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"Enerstena" will develop a biofuel gas plant
From the beginning of 2018, UAB "Enerstena", together with the VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland and 8 other partners from Lithuania, Finland, Germany and the United Kingdom, will launch a new bio-plant project for biofuel conversion to gas. "The new bio-plant will not burn wood chips, sawdust or other biomass, but will convert it to gas, from which it will produce necessary product for ...
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Metso to supply CHP boiler plants to Fortum in Finland and in Latvia
Metso Corporation's press release on July 12, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. local time Metso will supply boiler plants for combined heat and power production (CHP) to Fortum Power and Heat Oy in Järvenpää, Finland, and to Fortum Jelgava SIA in Jelgava, Latvia. The plants will provide district heat to the towns of Järvenpää and Tuusula in Finland and Jelgava in Latvia, as ...
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Invest in `green` biomass fuels
With the right policies and investment in research, developing nations can turn their dependence on biomass fuels into a renewable and sustainable energy supply, says Duncan Macqueen. Fuels derived from biomass — mainly wood, but also plant and animal matter — produce lower greenhouse gas emissions than fossil fuels, and can be converted into heat, electricity, liquid or gas. Yet ...
By SciDev.Net
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Coal continues to give way to alternative fuels in powering University of Missouri campus
Tom Hellauer reports in The Missourian on the continuing trend toward wood and natural gas and away from coal as fuel for the University of Missouri (MU) Power Plant. The University of Missouri is a member of the International District Energy Association (IDEA). The MU Power Plant continues to throttle back on its use of coal in the face of stiffening environmental regulations and the ...
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Global installed clean energy capacity to exceed 1T watts by 2023
The latest annual report from The International Energy Agency (IEA) on renewables reportedly forecasts that about 1.3 terawatts of extra clean energy would be installed across the globe by 2023. The agency predicted the global renewable energy capacity to grow by one terawatt in its most conservative central forecast, which will be driven by a surge in solar installations and increasing ...
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Axis Technologies has begun a project in Norway, Lillehammer
Axis Technologies, a member company of the Axis Industries Group, has taken a new step into the Scandinavian market. The Lithuanians will supply and install a gas condensation economizer for the water heating boiler plant in Lillehammer. Axis Technologies signed an agreement with the Eidsiva Bioenergi AS Company, which provides centralized heating to Lillehammer. “Exporting products and ...
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Metso to deliver world`s largest biomass gasification plant to Vaskiluodon Voima in Vaasa
The investment enables the replacement of coal with domestic wood-based renewable fuels and reduces carbon dioxide emissions Metso Corporation's press release on June 8, 2011 at 09:00 a.m. local time Metso will supply Vaskiluodon Voima Oy in Vaasa, Finland, with a 140-megawatt bio-gasification plant. Vaskiluodon Voima's total investment is about 40 million euros, over half of which is ...
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Heat recovery and environmental protection Heat recovery and environmental protection
Nothing is more efficient than using energy from exhaust air, exhaust gases or process gases again for production or heating applications. Even with the use of biomass as a fuel for thermal use and the resulting CO2neutrality, there is a great energy-saving potential with the re-use of the energy. In order to exploit this potential, it is already necessary during the ...
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NIB finances Norwegian Akershus Energi's renewable energy plants
The Nordic Investment Bank (NIB) and the Norwegian energy company Akershus Energi have signed a loan totalling NOK 500 million (EUR 63.3 million) for financing the upgrade of two of Akershus Energi's hydropower plants and the construction of a new district heating plant, in the Akershus region, surrounding Oslo.The 10-year maturity loan will help finance six new generators and turbines for the ...
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Nexterra to power UBC
Nexterra Systems Corp. (Nexterra), a leading supplier of biomass gasification systems, announced today that it has signed a multi-million dollar agreement with the University of British Columbia (UBC) to supply and install 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 ...
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Do You Know The Advantages Of Biomass Pellet Fuel Wood Pellet Machine On Sale
Biomass pellet fuel is a kind of new energy for environmental protection, which is produced by the waste of straw, rice husk, peanut husk, corn cob, camellia oil husk, cotton seed husk and so on. Biomass pellet fuel is rich in raw materials, which can meet the combustion requirements of large and small boilers. The wood pellets can replace wood, raw coal, heavy oil, natural gas, etc., widely used ...
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GE Supports Need for Distributed Power in Indonesia with Announcement of Key Projects
GE’s Integrated Biomass Gasification Solution to Power the Country’s First Biomass-to-Power Plants for on-Grid Applications Using Bamboo and Wood Biomass Feedstock Gas Compression Station Facility to be Upgraded with GE’s Gas Engines Supporting the need for distributed power in Indonesia, GE (NYSE: GE) today announced that it has signed three contracts for distributed ...
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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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Reaping Profits from Landfill Biogas
Biogas is a versatile energy carrier with potential to satisfy power and fuel demand across a range of end-use applications while mitigating greenhouse gas emissions from a diverse array of organic waste streams. Biogas' flexibility, growing demand for waste treatment processes, and an increased focus on greenhouse gas mitigation are generating demand on a worldwide basis. Methane gas produced ...
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Eastern Illinois University and Honeywell Fire Up New Biomass-Fueled Steam Plant
Eastern Illinois University (EIU) and Honeywell (NYSE: HON) today unveiled the school's Renewable Energy Center (REC), one of the largest university biomass installations in the country, as part of a grand opening ceremony held on campus for students, faculty and the broader Charleston community. To view the multimedia assets associated with this release, please click: ...
By Honeywell
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Imtech: healthy growth in the first half of 2011, EBITA +12%, revenue +13%, order book +10%
HY 2011 HY 2010 Growth Revenue (in millions) 2,292 2,025 +13% EBITA (in millions) 120.5 107.5 +12% (organic +6%) EBIT (in millions) 107.5 96.0 +12% Net profit (in millions) 60.7 57.0 +6% Earnings per share (before amortisation) 0.85 0.88 (3%)[1] Operational EBITA margin 5.7% 5.7% Order book (in millions) 5,709 ...
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