Dec 4, 2015
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Nov 26, 2015
E.ON UK, a subsidiary of the German power company E.ON has confirmed that Ironbridge Power Station in Shropshire will cease commercial generation and will close permanently following.
The iconic plant, which has reached its 20,000 hours limit of generation under the Large Combustion Plant Directive, was officially first synchronised to the grid by former E.ON colleague... [Read More]
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Nov 24, 2015
Bioenergy Infrastructure Group (BIG), a platform established to invest and operate biomass plants in the UK, has reached financial close on its second waste-to-energy project.
The new £200 million (€284 million) plant has a 25MW capacity and will be located on 7.5 acres in Hull, East Yorkshire.
BIG was established by cornerstone investor Infracapital, alongside... [Read More]
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Nov 20, 2015
Aalborg Energie Technik, a Danish biomass engineering company, has received an order for the conversion of Østkraft's 20-year-old boiler plant to combust biomass instead of coal.
The conversion and rebuilding with installation and commissioning will take place from July to September 2016.
After the conversion the plant will be capable of firing any combination of... [Read More]
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Nov 19, 2015
MPC Capital, a German investment company, is set to construct an 18MW biomass power plant in Brazil.
The plant, which will be fed by rice husk, will be built in the city of Itaqui, Rio Grande do Sul state.
Building is projected to start in 2016 with an investment of BRL208 million (€51.2m).
The Itaqui plant, with an annual processing capacity of 140,000 tonnes of... [Read More]
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Nov 16, 2015
Babcock & Wilcox Vølund, a Danish thermal energy producer, has ordered a state-of-the-art biomass handling system from Saxlund, part of the Swedish Opcon Group.
The system will be delivered to Babcock & Wilcox Vølund’s (BWV) Templeborough Biomass Power Plant in Sheffield, UK.
The scope of the order is the design, manufacturing, delivery, and... [Read More]
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Nov 13, 2015
Hamrick Engineering, a US-based start-up, has received a broad patent for extracting sugars and nanocellulose from lignocellulosic biomass by the US Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).
This new technology uses an environmentally benign technique of vacuum infusion of hydrolysis catalysts into biomass.
‘This ground-breaking patent describes how to extract sugars... [Read More]
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Nov 10, 2015
Operations have started at Hitachi Zosen Corp.'s 3 billion yen (€22.7 million) Miyanosato biomass-fired power plant in Hitachiota City, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan.
Hitachi Zosen has been building the plant, with a power output of 5,750kW, since 2013.
The new facility will process waste wood, a material that is abundantly available in Ibaraki due to the large forestry... [Read More]
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Nov 6, 2015
Veolia, through its subsidiary Veolia Japan, has been awarded two contracts to operate two biomass-fired power plants in northern Japan, in partnership with local environmental services company Takeei.
These two contracts, both of which have been signed for 20 years, represent total revenue of €90 million for Veolia.
The facilities, which are located in the cities... [Read More]
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Nov 6, 2015
PrecisionHawk, a terrestrial data acquisition and analysis company, and Genera Energy have partnered to develop new analysis algorithms specific to improving the efficiency and quality of sustainable biomass crop production and distribution.
The algorithms will convert raw aerial imagery collected by drones and satellites into an actionable report for biomass crop farmers.
The... [Read More]
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Nov 6, 2015
Downing, a London-based investment management firm, has recently agreed terms for a £20 million (€27.8m) pipeline of biomass installations with Strand Energy.
Under the terms of the agreement, Downing and Strand will form a joint venture – Strand Energy (Biomass) – to invest in biomass heating installations.
The joint venture has an initial target... [Read More]
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Oct 30, 2015
CoGen has reached financial close and started construction on Ince Bio Power, a 21.5MW waste biomass project in Protos, Cheshire, UK.
The Ince Bio Power project is the fourth such biomass power project by developer CoGen and follows the projects of Birmingham Bio Power in the West Midlands, Welland Bio Power in Northamptonshire and Dartmoor Bio Power in Plymouth.
Ince... [Read More]
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Oct 29, 2015
Following the acquisition of biotechnology company Virdia last year, Stora Enso is building a demonstration and market development plant at Raceland, Louisiana, US.
The new plant will become the Stora Enso Biomaterials divisions’ US headquarters. It uses technology developed by Virdia and enables cellulosic biomass, such as wood or agricultural waste, to be... [Read More]
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Oct 28, 2015
The ReEnergy Black River biomass power facility has begun to deliver behind-the-meter electricity to Fort Drum, enhancing the post's energy security by allowing it to be independent from the electrical grid.
The interconnection, a $15 million (€13.5 million) project that connected the power plant to Fort Drum's two substations, was required under the terms of ReEnergy... [Read More]
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Oct 27, 2015
Biomass Supplies (Pvt), a company based in Sri Lanka, has earned the Roundtable on Sustainable Biomaterials (RSB) certification for biomass produced from branches pruned from live fences of Gliricidia trees.
The certification covers Biomass Supplies' work with 30,000 small farmers who have planted 60 million new trees on their fences. Gliricidia is a fast-growing, short-rotation... [Read More]
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Oct 27, 2015
The European Biomass Association (AEBIOM) has released its annual statistical report, providing an outlook on European bioenergy for 2015.
According to the report, bioenergy accounts for more than 60% of all renewable energy consumed in Europe's 28 member countries.
'Today, bioenergy is by far the leading renewable energy source in Europe, accounting for 61.2% of all RES... [Read More]
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Oct 27, 2015
Poland can increase its share of renewable energy in power generation from 7% in 2010 to nearly 38% by 2030, according to a report released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA).
REmap 2030 Renewable Energy Prospects for Poland, prepared with input from the Polish Ministry of Economy, also finds the share of renewable energy in total final energy consumption... [Read More]
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