A driver in the UK has been taken to hospital after a crash which sparked a intense lorry fire on a busy dual carriageway. Two lorries collided on the A449 near Worcester at around on Tuesday morning (17 August, 2016). One of the vehicles, which was carrying wood chips, then burst into flames, according to the Birmingham Mail. An ambulance and a paramedic... [Read More]

Renewable energy firm China Everbright International has boosted the amount of electricity produced from its energy projects for the six months ended 30 June, 2016. The firm made the announcement in its interim results published on 15 August, 2016. During the period under review, the Group's environmental energy projects processed a total of 4,196,000 tonnes household... [Read More]

The University of the West of England (UWE Bristol) will be opting for a 100% green electricity tariff with EDF from October 2016 under a new framework from The Energy Consortia (TEC). UWE Bristol spends circa £3 million (€3.4m) per year on electricity and for an uplift of less than 0.3% has chosen to secure 100% of its electricity supply from renewable sources,... [Read More]

German bioenergy developer Weltec Biopower will shortly start building an anaerobic digestion (AD) plant for Colombia‘s largest egg producer. The 800kW biogas plant is to go live in early 2017. In terms of the feedstock input, the operator Incubadora Santander, which produces about 3.5 million eggs a day, plans to make use of the co-digestion of dry chicken manure... [Read More]

German waste management equipment manufacturer, Eggersmann Group, has acquired batch-biogas plant specialist, Bekon Holding. Located in the city of Marienfeld, the Eggersmann Group is one of the most rapidly expanding plant manufacturers worldwide with decades of experience in mechanical and biological waste treatment, according to the group. “The integration of... [Read More]

Global financing firm Macquarie Group has reached financial close on £900 million (appr. €1.04m) of total funding for the Tees Renewable Energy Plant (Tees REP). The 299MWe biomass combined heat and power plant, developed by MGT Power and located in Northeast England, will be the world’s largest new-build biomass plant. Macquarie, partnering with MGT,... [Read More]

A new renewable energy research centre, called VILLUM Center for the Science of Sustainable Fuels and Chemicals, has opened in Copenhagen, Denmark. The new centre at Technical University of Denmark (DTU) will be headed by Professor Ib Chorkendorff who will bring together a team of researchers from Stanford University, the University of Copenhagen, and the University of... [Read More]

UK-based construction specialist Interserve has announced that it is leaving the energy-from-waste (EfW) industry months after revealing complications with on-going projects had cost the company £70 million (€81m). The company announced its decision in its recently published interim management statement. An £88m operating loss on the firm’s EfW projects... [Read More]

Amur, a new UK-based anaerobic digestion (AD) player, is set to complete the second phase of construction for its AD plant in North Yorkshire, UK, by the end of this year. The business, part of AB Agri, an Associated British Foods subsidiary, was officially launched in June this year at the ADBA show in Birmingham, UK.  Associated British Foods also owns high-street... [Read More]

Philippines green technology firm Mackay Green Energy will grow more bana grass in order to convert it into a biomass fuel, according to media reports. Bana grass can be made into coal and biodegradable plastics. Malaya Business Insight reported that Mackay Green Energy is already exporting bana grass to Japan and Korea from Zamboanga, where an initial 200 hectares has... [Read More]

Denmark-based biotechnology company Novozymes has reported half year pre-tax tax profit up 6% to DKK 1,906 million (€256m), compared to DKK 1,792 a year earlier, helped by strong sales growth. The firm’s net profit was DKK 1,496 million, an increase of 8% from DKK 1,389 million in the first half of 2015, primarily driven by the gain from net finance. In the... [Read More]

The Copenhagen Infrastructure II fund and Burmeister & Wain Scandinavian Contractor (BWSC) have acquired 100% of a UK biomass-fired combined heat and power plant project. The companies have also taken the investment decision to construct the project in Kent, with the total investment amounting to approximately £160 million (€188.3m). The Kent biomass power... [Read More]

Smart bricks capable of recycling wastewater and generating electricity from sunlight are being developed by a team of UK-based scientists from the University of the West of England (UWE Bristol). The bricks will be able to fit together and create 'bioreactor walls' which could then be incorporated in housing, public building and office spaces, according to the scientists. The... [Read More]

Antibiotics that could help in the battle against drug-resistant bacteria have been discovered in the digestate produced by a UK anaerobic digestion (AD) plant. The discovery was made after digestate from a facility owned by malt and malted ingredients producer Muntons was sent for analysis to the University College London. The sample was delivered to Adam Roberts who... [Read More]

US-based wood pellet giant Enviva Partners has reported a second-quarter profit of $12 million (€10.70m), compared to $2.9 million the same period last year, helped by higher wood pellet sales. Adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) improved to $23.5 million in the second quarter of 2016, a 23% percent increase compared to the... [Read More]

A new greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions calculator has been launched by sustainability consultancy Ricardo Energy & Environment to help UK anaerobic digestion (AD) plant operators report their biomethane emissions and secure Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) payments. Since the 5 October 2015 UK operators looking to claim RHI from producing renewable energy, biofuels and... [Read More]