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Czech Republic-based national utility CEZ produced more than 327 GWh of electricity from biomass during 2009 through co-firing.
At four thermal facilities, the Hodonin power plant, the Porici power plant, the Tisova power plant and the Dvur Kralove heating plant, more than 363,000 tonnes of biomass were burned, despite some problems with delivery of biomass at the beginning of 2009.
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Biofuels International expo & conference has changed its name to Bioenergy International expo & conference to reflect its new focus.
The event, being held in Prague on 5-6 May, will have three streams looking at biodiesel, bioethanol and bioenergy.
With all the media speculation surrounding biofuels and their impact on food security, food prices and emissions reductions, the industry…
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A biomass to energy project has been launched in Mason County, Washington, US.
A joint venture formed between Duke Energy and Areva, John Deere and Adage will own and operate the 55MW plant.
The plant will use woody biomass from local forests and fuel supply contracts are still being negotiated by Adage.
The company is in the process of finalising power purchasing agreements and fuel supply…
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The Philippines-based National Power (Napocor) is joining with French company Enertine to provide biomass-derived power in the archipelago’s non-grid areas.
Agricultural by-products such as rice and sugarcane husks, crop stalks, logging residues and dead wood will be used to fuel more remote areas.
The project will be carried out under Napocor’s Small Power Utilities Group (SPUG), which is…
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In the US, San Antonio-based terminal operator NuStar Energy has begun to receive and offload ethanol unit trains in Stockton and Selby, two of its locations in northern California.
Both terminals are capable of receiving single manifest rail cars up to full unit trains.
The Stockton terminal is a 1 million-barrel-facility and Selby is a 3-million-barrel-facility.
Both terminals have…
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In south Wisconsin, US, Valero Renewable fuels has purchased a biofuels plant for $72 million (€52.6 million).
The ethanol plant in Jefferson had been in business for six years and had the capacity to produce 110mgy of ethanol, before Renew Energy declared itself bankrupt. 70 employees were threatened with redundancy if a buyer was not found.
Valero was the winning bidder for the plant,…
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After signing a contract with Biffa, a UK-based integrated waste management business, Sainsbury’s supermarket looks set to turn all of its food waste into biogas by 2012.
Biffa will use anaerobic digestion (AD) technology to create biogas from the discarded foodstuff, before it is injected into the national grid.
AD is a green and cheap solution of disposing of waste, while extending the…
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RWE npower renewables has teamed up with paper maker Tullis Russell to construct a biomass plant.
RWE develops renewable energy in the UK and the new biomass plant and will be its biggest plant yet.
The facility will use biomass to provide steam and electricity to the company’s power plant. 50MW of energy will be generated, taking the place of the coal-burning plant currently used by…
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A proposed biomass plant in Scott County, Indiana, has created chaos and outcry amongst locals.
The $100 million (€73 million) Liberty Green Renewables plant will burn untreated and unpainted woodchips that will generate electricity to supply to utilities across the region.
Liberty Green also plans to construct another biomass plant in Crawford County, near Milltown, and the proposed permits…
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US president Barack Obama has established three steps to boost the production of biofuels.
Firstly, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalised a rule to implement the long-term renewable fuels standard of 36 billion gallons by 2022 established by Congress.
Second, the U.S. Department of Agriculture has also proposed a rule on the Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP) that would…
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H.E. Mr. Jan Dusík, Minister of the Environment for the Czech Republic, will be making the keynote presentation at the upcoming Biofuels International expo & conference in Prague on 5-6 May 2010.
Other confirmed speakers include PKN Orlen, ?ESKÁ RAFINÉRSKÁ, Petronas, Cepra A.S, The European Bioethanol Fuel Association, The European Biogas Association, HSBC, biofuel producers like Preol,…
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With 40-60% oil contained inside each castor oil seed (or bean), Evogene’s establishment of castor bean fields may prove to be groundbreaking within the biofuels sector.
With a combined total of 3.8 billion litres of biodiesel being produced annually between the US and Brazil, Texas and northeastern Brazil are currently the two target locations for future commercial growth.
Evogene has been…
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California-based Promethean Biofuels will open its biodiesel plant on 19 February in Temecula.
The Promethean Biofuels refinery will convert used cooking oils into 1.5mgy of biodiesel.
Built next to a recycling facility, the majority of this 17,000-square foot plant has been constructed using reclaimed resources. Ideally situated nearby to a community recycling utility, consumers can now…
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