Enel Green Power has signed a partnership agreement with Terrae (Italy), an agro-industrial company aiming to redevelop the beet and sugar sector. As part of the agreement EGP has obtained a 15% stake in the company.
Category: Biomass
Enel Green Power and Terrae in partnership to strengthen Italian agro-energy sector
February 15th, 2011 | Posted in BiomassVIASPACE signs MoU for king grass production in Indonesia
February 10th, 2011 | Posted in Biomass
VIASPACE Green Energy has signed a memorandum of understanding with PT Provident Agro from Jakarta, Indonesia, for the possibility of production of giant king grass in this country. Provident Agro is to manufacture a minimum of 300,000 metric tons of pellets from giant king grass, mostly for exporting to the European market.
Provident Agro will initially plant 25 acres of giant king grass as a test pilot project using seedings provided by VIASPACE. No other details nor financial terms of the agreement were disclosed.
[source: VIASPACE]
SG Biofuels starts operations in Brazil – elite seeds for Jatropha growers
January 31st, 2011 | Posted in Biomass
SG Biofuels (based in Sao Paolo, Brazil) has formally started operations in Brazil, through its subsidiary SG Biofuels Brazil. The new company will develop elite seeds for Jatropha, a biomass crop used for the production of biofuels. In order to expand its R&D activities, SG Biofuels has hired Fernando Reinach, a genomics innovator, to be the company's senior advisor for this market.
Denmark's biomass expansion opportunity – potato residues
January 24th, 2011 | Posted in Biomass
Denmark could develope significant biomass energy potential from potato residues, according to Risø DTU. The institute has been holding networking meetings with researchers and companies which produce biomass, and it seems there is significant potential for the Danish biomass sector.
VIASPACE in search of more biomass power plant partners in Asia
January 19th, 2011 | Posted in Biomass
VIASPACE is looking for biomass power plant partners in Asia. The company's CEO has been doing travelling throughout Asia, having visited Thailand recently, and currently visiting the Philippines, looking for opportunities with local biomass power plant operators.
Cuba getting 30 MW biomass power plant
January 17th, 2011 | Posted in Biomass
Havana Energy (UK) and Zerus SA (Cuba) have signed a joint venture agreement to develop a pilot 30 MW biomass power plant at Ciro Redondo Sugar Mill, located about 400 km of Havana. Additionally, four other plants are also planned in the future. The power plans will be developed adjacent to sugar mills, which process sugar cane. Biomass residue from the process, sugarcane bagasse, will be used as fuel in the power plants.
Honduran textile industry developing its own clean power capacity
January 11th, 2011 | Posted in Biomass
The textile industry in Honduras, one of the backbones of this Central American country's economy, is going to be developing clean power generation capacity, and save as much as 30% on its electricity bill.
npower renewables starts construction at Markinch biomass plant
December 3rd, 2010 | Posted in Biomass
npower renewables, subsidiary of RWE Innogy, announced the start of construction at what's to be the largest biomass combined heat and power (CHP) plant in the UK – in Markinch (Fife, Scotland). The power plant is to have 50 MW of installed capacity, and will deliver up to 120 metric tons of steam per hour. The project's cost is at about EUR 235 million. Construction of the power plant will take about two years, and employ about 400 people.
GE Energy Financial Services invests in CoolPlanetBiofuels
November 18th, 2010 | Posted in Biomass
GE Energy Financial Services has joined North Bridge Venture Partners in B round investment in CoolPlanetBiofuels, with a USD 8 million investment into the start-up company. CoolPlanetBiofuels is developing a technology that allows easy, and mobile conversion of low-grade biomass material into high-grade fuel. The previous financing round for the company last year, was also lead by North Bridge Venture Partners.
Iberdrola Renovables begins construction of 26.8 MW biomass plant in US
November 11th, 2010 | Posted in Biomass
Iberdrola Renovables has commenced construction of the 26.8 MW Lakeview biomass power plant in Lake County, east Oregon, US. The power plant will use forestry biomass to produce heat for its boilers. The biomass will come from cleaning and pruning operations in the forests located in the south and the east of the state. The power plant will be only about 20 miles away from California, and close to the nearest transmission lines.
