Oct 2, 2017
Stove Industry Alliance responds to Mayor of London’s plan to ban wood-burning stoves
Biomass News
Sep 29, 2017
Scottish energy manufacturer Heliex Power has been commissioned by Netherlands-based Wattplant to install its innovation at the company’s T Voske mushroom farm.
The farm is located in Uden, between Eindhoven and Nijmegen. Already chemical-free, the estate is aiming to become the world’s first grower with a completely energy and climate-neutral nursery.
Working... [Read More]
Other News
Sep 29, 2017
The Mayor London, Sadiq Khan, has called on the UK government to grant him additional powers to potentially ban wood-burning stoves in some areas of London to combat air pollution.
Wood-burning stoves, which would be banned under the proposals for urban areas with poor air quality, are increasingly popular – 1.5 million have been sold across Britain. They are most... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 28, 2017
UK-based building and civil engineering contractor Britcon has completed a major contract to deliver a new anaerobic digestion plant in east London for food waste specialist ReFood.
The £13.5 million (€15.5m) construction project was completed within the allocated 66-week timeframe and on budget by Britcon which has become a key strategic partner for Refood... [Read More]
Pellets News
Sep 28, 2017
AIM-Listed energy company Aggregated Micro Power (AMP) Holdings has acquired the wood pellet assets and customer base of CPL Distribution for a cash consideration of £485,000 (€551.688).
AMP said the deal was financed from its existing cash resources.
CPL distribution is a UK-based coal and wood pellet specialist.
In addition to the customer base, AMP said the... [Read More]
Biomass News
Sep 27, 2017
A 50 megawatt, biomass-fuelled combined heat and power (CHP) plant has been completed at one of Procter and Gamble’s (P&G) largest paper production facilities in the US.
The new plant is owned and operated by Constellation, a subsidiary of Exelon, and provides steam to P&G’s Albany, GA paper manufacturing facility. The CHP plant also generates electricity... [Read More]
Other News
Sep 27, 2017
A number of research projects focused on bioenergy and biofuels have been selected for the US Community Science Programme (CSP) of the US Department of Energy Joint Genome Institute.
The 30 successful CSP proposals were selected from 76 full submissions based on 94 letters of intent. Among the projects aiming to investigate genomic and analytical capabilities are several... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 26, 2017
In Virginia, US, the Water Environment & Reuse Foundation has awarded a contract to the Environmental Law Institute’s Food Waste Co-Digestion at Wastewater Resource Recovery Facilities: Business Case Analysis project.
The project aims to develop alternative sustainable business cases for waste resource recovery facilities to co-digest food waste, including... [Read More]
Other News
Sep 26, 2017
More than half of the UK’s electricity came from low-carbon sources this summer, according to the National Grid.
The power transmission network has said that this summer was the “greenest” summer on record in the UK.
Between late June and September, 52% percent of electricity generation was met by low-carbon sources, compared with about 35% four years... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 26, 2017
Estonian companies will be able to begin applying for state subsidies for the production of biomethane, according to ERR news.
Estonia’s goal is for fuel produced from renewable sources to make up 10% of total fuel consumption by 2020, of which biomethane would account for one third.
The measure aimed at boosting the use of Estonian made, environment-friendly biomethane... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 25, 2017
Two men were seriously injured following an explosion at an anaerobic digestion (AD) facility in Nottingham, UK, media reports.
Police and firefighters were called to the Colwick industrial estate on 20 September, following reports of an explosion at Bio Dynamic’s biogas production facility. Two men were taken to the nearby Queen’s Medical Centre with serious... [Read More]
Biomass News
Sep 25, 2017
Advanced Biomass Solutions (ABS), an affiliate of Active Energy, has entered into an agreement with US-based Lumino Capital for the financing, development and operation of eight CoalSwitch plants across Southeast Asia.
Active Energy is a London Stock Exchange-quoted international forestry management and biomass-based renewable energy business.
Under the terms... [Read More]
Biomass News
Sep 22, 2017
UK-based Essex County Council has announced plans to explore the delivery of a combined heat and power (CHP) biomass boiler facility to treat wood collected at its network of household recycling centres.
The authority is currently seeking expressions of interest from parties within Essex able to maximise use of 6 to 10 MWt of heat produced by a CHP boiler. The facility... [Read More]
Biomass News
Sep 21, 2017
A new method of carbon storage and monitoring, which can determine the origin of a CO2 sample by analysing its chemical fingerprint, is to be used for a leading research project.
Designed to monitor and ensure the safe storage of industrial greenhouse gas emissions, the new method will aid the development of carbon capture and storage technology, which stores the carbon... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 21, 2017
Researchers have made an unexpected discovery concerning methyl-coenzyme M reductase (MCR), the only enzyme known to produce methane.
Methane, a greenhouse gas with a global warming impact 30 times greater than carbon, is produced from both geological and biological sources, including from a group of microorganisms called methanogens. These microscopic organisms produce... [Read More]
Biomass News
Sep 21, 2017
Power giant Drax has announced that its CEO, Dorothy Thompson, will step down from her post after 12 years in the role.
The company’s current finance chief Will Gardiner will succeed Thompson who will step down from the post and leave the group at the end of 2017.
Drax chairman, Philip Cox, said: "We are delighted Will is to become Chief Executive. He has been a... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 20, 2017
Operations have started at a new biogas upgrading plant (BUP) in Guymon, Oklahoma. Operated by High Plains Bioenergy, a subsidiary of Seaboard Foods, the new plant produces pipeline quality renewable natural gas, which is collected from the biogas collected from the wastewater treatment system at the nearby Seaboard Foods pork processing plant.
Previously, Seaboard Foods... [Read More]
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