Bioenergy News for May 2010

Bioenergy News Archive

Global renewable electricity to grow 3.2% per year

The world will install 107 GW of green power by 2035, up from 44 GW in 2007.

ENER-G wastewater biogas project in Hungary

ENER-G’s Hungarian subsidiary has designed and built a €2.6 million wastewater biogas centre at the Budapest wastewater treatment plant in Csepel.

DP CleanTech and Chant Group bring biomass CHP to China

DP CleanTech has signed a contract with the Chant Group for the delivery of a co-generation biomass combined heat and power (CHP) plant to Heilongjiang province, China.

Biogas to power Chesterfield vehicles

Sheffield City Council, UK, is to conduct a demonstration running light vans and other council vehicles on biomethane with infrastructure supplied by Chesterfield BioGas.

German renewable heating support scheme cut

An immediate ban on further support payments under the German incentive scheme for solar heating, biomass and heat pump installations has been ordered by the German Ministry for Environmental Affairs.

Ecofys assesses bioenergy sustainability for Vattenfall Ecofys assesses bioenergy sustainability for Vattenfall

Ecofys has assessed the sustainability of bioenergy sources for Vattenfall Europe.

More bioenergy than oil in Sweden More bioenergy than oil in Sweden

Bioenergy passed oil as the biggest energy source in Sweden in 2009 in final energy use.

Anaerobic digestion bioenergy to Lancashire, UK Anaerobic digestion bioenergy to Lancashire, UK

Farmgen has put together a consortium of UK-based firms to deliver an anaerobic digestion bioenergy programme in Lancashire, UK.

Alberta Energy funds waste-to-energy biofuel plant

Enerkem has received funding from Alberta Energy for its waste-to-energy biofuel facility Enerkem GreenField Alberta Biofuels (EGAB) in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.

Bioenergy prize to Kyriakos Maniatis

The Johannes Linneborn Prize for achievements in biomass development has been awarded to Kyriakos Mniatis, Principal Administrator, Directorate General for Energy, European Commission.