biomass CHP News
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EUBIA promotes the platform BIOCOGEN 2030
Since last year, EUBIA has joined the consortium of the BLAZE project, aiming to realize a Biomass CHP system featuring low costs, low emissions and combining gassification and SOFC. As part of the dissemination and communication activities carried out for BLAZE, EUBIA has joined forces with Greenovate Europe (from the project Smart CHP) and has launched the stakeholder platform BIOCOGEN 2030. ...
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`World`s first` whiskey-fuelled biomass CHP plant
The ‘world’s-first’ whiskey-fuelled biomass CHP plant is to be built in Scotland. The GreenSwitch CHP plant, which is capable of using wet biomass, will be powered using whiskey distillery by-products to create enough electricity for 9,000 homes. This GBP50m joint venture between Helius Energy and The Combination of Rothes Distillers (CoRD) called Helius CoRDE, will use by-products such as ...
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New biomass plant to be built in Lincolnshire
RWE Innogy UK is acquiring 100 % of Helius Energy Alpha Ltd from British biomass to power company Helius Energy Plc.. Helius Energy Alpha Ltd. owns the rights for the development and operation of the Stallingborough biomass power plant to be built in North East Lincolnshire. Overall, RWE Innogy will invest approx. € 260 million in this project. Consent for the power plant has already been granted ...
By RWE AG
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GBP 4m bioenergy fund on offer for community organisations
Business and community organisations such as schools and hospitals can now apply for £4M of new funding to buy and install bio-energy systems. Under the Bio-Energy Capital Grants scheme, grants of up to £500,000 are on offer to individual projects that want to install biomass boilers, CHP systems or anaerobic digesters. The sum on offer should be 40 per cent of the cost difference between a ...
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KMW Energi exhibits technology for biomass-fired heating and CHP plants
“This is a big trade fair and many of our customers attend,” says Lars-Erik Jansson, sales manager at KMW Energi, a leading Swedish manufacturer of heating and CHP plants. “Exhibiting at World Bioenergy is a tradition for us.” KMW will present its latest reference plants, as well as showcasing its brand at this international forum. Of course the company is also eager to ...
By Elmia AB
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Germany lends to Moroccan Noor project; US` Crescent Dunes hits full capacity
Germany to help fund Morocco's Noor Midelt project German development bank KfW is to lend Morocco 400 million euros ($439 million) to finance the construction of the Noor Midelt solar power complex, Moroccan media reported. The agreement was signed during a meeting February 27 between Gerd Muller, Germany's economic development Minister and Mustapha Bakkoury, president of the Moroccan Agency ...
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Nexterra, UBC and GE Celebrate the Opening of Groundbreaking Renewable Biomass CHP System - A First in North America
Nexterra Systems Corp. (www.nexterra.ca), the University of British Columbia (www.ubc.ca) and GE (www.ge.com) today celebrated the successful completion of an energy-from-renewable-waste combined heat and power (CHP) system located at UBC's Vancouver campus. This is North America's first commercial demonstration of a transformative system that combines Nexterra's gasification and syngas ...
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Nexterra, UBC and GE Celebrate the Opening of Groundbreaking Renewable Biomass CHP System – A First in North America
Next Generation of Nexterra Gasification Systems Ready for the World Vancouver, BC – September 13, 2012 – Nexterra Systems Corp. (www.nexterra.ca), the University of British Columbia (www.ubc.ca) and GE (www.ge.com) today celebrated the successful completion of an energy-from-renewable-waste combined heat and power (CHP) system located at UBC’s Vancouver campus. This is North ...
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Abengoa selected to build the world’s largest biomass combined heat and power plant in the UK
Abengoa (MCE: ABG.B / P SM / NASDAQ: ABGB), an international company that applies innovative technology solutions for sustainable development in the energy and environment sectors, and Toshiba Corporation, have been selected as preferred bidders to build the Tees Renewable Energy Plant. The project is owned by MGT Teesside, a subsidiary of MGT Power, a British company committed to developing ...
By Abengoa
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CIWM welcomes role of biomass and waste in DECC`s Heat Strategy
The Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM) has welcomed the publication of DECC's heat strategy and the recognition that biomass and waste have a contribution to make to the Government's aim of encouraging renewable and low-carbon heat technologies. "Decarbonising heat is an important and challenging task and the strategy provides a very useful assessment of the current situation, ...
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Commercial Buildings, Huge Energy Savings with Wood Heat Focus of 2012 Northeast Biomass Heating Expo
Fourth annual Northeast Biomass Heating Expo 2012 to feature two dedicated technical and economic development tracks Saratoga Springs, NY (March 21-23, 2012) – The fourth annual Northeast Biomass Heating Expo 2012 (nebiomassheat.com) will feature two dedicated technical and economic development tracks for its March 21-23 conference and expo in Saratoga Springs, NY. Through an expanded ...
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As Heating Season Nears, New Group Calls for 25 Percent of Heating Needs in the Northeast to come from Renewable Energy
October 6, 2010 - Today, the Northeast Biomass Thermal Working Group (NEBTWG) called on legislators and state officials in the northeastern U.S. to begin work on meeting 25% of the region's heating needs with renewable energy. The group's plan, Heating the Northeast with Renewable Biomass: A Bold Vision for 2025, details the path towards a 25% replacement of the Northeast's fossil fuel use in ...
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World Bioenergy 2x larger than World Nuclear
While fossil fuels still dominate the global energy supply with a combined share of 81%, renewable energy sources have the potential of becoming the dominant sources of energy for coming generations. Bioenergy is already around twice as large as nuclear energy in the world. Within the renewable energy sector, bioenergy is the dominant source followed by hydropower and to a smaller extent wind ...
By Elmia AB
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Metso wins an order for the eighth biomass-fuelled modularised CHP-plant to Germany
Metso Corporation's press release on August 10, 2011 at 4:00 p.m. local time Metso will supply Heizkraftwerk Zwickau Süd GmbH & Co. KG with a modularised biomass power plant for combined heat and power production (CHP) in the municipality of Zwickau in Germany. The CHP plant will be delivered by the Metso-Wärtsilä joint venture MW Power. The delivery encompasses the ...
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EU Clean Energy Package: Energy efficiency first approach a step in the right direction
COGEN Europe welcomes the renewed commitment to the “energy efficiency first” principle in the European Commission’s “Clean Energy for All Europeans” package released today. To unlock the potential of high efficiency cogeneration, the ‘energy efficiency first’ principle should be consistently applied across all the legislative proposals in the Package, ...
By COGEN Europe
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19-21 MAY 2005: SOLAREXPO REVS UP FOR THE BIGGEST RENEWABLE ENERGY EVENT IN ITALY AND SOUTHERN EUROPE
After the undisputed success of last year’s edition, from May 19 to May 21 Vicenza Fair, Italy, is ready to open its gates to Solarexpo 2005, recognized as the leading renewable energy event in the whole Euro-Med area. Mirroring the dynamic evolution of the markets, the exhibition is projected to grow by a further 40-50% this year, with an exhibition area of almost 10000 sqm ...
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Euroheat & Power welcomes Austroflex
Founded in 1985, Carinthia-based company Austroflex has been active for 35 years in technical insulation and the development and production of systems and solutions for the insulation of heating & cooling pipes – made in Austria. We are pleased to welcome them as a new member of Euroheat & Power. Today, they are recognised within the industry as an expert supplier of flexible ...
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A new Stakeholder platform on cogeneration from biomass
EUBIA is partner of the BLAZE project, aiming to develop a low cost and advanced cogeneration plant combining Fuel Cells and fueled by biomass waste and residues. Recently, the BLAZE project has joined forces with the Smart CHP project to launch the Stakeholder platform “BIOCOGEN 2030“. BIOCOGEN 2030 is a stakeholder community dedicated to biomass-based combined heat and power (CHP) ...
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EPA recognizes facilities for energy savings (HQ)
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is recognizing four facilities with the Energy Star Combined Heat and Power (CHP) award for using innovative techniques to generate power and thermal energy. These techniques have led to energy savings, reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, and decreased air pollution, which can reduce the impacts on the public’s health. This year’s ...
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Biomass Gasifier Fuels Electricity Generation, Sells Renewable Power to Grid
ZeroPoint Clean Tech, Inc. (ZeroPoint) today announced the completion of phase one of the field commissioning of its ZeroPoint Renewable CHP Solution™ at a project site in Schwarze Pumpe, Germany. The field commissioning included operation of a reciprocating gas engine fueled by synthesis gas and synchronization of the generator with the local distribution grid, securing a 20-year power ...
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