Itaipu Binacional's renewable energy superintendent, Rogério Meneghetti, participated in a COP 29 panel called Accelerating Circular Economy and Industry Decarbonisation in Brazil. The event was organised in partnership with the Ministry of Development, Industry, Commerce, and Services and the Brazilian Agency for Industrial Development, and highlighted how practices... [Read More]

Waste-to-hydrogen producer Compact Syngas Solutions (CSS) will be creating 200kg of hydrogen from waste to power a 40-day sea trial of a zero-emission marine hydrogen engine. The 50kW hydrogen auxiliary engine was created by Carnot – which was recently awarded £2.3 million in a UK government grant to develop its technology. The engine will be tested at Brunel University... [Read More]

A new partnership will see the development of a biogas plant at Paradeep Municipality, District Jagatsinghpur, Odisha in India. The project is a partnership between Tecnimont (MAIRE’s Integrated E&C Solutions)'s Indian subsidiary Tecnimont Private Limited (TCMPL), Paradeep Municipality and National Institute of Technology, Karnataka – Surathkal (NITK). The biogas... [Read More]

Sarah Hammond, marketing manager at MoistTech, explains how automated in-line monitoring reduces waste and energy costs and improves process efficiency. Incorporating the right combination of automation tools can help production facilities overcome challenges posed by outdated machinery and labour-intensive procedures that hinder overall productivity. One key example... [Read More]

Willand Biogas' plant by the Somerset border has entered administration, having failed to secure funds to rescue its operation. Accounts for 2022 showed it was more than £23 million in debt, as well as subject to a £38.75 million loan. Administrators at London-based restructuring and recovery specialists Moorfields Advisory Ltd are attempting to sell the leasehold... [Read More]

BASF signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Shenergy Group (Shenergy) through its subsidiaries Shanghai Gas Co., Ltd (Shanghai Gas) and Shanghai Shenji Environmental Technology Co., Ltd. (Shenji). This strategic partnership aims to foster long-term collaboration among the three parties in the commercialisation and international certification of biomethane, promoting... [Read More]

A research team led by Dr. Choi, Young-chan from the Clean Air Research Laboratory at the Korea Institute of Energy Research (KIER) has successfully converted cashew nut shells, discarded during cashew nut food product manufacturing, into an eco-friendly biofuel. Producing biofuel from biomass in Korea is very challenging. Due to the limited availability of single... [Read More]

Divert, an impact technology company on a mission to Protect the Value of Food™, and Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) have announced a first-of-its-kind interconnection in the state of California to address the wasted food crisis. Divert’s facility in Turlock, California is now processing unsold food products into carbon-negative renewable energy, which... [Read More]

Enshu Forest Energy began commercial operations at its 7.1MW biomass plant in Fukuroi city of Shizuoka prefecture, Japan on 16 November, reported Argus Media. The facility is expected to burn 90,000t/yr of wood chips made from unused forest materials, which will be gathered primarily from Shizuoka prefecture. It has the capacity to generate approximately 53GWh/yr of... [Read More]

Bioenergy Insight learns more about the recently announced partnership to develop four RNG projects in the US. Bright Renewables is a global technology provider for biogas upgrading systems, CO2 liquefaction plants, and Bio LNG & Bio CNG solutions. Its US head office is located in Vancouver, Washington, and it has sold around 35 biogas upgrading units in the country.... [Read More]