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The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service announced it is making up to $34 million in funding available to support innovation and jobs in the forestry sector while supporting healthy forest landscapes. The agency is seeking proposals that will spark innovation, create new markets for sustainable wood products and renewable wood energy, and expand processing capacity. The funding,…
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Kruger Inc. has announced a $23.75 million investment in an innovative demonstration project for carbon capture and reuse at its Wayagamack Mill in Trois-Rivières. For this project, Kruger is partnering with the developers of the carbon capture technology, Mantel Capture Inc., a North American start-up founded by engineers and scientists from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology…
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Chesapeake Utilities Corporation has completed its renewable natural gas (RNG) facility at Full Circle Dairy (FCD) in Lee, Florida. The facility, a full-scale dairy manure-to-pipeline-quality RNG operation expected to produce an average of 100,000 dekatherms annually, represents a capital investment of $22 million. The facility began producing RNG in June 2024 and is expected to capture and…
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PurposeEnergy, a renewable fuels and biogas specialist focused on waste solutions for the food and beverage industries, has opened its Middlebury renewable energy facility. The $23 million project utilises patented anaerobic digestion technology to support Vermont’s circular economy goals by minimising waste and maximising resource recoveries. PurposeEnergy – Middlebury is the state’s…
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Edison has signed a long-term biomethane purchase agreement (BPA) with Kanadevia Inova, for the off-taking of biomethane produced from agricultural biomasses. The agreement has a term of 15 years. By the first half of 2025, Kanadevia Inova will complete construction of a biomethane plant, powered by agricultural byproducts in the province of Cuneo, Italy. The annual volume is expected to be…
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BE&E examines how to maximise a pellet mill’s profitability. Warren Buffett is quoted as saying: ‘Price is what you pay. Value is what you get’. Never a truer statement, said BE&E. Its conveyors aren’t cheap. To which its customer replied: ‘I can’t afford cheap’. After decades in the business, this mill owner had learned that cheap costs more than quality. In BE&E’s…
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Neustark, a Switzerland-based carbon removal specialist, and UK-based building materials supplier, Aggregate Industries, are introducing a new technology that permanently removes carbon from the atmosphere and locks it into recycled concrete. The first site has entered operation in Greenwich, London and will now permanently remove tonne by tonne of CO2 in the coming months and support building…
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Gas Malaysia Bhd’s subsidiary, Gas Malaysia Energy and Services (GMES), has signed an agreement with Intercontinental Specialty Fats (ISF) for the supply of certified biomethane through the natural gas distribution system, reported New Straits Times Press. The biomethane will be certified under the International Sustainability and Carbon Certification (ISCC) Plus standards. A signing ceremony…
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DBS, in partnership with renewable power generator RExus Bioenergy, has announced the company's first green loan to finance the construction of a biomass power plant in Jurong, Singapore. Upon completion in the second half of 2026, the RExus waste wood-to-energy plant will also explore the potential of carbon capture technology in advancing Singapore's net-zero ambitions. DBS acted as the…
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Drax's feedstock from US wood pellet facilities have broken environmental regulations over 11,000 times, according to an investigation for The Times. It found that violations took place at six Drax Group-owned mills, from whence wood pellets are shipped to its North Yorkshire power station. They were located across Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi and Washington. Offences included surpassing…
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SET-listed Asia Green Energy, a local bituminous trader and logistics service provider, is restructuring its business by focusing more on the green segment, following its new biomass acquisition, reported Bangkok Post. It is also purchasing an extra 292.1 million shares in Asia Biomass Plc (ABM) for 380 million baht. This is according to deputy managing director of Asia Green Energy. The…
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Firmus has sold firmus energy, its gas supply business, to Yuno Group. The firmus supply business started operating in 2005, and, by volume, is Northern Ireland's largest gas supplier in terms of volume. Yuno Group is based in Dublin, Ireland, and is one of the country's largest players in the electricity and gas retail markets. Firmus energy (Distribution) Ltd will still own-operate the Ten…
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BluSky Carbon, an entry into the carbon removal clean technology sector, has entered into a master services agreement with Scotia BioChar. The agreement relates to provision of manufacturing equipment and consulting services related to biochar production. Scotia BioChar is headquartered in Bedford, Nova Scotia, Canada and aims to become a producer of high-quality biochar from waste wood biomass…
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Following the publication of the first Labour Government's budget on 30 October, Chris Huhne, chair of the Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA) and former Energy and Climate Change Secretary, said: “Every business will have its own take on the mix of tax rises, but the continued emphasis on green growth is welcome. It would have been even better if there had been no mixed…
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