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E.ON permanently closes UK power plant
E.ON is officially closing its Ironbridge power plant in Shropshire, England. The German utility said the plant, which was converted to run on biomass instead of coal in 2012, will stop commercial operations at 1430 GMT on Friday. Despite the conversion, the plant was required under European Union pollution laws to cease operations after generating for 20,000 hours from Jan. 1, 2008. The plant ...
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Order from a new client in a new market segment
We have now received a new order from Germany. This is not a gigantic order but it is exiting in that it is coming from a client on a completely new market segment, which can become significant in the long term. The project is a demonstration plant for reduction of Mercury emissions by injection of various agents into the flue gases from coal fired boilers. Mercury (Hg) has come into focus as the ...
By Ecomb AB
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The end of the road for Didcot A?
Last week the team at Aether were joined by some colleagues from the UK emissions inventory team at AEA for a tour of Didcot A power station, one of the UKs largest predominantly coal firing facilities at 2,000 MW (enough to provide electricity to 2 million homes!). In addition, a small amount of biomass is now also burnt at the plant. The tour provided a great chance to get away from the ...
By Aether Ltd
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Reducing air pollution from coal power plants in the Western Balkans would save thousands of lives annually
Tomorrow, ministers at the 15th ministerial council meeting of the Energy Community in Kosovo will adopt new rules for emission limits for coal power plants in the Western Balkans (as part of the transposition of the EU’s Industrial Emissions Directive into national law). The Health and Environment Alliance (HEAL) calls on political leaders to put the countries on track for swift and ...
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Aker Solutions confirms GBP115M power project is biomass renewable plant in Scotland
03 February 2010 - Aker Solutions previously announced (Monday 1 February 2010 at 08:00 CET) that it has been awarded a power plant project in Europe. Aker Solutions confirms the contract, awarded by RWE, is to provide design, supply, installation, construction and commissioning for a new 50MW Biomass renewable energy plant at the Tullis Russell Papermakers plant near Fife in Scotland. The ...
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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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Frost & Sullivan: Opportunities in Emerging Economies to Offset Declining Prospects for Coal-Fired Power across Mature Geographies
Over the next 25 years, the world will become significantly more dependent on electricity produced from various sources, including coal, to meet its energy needs. Global electricity generation is expected to grow from 21,224 Terawatt hours (TWh) in 2010 to 33,370 TWh in 2030. Coal will continue to hold an increasing share in the energy mix of emerging countries since it is one of the most ...
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CCS is moving forward
Two large components arrived today at the pilot plant for CO2 capture in Buggenum, the Netherlands. Through its subsidiary Nuon, Vattenfall is now actively working with development of three different carbon capture technologies. Important parts of the CO2 capture pilot are put into place today. The pilot is located at the Willem Alexander power plant in Buggenum and will start up operations in ...
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Software making us stronger
ECOMB and the Swedish company Heat Management have agreed to cooperate on operational analysis of combustion plants. The very large amounts of data collected from all sensors in a combustion plant require specialized “Big Data” software to monitor the boiler operation and find useful correlations between parameters. Heat Management’s software and expertise in analysing the ...
By Ecomb AB
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Is gaming becoming more environmentally conscious?
Environmentalism is becoming an ever hotter topic by the day, with the focus on curbing our carbon emissions a key priority for governments all across the world. Often, large-scale initiatives like the medium combustion plant directive target industry and big business, but there are plenty of things that everyday citizens can do to curb their emissions, too. Gaming represents an area where ...
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WBA welcomes new members
WBA is pleased to welcome 1 full member and 7 associated members to our association. As we are a member based organization, these new companies and associations give us a major boost in our mission to promote sustainable bioenergy globally and to support the business environment for bioenergy. Full Member - Bioenergy 2.0 Association Associated Members - WSP Sverige AB, Victor Energy ApS, World ...
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World Biomass Report
Reportlinker.com announces that a new market research report is available in its catalogue: World Biomass Report http://www.reportlinker.com/p01094729/World-Biomass-Report.html#utm_source=prnewswire&utm_medium=pr&utm_campaign=Renewable_energy The biomass market suffered during the economic downturn in the face of low coal prices, logistic barriers and supply issues. 2010 saw more ...
By ReportLinker
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