Apr 6, 2018
New funding for North of England’s bioeconomy
Biomass News
Apr 6, 2018
An EPC contractor has been appointed to construct a 25MW biomass plant as part of the South African Government’s recently signed Renewable Energy Independent Power Producer Programme (REIPPP).
Working as a consortium, ELB Engineering Services, KC Cottrell and the ELB Educational Trust have been appointed to construct the new facility by Ngodwana Energy. The biomass... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 6, 2018
Scientists in Canada are working on technology to produce renewable natural gas from manure. This gas could be used for heating homes and powering industries, while also eliminating harmful gases released by decomposing manure spread on farm fields and used as fertiliser.
According to the University of Waterloo researchers involved in the new study, this renewable natural... [Read More]
Biomass News
Apr 4, 2018
Veolia has been selected to operate and maintain three biomass-to-energy facilities on the US east coast.
Georgia Renewable Power (GRP) chose Veolia Energy Operating Services, a division of Veolia North America, to take charge of the new projects in Georgia and North Carolina.
Veolia will support the startup and commissioning of the biomass projects in Lumberton, North... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 4, 2018
British builder of on-site waste to energy plants Clearfleau has been acquired by German water treatment company EnviroChemie.
Part of SKion’s water portfolio, EnviroChemie supplies advanced water and wastewater treatment plants for clients in the industrial and commercial sectors. Clearfleau designs and builds on-site anaerobic digestion plants designed to generate... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 3, 2018
The Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA), the association for the UK’s anaerobic digestion industry, is among the signatories of a letter calling on the Scottish Government ‘to do more to help agriculture turn a corner and substantially reduce its greenhouse gas emissions’.
Specifically, the joint letter urges Scottish Cabinet Secretaries... [Read More]
Biomass News
Apr 3, 2018
Voltalia has commenced construction work on a new biomass power plant in the city of Cacao, French Guiana.
The plant will have a 25 year contract with secured tariff, generating between 10 and 15 million euros of annual energy sales revenues, according to a statement from Voltalia. The power production generated into the public grid will be sold at a much lower price than... [Read More]
Pellets News
Apr 3, 2018
BioPower Sustainable Energy Corporation (BioPower) has announced the acquisition of the assets of the former Rentech pellet plant in Atikokan, Ontario.
According to a statement, the agreement was made in December 2017, with BioPower’s acquisition of Rentech’s assets completed in January 2018.
Rentech Atikokan manufactures commercial grade wood pellets for the... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 3, 2018
An innovative power plant in Charlotte, North Carolina, is taking renewable biogas from hog farms in the state and using it to generate electricity.
According to a statement, it is the first time the technology has been applied from in-state farms.
The Optima KV project, in Duplin County, is capturing methane gas from the hog waste of five local farms, and transporting... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 29, 2018
The international waste-to-product company is selling the loss-making anaerobic digestion (AD) plant as part of a strategy to improve margins and returns. The price of the plant, now Olleco’s third, was not disclosed.
This is Renewi’s second sale this year and follows the company’s assessment of its UK Municipal Division. The company said in early March... [Read More]
Biomass News
Mar 27, 2018
The Sino-Thai company will build the 20.6MW, rubber wood-fed facility in South Thailand. The value of the contract was not disclosed.
Having received permission to proceed earlier in March 2018, the plant is expected to begin commercial operation in March 2020, when it will sell its generating capacity to the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand under the country’s... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 26, 2018
On 22 March, the India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy said that it is going to promote the use of tens of thousands of household biogas plants in an effort to replace the burning of biomass for cooking and light.
The National Biogas and Manure Management Programme (NBMMP) is aiming to see the adoption of 65,180 family-sized biogas plants over the next year... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 23, 2018
Bright Biomethane has been chosen to supply the biogas upgrading system for the Energy Conversion Facility in the Belgian municipality of Beerse. As well as marking Bright Biomethane’s first project in Belgium, it is also the ‘first’ biomethane installation in the country.
The biogas upgrade is being carried out for IOK Afvalbeheer, an organisation responsible... [Read More]
Biomass News
Mar 23, 2018
A report from the Cary Institute of Ecosystem Studies adds to the growing criticism of biomass' ability to curb carbon dioxide emissions. It also highlights the negative effects that artificial forests have on biodiversity.
While providing more analysis of the balance between carbon sequestration in forest growth and carbon emissions in burning, the study looks at the... [Read More]
Biomass News
Mar 22, 2018
A new study from the Energy Technologies Institute has looked at how second generation crops will help the UK meet its energy needs by 2050.
The research has found that water washing is the most effective technology to prepare crops for energy use.
Titled ‘Understanding variability in biomass feedstocks and the opportunities for pre-preprocessing’, the report... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 21, 2018
The London Assembly’s Environment Committee has published a new report looking at waste and recycling in the British capital.
Among its recommendations, the report calls on the Mayor, Sadiq Khan, to ‘facilitate the use, and if necessary the construction of anaerobic digestion facilities’. It also finds that burning waste to recover energy is not preferable... [Read More]
Pellets News
Mar 20, 2018
Biomass wood pellet supplier Y Pellets has appointed a new general manager.
Chris Wilson joins the company in the wake of the recent announcement that Y Pellets is to invest £10 million in constructing a new wood refinery in Goole, East Yorkshire.
Announcing the new facility back in February, Y Pellets claimed it was the first of its kind and only the second globally... [Read More]
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