All Entries Tagged With: "biomass"
The Last Word: “Residents are justifiably worried about the impact on their quality of life.”
Gavin Adkins, Director of the Wood Panel Industry Federation and Kronospan Director of Sawmilling: “Since the Government started subsidising biomass power stations to burn timber the price of wood has increased by 30% over 3 years. Inevitably this will have to be passed on to the consumer. This could all be avoided if the Government [...]
Saxlund, Canning partner for 50MW biomass plant in Scotland
In the UK, Saxlund International Ltd and Canning Conveyor Ltd will design, deliver and commission a biomass fuel handling system at RWE’s new 50 MW biomass plant near Fife, Scotland.
The plant will be commissioned in 2013 and deliveries of Saxlund’s biomass reception and screening system, the bulk storage and discharge with several Saxlund rotary TubeFeeders [...]
Drax delays UK biomass investments, citing policy instability
In the UK, the country’s largest private energy supplier Drax—who had planned to convert three of its coal-fired boilers to biomass—has delayed its investment plans because it sees the government’s policies as too unstable.
The UK government last month announced financial support for 20 years to biomass-based energy plants but the subsidy policy is to be [...]
One potato, two potato
Following the all-but-certain defeat of a renewal of the ethanol tax credit, left-wing environmental activists, confederated into the National Anti-Biomass Incineration and Forest Protection Campaign, are making a move to destabilize support for biomass-based power generation.
At issue: is burning biomass carbon-neutral, and are there other emissions associated with it that make biomass an unappealing alternative [...]
IUT Singapore researchers win ASEAN Award for food-waste to energy project
In Singapore, researchers at IUT Singapore won an ASEAN Energy Award for their waste-to-energy project. The researchers developed a technology to burn food waste to generate renewable energy while producing electricity to power both the plant itself and supply excess electricity to Singapore’s power grid.
The plant, located in Tuas, is able to recycle over half [...]
$20 billion for UK biomass power, as policy changes
In the UK, the government removed a major financing obstacle for biomass power plants and committed to supporting the industry via obligations on utilities to use clean energy over the next 20 years. The move should release approximately $20 billion in private sector investment for the industry.
According to the Department of Energy and Climate Change, [...]
The Last Word: “Biomass is much more like hydro—it has a firm capacity—and as a utility, that is what we like.”
Senior Biosystems Engineer, Dennis St. George: “There are many attributes that make an energy source functional and one of them is capacity, or the ability to deliver energy when you need to. With our hydro system, if we need to generate more power, it’s nearly an instantaneous process. The problem with wind and solar is [...]
Renewable Energy Systems proposes 100 MW biomass plant in UK
In the UK, Renewable Energy Systems (RES) is inviting residents living near the proposed site of a 100-megawatt biomass generating plant next to the River Blyth to express their views during public consultations in September.
RES says the power plant could be operational by 2015 and would generate enough electricity to power 150,000 homes per year [...]
South Korea invests $33 million in biomass power
In South Korea, the government plans to invest $33 million of its national carbon fund in a biomass power generation plant in central China. The investment will earn extra carbon credits for South Korea in the future.
According to the South Korean Ministry of Knowledge Economy, the fund has been offered to a consortium led by [...]
Oak Ridge, Dartmouth researchers develop largest biomass database
In New Hampshire, researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Dartmouth College have released results from the largest database ever analyzed and compiled for energy crop yield comparisons, in relation to geographically distributed variables. These variables include site location, plot size, stand age, harvest frequency, fertilizer application, climate, and soil quality.
The researchers compiled nearly 1,200 [...]
