Mar 29, 2017
Biomass plant rejection case taken to Vermont Supreme Court
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Mar 28, 2017
A proposed new biomass plant in the South West of England has caused controversy in the village where it is set to be built.
Residents of Woolavington, Somerset, have voiced their opposition and concerns about the new wood chip fuelled biomass plant. In particular, they argue that they have not received enough information about the new development. The proposal, by SHAL... [Read More]
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Mar 27, 2017
The construction of a renewable energy biomass cogeneration facility adjacent to Albany, USA’s Procter and Gamble manufacturing centre is on schedule, the $200 million (184 million euro) plant set to start producing energy and steam for its customers within 90 days.
When completed, the 50-megawatt cogeneration biomass facility will produce energy for Georgia Power,... [Read More]
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Mar 24, 2017
Six years after the natural disaster and the reactor catastrophe in the Fukushima prefecture today governor Masao Uchibori has launched a biomass-based power plant by pressing the button that starts the operations.
The clean energy power plant produced by UK-based Entrade, located at the small health resort Nishigo, uses biomass which is available in the region –... [Read More]
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Mar 22, 2017
A National Trust owned property is set to save £34,000 (€39, 256) a year by switching to an environmentally friendly biomass heating system.
Knightshayes Court in Tiverton, Devon, is undergoing the switch to the new, sustainable heating system this spring. It’s part of the National Trust’s goal to get 50% of its energy from renewable sources by 2020.... [Read More]
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Mar 20, 2017
Vietnam has huge potential to produce renewable energy from biomass-based sources, according to a new report for the Vietnam Energy Association (VEA).
Vietnam.net reported that the VEA said that this could amount to up to 1 billion kWh in 2020 and 6 billion kWh in 2050 from waste, Vietnam.net said, with a total amount from biomass and waste of up to 9 billion kWh in 2020... [Read More]
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Mar 17, 2017
A Chatham House expert has welcomed the International Energy Agency’s (IEA) contribution to the debate on whether using wood-based biomass for energy is speeding up climate warming.
Rob Bailey, research director of the Energy, Environment and Resources Department at Chatham House, told Bioenergy Insight: “It's good this discussion is being had and,... [Read More]
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Mar 15, 2017
Active Energy Group (AEG), a London Stock Exchange-listed firm and renewable energy specialist, has raised £11.57 million (€13.50m) via the issue of five-year convertible loan note to existing and new investors, with the cash set to be used to accelerate the development of the company’s CoalSwitch technology.
In a statement, AEG said it plans to build... [Read More]
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Mar 14, 2017
Environmental campaigning organisation Biofuelwatch has published a report which investigates a proposal for the world’s largest biomass gasification plant in Holyhead, and Orthios Group, the company behind it.
The proposed plant would, if successful, gasify pellets or woodchips made from up to 3 million tonnes of wood every year, and it would supply heat to “the... [Read More]
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Mar 13, 2017
Eggersmann Group is expanding its product offering with the acquisition of fellow German firm and biological drying technology specialist Convaero.
Eggersmann said that Bio-Dry, the biological drying technology of Convaero, is being integrated via an asset deal into its portfolio with immediate effect.
Marienfeld based Eggersmann has been active in the mechanical-biological... [Read More]
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Mar 13, 2017
More than 125 academics have joined the International Energy Agency Bioenergy Technology Collaboration Programme (IEA Bioenergy) slamming Chatham House’s recent report on bioenergy, calling it ‘misleading.
The group of academics from across the world and the IEA state that the report “does not present an objective overview of the current state of scientific... [Read More]
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Mar 10, 2017
Drax Biomass and the American Forest Foundation (AFF) has announced a multi-year project to invest in the future of small family landowners around Drax’s Morehouse BioEnergy facility in Northeast Louisiana.
The five-year, $1.1 million (€1.03m) project – the “Morehouse Family Forests Initiative” (MFFI) – will provide landowners... [Read More]
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Mar 10, 2017
The UK’s Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) published a long awaited report on biomass on the same day as the spring budget.
The report was entitled, ‘Use of North American woody biomass in UK electricity generation: Assessment of high carbon biomass fuel sourcing scenarios’.
The aim of the report is to improve understanding... [Read More]
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Mar 3, 2017
Finnish energy firm Fortum has installed a lithium-ion battery, which is believed to be the biggest in the Nordic countries, at its biomass power plant in Järvenpää for storage use.
The investment was part of Fortum’s Finland-based ‘Batcave project’ and cost around €1.6 million. Fortum will also receive a 30% energy investment subsidy... [Read More]
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Mar 2, 2017
US-based science and engineering centre Argonne National Laboratory has developed technology that synergistically uses two waste biomass streams to generate two bioproducts and enhance the process of anaerobic digestion (AD).
According to the organisation, the digestion of wastewater can be improved sludge by incorporating biomass-derived, carbon-sequestering char within... [Read More]
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Mar 1, 2017
A coalition of green groups is calling on the UK Chancellor Exchequer Philip Hammond to use his first budget statement to end future subsidies for biomass.
Non-governmental organisations (NGOs) such as NRDC, Biofuelwatch, Fern and Dogwood Alliance wrote a letter to earlier today (1 March, 2017). They wrote: “A large proportion of UK renewable energy is generated... [Read More]
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Feb 27, 2017
Japanese trading houses and electricity retailers are increasing their imports of wood chips and palm shells, with demand expected to surge amid a rush of construction of biomass power plants, according to a report from the Nikkei Asian Review.
The government is revising its fixed-price power purchase scheme so that the price for biomass-generated power falls to 21 yen... [Read More]
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