Jan 30, 2017
GE and University of Guelph open innovative wastewater treatment pilot in Canada
Biogas News
Jan 27, 2017
DuPont Industrial Biosciences has been awarded a grant from the European Commission to demonstrate high-efficiency enzyme production to increase biogas yields.
The grant comes as part of the DEMETER project, funded from the Bio-Based Industries Joint Undertaking under the EU’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme.
Enzyme technology has been... [Read More]
Other News
Jan 27, 2017
The Industrial Biotechnology Innovation Centre (IBioIC) is set to invest more than £700,000 (€822,400) in Scottish microenterprises specialising in industrial biotechnology (IB).
Spread across five research projects, the funding will boost research in areas such as new and environmentally-friendly protein production, new tools for vaccines and therapies, processes... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 26, 2017
A special elliptical tank made from precast panels by Whites Concrete (part of the Naylor Group) has been installed for a new anaerobic digestion (AD) plant in Lincolnshire, UK.
One of an increasing number of successful biogas plants operated by a leading multi-disciplinary construction, engineering and operating group, Whites Concrete has also provided a circular Sealwall... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 26, 2017
ILC Construction AS has placed an order worth NOK 35 million (€3.91m) with Pilum, the energy and environmental technology Group’s subsidiary Hotab Biosystems , for a turnkey subcontracting solution to deliver a heating plant to the Oslofjord Convention Centre in Stokke, Norway to provide district heating for the convention centre.
Oslofjord Convention... [Read More]
Other News
Jan 26, 2017
UK-based gas-to-liquids (GTL) company Velocys has announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with ThermoChem Recovery International (TRI), establishing a strategic alliance.
TRI will be Velocys’ preferred supplier of gasification systems for its biomass-to-liquids (BTL) plants. The agreement will see the alliance partners rapidly deploy an integrated... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 26, 2017
Renewable company New Horizons and gas firm Afrox have opened an energy-from-waste (EfW) plant in Athlone, near Cape Town, South Africa.
The new EfW plant will focus on converting organic waste into useable biomethane which will be used to create products such as liquid carbon dioxide, organic fertiliser and compressed biomethane.
The gas will be marketed as an alternative... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 26, 2017
Michael Wild, president of the IBTC (International Biomass Torrefaction Council), gives his views on the year ahead.
Right now, the question on people’s minds is what 2017 might have in store for us. Yet, what we do know is that the turn from 2016 and 2017 seems to be a kind of watershed for the torrefaction industry.
For many years the industry put a lot of... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 25, 2017
A well-known biomass recycling plant located on the Pengarnddu Industrial Estate in Merthyr Tydfil, Wales, is to be sold by online auction by Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council.
The council has recently been successful in regaining control over the property through court action.
The green energy recycling complex lies within an elevated 6.5 acre site on the busy... [Read More]
Other News
Jan 25, 2017
Chemicals giant DuPont has reported strong fourth-quarter results.
The company swung to a fourth-quarter profit though sales slipped as it attempts to solidify its merger with Dow Chemical.
The company earned $265 million ( €246m), or 30 cents per share, compared with a loss last year.
Earnings, adjusted for one-time gains and costs, came to 51 cents per share, which... [Read More]
Other News
Jan 25, 2017
European biomass associations have come together and signed a new guideline for the development of “bioenergy in Europe towards 2030”.
The pledge is called ‘Declaration of Graz’ and was unveiled at the 5th Central European Biomass Conference in Graz, Austria.
The declaration has four parameters and five key measures.
Key parameters
Halving... [Read More]
Other News
Jan 25, 2017
MEPs have voted in favour of a 70% recycling and reuse target for 2030.
The European Parliament’s Environment Committee (ENVI) voted yesterday (24 January) on a raft of amendments tabled by MEP Simona Bonafè, after a two-day discussion on the legislative aspects of the package.
This proposal ups the goal proposed by the European Commission (EC) in its Circular... [Read More]
Other News
Jan 25, 2017
In response to the London smog alert, the Global Warming Policy Forum (GWPF) is calling on the UK government to abolish all support for diesel engines and wood-burners which are posing a growing threat to the health of urban populations.
Unusually high amount of domestic wood burning, some of which are subsidised under the Renewable Heat Incentive, has been partly blamed... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 25, 2017
Philippines-based Victorias Milling Co. is expected to complete a cogeneration biomass power plant with 40MW capacity by the end of the year, according to media reports.
According to online reports by Business World Online.com, VMC president and chief operating officer Eduardo V. Concepcion said the plant, which will run mainly on bagasse - a by-product of sugarcane, is... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 24, 2017
Ghana-based Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has unveiled a project to develop a simple, efficient and sustainable electricity generation technology for use in rural and urban communities.
According to Ghana Business News, the study focuses on developing microbial fuel cell technology to generate electricity and support wastewater treatment.
The... [Read More]
Other News
Jan 24, 2017
Oman has tremendous potential to be a leading exporter of energy based on renewable sources, an industry expert has said.
David Rooney, director of sustainable energy research at the School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering at Queen’s University Belfast spoke at an event on renewable energy and biofuels organised by the Independent Learning Centre at SQU, according... [Read More]
Pellets News
Jan 24, 2017
Northern Ireland's biggest wood pellets manufacturer, Balcas, has confirmed it shared information about proposed tariff changes in the renewable heat incentive (RHI) scheme months before they were officially announced, according to a BBC report.
Balcas, based in Ballinamallard, County Fermanagh, said there was "nothing sinister" in the move.
It was not aware the information... [Read More]
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