Nov 17, 2020
Biomethane used in major Dutch LNG bunkering operation
Biogas News
Nov 17, 2020
The energy weighted carbon intensity (CI) value of California’s natural gas vehicle portfolio in the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) programme achieved carbon-negative status for the first time in 2020.
Data from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) for the second quarter of 2020 shows the CI value was below zero at 0.85 gCO2e/MJ – the first time in the history... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 17, 2020
Food waste recycler Andigestion’s site in Gloucestershire has become one of just four anaerobic digestion (AD) plants in the UK to be certified under a new scheme which recognises operational and environmental excellence.
The company’s Bishop’s Cleeve site near Cheltenham recycles up to 34,000 tonnes of household and commercial food waste each year. Biomethane... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 17, 2020
A University of Texas at Arlington (UT Arlington) environmental engineering professor is helping the North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG) determine how much more energy can be generated by diverting food waste from landfills to anaerobic digesters.
The US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) recently awarded NCTCOG $300,000 (€252,000) to help reduce... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 17, 2020
Normec Group has acquired OWS, a company specialising in the digestion and treatment processes for the biological treatment of household waste organics, and the biodegradability and compostability of plastic packaging materials.
OWS, based in Gent, Belgium, designs and builds municipal solid waste treatment plants using anaerobic digestion (AD) to produce compost and... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 16, 2020
Gasum has opened its Turku biogas plant – the first in Finland to produce liquefied biogas (LBG).
The plant opened on 12 November and will produce LBG for the transport, industrial, and maritime sectors.
The major expansion and modernisation of the facility in Topinoja, Turku, was one of the Sipilä’s Finnish Government’s key projects, bioeconomy and clean... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 16, 2020
Brightmark has broken ground on the Sobek Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) project, which includes the construction of new anaerobic digesters at two dairy farms in Okeechobee County, Florida.
The digesters will be built on two Larson family dairy farms in the county. On completion of the project, the digesters are anticipated to generate around 171,000 MMBtu of RNG annually.... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 12, 2020
The city of Bergen in Norway has welcomed 125 biogas-fuelled buses.
All of the MAN Lion City buses that Tide Buss AS ordered for the city will run on biogas and serve the northern part of Bergen, namely the areas of Åsane, Arna, and Osterøy, where Tide Buss took over operations in October.
Svein Brakstad, head of sales bus at MAN Norway, said: “We are delighted... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 12, 2020
Gas Distributors for Sustainability (GD4S), the European Biogas Association (EBA), and NGVA Europe have co-signed a joint letter to the European Commission, calling on it to focus on renewable fuels, including biomethane, in the upcoming Sustainable and Smart Mobility Strategy.
The organisations specifically called for all renewable fuels, and all relevant engine technologies... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 11, 2020
Impact investing firm North Sky Capital and development, technology, and operations partner Anaergia Services, are building a renewable natural gas (RNG) facility at a wastewater plant in San Bernadino County, California.
The RNG facility will be built at the Victor Valley Wastewater Reclamation Authority (VVWRA) in a public-private partnership which demonstrates a... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 11, 2020
A project to convert human waste into a zero-emission fuel has been awarded £60,000 from Innovate UK, part of the UK Government’s Research and Innovation organisation.
The ‘Make Your Poo Work For You’ project, a collaboration between Welsh Water, Cardiff Council, and local authorities and technology company Costain, will see biogas from sewage converted into... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 9, 2020
FPT Industrial (FPT), IVECO, and Snam have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for the decarbonisation of transport using biomobility (biomethane and natural gas) and hydrogen.
FPT and IVECO, two CNH Industrial brands that design and manufacture powertrains and commercial vehicles respectively, have signed the MoU with Snam for technological and commercial cooperation... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 9, 2020
Estonian firm AS EG Ehitus has ordered a third biogas upgrading plant from EnviTec Biogas.
AS EG Ehitus chose EnviTec again following the commissioning and successful performance test runs for two EnviThan gas upgrading plants in six months, during a pandemic.
The gas upgrading facility plus compressed natural gas (CNG) compressor unit will be put into service at... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 9, 2020
Integrated waste and resource management firm Urbaser has started wood waste collections from households across Welwyn Hatfield in Hertfordshire, UK.
The food waste collected will be recycled and used to generate power and create fertiliser for local farmland.
Over the last few months, more than 40,000 green caddies have been delivered to homes across the borough... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 9, 2020
Praj Industries’ compressed biogas (CBG) demonstration plant was inaugurated on 6 November by Union Minister Shri Prakash Javadekar.
Located in the Praj Matrix R&D campus, the plant deploys Praj’s technology, which utilises a proprietary microbial consortium made from feedstock such as agri-residues and press mud. Also known as renewable natural gas, CBG forms... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 9, 2020
A test conducted by Orkla, Gasum, and Volvo Trucks to determine the emissions reduction capabilities of liquid biogas in transport and logistics has been hailed a success.
The three firms conducted a one-month test during which Orkla’s transport partner GDL switched to liquid biogas (LBG). The results showed Orkla achieved a 90% reduction in carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 6, 2020
Dutch gas supplier Titan LNG has signed a deal to receive European Union funding for its Bio2Bunker biogas project.
Titan LNG, a major supplier of liquefied natural gas to the marine and industrial markets in Europe has been granted €11 million in funding from the EU’s Connecting Europe Facility (CEF); the EU’s grant scheme supporting transport infrastructure,... [Read More]
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The Régie des matières résiduelles du Lac-Saint-Jean (RWM) and Waga Energy have announced the signing of an agreement to implement an RNG production project at the Hébertville-Station engineered landfill site (ELS) in Quebec
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
