmission lines and build a rotary kiln to produce... [Read More]
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Feb 6, 2017
Canada-based Hefler Forest Products has sold its 3.7MW biomass power plant in Middle Sackville, Nova Scotia, the first sale of its kind in Canada.
The new owners, Hawthorne Capital and Katalyst Wind, are considering having a third party operate the sawmill on site.
Kevin Bromley, a PricewaterhouseCoopers partner, told The Chronicle Herald the sale... [Read More]
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Feb 6, 2017
US-based Rocky Mountain Power will test a new biomass fuel that may reduce the amount of coal being burned by power plants, according to a media report in Bloomberg.
The Utah-headquartered utility, which is part of Pacificorp, will use a plant in Utah to test a biomass fuel made by Active Energy Group Plc, Paul Murphy, a spokesman for RMP told Bloomberg. Active Energy’s... [Read More]
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Feb 3, 2017
Dong Energy has decided that by 2023, coal will no longer be used as fuel at the company’s power stations. The decision is a result of the company’s vision to lead the way in the transformation to a sustainable energy system and to create a leading green energy company.
Since 2006, Dong Energy has reduced its coal consumption by 73%, and the company has now... [Read More]
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Feb 2, 2017
The Africa Development Bank (ADB) has given a grant of $1m (€1.14m) to renewable energy firm Earth Energy to develop a 20MW biomass power plant in northern Uganda in order to mitigate climate change due to deforestation, according to news website AllAfrica.com
, climate change is fundamentally a development issue which is threatening to worsen poverty and hurt economic... [Read More]
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Jan 26, 2017
ILC Construction AS has placed an order worth NOK 35 million (€3.91m) with Pilum, the energy and environmental technology Group’s subsidiary Hotab Biosystems , for a turnkey subcontracting solution to deliver a heating plant to the Oslofjord Convention Centre in Stokke, Norway to provide district heating for the convention centre.
Oslofjord Convention... [Read More]
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Jan 26, 2017
Michael Wild, president of the IBTC (International Biomass Torrefaction Council), gives his views on the year ahead.
Right now, the question on people’s minds is what 2017 might have in store for us. Yet, what we do know is that the turn from 2016 and 2017 seems to be a kind of watershed for the torrefaction industry.
For many years the industry put a lot of... [Read More]
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Jan 25, 2017
A well-known biomass recycling plant located on the Pengarnddu Industrial Estate in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, is to be sold by online auction by Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council.
The council has recently been successful in regaining control over the property through court action.
The green energy recycling complex lies within an elevated 6.5 acre site on the busy... [Read More]
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Jan 25, 2017
Philippines-based Victorias Milling Co. is expected to complete a cogeneration biomass power plant with 40MW capacity by the end of the year, according to media reports.
According to online reports by Business World Online.com, VMC president and chief operating officer Eduardo V. Concepcion said the plant, which will run mainly on bagasse - a by-product of sugarcane, is... [Read More]
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Jan 23, 2017
South Korea-based Hana Financial Investment Co. will finance a project constructing a 200MW biomass power plant worth $550.7 million (€512m) in Gunsan, west of South Korea.
According to Pulsenews.com, the biomass facility will be led by state-run utility firm Korea Midland Power Co. Under the terms of agreement, the financial institution will provide funds to the... [Read More]
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Jan 19, 2017
Environmental group Friends of the Earth has launched a campaign against a planned experimental biomass and waste gasification plant in the UK.
Energy company Egnedol has submitted a planning application for a renewable energy plant to be located in Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire.
The application also includes plans to use its waste CO2 within other industries, such as fish... [Read More]
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Jan 19, 2017
EPH Lynemouth Power has awarded Emerson a contract to help convert the 44-year-old coal-fired Lynemouth power station to a new biomass-fuelled power plant.
As main automation contractor and main electrical contractor, Emerson is responsible for helping the project come online within budget and on time.
Should the conversion be finished on schedule in late 2017, the plant,... [Read More]
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Jan 18, 2017
The Wood Recyclers’ Association (WRA) has joined forces with its German equivalent BAV in a reciprocal arrangement that will see the two organisations sharing knowledge and information.
WRA Chairman Andy Hill and Executive Director Julia Turner attended a conference organised by BAV (the German Waste Wood Society) in Berlin at the end of last year.
Hill gave German... [Read More]
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Jan 16, 2017
Beijing will strengthen environmental protection in 2017 by organizing an environmental police force to step up supervision and accountability in its 16 districts, according to acting mayor Cai Qi.
"Open-air barbecues, garbage incineration, biomass burning, dust from roads -- these acts of non-compliance with regulations are actually the result of lax supervision and weak... [Read More]
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Jan 6, 2017
Irish energy specialist Bord na Móna is to stop importing palm kernel shells from plantations in some of the world’s most biodiverse countries following concerns that it is helping to fuel deforestation.
According to The Irish Times, since 2010, more than 150,000 tonnes of palm kernel shells (PKS) have been bought by the semi-state company to burn along with... [Read More]
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Dec 20, 2016
GB Railfreight (GBRf), one of the largest rail freight operators in the UK, has announced it has signed a rail haulage contract with Lynemouth Power (LPL), to build 50 new purpose built high capacity biomass hopper wagons, following a successful tender submission.
The new hoppers are estimated to start their service on the 1st October 2017. GBRf plans to run 27 trains... [Read More]
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