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Clenergen in the Philippines to install up to 34MW of biomass plants
In the Philippines, Clenergen will design and install up to 34MW of biomass plants for Rio Tuba Nickel Mining at several of its mining operations in Palawan province. The first demonstration plan with be a 2MW facility using Beema bamboo chips as a feedstock.
Clenergen will sell the electricity to Rio Tuba under a long-term agreement [...]
South West College in Northern Ireland sources heat from biomass
In the UK, South West College in Northern Ireland is the first educational institution on the island to source heat from a biomass project. The college has contracted with Rural Generation in Londonderry in a deal that is expected to save the school $38,000 annually.
The college first installed a biomass boiler in 2006, which accounted [...]
Deutsche Bank in Belgium won’t fund biomass power plants without long-term contracts
In Belgium, Deutsche Bank has said it won’t fund biomass power plants unless they have long-term offtake contracts locked in. When analyzing projects, banks will look at feedstock supply, storage and logistics, conversion to energy, construction risks and energy sales contracts. Before moving forward, they want to see at least four of them adequately covered.
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Canada government gives over $1m to develop forestry-based biomass industry
In Canada, the government of Quebec has given $1,038,440 to three organizations to help support the development of a forestry-based biomass industry in the La Matapédia region.
Included in the program, local education providers Service de recherche et d’expertise en transformation des produits forestiers (SEREX) will receive a grant to design and create a prototype of [...]
Japan biomass consumption rises tremendously
In Japan, March’s biomass consumption is said to have risen 52.8% year on year to 171,373 metric tons. Consumption by large-scale utilities, who usually co-fire biomass with coal, rose 16.4% while wholesale users such as paper plants increased their demand by 55.8%.
Total biomass demand for the first quarter of 2010 was 489,224 tons, up 21.4% [...]
Eucalyptus tree planting in UK begins
In the UK, Humberland biomass pellet producer Silvigen has begun planting eucalyptus trees on brownfield sites such as old coal tips and industrial sites around the country to secure its biomass supply but also to create the only integrated biomass business in the UK.
The eucalyptus planting program is undertaken in conjunction with the UK’s Forestry [...]
Polish power exchange Polpx aims to commence biomass trading by year-end
In Poland, Polish power exchange Polpx hopes to begin trading biomass by the end of the year in hopes of creating a pricing structure for biomass power producers in the country. Poland’s biomass industry currently is very fragmented and needs more pricing transparency. Currently the average price of biomass is $106 per metric ton.
Last year, [...]
Thailand’s Capital Engineering Network to build 9.9 MW biomass plant
In Thailand, Capital Engineering Network is teaming with China’s Norinco International to build a $18.5 million, 9.9MW biomass-fired power plant. Construction is expected to take two years and to break even with five years.
Electricity generated from the project will be sold to the local utility.
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Clenergen acquires 18MW biomass power plant in India
In India, Clenergen has agreed to acquire an 18MW biomass-fired power plant located 40km from Chennai, subject to bank approvals of the company’s assumption of previous outstanding debt and loans.
The facility, which runs on wood waste, was upgraded from 12MW in 2008 and sells its electricity to the local utility via short-term power supply contacts [...]
Canada’s ACE says small mills shut out of biomass-to-power scheme
In 2009, the provincial government put out to bid proposals for using the feedstock—based on a 2008 policy—and eight of the 16 applications have been approved. The electricity will be used to run forestry mills within the province with additional electricity sold to the provincial power grid.
Alliance for Community Energy complained that resources were only [...]
