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India company fires up 1.5mW anaerobic power plant
In India, Energen has fired up its anaerobic digester biomass power plant in Salem, Tamil Nadu that will produce 1MW of electricity by September and 1.5MW by October using chicken manure as a feedstock.
There is sufficient chicken litter feedstock available within 35 km of the plant to support in excess of 10MW/h of renewable electricity [...]
Forth Energy begins to plan 100MW biomass-fired power plant
In the UK, Forth Energy has applied for planning permission for a 100MW biomass-fired power plant in Dundee, Scotland. Forth Energy’s plans to construct four 100MW plants — in Edinburgh, Dundee, Rosyth and Grangemouth — are part of a strategic joint venture between Scottish and Southern Energy (SSE) and Forth Ports. The Dundee plant is [...]
University of British Columbia to install biomass power system
In Canada, Nexterra has signed an agreement to assist the University of British Columbia with supplying and installing a biomass combined heat and power (CHP) system at UBC’s Vancouver campus. This is the first installation of its kind in North America and follows three years of collaboration between Nexterra and GE’s Jenbacher gas engine division.
The [...]
China Recycling Energy Corp. shows enormous growth
In China, China Recycling Energy Corp. posted Q2 revenue growth of 102% for the period to $22.54 million versus the same time last year, on the back of a multi-million dollar biomass renewable energy agreement. The company has entered into a new contract with Pucheng Biomass Power Generation Company, which will allow China Recycling Corp. [...]
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Wood manufacturers vs biomass power: war over resources
In the UK, the wood manufacturing industry in Wales is highlighting concerns about competition with biomass energy producers over local wood resources. It has launched a campaign to battle the energy sector using claims including the potential loss of 8,700 local manufacturing jobs.
Environmental groups says biomass energy will boost demand for wood by 30 million [...]
Camco acquires portfolio of W2E projects in UK
In the UK, Camco International announced acquisition of a portfolio of emission reduction projects from Greenhouse Gas Services.
The operational projects acquired include reductions from agricultural waste-to-energy installations and landfill gas projects and it is anticipated that they will generate emission reductions in excess of 110,000 tons of CO2 equivalents per year, as well as rights [...]
SK Energy invests $26M in China biomass project
In China, South Korea’s largest oil refiner SK Energy will invest $26 million in a joint venture biomass power facility in Shandong province.
The Chinese partner, who wasn’t named, will own 51% of the venture. Construction of the plant will begin in 2012 and will be SK Energy’s first international project seeking carbon credits through the [...]
UK biomass plant runs into NIMBYs
In the UK, community members who use land adjacent to a proposed biomass-fired power plant in Shropshire for vegetable gardens, known as allotments, claim that the facility would interfere with their activities.
It was expected the land approved for the power plant would become a community farm, but the Shropshire Council approved the plant in a [...]
Malaysian Palm Oil Board studying power potential of palm residues
In Malaysia, the Malaysian Palm Oil Board is conducting extensive research and development into the use of palm-based biomass for energy, like empty fruit bunches (EFB), palm fibre, palm kernel shells and palm oil mill effluent (POME) which can be developed into a renewable source of energy as well as high-income generating green products for [...]
