Abengoa and Toshiba Corp. have been selected as preferred bidders to build the Tees Renewable Energy Plant. The project is owned by MGT Teesside, a subsidiary of MGT Power, a British company committed to developing utility scale biomass combined heat and power (CHP) projects. This will be the world's newly built largest power and steam from biomass plant, and will be located... [Read More]

The Longchamps biomethane plant in the Franche-Comté region in eastern France has gone live. The plant supplies 70m3/h of biomethane to the natural gas grid of the French gas distributor GrDF (Gaz réseau Distribution France). As feedstock, the plant uses approximately 6,000 tonnes of agricultural leftovers a year for the production of biogas from anaerobic digestion.... [Read More]

Africa's first grid-connected Anaerobic Digestion (AD) plant has been opened in Kenya, developer Tropical Power Energy Group has announced. The 2.2MW Gorge Farm Energy Park, developed in Kenya's Nakuru Country, will use local crop waste to create biogas for electricity generation. The developer said the $7.5m plant could reduce the country's carbon dioxide emissions by... [Read More]

Clearfleau, a UK-based provider of on-site anaerobic digestion (AD) solutions for food and beverage companies, has handed over its latest bioenergy plant at Diageo's Glendullan distillery. The Glendullan plant, which was visited by Scotland Office Minister Lord Dunlop on 13 August, optimises energy output using co-products from the distillation process. The project involved... [Read More]

On 7 and 8 October, Nextgen Expo will return to the NAEC, Stoneleigh, with an exciting and innovative conference programme that is now live on the company's website. In addition, a wide range of companies and organisations will be exhibiting at the event, delivering maximum value for delegates. 2015 has been a challenging time for the renewable and low carbon energy industries.... [Read More]

Biomass-based heating system operators in the UK face losing entitlement to payment under the renewable heat incentive (RHI) unless they can ensure compliance with new sustainability requirements coming into effect on 5 October, 2015. Compliance with the new requirements must be agreed before 5 October to continue receiving RHI payments, according a message issued by the... [Read More]

Canada’s wood pellet exports grew by 1% to a total of 781,083 tonnes in the first half of 2015 when compared to the same time period last year, data from Statistics Canada shows. Increased deliveries to the UK, Canada’s number one wood pellet export target, offset declines in shipments from Italy and South Korea, the data shows. Canadian H1 pellet exports to... [Read More]

Pacific Ag, the largest crop residue supply company in the US, has announced a $7 million (€6.4 million) investment from Advantage Capital Agribusiness Partners (ACAP). The growth capital will enable Pacific Ag to accelerate the expansion of its operations across the country through acquisitions, technology, equipment, sales and marketing to meet the increasing demand... [Read More]

Okanagan Pellet Company (OPC), a wholly owned subsidiary of Viridis Energy, has commenced a major one to two year plant upgrade that will be conducted in three phases. The OPC plant upgrades are intended to address new regulatory requirements for safe storage and management of wood pellets and ensure the plant complies with National Fire Protection Association and BC Fire... [Read More]

Wood pellet manufacturer German Pellets is ramping up capacity at its Urania production plant in Louisiana, from 578,000 tonnes to over 1 million tonnes a year. The commissioning of the first construction phase is complete and work on phase two has now started. The financing for the capacity increase of the plant has been raised in full. 'We are delighted at the fast realisation... [Read More]

Alliance BioEnergy Plus, a publicly traded company focusing on green energy and renewable technologies, has entered into a non-exclusive development agreement with Renewable Resources Development of America (RRSA) for the construction and operation of up to 56 cellulose conversion plants. The plants will be located both domestically and abroad utilising Alliance's licensed,... [Read More]

The European Pellet Council (EPC) has published a new version of the ENplus Handbook, to adapt the certification system to the latest market developments. The ENplus certification, covering the entire supply chain of wood pellets, was launched in 2011 to ensure a sustainable development of the pellet market by harmonising quality on the international level. Since the start... [Read More]

In China, renewable energy company China Everbright International and DP CleanTech have announced the development of a new 30MW straw-fired biomass power plant in Nanqiao City, Anhui. This marks the fourth project for Everbright International and DP this year alone and the sixth project between the two companies. DP's advanced technology boiler will be optimised to handle... [Read More]

ClearCove, a renewable energy company, has completed their New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA)-supported project titled ClearCove Organics Harvester Demonstration at the Ithaca Area Wastewater Treatment Facility (IAWWTF). The project’s final results have been collected in a report documenting the energy potential of the Harvester technology. A... [Read More]

Belarus plans to use sewage sludge to produce biogas, says Sergei Zavyalov, head of the department on the impact on the atmosphere and water resources at the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Belarus. According to Zavyalov, the rainfall handling technology was discussed at a meeting in the Housing and Utilities Ministry not long ago. ‘Out of four variants... [Read More]

The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI) has announced that it is leading a £2.78 million (appr. €4 million) UK-based collaboration to help strengthen the UK’s position within industrial biotechnology. The three year project – SeaGas – is working on producing bio-methane from seaweed through anaerobic digestion (AD). The project launched in... [Read More]