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22nd January 2010
AIM-listed European wind power company Renewable Energy Holdings has entered into a binding sale and purchase agreement for the sale of the company’s 1MW landfill gas asset, Bryn Posteg, in Mid Wales to Llanidloes-based Sundorne Products.
22nd October 2009
Bionersis and E.ON Climate & Renewables (EC&R), the division in charge of E.ON Group’s global renewables and climate protection activities today announced that they forge a partnership on Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) projects in South-East Asia.
7th October 2009
UK renewable energy company Novera has rejected a £90.5m takeover bid from private equity-backed renewable energy generator Infinis Energy.
28th September 2009
British landfill gas generation company ENER-G has been contracted to construct a third landfill waste disposal facility in Lithuania to convert landfill gases into electricity.
12th August 2009
Denver, US-based Alpine Energy Group has signed two 20-year power purchase agreements with Virgin Islands Water and Power Authority (WAPA) to build, own and operate two alternative energy facilities to serve the residents of St. Thomas/St. John’s and St. Croix.
10th July 2009
Veolia Environmental Services Solid Waste said Greentree Landfill Gas will ramp up production of refined Btu gas at the Veolia Greentree Landfill. The site currently converts landfill gas into pipeline quality natural gas.
23rd June 2009
Integrated energy company ENERGY Developments has received a AUS$280m offer for landfill gas assets from a group of private equity investors, led by Australian private equity house Archer Capital, according to reports.
19th June 2009
The San Jose City Council has executed a memorandum of understanding to develop guidelines and potential lease terms for the development of an organics‐to‐energy biogas facility on a 40‐acre site near the San Jose/Santa Clara Water Pollution Control Plant
10th June 2009
Diversified renewable energy company Global Energy Holdings Group, Inc. has received notice from the NYSE Amex that the company is not in compliance with listing standards, as it has sustained losses, which may result in a delisting of its stock.
28th April 2009
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act recently passed by Congress contains an array of energy initiatives that seeks to overhaul the American energy landscape. With a renewed and purposeful focus on energy research and development, climate change, and tax policy, the Act aims to reduce the nation’s dependence on foreign oil, increase our renewable energy production and efficiency, accelerate deployment of smart grid technology, and provide funding and support to those involved in tackling the nation’s energy challenges, according to Rahoul Roy, Paul G Afonso and Anil P Ranganath of law firm Brown Rudnick.
30th March 2009
Ethanol producer POET and the city of Sioux Falls have completed a landfill gas pipeline that is providing methane gas to POET’s Chancellor 105 million gallon per year ethanol plant.
26th March 2009
Arizona Public Service Company, Arizona’s largest electricity utility, has submitted a Request for Proposal for renewable energy generated from small projects in the area.
20th March 2009
US electricity utility Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD) signed a 15-year contract with Gas Recover Systems to acquire roughly 1.5MW of renewable energy from a plant that generates electricity from landfill methane gas
9th February 2009
Global Energy Systems, a subsidiary of renewable energy company Global Energy Holdings, has secured the right to purchase landfill gas from Republic Services for $3.3m.
18th December 2008
Denton Power has started production at its landfill gas-to-energy project at the City of Denton Landfill, Texas, US, which aims to produce enough renewable energy to supply 1,600 households, the company said.
11th December 2008
Independent power company Ridgewood Renewable Power is to finance, construct and operate a 41 MW landfill gas plant at Johnston, Rhode Island.
11th December 2008
A scheme that will enable Belfast’s major landfill site to produce electricity by next summer is being funded by the Ventus Funds, managed by Climate Change Capital.
27th November 2008
European mid-market private equity and renewable energy infrastructure investor HgCapital has added another two professionals to its renewable energy team, which now comprises seven specialists. The new associates are Luigi Pettinicchio and Luis Quiroga.
James Hall-Smith of HSBC discusses the drivers behind the growth of the European renewable energy scene and the opportunities this affords to infrastructure investors and project financiers alike.
‘I think there is an increased interest from a corporate governance and sustainability perspective. This makes many institutions focus on this area. There is also a recognition of the drivers behind environmental infrastructure, from the fundamentals of creating the best opportunity to tackling climate change, whilst also looking to gain energy security and satisfy the social and political drivers.'--- 1 Comment
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