Dec 6, 2022
Scandinavian Biogas recommends shareholders decline Aneo’s takeover bid
Biogas News
Dec 6, 2022
Sunnyside’s city council in Washington, US, has approved an agreement with the Port of Sunnyside and Pacific Ag to construct infrastructure for a new renewable natural gas plant near Sunnyside.
The plant will produce renewable natural gas, or biomethane. Pacific Ag, based in Oregon, uses crop residue and dairy manure from growers to produce biomethane, and will... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 5, 2022
The Sustainable Energy Fund for Africa (SEFA) has approved a reimbursable grant of $1 million (€947,000) to NewAfrica Impact Ltd to prepare two bioenergy plants in Ghana and Sierra Leone that will each output 5 megawatts of electricity and 11 megawatts of heat, reported Sustainable Energies.
NewAfrica Impact is a renewable energy developer, investor and advisor, and... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 5, 2022
Essar Oil UK has announced plans to construct a £360 million (€418m) new carbon capture plant at its Stanlow in Cheshire, UK.
The firm is investing over £1 billion (€1.16bn) into various energy efficiency, fuel-switching and carbon capture initiatives, as it aims to decarbonise its production processes significantly by 2030.
The organisation said it will achieve... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 2, 2022
A magnetic field can help enhance the generation of synthetic biogas, according to new research.
The researchers investigated the effects of a static magnetic field (SMF) in the presence of the additive titanium dioxide-foamed nickel (TiO2-FNi). It exhibits bioaffinity for the relevant methanogens during the anaerobic digestion and methanation of corn stover (which comprises... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 30, 2022
The first green and Danish-produced biogas from the plant in Kværs has been sent to the gas network. The facility can annually produce over 20 million m3 of biogas and displaces a corresponding amount of natural gas from the Danish energy system.
Thus, Nature Energy has put its 13th plant in Denmark into operation.
“It is a milestone for us, but first and foremost... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 30, 2022
Shell Petroleum has acquired 100% shareholding of Nature Energy Biogas for nearly $2 billion (€ 1.9 billion).
Nature Energy, based in Denmark, is a producer of renewable natural gas (RNG) from agricultural, industrial and household waste.
By purchasing the shares in Nature Energy, Shell will acquire the largest RNG producer in Europe, its portfolio of cash generative... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 25, 2022
Metacon has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Abwasserverband Kempten (Allgäu) ("AVKE"), based in Kempten, Germany regarding cooperation in the field of local, off-grid green hydrogen production from biogas using wastewater as methane source.
A hydrogen centre will be built on the site of AVKE to which Metacon will supply a mid-size HHG hydrogen generator... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 24, 2022
Through its CI Advanced Bioenergy Fund I, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has secured two sites to construct two large industrial-scale biogas plants in Catalonia, Spain (La Sentiu and Linyola).
The La Sentiu project has been appointed a project of strategic importance by the Catalan government, which CIP said mplies that the permit application for the plant... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 22, 2022
The owners of two North American renewable natural gas (RNG) producers have put them up for sale, after new US tax incentives and recent big investments in the sector incentivised them to leave at a time when profits would be maximised, according to Reuters.
While the price of RNG remains much higher than traditional natural gas, more energy companies and investment firms... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 22, 2022
Philipp Lukas, CEO and founder of Future Biogas, on the best means to unleash the biogas sector's potential.
With the latest United Nations’ report warning that the world’s ability to limit global warming to 1.5°C – the goal of the Paris Agreement – is quickly fading, we must urgently accelerate all efforts to reach net zero.
However, in this pivotal moment,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 21, 2022
Ag-Grid Energy has opened its newest biogas system at Hytone Farms in Coventry, Connecticut (CT), US. The system recycles manure and food waste into renewable electricity, heat, animal bedding, and a natural fertiliser.
The project will help meet CT’s renewable electricity goals by producing 4.5 million kWh/year of renewable electricity under a 10-year agreement with... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 21, 2022
The Final Conference of the EU-funded project REGATRACE was held last week, and was a "great success", according to the European Biogas Association.
Over 100 participants and 20 speakers gathered in Brussels on 16 November 2022 to discuss the latest developments to boost biomethane trading across Europe. Cross-border trading of biomethane will be essential to ensure... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 21, 2022
Bright Renewables has been contracted for a new biogas upgrading project with membrane technology in the province of Barcelona, Spain. Two waste streams produce 500 Nm3 biogas per hour: 320 Nm3 from a municipality waste stream and 150 Nm3 from a wastewater treatment plant stream. This will be purified by the upgrader to 270 Nm3 of biomethane per hour and fed into the gas... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 18, 2022
HomeBiogas, an Israeli firm. will soon start supplying biogas systems to farmers in Eastern Province that will be used to turn farm waste into renewable energy.
HomeBiogas operations in Rwanda will be funded by the United Nations (UN) after the former won the tender for renewable energy development in Rwanda.
The announcement was made during UN’s 27th annual Conference... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 18, 2022
An Ohio-based company that converts organic industrial byproducts into natural gas will be opening its newest facility in the Northwest Regional Industrial Park in Shannon, reported Rome News Tribune.
The Synthica Energy facility in Georgia's Floyd County in the US will apply an anaerobic digestion process to organic industrial byproducts to produce renewable natural... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 17, 2022
The state government of Uttar Pradesh has, so far, received 38 proposals expressing interest to invest around ₹500 crore (€59k) in bioenergy plants in the state, reported Hindustan Times.
These proposals have come within a month and a half of clearance of an bioenergy policy by the Cabinet, officials familiar with the issue said.
Fifteen of 38 investors already have... [Read More]
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