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The B2B marketplace and supply chain solutions provider ProcMart has ventured into end-to-end procurement services of biomass briquettes as a potential alternative sustainable energy source, reported ITLN. In a press release, ProcMart stated it will source high-quality biomass briquettes from certified and approved vendors and then supply them to various plants pan India. It also said it will…
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Resource management company Geminor has announced it handled 1.82 million tonnes of waste in Europe last year, bringing an increase of almost 9% from 2021. The total tonnage handled by Geminor in 2022 ended at 1,815,281 tonnes - up from 1,670,907 tonnes in 2021. Residual waste for energy recovery (RDF/SRF) is growing by as much as 14%, accounting for more than two-thirds of the total volume…
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The UK parliament has released a research briefing analysing the country's current position on, and outlook for, the use of biomass. It stated that the Climate Change Committee (CCC) expects demand for biomass in the UK to rise significantly in the coming decades, as a means to supply bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS). It also expects demand to increase from other industries…
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The Ministry of Hydrocarbons of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) has selected US firm Symbion Power as the winner of a major contract for the development of the Makelele biogas project in Lake Kivu, reported APO Group. The project will include over $300 million in investment for the development of a 60 MW gas-to-electricity system to connect consumers in Goma and the North and South of…
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The Indian Biogas Association (IBA) has requested the government set aside Rs 1,000-crore (€113 million) in its upcoming budget to promote the use of fermented organic manure (FOM) in agriculture, reported Outlook India. FOM is generated as a waste in the anaerobic digestion process. According to the IBA, around 2,000 tonnes of FOM is generated in India, which could be used in…
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Bioenergy Europe has announced the release of its 2022 Statistical Report Bioenergy Landscape and its accompanying Policy Brief. This report analyses the current state of European energy sources, energy production and consumption, biomass trade and sector employment. The organisation stated that Russia's military aggression against Ukraine has exposed the European Union's (EU) over-reliance on…
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Starting in January 2023, Zurich-based Hitachi Zosen Inova AG (HZI) has announced it will work with its long-standing Italian project partner Cesaro Mac Import (CMI) to build its 20th Kompogas® plant for the dry fermentation of biogenic waste. The plant will treat organic waste from the province of Brindisi to produce biogas, and from November 2023 the gas will be used to generate renewable…
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The European Biogas Association has released its 2022 Activity Report. It outlined one of its most significant achievements as launching the Biomethane Industrial Partnership (BIP) at October's European Biogas Conference. The BIP began with a call in December 2021 for a public-private sector partnership for biomethane deployment. It aims to support the achievement of the target to increase…
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Aggreko, a world-leading provider of mobile modular power, temperature control and energy services, has been selected through a competitive tender by EDF La Réunion to provide 24MV diesel mobile power units to the Bois-Rouge power plant in Réunion Island, a French Department on the Indian Ocean. The power solution will enable EDF La Réunion to convert the plant from coal to biomass without…
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PT Energi Primer Indonesia, a subsidiary of PT PLN (Persero), has strengthened its supply chain of biomass as a substitute for coal for steam power plants (PLTU). The company's president director, Iwan Agung Firstantara, said a memorandum of understanding (MoU) had been agreed with PT Energy Management Indonesia and PT Alpha Rizki Teknologi for developing and managing biomass. "This…
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Kejuruteraan Asastera Bhd (KAB) has announced it is acquiring the entire stake in Future Biomass Gasification Sdn Bhd (FBG) and its biogas power plant asset for a total of RM15 million (€3.2m). The agreement follows from an earlier signing of the term sheet on the proposed acquisition, which was announced on 9 November 2022, and the completion of due diligence processes. KAB stated that FBG…
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The new Norwegian Climate Investment Fund, managed by Norfund, has announced it is investing 600 million NOK (€56m) in equity in SAEL, an Indian solar and agri waste-to-energy company. The organisation said the investment will contribute to avoiding more than 2.8 million tons of CO2 emissions and improving air quality by reducing stubble burning. Each year farmers in Northern India are forced…
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Ländwarme, a leading biomethane supplier, service provider and trader in Europe, told Bioenergy Insight about the importance of Carbon Capture and Storage. "On our way to halt climate change, negative emissions are a crucial component. Therefore, we cannot forgo technologies such as Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) — used most efficiently in combination with bioenergy in order to remove CO2…
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