As part of Serbia’s EU accession negotiations, waste management practices were set out for the country to meet. As a result, the City of Belgrade is planning to develop greenfield waste treatment and disposal facilities with the hopes that it will remediate the threat posed by the current unsustainable waste disposal practices.
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The Maltese government has decided to proceed with the construction of a waste-to-energy (WtE) plant at the Maghtab waste complex. The project will be part of the country’s Waste Management Plan 2014-2020.
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Sakol Energy (SKE) is to invest around THB 789.84 million in a biomass power plant project in Phrae Province. 8 MW of the 9.9 MW the plant will produce will be sold to the Provincial Electricity Authority (PEA) as they aim to use more renewable energy resources.
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The Municipality of Querétaro has recently inaugurated a new waste treatment and sorting plant, designed and manufactured by Bianna Recycling.
The facility is claimed to be the largest of its kind in Latin America and uses the latest technology to separate organic, ferrous and recyclable materials. When operations start in May, up to 78% of the areas’ waste will be processed and 300 tonnes of compost will be produced for the government’s green areas.
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AcuComm’s Chief Data Analyst, Andy Crofts, gives us a round-up of this week’s chosen country focus for the Global Waste Investment Fact File.
Next up in our series of Global Waste Investment Fact Files is the Greece edition. As of February 2018, AcuComm was listing 17 projects in the country. These have a total value of US$704 million or US$41 million each.
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In the week ending 23rd March 2018, AcuComm added or updated 45 projects to our database. These have a combined estimated value of US$5,232 million. There were 21 new projects and 24 updates.
This brings the total number of active projects in the AcuComm database to 4,899. They have an estimated value of US$353.7 million or US$72 million on average.
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The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has issued a US$5 million loan to Dniprovska Agri Group (DAG) to go towards the construction of a biomass boiler plant in Nikopol.
Continue reading AcuComm’s Daily Full Access Project – Ukraine Biomass Plant
SCA Biorefinery Östrand is planning to build a new biorefinery at its Östrand pulp mill site. Around 300,000 tonnes of biofuels would be produced each year for transportation uses, along with 120,000 tonnes of biocoal to be processed into pellets and 110,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide.
Following an environmental impact assessment, it is hoped that the permitting process will be initiated. This is expected to happen by the end of the year.
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The City of Surrey officially opened North America’s first fully integrated closed-loop organic waste management facility earlier this month. Curb side organic kitchen and yard waste will be converted into biofuel using anaerobic digestion technology, to later be used by the local fleet of natural gas-powered waste collection and service vehicles.
Continue reading #Editors’Pick – Biogas & Waste Sorting Facilities
Reconstruction of a biomass boiler house
Enerstena is to undertake a new project to mount a biomass-fuelled steam boiler and condensing economiser in the Lipkiai boiler house.
Continue reading AcuComm’s Daily Full Access Project – Lithuania Biomass Facility
