Posts Tagged ‘biomass’
7 May 2010
The subsidiary of clean technology developer GreenShift, GS CleanTech, said it has started legal action against eleven additional ethanol producers for infringing on its US patent covering corn oil extraction.
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6 May 2010
US biomass company Clenergen has secured a licence for land in India for energy crops and a planned biomass plant that it said will enable it to float its subsidiary Clenergen India Private on the Bombay stock exchange SENSEX in March 2011.
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29 April 2010
NYSE-listed energy utility CH Energy Group, which recently acquired wind company Griffith Energy Services, posted earnings of $1.30 per share for the first quarter of 2010, down 17 cents, or 12 per cent compared to the first three months of 2009.
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28 April 2010
Siemens Energy is to supply global energy procurement company Aker Solutions with a steam turbine-generator for its UK biomass-fired combined heat and power (CHP) plant, the UK's largest in operation, according to the company.
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28 April 2010
Mata Mineira Investimentos, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Guernsey-domiciled closed-ended investment scheme Phaunos Timber Fund, has completed the acquisition of Fazenda Turmalina, a Brazilian eucalyptus plantation for R$145m ($83m).
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22 April 2010
ZeaChem, a US developer of biorefineries to convert biomass into fuel and chemical, said it has proved its core technology platform by producing commercial grade ethyl acetate, a chemical intermediate that can be converted into ethanol.
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20 April 2010
A series of funding commitments by investors has allowed UK waste treatment and renewable energy company New Earth Solutions Group to accelerate its plans, its energy director Alex Young told NewNet.
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20 April 2010
Small-scale waste-to-energy solutions are the future of biomass operations in the UK, an industry expert told NewNet.
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13 April 2010
NYSE-listed energy company NRG Energy has received a ten-year contract from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) for power generated using renewable biomass fuel at its Dunkirk Generating Station in western New York.
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12 April 2010
Large-scale biomass plants may have a detrimental effect on the UK environment and economy, releasing millions of tones of carbon into the atmosphere, a new report said.
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12 April 2010
UK biomass company Forest Fuels has raised new investment and appointed Peter Sully as managing director. Final terms were not disclosed.
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9 April 2010
Global energy provider GDF Suez said it will build the world's largest power station fuelled entirely by biomass in Poland.
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6 April 2010
Biomass power plant solution provider DP Cleantech has been selected by the Philippines to supply its technology for two biomass power plants.
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31 March 2010
Riverstone Holdings' most recent renewable and alternative energy fund has made an undisclosed strategic investment in biomass renewable energy company Intrinergy.
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26 March 2010
UK green waste processor AW Jenkinson Forest Products has created a new joint venture with UK multimodal logistics company the Stobart Group to source and distribute biomass fuel to the UK's renewable energy market.
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19 March 2010
European energy companies Endesa and Enel have agreed to pool their renewables businesses in Spain and Portugal under a single entity.
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18 March 2010
US Renewable energy company GreenHunter Energy has received approval for $20m bond financing from Imperial County, California, for its 18.5MW biomass facility.
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17 March 2010
International biomass operator Dragon Power told NewNet it is actively seeking further international equity investment as it closes a $4.1bn debt agreement with the China Construction Bank.
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16 March 2010
Power utility E.ON Climate & Renewables (EC&R) will invest €6.6m to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from a landfill site near Hanoi, Vietnam, with landfill gas specialist Bionersis, which is already discussing further opportunities in the country, Bionersis CEO Nicolas Heuzé told NewNet.
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16 March 2010
A subsidiary of biomass power plant operator Dragon Power, National BioEnergy, will receive up to RMB28bn ($4.1bn) in funding from the China Construction Bank for it to construct facilities across China over the next five years.
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