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Wood Pellets

31/08/10 Enviva expands wood pellet shipments to Europe in new deal

Financial terms were not released. Electrabel is a subsidiary of GDF SUEZ Group.

Category: Pellets, wood

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Wood pellets

24/08/10 New Dutch biomass pellet factory to start operating in 2011

A new biomass pellet factory in the east of the Netherlands is expected to start operating at the end of 2011. Jalo Biopellets Twente, named after founders Jan Demmer and Louis Welhuis, will produce 90,000 tonnes of pellets for high-volume and retail users.

Category: Finance and Investments, Electricity (Green), Pellets, Residues and waste, Netherlands, wood

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22/08/10 Eleven projects able to bid for low carbon networks funding

Energy regulator Ofgem has announced that 11 "innovative" projects that could speed up the development of the low carbon energy sector are eligible to compete for a share of an annual £64 million fund.

Category: Carbon Emissions (CO2)and carbon capture, Biogas plants and installations (incl. anaerobic digestion), Biomass, other than pellets, Bioethanol, Business Services, Tidal Energy, Finance and Investments, Biomethanol, Electricity (Green), Glycerol

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Types of biomass

16/08/10 New biomass plants looking for residual heat users

Lijnco Green Energy is currently having a 10 MW biomass power plant built at the so-called Biopark in Terneuzen in the Dutch province of Zeeland, while the firm Energy@work is aiming to also build a 10 MW biomass plant in the same 70 hectare area. Stichting Biopark Terneuzen, an organisation focused...

Category: Biochemistry - biorefinery, Biogas plants and installations (incl. anaerobic digestion), Biomass, other than pellets, Bioethanol, Business Services, Tidal Energy, Geothermal heating and cooling, Finance and Investments, Biomethanol, Carbon Emissions (CO2)and carbon capture

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Pellets

13/08/10 More than 70 participants from across Asia & Europe gather in Jakarta to explore Supply & Investment Potential of Asia's Biomass & Wood Pellets

Biomass Pellets Trade Asia, which pivots around the theme ‘Global Buyers & Asia Sellers Meet’, will see the participation of more than 70 delegates in Jakarta come 27-29 September, 2010.

Category: Biomass, other than pellets, Pellets

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Transportation of woodchips - biomass

10/08/10 Biomass market: supply and demand

In the first of two pieces, Gordon Watts, Woodfuel Programme Manager at CO2Sense Yorkshire, highlights the importance of supporting the woodfuel supply chain so the market can develop and flourish.

Category: Biomass, other than pellets, Pellets, wood

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04/08/10 UK changes its biomass policy

The UK government released its "annual energy statements", its effort to calibrate UK clean energy policy under one roof for the "long term". It shows also how complex the UK's energy policy is, with the Renewables Obligation scheme, levies for carbon capture and storage projects, the EU Emissions T...

Category: Biogas plants and installations (incl. anaerobic digestion), Biomass, other than pellets, Business Services, Bioethanol, Biomethanol, Carbon Emissions (CO2)and carbon capture, Electricity (Green), Glycerol, Manure, Pellets

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RWE

30/07/10 Distribution system operators of RWE Rheinland Westfalen Netz paid around EUR 1 billion in feed-in tariffs in 2009

Figures for 2009 have shown that the distribution system operators of RWE Rheinland Westfalen Netz paid approximately EUR 1 billion in feed-in tariffs in accordance with the German Renewable Energy Sources Act (EEG).

Category: Electricity (Green), Electricity plants and installations (sustainable), Germany, Biomass, other than pellets, Pellets, Wind energy, Solar Energy

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Pellets

23/07/10 Biomass Pellets Trade Asia, a buyers & sellers meet, explores investment, densification, transportation of biomass

Biomass Pellets Trade Asia conference, to be held from 27-29 September in Jakarta, explores the potential for investment, densification and transportation of biomass pellets within and out of Asia.

Category: Biomass, other than pellets, Pellets

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Wood pellets

30/06/10 Large-scale biomass ‘risks UK jobs and carbon emissions’

Subsidising the purchase of wood for incineration and encouraging demand for UK sourced wood for large-scale power generators could result in an increase in carbon emissions and harm other sectors, according to the wood panel industry.

Category: Biomass, other than pellets, Electricity (Green), Electricity plants and installations (sustainable), Pellets

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28/06/10 BioCoal factory opening

Topell Energy and RWE Innogy are laying the foundation stone today at Duiven in the Dutch province of Gelderland for the first commercial-scale plant for the production of biocoal pellets.

Category: Biomass, other than pellets, Finance and Investments, Pellets, Netherlands

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Torrified pallets or biocoal

28/06/10 German RWE, Dutch Topell to build first biocoal-pellet plant

German utility RWE's renewable unit RWE Innogy and Dutch company Topell Energy said Monday they are laying the foundation stone for the first commercial-scale plant for the production of biocoal pellets.

Category: Pellets

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24/06/10 Commission finally communicates schemes for certifying sustainable biofuels

The European Commission released a long-awaiting package on the implementation of the sustainability schemes for biofuels and bioliquids as laid out in the RES Directive. The package lays down what the schemes must do to be recognised by the Commission. Member States are responsible for making sure ...

Category: European Community, Biogas plants and installations (incl. anaerobic digestion), Biomass, other than pellets, Bioethanol, Business Services, Biomethanol, Electricity (Green), Electricity plants and installations (sustainable), Hydrogen, Liquid biofuel blends (E85, B80)

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ECN is a well reputed energy research center in Petten, The Netherlands.

08/06/10 Vattenfall replaces Econcern as ECN’s partner in torrefaction technology

Energieonderzoek Centrum Nederland (ECN) and Vattenfall will enter into a partnership for upgrading biomass pellets into high-quality solid fuel.

Category: Biomass, other than pellets, Business Services, Electricity (Green), Electricity plants and installations (sustainable), Pellets, Residues and waste, wood, Netherlands

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Biomass

07/06/10 Biomass overtakes wind as champion in renewable energy

Biomass facilities have become a more attractive investment than wind and solar technologies, according to the renewable energy sector.

Category: Biomass, other than pellets, Biogas plants and installations (incl. anaerobic digestion), Biochemistry - biorefinery, Business Services, Finance and Investments, Electricity (Green), Electricity plants and installations (sustainable), Equipment and instruments, Pellets, Residues and waste

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Biomass

01/06/10 Dalkia starts building two biomass boilers in Poland

The Euro 70 million investment is expected to generate for Dalkia an additional Euro 36.4 million in annual revenues.

Category: Biomass, other than pellets, Electricity plants and installations (sustainable), Equipment and instruments, Pellets, Residues and waste

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Renewable Energy

01/06/10 EU debt crisis boosts chance of energy tax overhaul

The greenest fuels would become the cheapest under plans for a pan-European energy tax which would also help governments tackle huge debts without raising taxes on workers, draft documents show. The basis will be a carbon tax of 4 to 30 euro´s per ton of carbon dioxide (CO2) emission. And an energy...

Category: Tidal Energy, Other energy sources, Wind energy, Solar Energy, European Community, Biogas plants and installations (incl. anaerobic digestion), Biomass, other than pellets, Bioethanol, Business Services, Political

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The biomass plant of Essent in Cuyk

30/05/10 Essent Cuijk plant to be mothballed from Monday, tests with coffee dregs shelved

Essent said in April it would idle the plant from 1 May, claiming that the expiry of a 10-year subsidy had made it too expensive to operate. However, the company subsequently decided to keep the plant open for another month in order to use up its stock of wood pellets.

Category: Biomass, other than pellets, Pellets, Residues and waste, Netherlands

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Biomass

28/05/10 Sweden Shows Biomass' Energy Potential

In Sweden, biomass has surpassed oil to become the number one source of energy generation - now producing 32% of all energy needs. And, biomass-based energy consumption is projected to rise another 10% in 2011

Category: Biomass, other than pellets, Biogas plants and installations (incl. anaerobic digestion), Business Services, Electricity (Green), Pellets

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Biomass

27/05/10 Biomass Industry Sees 'Chilling Message' in EPA's Greenhouse Gas Emissions Rule

U.S. EPA's final rule determining which sources will be subject to greenhouse gas permitting requirements does not exempt biomass power, a decision that has raised concern in the biomass industry.

Category: Biomass, other than pellets, Pellets, USA

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