USDA FAS GAIN
August 14, 2015
BY Erin Krueger
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Japan-based Erex Corp. on May 13 announced plans to develop a 112-MW biomass power plant in Niigata Prefecture, a region on the west coast of Japan. The facility is expected to begin operations in 2029 and will be fueled with wood pellets and PKS.
Aemetis Inc. announced on May 21 that the Capital Programs & Climate Financing Authority in California has adopted an initial resolution related to potential future issuance of up to $1.1 billion of tax-exempt bonds for Aemetis projects.
U.S. manufacturers produced approximately 800,000 tons of densified biomass fuel in February, according to the U.S. EIA’s Monthly Densified Biomass Fuels Report. Sales of densified biomass fuel reached 710,000 tons during the month.
Greenlane Renewables Inc. has announced that recently completed testing of its proprietary linear nitrogen rejection unit (NRU) technology demonstrated breakthrough methane recovery performance of up to 99.5%.
Walmoore Ag-Grid, Ag-Grid Energy’s first dairy farm digester project in Pennsylvania, is now in active development thanks to a $4 million RISE PA grant announced by the Shapiro Administration. The project is scheduled to be operational in Q4 2027.