Sep 8, 2016
FuelCell Energy commences operation and funding of a biogas-powered wastewater facility
Biomass News
Sep 8, 2016
Finnish technology developer Valmet and Danish energy utility Hofor Energiproduktion have signed a contract regarding delivery of a biomass-fired boiler plant and related biofuel storage and conveyor systems.
The equipment will be delivered to Hofor's new Amagerværket heat and power plant in Copenhagen.
The order is included in Valmet's third quarter 2016 orders... [Read More]
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Sep 7, 2016
UK-based power giant Drax contributed more than £1 billion towards UK GDP in 2015 and supported thousands of jobs across the country, according to a new study from Oxford Economics.
The findings were revealed in a new report looking at the group’s UK operations, which includes Drax Power Station - Europe’s largest decarbonisation project.
Researchers... [Read More]
Biomass News
Sep 7, 2016
UK-based renewable heat specialist Scot Heat & Power has announced that it is ramping up its entry into the Cumbrian market.
According to the firm, it is one of just three UK companies to offer ElectraTherm’s innovative Power+ Generator, which is a US-produced generator that utilises biomass for efficient clean energy production.
Scot Heat & Power, has been... [Read More]
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Sep 7, 2016
M+W Group, the lead contractor for UK-based Surrey County Council’s new Eco Park, under construction in Shepperton in Surrey, has selected Saxlund International to provide the bulk material handling solution for the storage and discharge of RDF (refuse derived fuel) to feed the gasification facility within the site.
Saxlund International, is a subsidiary of Opcon,... [Read More]
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Sep 7, 2016
Gatwick Airport, in partnership with DHL, is set to become the first airport in the world able to dispose of Category One waste on site – an issue that costs the global aviation sector around £500 million a year – and convert it into energy.
Category One forms the majority of waste from non-EU flights and is defined as food... [Read More]
Features
Sep 6, 2016
Hong Kong-based environmental services provider China Everbright International has announced that it has signed a concession agreement for a household waste-to-energy project with the People's Government of Taikang County, Henan Province.
The group will invest in the construction of the Taikang waste-to-energy project, which is the third waste-to-energy project that Everbright... [Read More]
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Sep 6, 2016
Energy-intensive industries and the products they make can play a considerable role in the global effort to tackle climate change, according to a new report from the World Bank Group, CLASP and Carbon Trust.
Making them part of the solution while helping them stay competitive is a key challenge for policy makers, the report highlighted.
‘Climate-friendly technologies’
The... [Read More]
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Sep 5, 2016
China and the US – the top two greenhouse gas emitters in the world – have both agreed to ratify the Paris Agreement, a global framework to limit the effects of climate change.
While China had already earlier announced that it would ratify the agreement, the joint announcement has been hailed by climate campaigners as a significant advance in combating global... [Read More]
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Sep 5, 2016
Blue Sphere Corp., a US clean-tech independent power producer, announced that its joint venture waste-to-energy facility under construction in Charlotte, North Carolina, is nearing completion.
In 2014, the company entered into a joint venture to develop, construct and operate a biogas facility in Charlotte, North Carolina, under the management of a third party.
In... [Read More]
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Sep 5, 2016
Waste management firm Veolia is planning to invest £750 million (€898m) in its UK-based recycling business in the next five years.
Veolia UK chief executive Estelle Brachlianoff told Reuters that gradually rising landfill taxes had been a major revenue driver for Veolia in Britain, where it has annual revenue of about £2bn, making it the company's... [Read More]
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Sep 5, 2016
Hong Kong-based environmental services provider China Everbright International has completed its acquisition of Polish waste management and recycling firm, Novago.
The acquisition was worth approximately €123 million, including an equity purchase price of €118 million and €5 million for the land bank.
According to Everbright, the deal... [Read More]
Pellets News
Sep 2, 2016
Scotland-based wood pellet producer Land Energy Girvan is to invest £6.4 million (€7.6m) in expanding its site in South Ayrshire.
According to media reports in the BBC, the move by the company includes increasing the capacity of its combined heat and power plant and upgrading its pellet line in Girvan.
The company said at least 10 new full-time jobs would... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 1, 2016
PlanET Biogas UK has been contracted as technology provider for a 500kWel anaerobic digestion (AD) plant in Shropshire, UK.
The Bitterley Biogas AD plant, to be situated near the town of Ludlow, will be fed predominantly cattle manure from surrounding farms.
Excavation and concrete works for the digester have been completed and commissioning is planned at the end of September... [Read More]
Pellets News
Sep 1, 2016
The global biomass pellets market was valued at $4.52 billion (€4.05bn) in 2014 and is forecast to reach $8.34 billion in 2020, a new market study says.
According to research carried out by Zion Research, the biomass pellet market is expected to grow at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.9% between 2015 and 2020.
Biomass pellets are mainly used as a heating... [Read More]
Biomass News
Aug 31, 2016
Conventional and advanced biomass gasification is a promising and economically beneficial technology, according to a new study by a global team of researchers.
A new review paper published in journal Energy & Environmental Science presents a case for biomass gasification as a promising, viable and economically beneficial technology for fuel and energy.
Until... [Read More]
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Aug 30, 2016
Aquapak Polymers has developed a process to produce a multifunctional packaging polymer that is both 100% recyclable and 100% biodegradable in standard waste management facilities, it has announced.
Currently at demonstration phase and with a full-scale production factory on the way, Aquapak is now in talks with retailers, local authorities and the waste sector to... [Read More]
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