Dec 14, 2016
Wood pellet production soars due to bioenergy targets
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Dec 14, 2016
Officials in the US state of Maine have approved a $13 million (€12m) taxpayer subsidy to reopen or keep open several biomass electricity generation plants in the state.
According to Maine Public.com, earlier this year, lawmakers approved a plan to use surplus state revenues to prop up the biomass industry, and the forest-products workers who depend on it, by supplementing... [Read More]
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Dec 14, 2016
The Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) has published its response to its consultation on the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) today (14 December, 2016).
For biogas and biomethane, the reforms will vastly improve the carbon cost-effectiveness of further support, BEIS said in its statement response.
New plants will be required to produce at least... [Read More]
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Dec 13, 2016
Denmark’s largest power station Avedøre is now producing energy from wood pellets instead of coal.
This is a major step towards Copenhagen's goal of being CO2-neutral by 2025.
For the past 18 months, Avedøre Power Station has been converting its coal-fired power station unit, and the entire CHP plant is now able to produce electricity and heat based... [Read More]
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Dec 12, 2016
Bill Gates, Jeff Bezos, Vinod Khosla, Jack Ma, John Doerr and 15 other high-profile investors have formed a new venture firm, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, that will pour at least $1 billion (€943,000,00m) into cleantech companies over the next 20 years.
The firm’s goal, according to its own website will be: “to provide everyone in the world with... [Read More]
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Dec 12, 2016
Irish agri-tech business BHSL has agreed to sell eight of its manure-to-energy units to UK-based poultry farms.
In a statement, the company said that the move has generated €13 million in sales.
The firm manufactures manure-to-energy technology which is aimed at transforming the environmental impact of the global poultry industry.
The eight new BHSL Energy Centre... [Read More]
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Dec 9, 2016
Archer Daniels Midland Co. (ADM) will use a by-product from its corn processing facility in Decatur, US, to produce a renewable natural gas, which will be distributed by Ameren Illinois into the nation’s natural gas infrastructure.
“We’re proud to work with Ameren Illinois on this innovative project,” said Colin Graves, project manager for ADM.... [Read More]
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Dec 9, 2016
The use of gas to cook and for heating will be phased out in the Netherlands under the government’s new energy strategy up to 2050. Instead homes and offices will be heated by surplus heat generated by industry and energy-from-waste plants as well as from geothermal sources.
The Energieagenda policy document, published on 7 December, 2016, states that gas firms will... [Read More]
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Dec 9, 2016
Green energy company Ecotricity has revealed it has submitted planning applications to build so-called Green Gas Mills at two proposed fracking sites in Lancashire, UK.
The company has put in Green Gas Mill applications at two fracking sites in Lancashire: Preston New Road, rejected by Lancashire Council, but then approved by the government over the heads of local people;... [Read More]
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Dec 9, 2016
The World Bioenergy Association (WBA) has criticised the European Commission’s revised Renewable Energy Directive.
The document was published on 30 November, 2016.
In a statement, the WBA said: “The package contains many well designed proposals but fails to comply with the challenges set by the Paris Agreement. A reduction of the CO2 emissions by 40% by 2030... [Read More]
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Dec 8, 2016
US President-elect Donald Trump has selected Scott Pruitt, Oklahoma attorney general, to lead the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as its administrator.
Pruitt has served as attorney general since 2010, prior to which he had an eight-year tenure in the Oklahoma state senate.
He said that he intends to protect the environment, but at the same time safeguard businesses... [Read More]
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Dec 8, 2016
There is strong public support for producing bioenergy in the UK from both biomass and waste, according to a new survey carried out for the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI).
The YouGov survey, commissioned by the ETI, questioned over 5,300 adults to gauge public perceptions of bioenergy in the UK, and found that 74% of people... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 8, 2016
The UK now has almost 90 plants injecting green biomethane into the gas grid, double the number this time last year, a new report states.
The statistics were published in the Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA) December 2016 Market Report, which investigates and explores the growth, developments and market changes in the AD industry to date.
The report... [Read More]
Biomass News
Dec 7, 2016
The University of St Andrews’ £25 million (€29.3m) biomass plant at the Eden Campus at Guardbridge has been officially commissioned.
The plant marks a major step forward for St Andrews’ plans to become the UK’s first carbon neutral university.
Located on the east side of a former paper mill site, the plant produces hot water in a biomass boiler... [Read More]
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Dec 7, 2016
The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) has signed a 15-year loan with the Finnish utility Lahti Energia for the construction of the new biomass-fuelled heating plant, the Kymijärvi III.
The project is part of the City of Lahti’s plan to halve CO2 emissions by 2025, compared to 1990 levels.
The new 170MW facility will replace the existing 350MW coal-fired plant, Kymijärvi... [Read More]
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Dec 7, 2016
UK engineering group Doosan Babcock has announced plans to cut 470 UK jobs, the majority of which will be in Scotland.
The company confirmed that 270 jobs were at risk at the company's base in Renfrewshire, Scotland, where 800 staff are currently employed.
They include 140 posts at its machining and assembly facility in Renfrew, along with 130 management and back-office... [Read More]
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Dec 7, 2016
Power giant Drax is set to buy energy supplier Opus Energy for £340m (€399m) as part of a strategy overhaul.
Drax Group, which runs the UK's largest power station in Selby, said the acquisition will create Britain's fifth biggest non-domestic energy retailer.
The company, which also announced the purchase of four gas turbine projects for £18.5m, is looking... [Read More]
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