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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.…

GWE Biogas opens AD plant
Added: 31 May 2011
Yorkshire facility designed to handle 50ktpa of food waste

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…

Oxford Catalysts advances microchannel emulsification
Added: 12 May 2011
Oxford, UK – Emulsions play an essential role in many personal care and over-the-counter drug produ…

Linde, Sapphire in algae fuel production deal
Added: 11 May 2011
Munich, Germany – Linde Group and Sapphire Energy, Inc. thave signed a multi-year agreement to co-d…

Metso to convert Polish coal-fired plant to biomass
Added: 26 Apr 2011
London – Metso has received a Euro20m order to convert a coal-fired CFB boiler to a biomass-fired b…

Helius Energy awards Scottish biomass CHP contracts
Added: 19 Apr 2011
?London – Helius CoRDe Ltd – a JV between Helius Energy plc, Rabo Project Equity BV and The Combina…

Vivergo workers target BP AGM over "lock out"
Added: 11 Apr 2011
London – Unions are to stage a protest at the BP AGM on 14 April over the plight of 430 workers who…

GSK trials wireless at Irish plant
Added: 7 Apr 2011
Cork, Republic of Ireland – GlaxoSmithKline is trialling wireless technology at its pharmaceutical …

Lonza to expand UK manufacturing site
Added: 29 Mar 2011
Basel, Switzerland – Swiss group Lonza is to invest £16 million to further develop the flexibility …

Pharma major cleans up by automating CIP process
Added: 23 Mar 2011
Stroud, UK - Converting a manual CIP process to automatic across 80 reaction vessels, using pressur…

US team claim biofuels process advance
Added: 8 Mar 2011
Washington – A US researh team has devloped a technology using bacteria to convert plant matter dir…

Cranfield seeks microalgae biofuel partners
Added: 16 Feb 2011
Cranfield, UK – Cranfield University, in association with the European Regional Development Fund, O…

UK company to set up biomass power plants in Cuba
Added: 26 Jan 2011
London – UK company Havana Energy Ltd - part of the Esencia Group - has teamed up with Zerus SA, a …

DuPont in $6.3bn swoop for Danisco
Added: 11 Jan 2011
Wilmington, Delaware ? DuPont is to acquire Danisco, a global enzyme and speciality food ingredient…

RWE Innogy starts work on UK's biggest biomass CHP plant
Added: 2 Dec 2010
Markinch, UK – RWE npower renewables, a UK subsidiary of RWE Innogy, has started to build its bioma…

Better biogas returns
Added: 23 Nov 2010
Gas monitoring at Yorkshire Water helps manage a valuable resource

Microbubbles to make biofuel plants more economic
Added: 15 Oct 2010
Sheffield, UK – A University of Sheffield researcher has won national recognition for the developme…

Astra Zeneca pension strikes continue
Added: 14 Oct 2010
Macclesfield, UK – Strike actions are continuing at Astra Zeneca’s giant Macclesfield manufacturing…