Tag: biomass

ReEnergy revamping New York power plant

ReEnergy Holdings LLC in Albany, New York announced that it has purchased an energy plant in LeRay that has not been operational since 2010. The company plans to convert the plant to run on biomass and it is expected to joint he grid in early 2013.

SAIC & Carlyle finance Connecticut biomass project

Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) and Carlyle Energy Mezzanine Opportunities Group will be financing to build the USD 225 million Plainfield Renewable Energy biomass project in Connecticut, USA.

Waste to energy plant emerging in Mexico

The city of Saltillo, Mexico, is the site of a new waste-to-energy plant that will begin construction in November, 2011. Early in September, a consortium including Eco Energía Renovables, Canromex, Guascor de México, Colibrí Capital, Biogás y Energía, Desarrollo de Proyectos de Energía Renovables, and Desarrollo Ecoambiental de México was awarded the contract for what will initially be a 2MW plant.

Biomass IGCC Project Gets Final Air Permit

Rentech Inc.’s proposed St. Joe Renewable Energy Center, one of the world’s first biomass integrated gasification combined cycle (BIGCC) projects, has received a final air permit from the Florida Department of Environmental Protection.

Shaw Group building CCGT plant in Louisiana

Entergy Louisiana has granted The Shaw Group an engineering, procurement and construction contract for the construction of a dual-fuel 550MW combined-cycle gas turbine (CCGT) plant in Louisiana.

DTE Energy converting coal plant to biomass

DTE Energy Services, Inc. recently received approval from the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District to convert an existing coal-fired power plant at the Port of Stockton to operate on biomass fuel.

Clean energy park planned for California

AREVA and Fresno Nuclear Energy Group, LLC (FNEG) have signed a contract to develop an advanced clean energy park near Fresno, California.

Biomass energy plant conversion in California

DTE Energy Services is acquiring stakes in the 49.5MW Mt. Poso Cogeneration Co. coal-fired power plant California to convert the facility to 100% biomass fuel.