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A $1.37 million (€1.1 million) grant is set to allow researchers to study and potentially develop shrub willow as a bioenergy crop.
Associate professor of horticulture at Cornell University Larry Smart and professor at the J. Craig Venter Institute will partner to study the genetics of hybrid shrub willow, itself a cool-climate, perennial woody plant.
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Bioethanol producer Ensus has announced the restarting of its £300 million bioethanol plant in Teeside, UK by the end of August after a 15-month enforced shutdown.
The move follows the closure of a loophole in the tariff system by the European Union’s Customs Code Committee which allowed imports of subsidised US product to distort the market. Coupled with the ending of the US taxpayer…
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ENCE has awarded engineering and technology group SENER a turnkey contract for the construction of its biomass power plant in Mérida, Spain.
The new facility will consist of a renewable energy generation facility, producing 20MW of power from energy plantation trees, including poplar and eucalyptus crops.
The contract includes the design, procurement, construction and commissioning of the…
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Second generation ethanol producer Fulcrum BioEnergy has been awarded a $105 million (€85 million) loan guarantee from the US Department of Agriculture.
The finalisation of the loan guarantee, which was awarded to the company's Sierra BioFuels Plant to be built in Storey County in Nevada, US, means Fulcrum will secure bank financing. This, combined with Fulcrum's private equity capital, will…
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In Alaska, Doyon Utilities officially opened its biogas plant on 2 August.
The new plant will convert landfill gas from the Anchorage Regional Landfill into renewable energy that will be used by Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson. JBE-Richardson is a joint US army and air force base and will use the power to feed around half of its 13MW demand.
The plant's capacity will increase as the size of the…
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In Canada, electricity generation company Ontario Power Generation (OPG) has awarded construction and infrastructure development firm Aecon Group's industrial division a $170 million (€137 million) design and construction contract for its Atikokan Generating Station (GS) biomass conversion project.
Under the contract, Aecon will modify the existing facility with the addition of fuel handling…
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Algae cultivation technology provider Solix BioSystems has finalised a £20 million (€25 million) round of funding and can now begin building its inaugural commercial plant.
The new large-scale plant, the location for which has not yet been decided, will grow algae biomass that can then be used for the production of biofuels and animal feed.
Solix already operates a demonstration-scale…
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A new biobutanol plant is being devised through a joint venture between chemical company Rhodia and next generation bio-based chemicals developer Cobalt Technologies.
The demonstration facility will be based in Brazil and is set to utilise Cobalt’s technology to convert bagasse and other local non-food feedstock in biobutnaol in Latin America.
‘This agreement puts us on a clear path…
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Plantation company PT Perkebunan Nusantara (PTPN) is to construct a bioethanol plant in Mojokerto, Indonesia.
The company claims the plant will be the first ever bioethanol plant to be operated by a state-owned company and aims to produce up to 30 million litres of fuel a year.
PTPN finance director Dolly Bulungan says the project will abosrb around $48 million (€39 million) split between a…
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Renewable energy company Vattenfall has announced a SEK150 million (€17.9 million) drop in operating profits for the first six months of this year.
Profits coming from the renewables division fell from SEK227 millions to around the SEK 80 million mark. This drop has been in part due to impairments and provisions of SEK500 million which was set aside for a minority interest stake in a biomass…
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A multi-year investment of over $5.7 million (€4.6 million) to create opportunities for the Canadian Northwest Territories sustainable wood biomass industry has been announced.
The money for the initiative is split between Government of Canada support of $3,746,000 from Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency (CanNor), Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada (AANDC) and…
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Lloyds Banking Group is set to put £333 million (€423 million) into renewable projects as part of an overall £1 billion investment in the UK government’s new Infrastructure Plan.
Lloyds has said it has identified up to 12 renewable energy projects, plus nine social and economic infrastructure projects and three conventional power plants, to invest in.
Lloyds MD and global…
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Technology and services provider Metso will work on an extensive automation renewal project at the Rauhalahti power plant in Jyvaskyla, Finland.
Metso will modernise the Jyvaskylan Energia (JE) plant’s technology and represents its third upgrade since it opened in 1986, with JE automation specialist Matti Niemela claiming its not due to any under performance.
‘During the whole life…
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UK-based Drax Power Group has said it will move forward with biomass projects after announcing fallen first-half profits.
The operator of the largest coal-fired power station’s pre-tax January-June profits were £141 million ($221 million) compared to £169 million 12 months previous.
As coal prices rise and the UK government subsidise more projects involving energy generated by…
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A £600 million ($941 million) biomass power plant proposed in Middlesborough, UK has been given the go ahead.
MGT Power will push forward with the project now that the UK government has ruled positively on incentives for renewable energy projects. The new plant is expected to generated 150 jobs, plus hundreds more through the supply chain and construction.
‘This really is the final…
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