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Nextleaf Solutions has reached an agreement with Hempcrete Natural Building Ltd to commercialise a US patent related to the use of hemp ash as a material in the production of concrete.   Hemp ash, processed using Nextleaf technology, can be used as a replacement for fly ash, which is produced as a by-product of burning coal. The ash is a key ingredient in Portland cement, the most…
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Caterpillar Inc has announced that Biogaz du Haut-Geer, a utility cooperative in eastern Belgium, has selected Cat® dealer Eneria to double its cogeneration capabilities and expand the sustainability benefits of its biogas energy facility in Geer.  Eneria will design, install and commission a new combined heat and power (CHP) system that will use two Cat CG170-16 biogas generator sets with…
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Phillips 66 has announced its Jet Renewable Diesel will go on sale at two Jet forecourts this summer, following positive customer feedback after it was launched as a wholesale offering in February 2022.  The renewable diesel is a paraffinic fuel that is chemically similar to conventional fossil-fuel-based diesel but derived from biomass sources such as used cooking oil, fats, greases and…
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Biomass Secure Power (BSP) has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Sunyani Energy  to build a one million tonne biocoal plant in Suriname. Each party will have a 50 percent stake in the new company.  BSP brings patented technologies and off-take agreements to the Sunyani Project. Sunyani Energy will provide plant site for construction, a long-term fibre supply agreement that…
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Mavitec Green Energy continues to develop its innovative depackaging solutions and is now introducing a Paddle Washer to clean plastic waste and reduce costs. Due to growing food waste issues globally, the need for smart and efficient depackaging solutions has arguably never been more important. Mavitec, a Dutch designer and producer of high-quality recycling processes and one of the…
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With the aim of increasing the resilience of facilities to energy price fluctuations, 2G Energy and PRODEVAL have teamed up. They said of the union: "This partnership will allow biogas upgrading operators to sustain their units while reducing biomethane carbon footprint. Producing virtuously the renewable energy of tomorrow." The partnership aims to reduce biomethane carbon intensity and…
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Leading anaerobic digestion specialist Birch Solutions has appointed a new managing director. Glenn Carney will bring global energy experience to the business as it embarks on a new ambitious growth strategy, as predecessor Mark Sacker takes the helm of Tricoya UK at Saltend, Hull. The technology partner behind North Lincolnshire quarry giant Singleton Birch’s investments in the sector…
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In Sweden, forest industry major Svenska Cellulosa Aktiebolaget (SCA) has announced that it will invest SEK 700 million (€6.7 million) in a new sawmill intake and a wood pellet plant at SCA Timber Rundvik sawmill in Nordmaling municipality. The sawmill in Rundvik currently produces around 80,000m3 of planed wood, and in that production some 8,000m3 of shavings are generated. Through the…
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Drax Group has partnered with the University of Nottingham and Promethean Particles to trial a “pioneering new bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) process” at its North Yorkshire power station.  The new process uses a type of solid sorbent called metal-organic frameworks (MOFs), which Promethean Particles are a global pioneer in the development and deployment of, to capture…
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The VERBIO Nevada Biorefinery is on track to achieve full scale production of 7 million ethanol gallons equivalent (EGE) of RNG annually by mid-summer 2022. It began producing renewable natural gas (RNG) on an industrial scale in December 2021. In early 2023, the site will begin operating as a biorefinery, producing 19 million EGE of RNG and 60 million gallons of corn-based ethanol, annually.…
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While projects in the sector – in Oslo and Copenhagen, to name a few - have been developing at a fast pace over the last few years, showing that the technology is mature, a comprehensive regulation at EU level is still missing in the successful implementation of CCUS in waste-to-energy plants, according to ESWET. ESWET said: "The certification of carbon removals by the European Commission…
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ET-listed UAC Global, a chemical and renewable energy firm, has postponed the commercial operation of its biogas-fired power plant in Khon Kaen until the second half of this year because of “lengthy bureaucratic procedures”. The plant is the first project under the Energy for All renewable scheme to be connected with the state grid. The company is among 43 winners of an auction held in…
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The German Federal Environment Ministry’s initiative to reduce the cap on biofuels from cultivated biomass has met with “incomprehension” from UFOP, which has said it rejects any change to the existing regulation. Behind the utilisation of rapeseed oil for biodiesel is a production and processing structure that has grown over decades and is now closely networked with other branches of…
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A major rice husk biomass power plant in south-eastern Phnom Penh’s Chbar Ampov district is still on track to be completed and start operations by July. Designed to contribute to the Kingdom’s emission reduction efforts, the plant broke ground on December 8, 2021, in collaboration with Singapore-based Berkeley Energy Commercial and Industrial Solutions (BECIS), with capital investment of $5.8…
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