Dec 21, 2016
China Everbright International signs investment agreement for energy-from-waste project in Vietnam
Biomass News
Dec 20, 2016
GB Railfreight (GBRf), one of the largest rail freight operators in the UK, has announced it has signed a rail haulage contract with Lynemouth Power (LPL), to build 50 new purpose built high capacity biomass hopper wagons, following a successful tender submission.
The new hoppers are estimated to start their service on the 1st October 2017. GBRf plans to run 27 trains... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 20, 2016
Finland-based energy equipment supplier Wärtsilä has been awarded the contract to supply a biohybrid production plant to the German energy company, Erdgas Südwest.
The new plant will produce both bioLNG (liquefied biogas) and LNG. The contract with Wärtsilä was signed this month (December 2016), and delivery will be made on a fast-track basis.
The... [Read More]
Biomass News
Dec 19, 2016
The third generating unit at Drax Power Station in North Yorkshire, UK, has been given European Commission (EC) approval to be fully powered by sustainable biomass.
Drax can now complete the upgrade of the third of its six units to run on wood pellets, a process that started in July 2015.
Now half the power station will produce renewable electricity, saving 12... [Read More]
Other News
Dec 19, 2016
Northern Ireland’s First Minister Arlene Foster will face a vote of no confidence in her leadership at the devolved Assembly over allegations about a scandal involving the renewable heat incentive (RHI) scheme that is estimated will cost taxpayers £400m (€383m).
The Social Democratic and Labour party (SDLP) has won cross-party support for its motion censuring Foster over... [Read More]
Other News
Dec 19, 2016
Finnish energy equipment manufacturer Wärtsilä will supply a 100MW combined heat and power (CHP) plant to Germany-based energy producer Kraftwerke Mainz-Wiesbaden. The Smart Power Generation power plant, consisting of ten Wärtsilä 34SG engines running on natural gas, is scheduled to be fully operational by the end of 2018.
Wärtsilä's scope... [Read More]
Other News
Dec 19, 2016
The UK renewable energy industry has reacted positively to the government’s renewable heat incentive (RHI) scheme plans.
Changes to the scheme were proposed in a public consultation in March. At that time, the renewable heat industry was deeply concerned that the revised tariffs would result in a steep fall in the deployment of many renewable heat technologies. Proposed... [Read More]
Other News
Dec 19, 2016
Shipping company Dampskibsselskabet Norden has announced a nine-year contract to transport pellets for Canada-based Pinnacle Renewable Energy Inc. Under the contract, starting in 2018 NORDEN will transport 3.5 million metric tons of wood pellets from Vancouver and Prince Rupert in western Canada to Europe.
According to Norden, it will make eight shipments per year... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 19, 2016
Green & Smart Holdings, a renewable energy company generating power from biogas captured through the treatment of palm oil mill effluent (POME), has brought online its first power plant.
The 2MW Kahang biogas plant, located in the state of Johor, Malaysia, is now fully operational at headline capacity and renewable power generated from the plant is being exported to... [Read More]
Other News
Dec 16, 2016
The UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) has announced that it has committed £35m (€33m) of senior debt to the construction of Wheelabrator Parc Adfer, a new £180m energy-from-waste (EfW) plant at Deeside Industrial Park in Flintshire, North Wales.
The lending club also includes Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group (MUFG), Siemens Bank and Natixis, with Barclays providing... [Read More]
Pellets News
Dec 15, 2016
The US Energy Information Administration has published the results of a new survey collecting data from manufacturers of densified biomass fuels, primarily wood pellets.
The survey began collection in January 2016 with data from about 120 planned and operational densified biomass manufacturing facilities in the US.
These facilities have the capacity to produce a total... [Read More]
Other News
Dec 15, 2016
The British Retail Consortium (BRC), the trade association for the UK retail industry, has published a report exploring the country’s retailers’ actions in the aftermath of the amount of food waste plateauing in 2013.
Data from the UK Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) shows that retailed produced about 200,000 tonnes of food waste annually between... [Read More]
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Dec 15, 2016
China Everbright International has signed a strategic investment and cooperation agreement with the People's Government of Lankao County in Henan Province to push renewable energy and environmental policies.
The agreement seeks to develop cooperation in the fields of environmental water, alternative energy, and environmentally friendly new materials, and promote all-round... [Read More]
Other News
Dec 15, 2016
UPM, a Finnish bio- and forestry company, is researching the recycling of green liquor dregs with the aim to reach a zero solid waste to landfill operational status by 2030.
Green liquor dregs – the moist “black ashes” created in the soda recovery boiler while burning dissolved wood material – are one of the most challenging production sidestreams... [Read More]
Other News
Dec 15, 2016
As part of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan to cut carbon pollution and create clean energy jobs, US Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell has announced new steps with Western states to encourage the development of renewable power, efficiently deliver that electricity to market, and meet growing consumer demands for clean energy.
Under a Memorandum... [Read More]
Biomass News
Dec 14, 2016
Blenheim Palace, an Oxfordshire, UK, UNESCO World Heritage Site, has instigated a series of environmental initiatives in a bid both to reduce its reliance on traditional energies and its overall carbon footprint.
Among the most significant improvements are a 42% reduction in overall mains water consumption from 2013, the lowest electricity usage figures in five years,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 14, 2016
Scania has unveiled the world’s first bi-articulated Euro 6 gas bus with an impressive capacity for 250 passengers.
The 26m long, front-engine bi-articulated F340 HA 8×2 bus was developed in collaboration with the Colombian bus bodybuilder Busscar de Colombia.
Scania already has its largest Euro 6 gas bus fleet in the Colombian city of Cartagena, and... [Read More]
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Willand Biogas' plant by the Somerset border has entered administration, having failed to secure funds to rescue its operation
