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Drax considers more co-firing but ends dedicated biomass plans
22 Feb 2012Crops, Wood & Waste Energy & FuelsDrax have announced they will not be building a new dedicated biomass power plant at Selby because of 'disappointing' support offered by Government but are considering more co-firing of biomass with coal.
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NatureWorks and BioAmber form joint venture to commercialise bio-based polymers
21 Feb 2012Chemicals & MaterialsBioplastics manufacturers NatureWorks and bio-based chemical company BioAmber have announced the creation of AmberWorks, a joint venture to bring new performance bio-based polymers made from maize starch to market.
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Careful feedstock choice makes biogas AD up
21 Feb 2012Energy & FuelsAn anaerobic digester is like a living creature, which needs to be treated with as much care as any animal. Giving your digester a balanced diet is the key to success.
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Imperative Energy moves to UK to take advantage of new bioenergy policies
21 Feb 2012Crops, Wood & Waste Energy & FuelsIrish biomass heat and power solutions company has moved its headquarters from Ireland to North West England and is targeting significant growth on the back of the Renewable Heat Incentive and the Renewables Obligation Act.
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European Commission proposes strategy for sustainable bioeconomy in Europe
14 Feb 2012Crops, Wood & Waste Energy & Fuels Chemicals & Materials Construction BiorefineryNew EU strategy intended to shift the European economy towards greater and more sustainable use of renewable resources has been welcomed by the industry.
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Vivergo biorefinery to start operating in late spring
13 Feb 2012Energy & FuelsThe new Vivergo biorefinery being built at Saltend near Hull is nearly complete and the Managing Director of Vivergo Fuels - the joint venture behind the plant - says operations will begin in late sping.
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WRAP and NNFCC publish status report on UK anaerobic digestion industry
09 Feb 2012Crops, Wood & Waste Energy & FuelsWRAP and The NNFCC have today published a full report on the current status of the UK anaerobic digestion infrastructure, detailing the size and capacity of the industry.
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Small-scale anaerobic digestion revolutionised
06 Feb 2012Crops, Wood & Waste Energy & FuelsEvergreen Gas Ltd, a new British anaerobic digestion (AD) technology provider, will introduce its range of small-AD plants to the UK market at the Energy Now Expo on 15th & 16th February 2012.
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Scotch whisky could be source of next generation biofuel
06 Feb 2012Energy & Fuels Chemicals & MaterialsScottish Energy Minister, Fergus Ewing, launches new company to commercialise a process making biobutanol from whisky by-products.
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David Cameron: Biomass is reliable and cost-effective
26 Jan 2012Crops, Wood & Waste Energy & FuelsSpeaking in the House of Commons at Prime Minister's question time David Cameron offered his support to sustainable biomass.
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NNFCC exclusive: Interview with algal biofuel specialists Solazyme
23 Jan 2012Energy & FuelsIn each issue of the NNFCC Newsletter we feature an expert voice in the field of biorenewables who will give their opinion on the latest developments in the field. In this latest issue we talk exclusively to Rogerio Manso, Chief Commercialization Officer of Tailored Oils at algae fuel specialists Solazyme, about their progress towards sustainable algae aviation biofuels.
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DSM and POET agree joint venture to make advanced biofuels by 2013
23 Jan 2012Crops, Wood & Waste Energy & Fuels Chemicals & Materials BiorefineryDutch life sciences company DSM and US ethanol producers POET are to work together to commercially demonstrate and license cellulosic bioethanol from maize residues and plan to start production as early as the second half of 2013 at one of the first commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plants in the US.
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NNFCC publish map of UK bioenergy, biofuels and biomaterials facilities
23 Jan 2012Crops, Wood & Waste Energy & Fuels Chemicals & Materials BiorefineryFree map provides new overview of the emerging biorenewables sector in the UK.
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UK biotech company Green Biologics merges with US biofuel specialists Butylfuel
23 Jan 2012Energy & Fuels Chemicals & Materials BiorefineryIn a move designed to scale up the commercialization of biobutanol production from waste and agricultural by-products, Oxford-based Green Biologics Limited (GBL) have announced they will merge with US renewable chemical and biofuels specialists Butylfuel™.
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NNFCC's Lucy Hopwood wins Young Consultant of the Year award
18 Jan 2012Crops, Wood & Waste Energy & FuelsThe NNFCC's Head of Biomass and Biogas, Lucy Hopwood, has won this years British Institute of Agricultural Consultants (BIAC) Young Consultant of the Year award in recognition of her work on anaerobic digestion.
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PDM line up £40 million investment in anaerobic digestion
17 Jan 2012Crops, Wood & Waste Energy & FuelsThe PDM group have announced plans to invest a further £40 million in its network of ReFood anaerobic digestion (AD) plants in 2012.
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ADM end bioplastics joint venture with Metabolix
16 Jan 2012Chemicals & MaterialsArcher Daniels Midland (ADM) have announced the termination of their Telles joint venture with Metabolix for polyhydroxyalkanoate (PHA) bioplastics.
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Lufthansa fly transatlantic on biofuel
13 Jan 2012Energy & FuelsOn Thursday 12 January German carrier Lufthansa marked the end of their trial of biofuel by flying across the atlantic using a fuel blended with Jatropha-based biofuel.
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Malaby Biogas is first to benefit from WRAP AD Loan Fund
12 Jan 2012Crops, Wood & Waste Energy & FuelsWiltshire-based company Malaby Biogas has become the first recipient of a loan from a £10m anaerobic digestion fund launched in July last year by Defra and administered by WRAP.
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UK and Norway announce £2.2 million research programme on biochemicals
10 Jan 2012Chemicals & Materials BiorefineryThe British and Norwegian governments are to work together to support nine new research and development projects that will drive innovation in high-value chemicals through industrial biotechnology and bio-refining.
