Rising proudly from the dry bed of Ivanpah Lake, these solar power towers are surrounded by glinting seas of perfectly arranged panels. They are part of the Ivanpah Solar Energy Facility in the Mojave desert in southern California, one of the world’s largest solar thermal energy plants. The facility uses more than 170,000 devices called […]
An EU-funded project aiming to develop low-cost biofuel bunkers has officially got underway this month. The IDEALFUEL consortium is being led by the EINDHOVEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY (TU/e) and includes several collaborators including WINTERTHUR GAS & DIESEL and VARO ENERGY NETHERLANDS B.V.. The project has received a €5 MILLION grant from the EUROPEAN UNION’s HORIZON2020 […]
The Irish Bioenergy Association (IrBEA) has in recent weeks circulated its bioenergy proposals to representatives across the political spectrum. The organisation is lobbying for Ireland’s Programme for Government to incorporate bioenergy measures and support to assist economic recovery, emissions reduction targets and climate action. Ireland has a “considerable natural advantage” when it comes to growing […]
Equinor and SSE have unveiled plans to build a multi-million pound operations and maintenance base for a project that is being described as “the world’s largest offshore wind farm.” The site for the base is located at the Port of Tyne, in the northeast England. It will serve the Dogger Bank wind farm, which will […]
The UK’s timber supply chain is gearing up for business according to a Confederation of Timber Industries (CTI) survey, with almost all businesses to reopen in May. The third of businesses which never closed, as shown in the survey, are set to be rejoined by the rest of the respondents, with most (99%) having either […]
The 49,646 deadweight tonne (dwt) MR tanker received the first delivery of Bio Fuel Oil during its recent call at the Port of Rotterdam. The fuel, which GoodFuels launched in 2018, reduces greenhouse gas emissions by 83% and substantially reduces SOx emissions. The trial was completed on the Stena Immortal as she ran on a […]
Thanks to factors such as agricultural fertilizer runoff, Sargassum seaweed is growing out of control in many regions – it washes up on beaches in huge amounts. Utilizing a new technique, that rotting organic matter could soon be converted into biofuels and other products. Ordinarily, the processing of seaweed involves straining it out of salt […]
US Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Land Management have granted approval to construct and operate the largest solar project in US history. The United States (US) Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) have announced that they have granted approval for the proposal to construct and operate the […]
An up-beat assessment of the forestry market by the forestry team at Bell Ingram claims the sector is faring better than many rural businesses amid the coronavirus crisis. The positive points highlighted by the company include the market for biomass holding up as many hospitals depend on wood chips and pellets to fuel their heating […]
Global infrastructure investor Resonance Asset Management has acquired four wind farms in Scotland through its second fund Resonance British Wind Energy Income II Limited (RBEIF II). The four investments totalled £15.6m and all have an exporting capacity of 500kW each having been de-rated from either 800kW or 900kW to benefit from higher feed-in tariffs (FITs). […]