Latest Biofuels and bio-energy company news
LowC Communities Limited, a Lincolnshire-based energy company, has developed a viable, rapeseed oil generation system that is providing low-carbon ‘green’ electricity, heating and hot water for an ever-increasing number of buildings.
Using locally-grown rapeseed, the company has designed and installed the innovative power generation system at a number of schools and offices throughout the UK – resulting in extraordinarily low levels of greenhouse gas emissions.
Richard Griffin, founder and... [more]
Serious about reducing its environmental impact, Rixonway Kitchens has implemented a new waste management contract to ensure 100% of its waste is now recycled. Rixonway has moved all its waste management requirements to Leeds Paper Recycling, allowing it to confidently claim that no waste from the plant goes to landfill. Woodwaste is recycled into biomass with larger pieces being sent to be reworked back into chipboard.
Further, Rixonway has become the largest organisation in the UK to inst... [more]
At a time of concern over climate change, volatile energy prices and uncertainty over future supply, Larkfleet Group has launched Lark Energy to provide affordable and sustainable heat and power to Larkfleet’s customers.
Lark Energy will focus on developing cleaner, locally sourced energy for new and existing housing developments. This will include electricity and heat generated by the sun (photo-voltaic electricity and solar thermal), biomass, wind and small scale hydroelectric power.
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A new report from the London Assembly reveals that London’s rubbish could be used to generate electricity for up to two million homes and heat for up to 625,000 homes. The capital produces about 22 million tonnes of waste per year, including enough waste thrown out by Londoners to fill Canary Wharf tower every eight days. Most of this waste is taken outside of London and buried in landfill sites, but this is no longer sustainable.
The Assembly Environment Committee report, ‘Where there’s mu... [more]
Laidlaw Biopower, LLC has executed a Memorandum of Understanding with an affiliate of a Massachusetts based private equity firm to initially lease and subsequently acquire an operating oil and gas fired power plant in Southeastern Massachusetts. The plant is situated in an industrial park and currently serves the thermal energy needs of a leading developer and manufacturer of photovoltaic products and technology.
Laidlaw plans to convert the plant to biomass power to serve the electric and t... [more]
LondonWaste Ltd has turned to specialist lime company Lhoist UK to help to reduce the carbon footprint of its Flue Gas Treatment Centre.
Waste considered unsuitable for other methods of recycling are managed at LondonWaste’s Energy Centre which incinerates waste. The heat generated from the process turns water into steam which drives turbines to create electricity. This is fed in to the National Grid.
Every year the company produce enough electricity to power 66,000 homes as well as al... [more]
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