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  1. AREVA wins funding for biomass project

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    Tue, 27 Mar 2012

    awarded funding by KIC InnoEnergy to develop an innovative bioenergy solution. AREVA is developing a concept of modular and compact ..... French CEA and the German Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. Bioenergy will play a key role in renewable heat and power production

  2. Foster Wheeler wins three German biomass-based power orders

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    Thu, 14 Feb 2002

    Foster Wheeler Energia Oy, has been awarded three power plant projects in Germany in the wake of the country's modified bioenergy legislation, introduced in May 2001. The value of the projects is approximately $70m and each will use Foster Wheeler

  1. BSkyB and BAA to benefit from combined heat and power

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    Tue, 8 May 2012

    environment”. Last December the first ORC unit was installed in the British Headquarter of BSkyB by Clearpower Ltd, a leading Bioenergy Solutions provider in the UK. The plant will produce 1MWe and 4MWth (5 per cent heating for the building, 50 per cent to

  2. Waste-to-energy CHP lessons from Europe: Following foot steps

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    Sat, 1 May 2010

    which increases further when using bioenergy ; lower operating costs and more attractive ..... manufacturer Diageo is building an advanced bioenergy plant on-site at its new state-of ..... also recently begun work to construct a bioenergy plant at its in Cameronbridge Distillery

  3. UK and Europe heading for biomass sustainability crisis

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    Tue, 21 Feb 2012

    supply. Kennedy claimed that there were 500m hectares of abandoned agricultural land in the world that could be used to grow bioenergy crops and suggested that cultivating this land for biomass offered a “benefit to developing countries”. But Duncan McQueen

  4. COMPANIES

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    Wed, 1 Jun 2011

    its €500m ($707m) acquisition of Grupo Guascor, a Spain-based supplier of diesel and gas engines with experience in bioenergy and distributed generation applications. ExxonMobil: The corporation has bought two shale gas exploration companies – Philipps

  5. Sub-Saharan Africa hungers for power

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    Sat, 1 Oct 2011

    grid – it's too expensive." One of the region's most innovative renewables projects is in Sierre Leone, where Addax Bioenergy has signed a €258 million ($352 million) loan to establish a sugarcane plantation and ethanol refinery along with a

  6. Biomass gasification enters the premier league

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    Thu, 1 Sep 2011

    managing director of Vaskiluodon Voima, explains that the investment allows a relatively low-cost and rapid deployment of bioenergy : “Metso proved to be a partner that could supply a comprehensive bio-gasification technology solution, which combines

  7. REN21 Global Status Report finds solid growth in renewables

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    Thu, 1 Sep 2011

    stimulated in great part by federal loan guarantees, permits for use of federal lands, and state renewable energy mandates. BIOENERGY Significant increases in biomass use for power production were seen during 2010 in several European countries, the US, and

  8. SaskPower signs deal for 36 MW biomass power plant

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    Wed, 12 Oct 2011

    council to negotiate terms for a 25-year purchase agreement for up to 36 MW of biomass power. Known as the Meadow Lake Bioenergy Centre in northern Saskatchewan, the plant will use wood by-products from the NorSask Forest Products mill as fuel. The