Sep 14, 2022
US Department of Energy announces $178m to advance bioenergy technology
Biogas News
Sep 13, 2022
The Municipality of Bar in Montenegro plans to build a plant for the production of electricity from biogas from the Možura regional landfill, reported Balkan Green Energy News. It has presented a feasibility study for converting biogas into electricity at the Možura sanitary regional landfill.
Preliminary analysis showed that a facility of one megawatt (MW) could be... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 13, 2022
The developer behind plans for a biogas plant on the outskirts of Keynsham in the UK has withdrawn its appeal, reported Keynsham Voice.
The proposal for an anaerobic digester facility on the Queen Charlton Quarry site was unanimously rejected by Bath and North East Somerset Council planning committee in March 2022.
Resourceful Energy Aerobic Limited (REAL) proceeded... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 12, 2022
Logan City Council in south-east Queensland, Australia, has opened a $28 million (€18.9m) biosolids gasification facility, with backing from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA).
Logan City Council aims to turn waste human sewage into renewable energy and a money-spinning fertiliser and building product, whilst taking a step towards its target of carbon emissions... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 12, 2022
The City of Omaha in Nebraska, US is moving forward with a plan to turn human waste into green energy, and expects to make millions of dollars in the process, according to Omaha World Herald.
With a $20 million investment approved last month, one of the city’s wastewater treatment plants will increase its ability to turn the waste into renewable natural gas, also... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 9, 2022
Technology group Wärtsilä has signed a two-year tailored Service Agreement with Denmark-based Nature Energy, a leading operator of biogas upgrading facilities.
The agreement covers six existing biogas plants in various parts of Denmark, all of which feature Wärtsilä biogas upgrading technology (Puregas).
Special features of the agreement include an annual safety... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 9, 2022
Chris Huhne, former Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change and current chairman of the Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA), has written an open letter to the government. It urges the incoming administration to recognise the value of AD and biogas as shorter-term solutions to the sizeable challenges facing the new government.
“Biogas derived... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 8, 2022
BIOGEST America has received a US order to build an agricultural biogas plant in South Dakota, it announced on 6 September.
The plant has a thermal output of 156,000 MMBTU per annum and operates on 224,000t of cow manure per year.
During the process, the manure is transformed into high-quality organic fertiliser that acts as a substitute for chemical products.
After... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 7, 2022
The state of Ohio has filed for a contempt motion against bioenergy company Renergy, which operates a local biodigester facility, citing violations at the company’s other site in Morrow County, according to Dayton Daily News.
The Morrow County Common Pleas Court filing alleges that Emerald Bioenergy in Morrow County is improperly storing nearly 1.5 million gallons... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 7, 2022
Liz Truss was officially appointed as prime minister of the UK on 6 September. Her ascension to the role pits her against a cost-of-living crisis - perhaps most prominently fuelled by soaring gas costs, as Russia responds to western sanctions imposed upon it following its invasion of Ukraine.
Truss, who has been described as a political chameleon due to changing allegiances... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 6, 2022
A Michoacán company that is already using the nopal, or prickly pear cactus, to produce biogas is now planning to do the same with sargassum, a genus of seaweed that washes up on Caribbean coast beaches in large quantities, reported Mexico News Daily.
Nopalimex, a Zitácuaro-based firm that in 2019 opened Mexico’s first nopal biogas plant, has already proved that sargassum... [Read More]
Biomass News
Sep 5, 2022
A biomass heating plant has replaced a 40-year-old oil-based system in the Kosovar district of Gjakova and is now generating clean, green energy around the clock, according to DW.
The biomass heating plant recently began generating heat and a limited supply of power for 2,000 private households, public institutions and businesses.
The unit runs entire on one of the region's... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 5, 2022
Japanese automobile giant Suzuki Motor Corporation (SMC) announced on 1 September that it has signed a memorandum of India's National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) to initiate a biogas demonstration project designed to accelerate carbon neutrality in the nation.
In establishing the joint endeavour, Suzuki and NDDB will undertake joint studies to evaluate the business... [Read More]
Other News
Sep 2, 2022
The Irish Bioenergy Association (IrBEA) launched the bioenergy factsheet series on 1 September 2022.
The aim of the factsheet series is to provide information to a wide range of stakeholders on the various forms and aspects of this form of renewable energy.
The titles in the series to date are:
- Bioenergy – An Overview;
-Wood and Solid Biomass Fuels;
-Biogas;
-... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 31, 2022
Clarke Energy USA has secured a project to supply renewable energy firm Peaks Renewables with a new natural gas fired combined heat and power (CHP) system, as well as a KOHLER back-up gas-fuelled generator.
Peaks Renewables is partnering with Maine's dairy industry to develop locally produced renewable natural gas at an anaerobic digestion facility in Clinton, Maine.
Cow... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 30, 2022
Bright Renewables has been awarded a contract for the realisation of a turnkey CO2 liquefaction plant with a capacity of 800 kg per hour on the West Coast of the US.
The CO2 liquefier will be added to an existing biogas upgrader and will purify and liquefy carbon dioxide coming from the biogas upgrader. Liquid bio-CO2 is the end-product, which will be applied in the company's... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 30, 2022
Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU) has requested the state government help them adopt a couple of gaushalas so they can use the waste to produce compressed biogas using advanced technology that can be used for multiple purposes, according to Hindustan Times.
Addressing a press conference on Friday, AKTU vice chancellor Prof Pradeep Kumar Mishra said the... [Read More]
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Willand Biogas' plant by the Somerset border has entered administration, having failed to secure funds to rescue its operation
