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Clessidra renews efforts to sell 350 MW Prenergy biomass project in UK
In the UK, Italian private equity firm Clessidra announced that it will sell the 350 MW Prenergy power station project which, when completed, will be the UK’s largest biomass-fired power plant. The Royal Bank of Canada has been retained to manage the sale process, which Clessidra expects to close this year.
The South Wales-based plant will [...]
8.4 MW CHP project in Belgium awarded to Metso by 4HamCogen
In Belgium, Metso announced that it will construct an 8.4 MW combined heat and power plant for 4HamCogen. The plant will be constructed in the province of Limburg, and will also supply up to 14 MW of heat.
The plant is expected to open power in Q2 2011 and use will use non-contaminated biomass.
Malaysian energy minister asks palm oil producers to make green power from waste; hints at mandate
In Malaysia, Minister of Energy, Green Technology and Water, Datuk Seri Peter Chin Fah Kui has called on oil palm plantations to assist in energy conservation by burning waste oil palm fruit to generate power for their own systems. The minister said that power shortages in Sabah state could be overcome with substations generating up [...]
Colorado awards $500,000 in renewable energy research grants; three biomass projects in the money
In Colorado, the state Department of Agriculture’s Advancing Colorado’s Renewable Energy program announced $500,000 in research grants to eleven projects.
Among the winners: $25,000 for Northeast Colorado RC&D in Morgan County to determine the feasibility of developing a mixed feedstock food and ag waste digester near the Fort Morgan Industrial Park. $50,000 was awarded to Flux [...]
The Last Word in Biomass: “Biomass captures and stores the suns energy for later use.”
From Renewable Energy World: “Every six hours the sun bathes the lands of the earth in as much energy as the world consumes in a year. If we could just find a way to collect and distribute that energy our energy problems would be solved. Unfortunately, most of our energy consumption is in the places [...]
Solazyme, Sapphire Energy, Sustainable Oils, Rentech, Terasol share “Biofuels Digest Company of the Year Award” for Achievement in Commercialization
[BIOFUELS DIGEST NEWSWIRE] In Miami, Biofuels Digest announced that a group of companies associated with the advancement of aviation biofuels — Solazyme, Sapphire Energy, Sustainable Oils, Rentech, and Terasol — have jointly received the Biofuels Digest Company of the Year award for Achievement in Commercialization.
The awards were given in recognition of the companies significant contributions [...]
Honeywell’s UOP receives “Biofuels Digest Company of the Year Award” for Achievement in Processing Technology
[BIOFUELS DIGEST NEWSWIRE] In Miami, Biofuels Digest announced that Honeywell unit UOP has received the “Biofuels Digest Company of the Year Award” for Achievement in Processing Technology.
The award was given in recognition of the company’s significant licensing activity this year for its hydroprocessing technology, utilized in converting renewable oils into renewable jet fuel.
“Though UOP has [...]
“Torrefied Wood, A Bio-Energy Option That Is Ready to Go”: A Biomass Digest Special Report
By Biomass Digest correspondent Tim Sklar
Overview
In 2007 the Congress passed legislation that mandated producing 16 billion gallons per year of 2nd generation biofuels from cellulosic biomass by Year 2022. Although many experts believe this “Renewable Fuels Standard” (RFS) could still be attained, progress toward that goal has bogged down. Processes under development for producing 2nd [...]
Midwest Biogas to break ground in Iowa on world’s largest biomethane project, using dairy, ethanol waste as feedstock
In Iowa, Midwest Biogas announced that it will break ground in Albert City early in 2010 on a $120 million project that will become the world’s largest producer of biomethane, with a n estimated capacity around 15,000 cubic meters per hour. The plant will also produce power and fertilizer from egg producer and ethanol plant [...]
