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US majors target Israeli wastewater-to-electricity technology
Added: 15 Aug 2011
Caesarea, Israel – Energy Technology Ventures – a joint venture between GE, NRG Energy and ConocoPh…

Metso to supply new German biomass power plant
Added: 12 Aug 2011
Zwickau, Germany – Metso has won a Euro20-million order to supply Heizkraftwerk Zwickau Süd GmbH &a…

Drax green plans stuck on red
Added: 11 Aug 2011
Drax, UK – Drax burnt 600,000 of biomass in the first half of 2011, generating around 6% of the UK’…

Greenlight for Air Products' first renewable energy project in UK
Added: 10 Aug 2011
London – Air Products has secured planning permission from Stockton on Tees Borough Council for its…

Foster Wheeler taps Emerson to automate world's largest biomass boiler
Added: 4 Aug 2011
Pittsburg, Pennsylvania – Foster Wheeler has selected Emerson technology to control a new biomass b…

Renewable ethanol for fuel additives, rubber and solvents
Added: 3 Aug 2011
Richland, Washington – US researchers claim to have developed catalysts that could replace chemical…

Steaming ahead at Dalkia biomass plant
Added: 22 Jul 2011
Energy services company Dalkia, owned by Veolia Environnement and EDF, has recently commissioned on…

Clearfleau, UTS target UK renewable energy market
Added: 21 Jul 2011
Cambridge, UK – Renewable energy technology companies UK-based Clearfleau and UTS Biogastechnik Gmb…

Designing an AD plant
Added: 1 Jul 2011
GWE Biogas has recently opened a £10-million, anaerobic digestion (AD) power plant at its Sandhill …

Centrica boss wants "honest" energy-security debate
Added: 23 Jun 2011
London – Centrica CEO Sam Laidlaw has called for an “honest and transparent” debate with Government…

Biffa launches UK's first 'super' anaerobic digestion plant
Added: 21 Jun 2011
Cannock, UK – Waste company Biffa has unveiled the UK’s first ’super’ anaerobic digestion (AD) plan…

Peel mulls waste projects at 11 UK coal sites
Added: 15 Jun 2011
London – Peel Environmental is considering plans for waste infrastructure developments for 11 UK Co…

CBI: Carbon floor price could "push industry over the edge"
Added: 14 Jun 2011
London – UK energy and tax policies are putting too much cost pressure on energy-intensive sectors,…

Metso to build the world's largest biomass gasification plant
Added: 8 Jun 2011
Vaasa, Finland – Metso will supply a 140MW bio-gasification plant to Vaskiluodon Voima Oy in Vaasa.…

UK green light for shale gas
Added: 3 Jun 2011
London – Shale gas drilling in the UK has been given the go-ahead by MPs in a new report looking at…

Imtech technology for Plymouth waste-to-energy plant
Added: 20 May 2011
Plyµouth, UK – German group MVV Energie AG has awarded a Euro30m contract to Imtech NV to provide t…

Biomass/CCS power plant could cut CO2 emissions
Added: 20 May 2011
London – The Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has unveiled plans for a power plant combining bio…

Oxford Catalysts for Brazil biofuels plant
Added: 18 May 2011
Oxford, UK – Oxford Catalysts Group’s microchannel reactor technology is now set to be deployed in…

Metso, Fortum make headway with oxyfuel combustion
Added: 16 May 2011
Tampere, Finland – Metso Corp. and Fortum claim to have made significant progress in a joint R&D pr…

UK submits 12 energy projects for Euro4.5bn fund
Added: 11 May 2011
London – The UK government has submitted 12 UK-based projects to the European Investment Bank (EIB)…