Europe’s electricity sector is eager to play a role in delivering clean energy for all Europeans, making electricity a central carrier for the continent’s low carbon economy, according to the pan-European Union of the Electric Industry, EURELECTRIC. A 23 March meeting of EURELECTRIC’s board of directors saw the electricity sector agree to a joint position... [Read More]

Mitsubishi Corp. Power Systems, Inc. (MCP), a wholly owned subsidiary of Mitsubishi Corp.(MC), has joined with The Kansai Electric Power Co., Inc. (KEPCO) to establish a new joint venture to develop biomass power. The new venture, Aioi Bioenergy Corp., is being set up to promote and develop biomass power generation business in Japan. The new venture will have an initial... [Read More]

A UK-based renewables company has completed work on its new combined heat and power (CHP) plant, with support of an £8.5 million (9.94m) finance facility from HSBC. Dorset-based Eco Sustainable Solutions, which reprocesses wood waste and organic materials into soils, composts and turf products for clients across the south coast, has used an equipment finance facility... [Read More]

The UK’s industrial strategy must be low carbon and resource efficient, according to several leading business voices that have contributed to a collection of essays on the topic for the Green Alliance.  In a new collection of essays, published by UK-based independent environmental think tank Green Alliance , seven business and policy voices,... [Read More]

Waste management firm Powerday has commenced a new contract with Northern European waste-to-energy company Geminor for the export of 170,000 tonnes of refuse derived fuel (RDF) to Sweden. The company produces RDF at its Old Oak Sidings and Enfield Materials Recycling Facilities and then loads them for transfer. Under the contract with Geminor, the material is taken to... [Read More]

UK anaerobic digestion (AD) company Agrivert has supported a group of tiny bananas that took over Oxfordshire-based Blenheim Palace in a bid to raise awareness about how local food waste is being turned into renewable energy and biofertiliser. Pupils from an Oxfordshire Primary School donned banana costumes and roamed the Palace grounds, learning how UK households... [Read More]

Wood pellet manufacturing company Drax Biomass has won the bidding battle for the acquisition of the bankrupt Louisiana Pellets.   Drax Biomass operates two huge white pellet storage domes at the Port of Greater Baton Rouge, as well as two other pellet production facilities in the area. Urania based Louisiana Pellets filed for bankruptcy in early 2016, and recently... [Read More]

Uniting bioenergy markets will be the focus for the Bioenergy Insight Conference & Expo 2017. The two-day event will take place from 4th-5th October in Edinburgh, Scotland. The unmissable event will be co-located with the Biofuels International Conference and Expo, now in its 10th year. Bioenergy markets are growing and commercial opportunities exist for organisations... [Read More]

A company in Kolkata, India, has launched a new bus that runs on biogas produced from cow dung. Phoenix India Research (PIR), the company behind the new bus, claims it’s the first biogas fuelled bus to be launched in south-east Asia. Four more biogas buses are set to enter service in Kolkata over the next month, with a further ten planned by the end of the year. The... [Read More]

The equipment and machinery used for the high load and high pressure production of wood pellets is facing a reduced lifespan because of the inadequacy of existing industrial grease products, according to a new case study by NCH Europe. Globally, the market for wood pellets is booming thanks to a growing demand for pellets as biofuel in both residential heating and industrial... [Read More]

The UK’s Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has launched a new project to investigate how removing impurities from sustainable biomass feedstocks can improve the efficiency and effectiveness of biomass energy. Biomass feedstocks specialist Forest Fuels and energy company Uniper Technologies will work with the ETI in a £2.2 million (EUR 2.6 million) project... [Read More]

Europe is receiving biomethane from the UK for the first time, green gas shipper Barrow Green Gas announced. It is being sent from the UK to Europe via the interconnector pipeline to Essent in the Netherlands. Essent, the largest energy company in the Netherlands, is importing green gas to meet growing demand in the Netherlands which cannot all be met locally. The green,... [Read More]

Malaysia-headquarted renewable energy group Green & Smart Holding saw a 181% increase in net profit for the year ended 30 September 2016, helped by the group maintaining and increasing its biogas contracts. Net profit increased 181% to RM9.9m (€2.08m) last year, compared to RM3.5m the year before. Revenue increased 260% to RM67.38m, compared to RM18.70m the... [Read More]

Finnish technology group Wärtsilä will supply a 28MW combined heat and power (CHP) plant to the Meliadine Gold Mine project in Canada, owned by Agnico Eagle Mines. The order includes five Wärtsilä 34DF dual-fuel engines running on light fuel oil (LFO) or natural gas. Wärtsilä's scope includes the power generation and CHP equipment supply,... [Read More]

US based landfill gas industry O & M contractor and engineering company ENERGYneering Solutions Inc. (ESI) have signed a supply and service contract for Topsoe’s proprietary HiPerFuel landfill gas conditioning solutions. The HiPerFuel unit will deliver high-purity fuel gas for an ESI landfill gas power plant in Washington State. The contract is the first deal... [Read More]

BioHiTech Global, a US waste management technology company, has announced that it acquired a 17.2% equity interest in the nation's first resource recovery facility utilising a proprietary mechanical biological treatment (MBT) technology for the disposal and recycling of mixed municipal solid waste (MSW).  BioHiTech, through its interest in Apple Valley Waste Conversions,... [Read More]