Nov 29, 2016
UK waste heat recovery specialist targets bioenergy producers with new boiler inspection service
Biogas News
Nov 29, 2016
UK waste and recycling firm, Viridor has confirmed its intention to proceed with a £252 million (€296m) energy-from-waste (EfW) plant in Avonmouth, on the outskirts of Bristol.
The announcement was contained in half year results released by parent company, Pennon on 25 November, 2016.
Once operational the plant is expected to process around... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 29, 2016
Climate policies will continue chipping away at fossil fuels’ role as the mainstay of global energy use, despite Donald Trump's appointment as US president in 2017, according to a new report by The Economist Intelligence Unit.
The report expects that while the election of Trump as US president is not likely to halt the gradual transition towards cleaner energy globally,... [Read More]
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Nov 28, 2016
Sewage contains a source of energy that can be harvested by using hungry bacteria, according to new research from Belgium-based Ghent University.
Domestic sewage contains various organic substances, mainly from toilets and kitchens. These are harmful to the environment, but also contain energy. Researchers from Ghent University have discovered how to efficiently... [Read More]
Biomass News
Nov 25, 2016
Indian researchers have found a new use for sugarcane pulp as a source of highly fluorescent carbon quantum dots, which could reduce agricultural waste and offer a new revenue stream for farmers.
These dots are tiny carbon nanoparticles, which are about four nanometers across, meaning that more of them would fit on the head of a pin than there are stars in the Milky Way.
Because... [Read More]
Biomass News
Nov 25, 2016
The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has appointed energy consultancy Baringa Partners to lead a new ETI bioenergy project examining the future of biomass logistics in the UK, alongside Ecofys and LLamasoft.
Utilising LLamasoft’s supply chain design software, Supply Chain Guru, the six month project will model the logistics requirements of future bioenergy scenarios,... [Read More]
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Nov 25, 2016
Specially protected forests are being indiscriminately felled across Europe to meet the EU’s renewable energy targets, according to an investigation by the conservation group Birdlife.
According to reports in the Guardian, Birdlife found logging taking place in conservation zones such as Poloniny national park in eastern Slovakia and in Italian riverside forests... [Read More]
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Nov 25, 2016
EXCLUSIVE: The government of Finland has approved a new national Energy and Climate Strategy outlining how the country plans to reach both domestic and EU climate targets by 2030.
In the outline, Finland’s centre-right government set a goal to have the share of renewables in the Finnish energy pool surpass 50% during the 2020s, with a long-term goal of reaching carbon... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 24, 2016
The PlanET Biogas Group has received the DLV Novelties Award 2017, one of the most distinguished German innovation awards of the agricultural sector.
The German agricultural publishing company (DLV) benchmarks technical developments in ten categories, and at this year’s Eurotier in Hanover, the PlanET gas management system was honoured due to its practical impact... [Read More]
Pellets News
Nov 23, 2016
Brazilian firm Butia Industria e Comercio de Pellets will invest BRL 5.16 million (€1.45m) in the construction of a pellet factory in Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul state.
The plant in the city of Butia will produce pellets both for the domestic market and for exports mainly to the European market, which is currently looking for biomass to help reduce its coal dependency,... [Read More]
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Nov 23, 2016
An Imperial College climate finance specialist has called on private investors to invest in proven green technologies.
Speaking at the UN’s climate summit in Marrakech (COP22), Charles Donovan, director of Imperial's new Centre for Climate Finance & Investment, said: “There’s a huge difference between technologies that are merely possible... [Read More]
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Nov 22, 2016
Canada is accelerating its plans to phase out coal-based energy generation by 2030 in a bid to meet the emissions reduction targets of the Paris Agreement.
The Liberal government, chosen partly on a platform of doing more for the environment, says the coal-axing plan will take into account the conditions in each Canadian province, some of which have resisted the phase-out.
According... [Read More]
Biomass News
Nov 22, 2016
The Indian government aims to generate 16,725MW of clean and renewable energy in 2016-17 (Apr-Mar), of which 12,000 MW would come from the solar power sector.
Clean and renewable energy capacity addition through wind, biomass and small hydro projects is expected to be of 4,000MW, 500MW and 225MW, respectively, to meet the target for the ongoing financial... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 21, 2016
The Finnish government is exploring the implementation of a €100 million subsidy package for 2017-2020 to speed up the uptake of biogas- and electricity-powered cars.
With the subsidy, the government aims to have 250,000 electric and 50,000 biogas cars on Finland’s road by 2030, which would mark a massive increase from the current 2,250 fully electric or hybrid... [Read More]
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Nov 21, 2016
Global carbon emissions are flatlining, which indicates a downturn in worldwide power demand and shift in the fuel mix, a new study says.
Global carbon emissions caused by energy production remained steady in 2015 and posted the lowest growth in the past 25 years excluding 2009, when there was a decline in the aftermath of the economic crisis, according to research and... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 21, 2016
Asian Agri, an Indonesian palm oil specialist, is producing excess electricity from its biogas plants in Sumatra and is appealing to investors to buy this surplus power.
According to the Jakarta Post, the biogas facilities have been in operation since last year.
Asian Agri, a subsidiary of the Singapore-based Royal Golden Eagle (RGE) conglomerate group, currently has five... [Read More]
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Nov 21, 2016
NextCoal International, a US renewable energy company, is to build a Rural Economic Development Renewables Fuels Centre (REDRFC) in northern New York state to manufacture bio-coal for export to Japanese power plants.
The REDRFC will be supported by Japanese strategic and institutional investors.
Bio-coal is a coal substitute used for co-fired in coal-fired power plants... [Read More]
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Proceeds from the bond sale have been used to refinance $40 million of Gevo RNG’s outstanding 2021 green bonds
SIAAP (Greater Paris Sanitation Authority) and SUEZ have officially inaugurated a new state-of-the-art biogas production unit at the Seine Aval wastewater treatment plant in the Paris metropolitan area
Natural State Renewables has announced a key strategic partnership with Axens as part of its plan to produce carbon-negative sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) from surplus forest biomass
