Mar 25, 2019
Hurtigruten inks deal for biogas-ready fuel solutions
Biogas News
Mar 21, 2019
Since being put in motion last year, the phasing out of diesel-powered vehicles by The John Lewis Partnership continues gaining momentum.
This week, the Partnership pledges to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050, using biomethane-powered heavy goods vehicles as part of the initiative.
According to announcement, the company vehicles contribute over 40%... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 19, 2019
A study published this week by Navigant for the Gas for Climate consortium points at combining hydrogen, biomethane and electricity to better decarbonise the energy system.
Just last week, Chancellor of the Exchequer Phillip Hammond delivered the Spring Statement, in which Hammond spoke of the need for the pace of decarbonisation to be accelerated. As response to that... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 18, 2019
Renewable gas provider Xebec Adsorption announced that it has signed a CAD$6 million (€3.9 million) contract for a landfill biogas upgrading plant in Italy.
After the plant is operational, it is estimated to produce 5 million cubic metres of carbon-neutral renewable natural gas (RNG) yearly.
“Upgraded landfill gas to RNG is playing an increasingly important... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 15, 2019
Chancellor of the Exchequer Phillip Hammond delivered the Spring Statement this week, laying out updated economic forecasts for the UK.
Along with formal acknowledgement that the UK economy will continue to weaken in 2019, there is the more positive strength of public finances to applaud, the budget deficit expected to be the smallest since 2002. However, both of these... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 14, 2019
Technology group Wärtsilä announced that it has been given a notice to proceed for a liquid biogas (bioLNG) plant to be constructed in Norway.
According to the release, the contract was awarded to the firm in April 2018 by Norwegian wastewater treatment company VEAS.
“Efficiency and environmental sustainability are two of the main pillars of Wärtsilä’s... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 12, 2019
India-based Banas Dairy is planning to set up four biogas plants with an estimated total value of ₹320 million (€4 million), Times of India reports.
Banas chairman Shankar Chaudhary will lay the foundation stones for each biogas plant at Ratnapura (Bhiladi), Dama Semen Station (Deesa), Thavar (Dhanera) and Danta Chilling Centre in Banaskantha.
“The problem... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 11, 2019
A public bus has caught fire in Stockholm after what investigators believe to be a biogas explosion, The Local reports.
There were no passengers on the bus at the time of the incident, however the driver was taken to the hospital with burn injuries in a ‘serious but stable’ condition.
According to the report, fire and rescue services suspect a biogas tube on... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 6, 2019
Financial provider Prestige Funds announced that it has concluded a £14.7 million (€17.09 million) funding deal to finance an anaerobic digestion (AD) plant in Kent, UK.
According to the release, the deal is the latest in a long series of financing agreements to fund AD facilities in the UK, which are helping farms and food businesses to process waste into energy.
The... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 5, 2019
Connecticut-based Quantum Biopower announced that its anaerobic digestion (AD) facility in Southington is expecting an upgrade to handle an unexpected rise in packaged food waste.
The company is planning to upgrade the plant with a 25,000 square foot building alongside machinery.
According to the release, the Planning and Zoning Commission has given the company unanimous... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 5, 2019
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) announced that it is providing $11.2 million (€9.91 million) to Lithuanian renewables firm Modus Group for two biogas plants in Belarus.
According to the release, the two plants will have a total installed capacity of 3MW and be able to generate 23.6GWh of clean energy annually.
In December 2018, Bioenergy... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 28, 2019
French utility company ENGIE announced that it has acquired biomethane producer Vol-V Biomasse.
ENGIE claims that it now has a portfolio of nearly 80 projects, thus supporting its aim of producing 5TWh per year of biomethane by 2020.
In November 2018, Bioenergy Insight reported that ENGIE has revealed that its total investments into biogas by 2030 were going to total €2... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 22, 2019
Sweden’s Linköping University revealed a study into the food industry, outlining its high efficiency regarding energy consumption and its use of primary raw materials.
However, the release argues that research has not examined how waste in the form of organic by-products can be used in the most efficient way.
“Much of the waste is used as animal fodder,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 21, 2019
German biogas plant constructer Weltec Biopower announced that it has started to build a biomethane plant for UK-based Lanes Farm Energy in Pontefract, West Yorkshire.
“After in-depth discussions with over ten technology providers, Weltec was selected to be our partner to deliver the technology,” said Tel Sultan, direct of Lanes Farm Energy.
According to the... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 19, 2019
The UK government have published a consultation in which ministers have financially committed to funding local authorities to introduce weekly food waste collections for all households in England from 2023.
The Anaerobic Digestion & Bioresources Association (ADBA) has welcomed the consultation, describing it as a ‘huge environmental win’.
According to a... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 19, 2019
Finnish biogas supplier Gasum announced that it, alongside Finnish dairy producer Valio, has launched ‘Finland’s first’ biogas-fuelled milk truck collection truck.
According to the release, the vehicle is part of Valio’s objective to make the milk production chain entirely carbon-neutral.
Gasum claims that from this month onwards, a total of 10%... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 18, 2019
Canadian resource recovery specialist Anaergia announced the successful issuing of bonds as part of the funding for its Rialto Bioenergy Facility (RBF).
In December, Bioenergy Insight reported that construction had begun for ‘North America’s largest’ organic waste-to-energy plant in Rialto, a city 50 miles east of Los Angeles, California.
The RBF is estimated... [Read More]
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