biomass power generation News
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Bord Na Mona Project
Biomass Silo Systems recently completed the installation of a custom designed 30.0 ton capacity pellet silo for Bord Na Mona main headquarters in Co Kildare, Ireland. Bord na Mona are one of the largest power generation companies in Ireland and will be leading the transition from fossil fuel to biomass power generation in Ireland over the coming ...
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Negros biomass firm to introduce three new biomass facilities
Negros Island Biomass Holdings, Inc. (NIBH), a biomass power generation firm has reportedly lined up three biomass projects in Negros Occidental, Philippines. As per trusted sources, the expansion strategy is in response to the government’s FiT (feed-in-tariff) program that offers incentives to biomass developers for generating renewable energy (RE) and electricity. According to The Manila ...
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Sao Paulo to Host National Experts in Brazilian Bioenergy at World Biofuels Markets Brazil
In less than one month, national experts in ethanol, oil and gas, bioenergy, and next generation biofuels will converge on São Paulo during the World Biofuels Markets Brazil conference and exhibition and the co-located Biomass Power Generation Brazil conference. Endorsed by UNICA, the Brazilian Sugarcane Industry Association, the conferences run 18-19 of September and will feature more ...
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Biomass Power Plant Generates Power for Zealand
The new generator at Asnæs Power Station in Denmark – fuelled by wood chips – is providing power for the Zealand grid for the first time. Henrik Boye Jørgensen, senior project manager at Ørsted and responsible for the construction of Asnæs Power Station’s unit 6, comments: “It’s fantastic that we’ve come this far with the project. In ...
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Enviva LP Signs Long-Term Wood Pellet Supply Agreement with Utility Electrabel, Group GDF SUEZ
Enviva Will Supply Biomass to Meet Half of a Major Power Plant’s Fuel Requirements, Powering Hundreds of Thousands of Homes with Renewable Energy RICHMOND, Va. - Enviva LP™ (“Enviva”), a leading manufacturer of wood pellets and processed biomass in the United States and Europe, announced today the signing of a long-term wood pellet supply contract with Electrabel, a ...
By Enviva LP
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New E-magazine – The Biomass Magazine
AMETEK Land launches a new ‘Biomass Magazine’ in an all new online format. The industry magazine looks at detection, measurement, monitoring and solutions for the Biomass fuel process. This special supplement focuses on the use of biomass fuels in the power generation industry. You’ll find features on safety monitoring at all stages in the biomass plant and the importance of ...
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Cyclone Power Technologies Enters Prototyping Phase with Licensee in China
POMPANO BEACH, Fla.-Cyclone Power Technologies Inc. (Pink Sheets: CYPW) announced that its licensee Great Wall Alternative Power Systems Ltd. has completed the first phase of its License Agreement involving the establishment of secure intellectual property protocols in China for Cyclone’s technology. The parties now enter the prototyping phase of this agreement in an effort to advance the ...
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National Algae Association appoints biofuels expert
The National Algae Association announces a new Research and Development collaborative to accelerate the commercialization of algae to produce multiple fuels: biodiesel, ethanol, jet fuel, hydrogen and biomass for power generation. For the new Research and Development collaborative, the National Algae Association (NAA) has appointed Will Thurmond, a leading global biofuels expert and author of the ...
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US to fund 15 high-temperature CSP projects; Iberdrola sells CSP plant to biomass generator
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has allocated $12 million of federal funding to 15 projects that will research high-temperature CSP components and systems, the DOE announced October 23. "These projects will develop materials and designs for collectors, power cycles, and thermal transport systems that can withstand temperatures greater than 700 degrees Celsius (C) while being ...
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Biomass Power Developers Are Busy Generating Jobs
In some areas of the country, people are finally starting to realize the potential for biomass plants to create jobs. Recently there have been many news stories of project developers starting construction, breaking ground or just announcing their projects. Most recently, Rentech Inc.'s Northwest Renewable Energy Center in Port St. Joe, Fla., was approved by the City Commission. The $225 million ...
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FlexEnergy, Developer of Lowest Emission Turbines, Announces First Commercial Order for New Flex Turbine™ MT250 EX to Gammel Engineering
Flex Turbine™ MT250 EX Offers Unprecedented Customer Flexibility to Use Heat Directly Derived from Biomass Combustion for Power Generation IRVINE, Calif., Dec. 14, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, FlexEnergy Inc (www.flexenergy.com), an energy technology company based in Irvine, California, announced the first commercial order of its Flex Turbine™MT250 EX to Gammel ...
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Construction Work Progresses at Large-Scale Carbon Capture Demonstration Facility
On March 16th, Toshiba Energy Systems & Solutions Corporation (Toshiba ESS) successfully installed the absorber tower at the carbon capture demonstration facility construction site along the Mikawa Power Plant, which is operated by Toshiba ESS’s subsidiary SIGMA POWER Ariake Corporation, in Omuta city, Fukuoka, Japan. The tower, the largest structure in the carbon capture demonstration ...
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Bioelectricity generation technologies: actual vs. perceived impacts
A recent study reviewed the lifetime environmental, social and economic impacts of 25 bioelectricity technologies. The technologies included gasification, combustion, pyrolysis and co-combustion technologies. Stakeholders were also questioned about their preferences. On 17th December 2008, the EU agreed that 20 per cent of its final energy consumption should be derived from renewable sources by ...
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Italy to Build World`s First Hydrogen-Fired Power Plant
VENICE, Italy (ENS) - The world’s first industrial scale hydrogen-fired power plant will be built near Venice, the Veneto Region and Italian energy company ENEL announced Friday. The announcement came as 20 Greenpeace demonstrators perched atop the towering chimney of an ENEL oil-fired plant to protest its planned conversion to coal. The new plant will be located in the Porto Marghera ...
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ENERIA and XYLOWATT signed an agreement to develop the biomass combined heat and power generation sector
ENERIA, energy arm of the Monnoyeur Group, is the Caterpillar distributor in France, Poland, Romania, Algeria, Belgium and Luxembourg. The company has accumulated more than 30 years experience in combined heat and power plants equipped with gas engines. XYLOWATT, a Belgian company (based in Charleroi) has developed a unique gasification technology that converts biomass into a high-quality fuel ...
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Foster Wheeler selects Emerson’s automation technology for the world’s largest 100 percent biomass-fired boiler
Foster Wheeler has chosen Emerson Process Management’s PlantWeb™ digital plant architecture with the Ovation™ expert control system and AMS Suite predictive maintenance software to control a new biomass boiler at the Polaniec Power Station in Poland. When operational in 2012, this will be the world’s largest 100 percent biomass-fired boiler. Foster Wheeler is building the ...
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Canada's Non-Hydro Renewable Power Capacity Continues To Increase
Canada’s non-hydro renewable power capacity grew by more than eight per cent in 2016, adding nearly 1,300 megawatts (MW) of solar, biomass and wind-generated power, according to the National Energy Board’s (NEB) 2017 update of the Canada’s Renewable Power Landscape 2017 report.In 2016, Canada’s electricity generation was 66 per cent renewable, with non-hydro renewables accounting for 7.2 per cent ...
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Opening session of IBSCE confirms large interest in bioenergy development and opportunities for international cooperation in Asia.
This morning in Shanghai 300 participants from over 30 countries attended the opening session of the first Asian Bionergy Conference and International Bioenergy (Shanghai) Exhibition. Co-chaired by prof. Zhenhong Yuan, Director of Biomass Energy Committee P.R. China and by Giovanni De Santi, Director Institute for Energy and Transport, Joint Research Centre European Commission, the opening ...
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Cogeneration fires up North American power industry, observes Frost & Sullivan
The North American power industry faces challenges of increased electricity demand, aging equipment, and more stringent environmental standards. Increased use of cogeneration or combined heat and power production (CHP) goes a long way to alleviate most of these issues, as its environmental friendly profile and higher efficiencies make it attractive to industry stakeholders. To promote CHP system ...
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Just launched: energy policies of norway 2011 review
Norway is pursuing ambitious, forward-thinking energy policies, but could go further in its efforts to become a low-carbon economy, the International Energy Agency (IEA) has concluded in a review published today. Energy Policies of IEA Countries - Norway 2011 Review says that it will be challenging for Norway to meet its 2020 target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 30% compared with 1990 ...
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