Mar 14, 2017
UK-based scientists harness solar power to produce clean hydrogen from biomass
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Mar 14, 2017
The government of Canada is investing CAN$43 million (€27m) in the clean technology sector to help create jobs and stimulate growth in the environmental sector.
Canada’s Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Navdeep Bains announced an investment of up to $20 million to support clean energy projects at the pre-commercialisation stage.
This... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 13, 2017
A 20MW energy from waste (EfW) plant is to be constructed in Tehran, Iran following the signing of a deal between Iranian Deputy Energy Minister for Electricity and Energy Affairs Houshang Falahatian and Chairman of Czech Parliament's Energy and Commerce Committee Milan Šarapatka in Tehran.
According to a report by the Fars News Agency the plant... [Read More]
Biomass News
Mar 13, 2017
Eggersmann Group is expanding its product offering with the acquisition of fellow German firm and biological drying technology specialist Convaero.
Eggersmann said that Bio-Dry, the biological drying technology of Convaero, is being integrated via an asset deal into its portfolio with immediate effect.
Marienfeld based Eggersmann has been active in the mechanical-biological... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 13, 2017
The UK Treasury has announced that from 1 April 2018 landfill tax will be set at £88.95 per tonne for standard rate material and £2.80 per tonne for lower rate material.
The rate of landfill tax will this year rise from £84.40 to £86.10 per tonne for the standard rate and £2.65 to £2.70 per tonne for the lower rate from 1 April, 2017.
The... [Read More]
Biomass News
Mar 13, 2017
More than 125 academics have joined the International Energy Agency Bioenergy Technology Collaboration Programme (IEA Bioenergy) slamming Chatham House’s recent report on bioenergy, calling it ‘misleading.
The group of academics from across the world and the IEA state that the report “does not present an objective overview of the current state of scientific... [Read More]
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Mar 13, 2017
Growing sustainable energy crops without increasing greenhouse gas emissions, may be possible on seasonally wet, environmentally-sensitive landscapes, according to US-based researchers who conducted a study on Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) land.
Debasish Saha, postdoctoral in plant sciences, Penn State College of Agricultural Sciences and colleagues, measured the... [Read More]
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Mar 10, 2017
US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt has said that he does not believe carbon dioxide is a primary contributor to global warming.
"I think that measuring with precision human activity on the climate is something very challenging to do and there's tremendous disagreement about the degree of impact, so no, I would not agree that it's a... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 10, 2017
Schmack Biogas, a Viessmann Group company, has been awarded a further contract for the construction of a biomethane plant in Sourdun in northern France.
In mid-December, the French government adopted a new feed-in tariff for electricity from biogas. France is the biggest country in the EU and uses a much larger area for agriculture than Germany. The potential for biogas... [Read More]
Pellets News
Mar 10, 2017
Plantation Energy is to re-open a wood pellet processing plant, which has been closed for the last five years, in Albany, Australia.
It is set to be recommissioned due to a low Australian dollar and increased international demand, according to media reports in ABC News.
Plantation Energy secured AUS$7 million (€4.96m) of funding from multinational energy company ENGIE... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 10, 2017
UK-based food waste recycling firm ReFood, is expanding its Widnes biogas facility by 33% with the construction of a new anaerobic digestion (AD) tank.
The expansion will take the site’s processing capacity to 160,000 tonnes of food waste each year, making it one of the largest AD plants in Europe.
The plant is situated between the major cities of Liverpool and Manchester... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 10, 2017
German waste to energy equipment manufacturer Steinmüller Babcock Environment has secured a contract to build the boiler and furnace unit for a new energy from waste plant in northwest Stockholm, Sweden.
The company secured the deal from the Swedish subsidiary of the German utility E.ON, to supply the single-line waste to energy plant.
According to Steinmüller,... [Read More]
Biomass News
Mar 10, 2017
Drax Biomass and the American Forest Foundation (AFF) has announced a multi-year project to invest in the future of small family landowners around Drax’s Morehouse BioEnergy facility in Northeast Louisiana.
The five-year, $1.1 million (€1.03m) project – the “Morehouse Family Forests Initiative” (MFFI) – will provide landowners... [Read More]
Biomass News
Mar 10, 2017
The UK’s Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS) published a long awaited report on biomass on the same day as the spring budget.
The report was entitled, ‘Use of North American woody biomass in UK electricity generation: Assessment of high carbon biomass fuel sourcing scenarios’.
The aim of the report is to improve understanding... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 10, 2017
Mandy Stoker, director at E4 Environment, gives her views on the media’s coverage of the anaerobic digestion sector.
In the waste and renewable energy sector, there is little more frustrating than the careless language used in relation to green technology. No matter how beneficial renewable energy systems are to the environment, there is a sense of suspicion surrounding... [Read More]
Pellets News
Mar 9, 2017
Finnish process technology developer Valmet will supply a multifuel power boiler and a flue gas cleaning system to Kushiro Thermal Power Plant in Hokkaido, Japan.
The new boiler plant in the city of Kushiro will enable the producer to achieve a stable power supply at high thermal efficiency.
The order is included in Valmet’s first quarter orders received in 2017.... [Read More]
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Mar 6, 2017
Following the merger of UK waste management firm Shanks Group and Dutch waste services provider Van Gansewinkel, the company has announced it will rebrand as Renewi.
Following the completion of the merger with Van Gansewinkel Groep B.V, Shanks has announced that it will be re-launching the combined business under a new brand, which will include re-naming the company... [Read More]
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