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Stainless steel producer Outokumpu has decided to invest in a pelletising plant to produce biocoke at its site in Tornio, Finland. The investment is approximately €30 million and the aim is to start production mid-2025. The company said that replacing fossil coke with renewable raw materials from biomass is one of the key drivers to reduce its direct emissions in its operations. The carbon…
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Greenhill Energy has launched its $425 million plans to build Australia’s first full integrated processing facility to convert landfill waste and sustainable biomass into high value products such as fertilisers and synthetic fuels, and into low-cost clean hydrogen for use in emission free power and transport. Following recent positive trials and ongoing research and development, Greenhill…
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The European Commission has approved a €140 million Portuguese scheme to support the production of renewable hydrogen and biomethane to foster the transition to a net-zero economy, in line with the Green Deal Industrial Plan. The scheme was approved under the State aid Temporary Crisis and Transition Framework, adopted by the Commission on 9 March 2023 and amended on 20 November 2023, to…
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Aker Carbon Capture has been awarded a feasibility study by Limeco, a Swiss company that is planning to construct a new waste-to-energy plant in Dietikon, in the canton of Zurich, Switzerland. The new waste incineration plant will consist of two identical incineration lines. Aker Carbon Capture's standardised and modularised carbon capture units are developed for this volume of CO2, the company…
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An upgrade from producing electricity to gas at a local anaerobic digestion facility has transformed a Norfolk town into one of the UK’s first green communities. Bioenergy Insight finds out more. The picturesque town of Attleborough in Norfolk, England, has found a new claim to fame. An upgrade to an existing anaerobic digestion (AD) plant on a former turkey rearing site means the town is now…
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Task Force 3 of the Biomethane Industrial Partnership has published its report on feedstock potentials from marginal and contaminated lands. The report examines the untapped potential of cultivating biomass on marginal lands and contaminated lands across Europe. While several biowaste streams remain untapped, the report emphasises that their full potential alone cannot fulfill biofuel…
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The U.S. Department of Agriculture has awarded two Delaware State University researchers a three-year grant of almost $300,000 (€273.7) for a project that could leverage the properties of microalgae toward energy and cancer treatment purposes. The research is being led by Dr. Ali Parsaeimehr, Principal Investigator (PI) and DSU Postdoctoral Researcher, and Dr. Gulnihal Ozbay, Co-PI and…
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Bühler’s Energy Recovery Centre, built in partnership with Belgian company Vyncke, is fully operational and ready for customer trials. Officially opened on November 20, the facility provides heating for Bühler offices in Uzwil by using biomass generated at its application and training centres. Moreover, the Energy Recovery Centre, the world’s only application centre of this kind and size,…
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The Acorn Partners – Storegga, Shell U.K Limited (Shell), Harbour Energy and North Sea Midstream Partners (NSMP) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Uniper, an international energy company operating over 22GW of generation capacity in Europe and one of the world’s largest power producers. Uniper is developing proposals to retrofit post-combustion carbon capture technology on…
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The UK government has announced £2 billion (€2.3 billion) in government funding over the next 15 years for 11 major hydrogen projects. Confirmed suppliers will receive a guaranteed price from the government for the clean energy they supply. The government said this represents the largest number of commercial scale green hydrogen production projects announced at once anywhere in…
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The Polish division of the German energy group E.ON, E.ON Polska, will open its first biogas plant in the country in 2024. The facility, which will have an installed capacity of 1 MWe in high-efficiency cogeneration, will be installed near Pultusk. E.ON said this investment is part of its strategy, in actively participating in the energy transition. The organisation added that Poland is still…
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Enchanted Rock, a provider of electrical resiliency microgrids, and U.S. Energy, a vertically integrated energy solutions provider proficient in refined products, alternative fuels and environmental credits, have announced a partnership to procure renewable natural gas (RNG) for Microsoft’s new data centre in San Jose during grid outages and when California’s Base Interruptible Power (BIP) is…
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The UK government recognises the importance of waste wood biomass and is considering transitional support for the sector after the ROCs and RHI subsidies end, according to Energy Minister Graham Stuart. Stuart’s comments came in his recent response to a letter sent by the Wood Recyclers’ Association (WRA) to the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ). In the letter, WRA chair…
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European support for biogas plants to the tune of €2.4 billion mean biogas investments in Czechia are likely to increase significantly in 2024, according to an analysis from consulting firm EGU Brno. According to last year's data from the Czech Biogas Association, there were 574 biogas plants in the country, with a total installed capacity of 367 megawatts (MW). The subsidies, approved by the…
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