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Enviva signs 480K ton annual wood pellet contract with Belgium’s Electrabel
Just as biofuels ties are deepening between US technologies and Brazilian feedstocks, European biomass companies are deepening their dependence on low-cost supplies of US wood chips for biomass boilers.
Exemplifying the trend, in Virginia Enviva announced the signing of a long-term wood pellet supply contract with Electrabel, a subsidiary of GDF SUEZ Group, one of the [...]
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Investors prefer biomass to solar and wind: KPMG report
In the UK, a new KPMG study shows that M&A investors are more interested in biomass than either solar or wind. In the survey, 37% of respondents said they intend to invest in biomass while 36% want to invest in solar and 35% want to invest in wind.
The renewable energy M&A market increased 145% during [...]
EPA to hold hearings to define fuel vs. solid waste
In Virginia, the EPA will hold three public hearings in June to determine rules on which secondary non-hazardous materials should be considered ‘fuel’ and which should be considered ‘solid waste’ as part of their hearings on air pollutants from waste-based energy processes.
Secondary materials are those that are not the primary product of a manufacturing or [...]
Northeast Biomass Conference & Expo to convene in Boston August 4-6
In Massachusetts, the The Northeast BIOMASS Conference & Expo will be held August 4-6, 2010 at the Westin Copley Place in Boston.
The goal? To connect the area’s current and future producers of biomass-derived electricity, industrial heat and power, and advanced biofuels, with waste generators, aggregators, growers, municipal leaders, utility executives, technology providers, equipment manufacturers, investors [...]
Financing biomass the question? Bonds the answer.
“In light of the current economy, a number of traditional lenders for energy and infrastructure have fallen by the wayside.,” says Mark Riedy of Mintz, Levin, in an article published in the San Diego Business Journal.
“Among those remaining, some of them aren’t willing to take the risks associated with renewable energy projects,” he adds. “Others [...]
Three biomass projects receive $13 million from DOE in Recovery Act investment
In Washington, the US Department of Energy announced three projects that will receive $13 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to support deployment of community-based renewable energy projects, including biomass.
These projects will promote investment in clean energy infrastructure that will create jobs, help communities provide long-term renewable energy and save consumers money. They [...]
Controversy swirls over $250 million Wisconsin biomass power project
In Wisconsin, a $250 million project has been proposed to convert a coal-fired power plant at the University of Wisconsin-Madison has run into controversy because it would utilize nearly 20 percent of the state’s capital budget during the 2009-’11 budget period.
Controversy is also swirling over rising cost projections, infrastructure for transporting and storing biomass and [...]
Special Report from Pacific Biomass conference
A preview on a DARPA sponsored study of algae companies and recommendations for successful algae business development, and presentations from algal fuel pioneers Kent Bioenergy , Aurora Biofuels, Genifuel Corporation and Bioalgene were among highlights at the Pacific West Biomass Conference in Sacramento this week, BBI’s popular West Coat gathering of biomass congnoscenti.
Biofuels Digest special [...]
Energy Quest proposes 26 MW wood biomass, algae power complex in Alabama
In Alabama, Energy Quest (EQST.OB) announced that it has proposed a 26.8 MW biomass power plant in Nances Creek Industrial Park, in Piedmont, Alabama. The plant will include four 6.7 MW turnkey, modular power units, using wood waste and algae as biomass source. IIn addition, the proposed facility will have an algal biodiesel plant attached.
