Oct 13, 2016
Ductor links up with ES Engineering Services to boost biogas in North America
Pellets News
Oct 13, 2016
Denmark-headquarted Dong Energy has announced that it has converted one unit of its Studstrup power plant in Aarhus to run on wood pellets instead of coal, while the second unit will be mothballed, helping to reduce carbon emissions.
The conversion would allow Denmark's second-largest city to reduce emissions by 310,000 tonnes annually as it seek to become carbon-neutral... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 12, 2016
Power firm Hoosier Energy has started up its latest landfill methane generation facility in Illinois, US.
The station is located at Advance Disposal’s landfill in Rockford, Illinois.
The engines are presently being tested and synched to Hoosier’s grid. The company expects to be producing power onto the grid sometime by the middle to the end of this November.
The... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 12, 2016
UK anaerobic digestion (AD) specialist Agrivert has announced the successful completion of G59 (first electricity supply to grid) at its two latest AD facilities; securing their tariffs for the next 20 years.
The two new plants in South Wales and North London will strengthen the network of food waste facilities that Agrivert operate to a total of five, increasing the company’s... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 12, 2016
US-based biotechnology company Microvi has been awarded a grant from the US Department of Energy for a new biocatalytic technology that converts methane and carbon dioxide in biogas into liquid chemicals.
The new technology, based on Microvi’s MicroNiche Engineering Platform Technology, can convert biogas that is created at facilities like landfills and wastewater... [Read More]
Pellets News
Oct 12, 2016
UK wood fuel supplier Forest Fuels has acquired the customer contracts of Cornwall-based wood pellet business Mi Generation.
This is the second acquisition the firm has made in the second half of the year. In early July, Forest Fuels acquired Midlands Wood Fuel.
Under its new acquisition, Forest Fuels will take over all of Mi Generation’s customers and all Mi Generation... [Read More]
Other News
Oct 12, 2016
Presidential candidate Hillary Clinton has joined forces with former vice-president Al Gore to urge America’s voters not to risk sending a “climate change denier” to the White House.
In a joint address in Miami, Clinton and Gore criticised the Republican nominee for his stance on climate change and his belief that global warming is a hoax initiated... [Read More]
Other News
Oct 11, 2016
Six Poet biorefineries in Ohio and Indiana are installing a new energy generation system using combined heat and power.
These systems will reduce reliance on the electrical energy grid, recover waste energy for additional use in the plant and reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the US bioethanol producer said in a statement. The system will use steam in a turbine to generate... [Read More]
Other News
Oct 11, 2016
UK-based Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has published the results of three case studies which show how farmers can diversify their income and increase the productivity of their land by planting energy crops.
The studies examine the financial impact of transitioning to planting second generation energy crops such as Miscanthus and Short Rotation Coppice (SRC) Willow... [Read More]
Other News
Oct 11, 2016
A significant majority of small and medium-sized businesses (SMEs) want their energy supplier to be more committed to renewable energy, according to a new report.
The report, commissioned by UK-based electricity company Haven Power – part of the Drax Group, revealed that while 72% say they would like energy suppliers to be more committed to renewables, only 11% would... [Read More]
Other News
Oct 10, 2016
US-based University of Colorado Boulder engineers have developed a bio-manufacturing process that uses a biological organism cultivated in brewery wastewater to create the carbon-based materials needed to make energy storage cells.
According to the university, the “unique pairing” of breweries and batteries could set up a “win-win opportunity” by... [Read More]
Pellets News
Oct 7, 2016
Logistec Corp., a marine and environmental services provider, has opened its newly built bulk biomass pellet warehouses in Brunswick, Georgia.
The modern buildings are a part of Logistec’s commitment to upgrade and expand its dry bulk facilities at Marine Port Terminals.
“With the addition of these warehouses, we have substantially increased our throughput... [Read More]
Biomass News
Oct 7, 2016
JFE Engineering Corp. has won an engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract for a 75MWe biomass power plant in Japan.
The plant will be constructed for MOE in Mitsubishi Paper Mills Hachinohe works and it’s scheduled to commence operation in the first half of 2019.
It will generate an annual 5.3 billion kWh of electricity from wood chips, palm kernel... [Read More]
Other News
Oct 6, 2016
The Romanian authorities plan to allocate more than €100 million for a state aid scheme aimed at supporting energy production from renewable sources that are less exploited.
According to a draft project published the website of the EU Fund Ministry, these sources include biomass, biogas, and geothermal energy.
The money comes from non-reimbursable EU funds provided... [Read More]
Pellets News
Oct 6, 2016
World’s largest torrefied biomass producer New Biomass Energy has acquired the majority interest in a Mississippi, US, torrefaction plant and plans to continue the production of torrefied biomass.
Initial production at the Quitman plant will supply 2,000 to 3,000 tonnes of torrefied wood for a test burn at Portland General Electric's plant in Boardman,... [Read More]
Biomass News
Oct 5, 2016
The US Endowment for Forestry and Communities has re-launched of the Wood2Energy.org wood bioenergy facility database and mapping tool, the most comprehensive database of its kind in North America.
Wood2Energy.org aims to develop a database and mapping tool that aggregates facility level data to deliver a unique perspective of the wood bioenergy industry.
With separate,... [Read More]
Other News
Oct 5, 2016
BNDES, Latin America’s largest development bank, will not fund new coal- or oil-fired power plants in an attempt to drive investment towards renewable energy.
The Brazilian development bank released a new set of guidelines earlier this week which will see the bank remove all funding available for coal or oil thermoelectric plants, Business Green reports.
It will... [Read More]
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