Oct 13, 2023
VORN acquires Italian project developer Alvus
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]
Biogas News
Oct 9, 2023
Waitrose is the first UK retailer to use renewable natural gas (RNG) to power tractors at its farm, in what it described as an industry-leading move.
In 2021, the company announced it will use its Leckford Estate farm in Hampshire, England, to facilitate change by experimenting with a variety of environment-friendly agricultural techniques.
James Bailey, executive director... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 6, 2023
Greenlane Renewables has been awarded a contract valued at C$35.3 million (€24.8 million) by a leading environmental services company in Brazil that is investing in a portfolio of landfill assets across the country to produce biomethane.
Under the terms of the agreement, Greenlane will supply its Cascade PSA LF product, a complete landfill gas-to-biomethane solution... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 6, 2023
Bacardi, the largest privately held international spirits company, has opend its new Combined Heat & Power (CHP) system in Puerto Rico, which the organisation said will cut greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of the BACARDÍ rum brand in half.
Bacardi marked the opening with a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the world’s largest premium rum distillery located in Cataño, Puerto... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 5, 2023
bp’s Archaea Energy has announced the official startup of its original Archaea Modular Design (AMD) renewable natural gas (RNG) plant in Medora, Indiana in the US.
Located next to a landfill owned by Rumpke Waste and Recycling, this is the first plant to come online since bp’s acquisition of Archaea in December 2022.
Using the AMD design, the Medora plant captures... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 5, 2023
The Washington State Department of Commerce has announced seven grants totaling $4.76 million (€4.5 million) from the state’s Clean Energy Fund to enhance dairy digesters and advance clean energy in rural communities.
These investments will result in improved air and water quality or soil health, reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, and local economic benefits,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 4, 2023
Wasaline will start operating with certified biogas one day a week from 13 October, in preparation for the EU emissions trading system that will come into force next year.
The biogas is supplied by Nordic energy company Gasum.
Biogas is more expensive than LNG (liquefied natural gas), the current primary fuel of M/S Aurora Botnia, but the company said it will cover the... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 4, 2023
Veolia, via its subsidiary OTV, led a consortium responsible for designing and carrying out the works in a wastewater treatment plant in Bonneuil-en-France, a commune in the Val-d'Oise department in Île-de-France in the north of the country.
The facility, which treats wastewater from 35 municipalities in the eastern district of the Val d'Oise department, was inaugurated... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 3, 2023
A lightning strike hit a UK food waste recycling plant on Monday, sending a huge fireball into the sky, reported AFP.
Severn Trent Green Power, which runs the Cassington anaerobic digestion (AD) facility near Yarnton, just north of the city of Oxford, said the strike "caused an explosion in our biogas tanks".
"Thankfully no one has been hurt and we are working with the... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 3, 2023
The Federal German Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) announced that no bids were received in a recent auction for biomethane installations, in an auction held on 1 September.
The "innovation auction", on the other hand, was "significantly oversubscribed". Bids in the innovation auction are only accepted if they represent combinations of wind farms or solar installations... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 2, 2023
Severn Trent Green Power’s anaerobic digestion (AD) facility in Derby, UK, is ready to receive food waste again following a programme of refurbishment.
The site in Megaloughton Lane now incorporates a front-end treatment process and additional digestion capacity through the construction of two additional digester tanks.
After a 12-month refurbishment process, the site,... [Read More]
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