Oct 20, 2020
U.S. Gain expands its RNG development portfolio with new AD facility
Biogas News
Oct 19, 2020
Dickinson’s College Farm in Philadelphia, US, is one of 12 recipients to receive a share of approximately $3 million (€2.55 million) of funding from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to explore anaerobic digestion (AD) and food waste opportunities.
The $300,000 (€255,000) grant was allocated to Dickinson to help reduce food loss and waste and to divert... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 19, 2020
Logan City Council in Australia has successfully converted human waste into energy at Loganholme Wastewater Treatment Plant.
Working with gasification systems provider Pyrocal and Downer Group, the council has been trialling a process that sees sewage sludge (biosolids) baked in extreme temperatures to produce biogas. The biogas then used to heat the remaining biosolids,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 19, 2020
Welsh biotech company Genesis Biosciences has developed a new additive to help bolster the anaerobic digestion (AD) system.
The Cardiff-based company identified a novel mineral carrier with the correct parameters to bolster the most sensitive microbial components of the AD system and, through extensive laboratory genomic screening, it was found that if paired with non-pathogenic... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 16, 2020
Norwegian liquefied biogas (LBG) company Biokraft, has chosen Andion Global as a key contractor for the construction of a new LBG production facility.
Andion is a major waste-to-energy company and will extend Biokraft’s LBG production capacity at the Skogn II facility in Trøndelag. The firm’s experience with proprietary design, optimisation, and deliver processes... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 15, 2020
Veolia and Waga Energy have partnered on one of the largest green gas projects in Europe.
The firms launched the construction of WAGABOX, a unit recovering biomethane from landfill waste. WAGABOX will be installed in Île-de-France at Veolia’s Claye-Souilly landfill to supply renewable gas to 20,000 homes in the Paris region from February 2022.
The Claye-Souilly... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 15, 2020
The European Biogas Association (EBA) has welcomed the “holistic approach” of the Methane Strategy to accelerate the reduction of methane emissions using biogas and biomethane.
The new EU strategy acknowledges the high potential of biogas to reduce methane emissions in agriculture and boost rural development.
The EBA described the Methane Strategy as a “fundamental... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 14, 2020
Honeywell announced the installation of its 100th biomethane grid injection to France’s primary gas distribution operator, GRDF.
Honeywell’s grid injection stations act as a gatekeeper to the gas network. The stations measure flow and gas compositions and check them for compliance, add an odour to the gas to help with leak detection, and collect and transmit operating... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 13, 2020
A major renewable natural gas (RNG) facility in Niagara Falls, Canada is soon to open.
Expected to generate enough clean renewable energy from landfill waste to heat 8,750 homes across the country, the Niagara Falls RNG facility will be the largest of its kind in Ontario. It is hoped the plant will reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 48,000 tonnes.
The $42 million... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 13, 2020
The Energy Networks Association’s (ENA) Gas Goes Green Customer Forum will meet for the first time to discuss delivering a biomethane boost in the UK.
The Forum will bring together all five of the UK’s gas networks – Cadent, Northern Gas Networks, National Grid, Southern Gas Networks, Wales & West Utilities – and leading representatives of the biomethane... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 13, 2020
CleanBay Renewables has chosen Evoqua Water Technologies as a key partner for its Westover, Maryland bio-refinery.
Evoqua and CleanBay are currently in negotiations for Evoqua to provide its field-proven anaerobic digestion (AD) and water treatment technology for the Westover facility.
The plant is expected to recycle more than 150,000 tons of chicken litter annually... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 13, 2020
Eco Verde Energy (EVE) has added three UK anaerobic digestion (AD) plants to its portfolio.
Attleborough Eco Electric and Ellough AD are owned by Privilege Investments, which is also the co-owner of Holton, and will be taken over from 1 December.
Chris Brown, operations director at EVE, said the firm was “very pleased” to be bringing the three plants into its... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 9, 2020
UK industrial cleaning service company New Wave Marine has formed an international partnership with BioConstruct NewEnergy to clean biogas tanks.
BioConstruct was formed in Germany in 2000 and specialises in the construction and operation of anaerobic digestion (AD) plants. Over the last 15 years, the firm was built and commissioned more than 300 AD plants.
Danny... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 8, 2020
Wärtsilä has been awarded a major contract to supply and construct a plant for the production of carbon-neutral liquid transport fuels.
The plant will liquefy gas from the natural gas grid to produce carbon-neutral LNG/bio-LNG. It will have a capacity of approximately 100,000 tons per year and will be built in Cologne, Germany.
“It’s an honour to have been... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 8, 2020
Greenlane Renewables’ wholly-owned subsidiary, Greenlane Biogas North America, has signed a $7.7 million (€4.94 million) contract for a new renewable natural gas (RNG) project developed by Brightmark.
The multiple-site dairy farm project in Florida, US, will use Greenlane’s pressure swing adsorption biogas upgrading systems.
Greenlane’s systems will be used... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 8, 2020
The winners of the AD and Biogas Industry Awards have been revealed.
On the third and final day of the World Biogas Expo & Summit, technical support manager at the Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA) hosted the awards from home in a tuxedo, in a first for the organisation, which usually hosts a grand ceremony (in person) to celebrate the best... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 7, 2020
ESL Shipping has become the first in Finland to use 100% renewable liquefied biogas (LBG) in maritime transport.
The major carrier of dry bulk cargo in the Baltic region announced that its vessel m/s Viikki was fuelled in Raahe, Finland, with 100% renewable LBG to transport iron ore for the Swedish steel company SSAB. The biogas was supplied by Gasum.
“This marks... [Read More]
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Moeve has announced a €600 million investment plan for the construction of up to 30 new biomethane plants by 2030
During the signing ceremony, Sweden’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Maria Malmer Stenergard, announced a donation of USD 1.5 million for prefeasibility and detailed engineering studies
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