Abentey, a joint venture company between Teyma and Abener as equal partners, is finalizing two biomass power plants in Brazil, one in Sao Joao and and the other in Sao Luiz.
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Abentey finalizes two sugarcane bagasse power plants in Brazil
November 4th, 2010 | Posted in BiomassRES developing 150 MW biomass power plant in Port of Liverpool
October 26th, 2010 | Posted in Biomass
RES Group announced plans to develop a biomass power plant located on the grounds of the Port of Liverpool. The project represents an investment of about GBP 300 million, and will have up to 150 MW of installed capacity, depending on the conclusions of the initial feasibility study.
Solazyme and Ecopetrol sign third agreement for renewable oil from microalgae in Colombia
October 11th, 2010 | Posted in Biomass
Solazyme (USA) and Ecopetrol (Colombia) have signed a third agreement for the development of production of renewable oil and bioproducts using microalgae. This agreement extends the cooperation between the two companies, and will analyze the possibilities for using algae to produce biodiesel from renewable feedstocks in the country, such as sugarcane and byproduct glycerol. Ecopetrol's strategic goal is to produce at least 450 million tons of biofuel by 2015.
RWE Innogy to build 18.7 MW biomass cogeneration facility in Sicily
October 4th, 2010 | Posted in Biomass
RWE Innogy is building an 18.7 MW biomass power plant in the Enna province of Sicily, through a joint-venture with Italian Infrastrutture e Gestioni S.p.A. Under the agreement, RWE Innogy will own 90% of the project. Construction of the project should begin by the end of 2010. The facility represents an investment of EUR 61 million.
Refill Energy gets boost from Petersen, Combustion Resources and Morris Electric
September 30th, 2010 | Posted in Biomass
Refill Energy announced strategic alliance agreements with Petersen Inc., Combustion Resources Inc., and Morris Electric LLC. The new agreement will open some very large doors for Refill Energy, giving the company an opportunity to indirectly connect with such industry giants as Boeing, Bechtel and Chevron.
Green Star building biodiesel facility on US west coast
September 24th, 2010 | Posted in Biomass
Green Star announced the company has entered into a contract to build a biodiesel facility on the US west coast. At the heart of the new facility will be Green Star's proprietery technology for producing biodiesel from processed algae oil. The company uses a technology process to boost algae production. This facility contract is one of many the company plans in the future, as it pushes its strategy for expanding its Algae-to-Biodiesel project on the west coast. Initially, the company was supposed to auction national rights for its algea growth technology, but gave up on that idea, to pursue a new strategy, which includes building the largest closed vertical algae bioreactor in the world. The bioreactor is to have an initial 10 million liters of continuous culture. The company's algae growth technology which increases algae growth by more than 200% with a six day growth cycle.
Honduras to be home of pilot biomass energy project in Latin America
September 24th, 2010 | Posted in Biomass
At a recently held panel discussion hosted by the Institute of the Americas, the US Embassy and renewable energy industry representatives in Honduras, this country has been confirmed as the location of a biomass pilot project. The purpose of the project is to assess whether this form of renewable energy facility would be successfull as a model for other locations in Latin America.
At the same time, an announcement came that the World Bank is granting Honduras USD 60 million in funding for power projects with up to 10 MW of installed capacity. The biomass plant, and other projects, will be developed in the northern part of the country.
The Honduran Association of Small Renewable Energy Producers (AHPPER) sees the announced developments as a chance to unite developers, and attract foreign investments into the country.
Fortum commissions 64 MW biomass fired power plant in Poland
September 23rd, 2010 | Posted in Biomass
Fortum announced the commissioning of a 64 MW (net) biomass fired power plant in Częstochowa, Poland. The power plant actually produces 120 MW (gross) of heat. The power plant uses a combination of biomass and coal as the fuel, with biomass accounting for about 25% of the burned fuel. Of the total biomass matter, 60% comes from wood residues, while the other 40% comes from agro based biomass.
Intrinergy Holdings now Enviva
September 17th, 2010 | Posted in Biomass
Intrinergy Holdings, manufacturer of processed biomass fuel from the US, and supplier for the US and European biomass fuel market, has rebranded as Enviva. The company has assumed the name of its wood pellet and biomass subsidiary.
The company says the adoption of the new name is in the context of the company's goal to become the preferred partner and supplier of biomass fuels to utilities, industrial and retail customers.
Only about a month ago, the company already set foot on its new path towards the future, having signed a supply agreement with Electrabel, subsidiary of GDF Suez, for 480,000 metric tons of wood pellets annually for power generating facilities in Belgium.
[source: Intrinergy/Enviva]
Statoil and Bio Architecture Lab in strategic partnership for microalgae research
September 16th, 2010 | Posted in Biomass
Statoil and Bio Architecture Lab (BAL) are now in a wide-ranging strategic partnership for production of ethanol produced using microalgae grown off the coast of Norway.
Under the terms of the newly adopted agreement, Statoil will provide funding for BAL's research activities in this area, but also finance demonstration projects, and further fund commercialization of BAL's technology, should it prove to be successful. The idea is to eventually offer the product in the Norwegian and European market.
