Oct 27, 2023
IEEFA report identifies biogas solutions for India
Biogas News
Oct 27, 2023
The first large-scale biomethane production plant in Spain, using waste from a controlled waste repository, is expected to prevent the emission of 17,000 tonnes of CO₂ a year.
The Naturgy group gas distributor, Nedgia, will inject biomethane through its grid with a 6-kilometre pipeline constructed as part of the project.
Located in the PreZero Spain Controlled Waste... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 26, 2023
Kadri Simson, the European Commissioner for Energy, delivered a speech for European Biomethane Week on 25 October, in which she said that biomethane's role in Europe's energy transition is "even more critical" now than one year ago.
Delivering a keynote speech at the European Biogas Association's 2023 Conference at The EGG Centre in Brussels, Simson said that the EU... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 26, 2023
Pakistan's chief minister Mohsin Naqvi laid the foundation stone of one of the country's biggest biogas plants at an official level on 25 October.
Naqvi launched the construction work of the 6,000 cubic metre biogas plant at Gujjar Colony Rakh Chand Rai Lahore.
The plant will cost Rs350 million (€1.2 million), with Rs80 million (€273,000) expected to be generated... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 26, 2023
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) has reached a milestone in its commitment to decarbonise its natural gas system and expand on technologies that support the production of new, carbon-free and carbon-neutral energy resources.
The company has begun the process of purchasing California-produced renewable natural gas (RNG) for residential and small commercial customers.... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 24, 2023
Ameresco, a cleantech integrator specialising in energy efficiency and renewable energy, has achieved commercial operation at its landfill gas to renewable natural gas (RNG) plant at Republic Services’ Benson Valley Landfill in Frankfort, Kentucky in the US.
The Benson Valley facility has a gross nameplate in excess of 483,552 Dekatherms per year and is capable of processing... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 24, 2023
Hycamite and Kokkolan Energiaverkostot have agreed that the latter will supply methane for the former’s Kokkola plant in Finland.
Hycamite and numerous other major Kokkola-based companies have agreements to receive methane Kokkolan Energiaverkostot, meaning that the Kokkola LNG terminal project is progressing from the design phase to the construction phase.
Before... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 19, 2023
Technip Energies has been awarded Engineering, Procurement Services and Construction Management (EPsCm) contracts by Galp for an advanced biofuels unit and a green hydrogen unit for its Sines refinery in Portugal. Both projects are part of Galp’s programme to reduce the carbon footprint of the refinery and its products.
The Green Hydrogen Unit, composed of a 100 MW... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 18, 2023
The production of biomethane, bioethanol and biodiesel is important for the agricultural sector and the processing industry and for ensuring Ukraine's energy independence, and the potential of this sector is very large, according to the country's deputy minister of agrarian policy and food.
He was speaking during an online training session centred on the energy potential... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 17, 2023
Methaplanet has raised new funding, led by strategic partner EIT InnoEnergy, to accelerate the international expansion and increase the impact of its Maxximizer technology.
This is a patented energy pellet production facility converting feedstock such as straw, straw-based manure or grass into high-yielding energy pellets.
The unique process ensures that the organic... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 13, 2023
VORN Bioenergy, a leading project developer and biomethane producer, has acquired the entire share capital of Alvus S.r.l. (Alvus) including its several project participations held via Favus S.r.l..
Alvus is a project developer in the biomethane and biogas sector based in Bolzano, Italy. Launched in 2019, it has successfully developed more than 10 biomethane projects... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 13, 2023
Portugal plans to launch an auction for rights to sell green hydrogen for injection into the national gas grid in the coming weeks, with state aid being discussed with Brussels, energy secretary Ana Fontoura said on 12 October.
A report from Reuters stated that some analysts say the sale, which would be the first of its kind in Europe, could kick-start Europe's market... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 13, 2023
Sustainable raw materials producer and climate technology company Perpetual Next has signed a definitive agreement this week to expand the biogas division through acquisitions, especially in the growth market of Poland.
The collaboration aims to add €25 million of annual EBITDA to Perpetual Next's biogas division over the next two years.
As part of this broad acquisition... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 11, 2023
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has announced it will invest in the expansion of the sustainable bioenergy sector in the Holstebro and Struer municipalities in Denmark by investing in the expansion and upgrade of MEC-Biogas.
MEC-Biogas is one of Denmark’s first large-scale industrial biogas plants that today converts around ~500,000 tons of manure yearly... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 10, 2023
After a decade of unprecedented expansion, growth in global demand for natural gas is expected to slow in the coming years as consumption declines in mature markets, according to the IEA’s new medium-term forecast.
Global gas demand is on course to grow by an average on 1.6% a year between 2022 and 2026, down from an average of 2.5% a year between 2017 and 2021, according... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 10, 2023
Empresas Públicas de Medellín (EPM), a state-owned, industrial and commercial public utilities organisation in Colombia, has begun operating the country's first biomethane plant as it seeks to diversify its clean energy portfolio.
Located in Itaguí, in the greater metropolitan area of Medellín, the facility will produce around 1,200m3/h of biogas, EPM said.
It will... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 9, 2023
Sui Southern Gas Company (SSGC) Alternate Energy (Pvt) Limited (SSGC-AE) and Green Waste Energy (Pvt) Limited have entered into a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU), to unlock the potential of "Green Molecules" renewable natural gas (RNG).
In a strategic move, Green Waste Energy will supply biogas/biomethane to SSGC-AE.
The MoU was signed by Imran Maniar, chairman, SSGC-AE... [Read More]
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