
Dec 20, 2022
Objectors to Scottish Highlands biogas plant cite economic and environmental impacts
Biogas News
Dec 19, 2022
The Gas Transmission System Operator of Ukraine (GTSOU) has launched a series of online meetings as part of a project entitled "Biomethane talks" with business representatives, experts and government agencies.
During the first discussion on the topic "Biomethane industry: the experience of the Czech Republic", Martin Schwartz, head of the biomethane section of the Czech... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 16, 2022
Retrospective plans for a biogas power plant from Deal Farm Biogas that was branded an "abomination on the countryside" have been rejected, reported the BBC.
South Norfolk councillors unanimously voted to refuse the latest proposals for the anaerobic digester in Bressingham, near Diss.
The plant is already built but the company was accused of making alterations that... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 16, 2022
Vision RNG has announced a Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) agreement with the Laurel Ridge Landfill (a subsidiary of Waste Connections) in Corbin, Kentucky, US.
The project will use produce 450,000 MMBtu of RNG annually that will be injected into a nearby natural gas transmission pipeline. This RNG will be used by various customers across the US for transportation fuel and... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 15, 2022
Over 150 biogas digesters have been built across Zimbabwe to be used as a source of renewable energy, according to a senior government official.
Public Service Commission (PSC) secretary Dr Tsitsi Choruma said the country will keep building biogas digesters because they are "cost effective and technologically smart" means of producing energy.
"Green energy sources in... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 14, 2022
Renewable energy firm Acorn Bioenergy has unveiled proposals which, if given the green light by Moray Council planners, would see two plants built in Moray, one near Hill of Rathven by Buckie at the junction of March Road and the A98 and other at Longmorn, on the outskirts of Elgin, reported Grampian Online. The Buckie plant would occupy around seven hectares of land.
The... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 14, 2022
Construction on the third phase of a bioenergy recycling project in Shanghai, China, began on 11 December.
With an investment of 1.65 billion yuan (€222 million), the third phase of the Shanghai bioenergy recycling centre will cover nearly 20 hectares in the Laogang ecological and environmental protection base in Pudong New Area.
The project, scheduled for completion... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 13, 2022
Turkey's energy ministry has started the implementation of a micro project, which envisions farmer-obtained animal waste from three cows as being able to produce enough natural gas to eventually meet cooking needs.
The project has been launched in 17 cities as a pilot study, and it aims to support farmers unable to access gas in rural areas.
Turkish Electromechanic Industries... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 13, 2022
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a €40 million loan agreement with recycling company Renewi to invest in recycling in the Netherlands and Belgium.
The funding will be divided between three key projects. The first is the construction of three new high-tech sorting lines for residual, commercial and industrial waste in Flanders, Belgium, allowing more materials... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 12, 2022
Last week, Mainspring, Yolo County staff and stakeholders gathered to celebrate and recognise their partnership, according to Daily Democrat.
Mainspring, a clean power generation provider, announced that the product will run on biogas produced by the landfill to generate electricity that can be used for site operations and exported to the grid. Landfill biogas, a natural... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 12, 2022
A leading planning officer has recommended plans for an anaerobic digestion plant in Bressingham should be refused, giving campaigners cautious hope, reported Diss Express.
Planning officer Tim Barker made his recommendation to South Norfolk Council, with a report echoing the concerns set forth by groups and individuals opposed to the plans for Deal Farm.
So far, 363... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 12, 2022
Cypark Resources said its indirect subsidiaries have been awarded feed-in approval certificates from the government to carry out biogas projects with a total capacity of 2.7 MW in Johor and Terengganu, Malaysia.
The feed-in approval certificates were awarded by the Sustainable Energy Development Authority (Seda) for a period of 21 years, Cypark said. Tenaga Nasional will... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 9, 2022
The flexible Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plant, supplied and built by the technology group Wärtsilä for the German public utility SachsenEnergie, has been commissioned and handed over for commercial operation. The plant was extensively tested to verify its reliability and performance before the hand-over in November 2022, the company said, and it will supply both 94... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 9, 2022
Gasum is part of a consortium of three parties, which is planning the construction of a new biogas plant in the municipality of Vormstad near Trondheim in Norway. The consortium has started the zoning process for the chosen site with the municipality of Vormstad.
The consortium is called Trondelag Biogass and the two other members are Norwegian investment companies... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 8, 2022
This recently launched EU project will demonstrate an innovative pathway for biomethane production at scale, based on the integration of sorption-enhanced gasification, methanation via catalytic fluidised-bed and high-temperature electrolysis, with the aim to contribute to the ambitious objectives of the REPowerEU Plan
A multi-disciplinary and international team that... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 8, 2022
Green Rock Energy Partners LLC, a sustainable infrastructure-focused private equity firm, has announced an addition to its expanding portfolio of investments in the renewable energy space.
It has acquired PSA South Hills Landfill Gas Venture LLC, a renewable natural gas (RNG) production facility located in South Park Township, Pennsylvania, and the purchase closed in... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 7, 2022
Scirocco Energy said its 50% owned joint venture EAG has entered into an exclusivity agreement to acquire a fully operational biogas plant, according to Proactive Investors.
Due diligence is being undertaken by EAG on the special purpose vehicle (SPV) that owns the plant, which Scirocco said has been in production for seven years and generated underlying profits (EBITDA)... [Read More]