Jan 26, 2017
Gas-to-liquids firm Velocys teams up with TRI
Biogas News
Jan 26, 2017
Renewable company New Horizons and gas firm Afrox have opened an energy-from-waste (EfW) plant in Athlone, near Cape Town, South Africa.
The new EfW plant will focus on converting organic waste into useable biomethane which will be used to create products such as liquid carbon dioxide, organic fertiliser and compressed biomethane.
The gas will be marketed as an alternative... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 26, 2017
Michael Wild, president of the IBTC (International Biomass Torrefaction Council), gives his views on the year ahead.
Right now, the question on people’s minds is what 2017 might have in store for us. Yet, what we do know is that the turn from 2016 and 2017 seems to be a kind of watershed for the torrefaction industry.
For many years the industry put a lot of... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 25, 2017
A well-known biomass recycling plant located on the Pengarnddu Industrial Estate in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, is to be sold by online auction by Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council.
The council has recently been successful in regaining control over the property through court action.
The green energy recycling complex lies within an elevated 6.5 acre site on the busy... [Read More]
Other News
Jan 25, 2017
Chemicals giant DuPont has reported strong fourth-quarter results.
The company swung to a fourth-quarter profit though sales slipped as it attempts to solidify its merger with Dow Chemical.
The company earned $265 million ( €246m), or 30 cents per share, compared with a loss last year.
Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to 51 cents per share, which... [Read More]
Other News
Jan 25, 2017
European biomass associations have come together and signed a new guideline for the development of “bioenergy in Europe towards 2030”.
The pledge is called ‘Declaration of Graz’ and was unveiled at the 5th Central European Biomass Conference in Graz, Austria.
The declaration has four parameters and five key measures.
Key parameters
Halving... [Read More]
Other News
Jan 25, 2017
MEPs have voted in favour of a 70% recycling and reuse target for 2030.
The European Parliament’s Environment Committee (ENVI) voted yesterday (24 January) on a raft of amendments tabled by MEP Simona Bonafè, after a two-day discussion on the legislative aspects of the package.
This proposal ups the goal proposed by the European Commission (EC) in its Circular... [Read More]
Other News
Jan 25, 2017
In response to the London smog alert, the Global Warming Policy Forum (GWPF) is calling on the UK government to abolish all support for diesel engines and wood-burners which are posing a growing threat to the health of urban populations.
Unusually high amount of domestic wood burning, some of which are subsidised under the Renewable Heat Incentive, has been partly blamed... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 25, 2017
Philippines-based Victorias Milling Co. is expected to complete a cogeneration biomass power plant with 40MW capacity by the end of the year, according to media reports.
According to online reports by Business World Online.com, VMC president and chief operating officer Eduardo V. Concepcion said the plant, which will run mainly on bagasse - a by-product of sugarcane, is... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 24, 2017
Ghana-based Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has unveiled a project to develop a simple, efficient and sustainable electricity generation technology for use in rural and urban communities.
According to Ghana Business News, the study focuses on developing microbial fuel cell technology to generate electricity and support wastewater treatment.
The... [Read More]
Other News
Jan 24, 2017
Oman has tremendous potential to be a leading exporter of energy based on renewable sources, an industry expert has said.
David Rooney, director of sustainable energy research at the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Queen’s University Belfast spoke at an event on renewable energy and biofuels organised by the Independent Learning Centre at SQU, according... [Read More]
Pellets News
Jan 24, 2017
Northern Ireland's biggest wood pellets manufacturer, Balcas, has confirmed it shared information about proposed tariff changes in the renewable heat incentive (RHI) scheme months before they were officially announced, according to a BBC report.
Balcas, based in Ballinamallard, County Fermanagh, said there was "nothing sinister" in the move.
It was not aware the information... [Read More]
Other News
Jan 24, 2017
Green organisations have welcomed the UK government’s Business Industrial Strategy.
UK Prime Minister Theresa May launched new proposals for a new industrial strategy yesterday (23 January, 2017), which included a focus on “affordable energy and clean growth”.
The green paper also set out technologies where Britain has strengths in research and development... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 23, 2017
Air Liquide and Puregas Solutions signed an agreement to access their respective biogas upgrading technologies. This collaboration allows the two experts to provide biogas upgrading solutions that meet customers' needs and projects’ characteristics.
The agreement uses the synergies of Air Liquide and Puregas Solutions and is complementary to the offers of both companies... [Read More]
Other News
Jan 23, 2017
UK Prime Minister Theresa May has launched new proposals for a new industrial strategy, which includes a focus on ‘affordable energy and clean growth’.
Launching the green paper, Business and Energy Secretary Greg Clark said: “This is an important step in building a modern, dynamic industrial strategy that will improve living standards and drive economic... [Read More]
Other News
Jan 23, 2017
A UK sustainable energy company is the first ever to have successfully converted actual landfill gas into usable diesel fuel with no fossil fuel additives, during recent trials.
Renovare Fuels, which has its headquarters in London, claims to have developed technology to produce middle distillate hydrocarbons with a selectivity of 55%.
The bi-products of flue gas... [Read More]
Other News
Jan 23, 2017
More than 800,000 new jobs could be created across the EU if MEPs in the European Parliament’s Environment Committee vote for both an ambitious recycling target and to strongly support the refurbishing and reusing sectors on Tuesday (24 January), said the European Environmental Bureau (EEB).
Ambitious and intensive support from MEPs for European recycling, reusing... [Read More]
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