Jan 23, 2017
Biomass Secure Power gets financial boost to help build biocoal plant
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Jan 23, 2017
Scotland’s Minister for Business, Innovation and Energy, Paul Wheelhouse, has urged the UK government to ensure that renewable energy investment is a key priority in its forthcoming Industrial Strategy.
Renewable energy resources have grown to become a major industrial sector in Scotland, with 14,000 people, among a total of 43,500 in low carbon sectors, in highly... [Read More]
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Jan 23, 2017
A public inquiry into Northern Ireland's renewable heat incentive (RHI) scheme scandal will leave no hiding places, Stormont's finance minister announced.
According to the Belfast Telegraph, Mairtin O Muilleoir will meet members of political parties today to discuss the investigation, and will make a statement to MLAs tomorrow (24 January, 2017).
The renewable heat incentive... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 23, 2017
South Korea-based Hana Financial Investment Co. will finance a project constructing a 200MW biomass power plant worth $550.7 million (€512m) in Gunsan, west of South Korea.
According to Pulsenews.com, the biomass facility will be led by state-run utility firm Korea Midland Power Co. Under the terms of agreement, the financial institution will provide funds to the... [Read More]
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Jan 23, 2017
UK-based Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) has secured funding of £896,000 (€1m) for state of the art equipment to be installed within the industrial biotechnology and biorefinery facilities at Wilton, UK.
The targeted investment of £538K from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) is matched with £358K of UK Catapult funding to stimulate... [Read More]
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Jan 23, 2017
Chinese and Cuban firms have teamed up to sign agreements in order to strengthen renewable energy ties.
The agreements were inked at a three-day renewable energy forum, which took place in Cuba. According to Xinhua.com, the form analysed cooperation strategies to expand the development of renewable energy in Cuba.
Both countries are interested in developing the renewable... [Read More]
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Jan 23, 2017
Ukraine’s bioenergy association, UABio, has appealed to its Minister of Energy and Coal Industry to significantly improve Ukraine’s draft energy strategy.
The document entitled, Energy Strategy of Ukraine through 2035: Security and Competitiveness outlines the country’s long-term energy development priorities and how these will be achieved.
The strategy... [Read More]
Pellets News
Jan 23, 2017
Louisa Blair, research manager, Hawkins Wright
The global wood pellet market has endured a challenging 2016. Acute oversupply in both industrial and heating sectors, combined with relatively warm temperatures and overrunning maintenance issues at Drax have pressured operating rates and led to a record drop in prices. While certain players have taken steps to rebalance... [Read More]
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Jan 23, 2017
China’s exports are steadily falling as a share of gross domestic product in a decline that could soon make the country less reliant than India on sales abroad, according to the Financial Times.
The shift highlights the growth in the Chinese domestic economy, which could make Beijing better able to withstand trade tensions under US president Donald Trump, who has... [Read More]
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Jan 20, 2017
A researcher has developed a forecasting tool which can predict an individual’s or an entire city’s energy needs ten years in advance to enhance the way planners achieve environmental targets and help those in fuel-poverty understand their future needs.
Moulay Larbi Chalal, a PhD candidate at Nottingham Trent University, used data from more than 6,000 households... [Read More]
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Jan 20, 2017
The Prince of Wales has urged world leaders that the strategy to address climate change “must be urgently scaled up, and scaled up now”.
In the foreword for a new Ladybird book that he has co-authored on the subject, he said that long-term weather patterns were the greatest threat to the planet.
The Penguin-produced book entitled Climate Change will be published... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 19, 2017
Environmental group Friends of the Earth has launched a campaign against a planned experimental biomass and waste gasification plant in the UK.
Energy company Egnedol has submitted a planning application for a renewable energy plant to be located in Milford Haven, Pembrokeshire.
The application also includes plans to use its waste CO2 within other industries, such as fish... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 19, 2017
EPH Lynemouth Power has awarded Emerson a contract to help convert the 44-year-old coal-fired Lynemouth power station to a new biomass-fuelled power plant.
As main automation contractor and main electrical contractor, Emerson is responsible for helping the project come online within budget and on time.
Should the conversion be finished on schedule in late 2017, the plant,... [Read More]
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Jan 18, 2017
The UK’s renewable energy and clean technology industry is urging Prime Minister Theresa May to embrace the “huge industrial opportunity” that moving to a low-carbon society presents.
The call comes in the aftermath of May’s speech outlining her government’s priorities for Brexit, which included leaving the European single market.
Nina Skorupska,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 18, 2017
Home furnishings giant IKEA has announced that it has completed installation of its fourth biogas-powered fuel cell system at its San Diego store.
Furthering the Swedish retailer’s investment in fuel cell technology, this project complements the company’s focus on other renewable energies such as solar and wind. IKEA already owns three fuel cell systems at... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 18, 2017
The Wood Recyclers’ Association (WRA) has joined forces with its German equivalent BAV in a reciprocal arrangement that will see the two organisations sharing knowledge and information.
WRA Chairman Andy Hill and Executive Director Julia Turner attended a conference organised by BAV (the German Waste Wood Society) in Berlin at the end of last year.
Hill gave German... [Read More]
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Jan 17, 2017
In her most important speech as UK Prime Minister yet, Theresa May has said that the final Brexit deal with the EU will mean the UK leaving the European single market.
May said the UK’s Brexit plans "cannot mean membership of the single market".
She said: "Being out of the EU but a member of the Single Market would mean complying with the EU's rules and regulations... [Read More]
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