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Mar 9, 2010
Germany holds strong biogas lead
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Mar 9, 2010
Biomass-based cogeneration plants are springing up in Punjab, India.
Sukhbir Agro Energy is planning to set up two paddy processing and co-generation power plants in Ferozepur and Mansa districts of Punjab with capital outlay of Rs 250 crore (€4 million) under a project scheme of the Punjab government.
The project in Ferozepur envisages setting up of 80 tonnes per... [Read More]
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Mar 9, 2010
European mid-market investment specialist BLM Partners has invested €10 million in biogas and bioelectricity producer agri.capital.
agri.capital based in Munster, Germany is one of Europe’s largest biogas producers, operating 49 sites with an installed generation capacity of 36MW.
Germany is Europe’s largest producer of biogas.
Biogas is produced in a microbial... [Read More]
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Feb 22, 2010
Electricity-generating company Drax has threatened to relocate its biomass projects oversees if the government refuses to undo its decision to limit subsidies.
Drax, operator of the coal-burning facility in Selby, West Yorkshire, UK, is the biggest polluter in Western Europe. Now, plans to build three biomass power plants are in place to help the company reduce its carbon... [Read More]
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Feb 22, 2010
In the UK, Danish company Dong Energy is planning a multi-million pound biomass power station in Hull.
If plans go ahead, the refinery will be constructed on an 80,000 m2 site that is owned by Associated British Ports (ABP). The biomass plant will burn waste wood to generate 300MW of electricity – enough to power 500,000 homes.
Dong Energy and ABP are also working... [Read More]
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Feb 23, 2010
In the UK, W4B is back, after its application for a biofuel plant in Portland was rejected in 2009.
W4B Renewable Energy has submitted a second proposal for planning permission on a £35 million (€40 million) palm oil facility. W4B wants to construct the multi-million pound power plant at Portland Port, on the edge of Balaclava Bay.
Now, in a bid to show their lack... [Read More]
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Feb 23, 2010
In Brazil, ETH Bioenergia, part of the Odebrecht group, is to acquire one of its smaller rivals, Brenco, creating one of the world’s largest ethanol producers.
Brazilian construction and petrochemical giant Odebrecht and Japanese group Sojitz are the current shareholders in ETH and will own 65% of the new company. Brenco will own the remaining 35%.
ETH has invested... [Read More]
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Feb 24, 2010
Antti Pasanen, managing director of St1 Biofuels Oy, is the latest addition to the impressive line-up of speakers at the upcoming Bioenergy International expo & conference in Prague on 5-6 May.
St1 Biofuels Oy was established in 2006 and its first small-scale plant in Finland is the first anywhere to produce ethanol from waste for commercial use on motor fuel.
While... [Read More]
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Feb 24, 2010
Since the year 2006, 114,000 biogas pools have been built in the rural areas of Tibet.
The Tibet Department of Farming and Animal Husbandry claims that around 570,000 farmers and herdsmen will now be provided with clean methane. The state council gave the green light for 155,705 biogas pools to be constructed in rural villages in Tibet, costing 659.26 million Yuan (€71.2... [Read More]
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Feb 24, 2010
In the Philippines, Phil-Korean Renewable Energy is planning to invest $71.26 million (€52.6 million) on the construction of a biomass plant.
The refinery, due to begin construction later in 2010, will utilise woodchips to produce 30MW of power that will be supplied to Palawan Electric.
The chairman of Phil-Korean Renewable Won Gul Lee has said that the company... [Read More]
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Feb 25, 2010
Canada-based biofuels firm Enerkem may have come up with a solution to create cheap biofuels while at the same time decreasing the amount of rubbish on landfill sites.
The current problem with using ethanol as a biofuel is that it is still expensive but contains much less energy to the gallon compared to petrol.
With a waste-to-fuels facility in Mississippi set up... [Read More]
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Feb 25, 2010
In the UK, city councillors have declined the biomass power plant proposed for Avonmouth.
The refinery, which would have utilised 70,000 tonnes of vegetable oil from tropical palm trees to power 25,000 homes, received more than 1,100 letters of objection before the meeting. The high demand for palm oil has been linked to large areas of deforestation.
Councillors... [Read More]
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Feb 25, 2010
Major European oil refiner PKN Orlen will be presenting on the execution of targets for biofuels at the upcoming Bioenergy International expo & conference in Prague on 5-6 May.
Robert Gmyrek, the director of the biofuels department will also cover the need for top quality biofuel.
PKN Orlen is the pioneer in the Polish market when it comes to selling biofuels and... [Read More]
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Feb 25, 2010
The European Commission is taking an active role in steering member states on to the right path for renewables. It has worked with key industry associations and producers, many of which say they will produce surplus biofuels and bioenergy than mandated.
By 2020 the European Union must source 20% of its total energy (including heat, power and transport) from renewable... [Read More]
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Feb 25, 2010
Hawaii-based ClearFuels Technology will build a biorefinery in Wayne County, Tennessee, US.
The $200 million (€148.3 million) biorefinery will turn sawdust, wood shavings and wood chips into diesel or jet fuel. The refinery would employ 50 people and be built at lumber supplier Hughes Hardwoods’ facility in Collinwood.
Construction is scheduled to begin near the... [Read More]
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