Jun 6, 2022
Increasing methane yield from biogas plants
Biogas News
Jun 1, 2022
Homes and institutions in Kajiado, Kenya are now benefitting from the Ministry of Energy’s new Domestic Biogas Programme.
According to the Programme’s Kajiado county coordinator, Elizabeth Mbuthia, its aim is to phase out the use of charcoal and firewood.
“In support of the Big Four Agenda, the Ministry of Energy rolled out the Domestic Biogas Demonstration Programme... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 1, 2022
Construction work to expand the EnviTec Biogas premises in Lohne, Lower Saxony “is in full progress, the foundation is already poured” the company said.
With the addition of an extra 640 sqm, this will mean the site then offers a total of 3,000 sqm of office space, with 750 sqm of storage.
EnviTec CEO Olaf von Lehmden: "Building this extra capacity in terms of... [Read More]
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May 31, 2022
The Netherlands’ first bio-LNG plant has now achieved a production milestone of one million kilograms, enabling about four million kilometres of sustainable transport with heavy-duty trucks.
For initiators Nordsol, Renewi and Shell, this is “an important proof point” that sustainable heavy-duty road transport is possible.
Nordsol’s bio-LNG plant in Amsterdam... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 31, 2022
Greenlane Renewables has announced that its wholly-owned subsidiary, Greenlane Biogas North America, has been awarded a contract for $8.7 million for a dairy manure to renewable natural gas (RNG) project in the United States owned by an international energy company.
This contract is the third project that Greenlane has successfully bid within 18 months for this customer.... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 30, 2022
Environmental problems caused by the population explosion such as global warming, natural resource depletion, water shortage and plastic pollution are getting severe in the world.
One of the reasons for global warming is said to be carbon dioxide (CO2). Compared to petroleum derived chemical products, nature biomass derived chemical products can be considered as carbon... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 30, 2022
Metro Pacific Investment Corp is eyeing to expand its businesses this year including biogas, as well as acquiring more hospitals, officials have said.
During the Annual Shareholders' Meeting of Metro Pacific Investments Corp, president Augusto Palisoc said: "We are going to expand on the biogas projects that we started. We already have two operating plants and are in... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 30, 2022
Towards making Hyderabad a self-sustainable city, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has decided to generate wealth out of waste by setting up a 20-tonne capacity biogas plant at Khaitlapur Transfer Station located in the Kukatpally zone.
Transfer stations are the points where the garbage collected from households and other places is dumped temporarily... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 26, 2022
Pilkington, one of the leading glass suppliers in the UK, is the latest company to join the Northwest Hydrogen Alliance (NWHA).
Last year Pilkington completed a world first trial at its Greengate site in St Helens, Merseyside, where hydrogen was successfully used to produce float (sheet) glass as part of the ‘HyNet Industrial Fuel Switching’ project.
Pilkington... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 26, 2022
Indian Railways is taking a big step towards the conservation of energy. According to the Railway Ministry, a biogas plant has been set up by the Southeast Central Railway zone at Electric Loco Training Centre at Uslapur Adarsh railway station in the state of Chhattisgarh.
Food is being prepared for the training staff by making biogas from waste through this plant at... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 25, 2022
China Water Industry Group has reached a deal to acquire biomass energy group Taiyuan Yuantong Bioenergy for 13.6 million yuan ($2 million) to “strengthen its market position in the renewable energy industry”.
Taiyuan Yuantong Bioenergy is mainly engaged in biomass energy project development, landfill gas utilisation and the sale of landfill gas products, according... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 25, 2022
The four-day 2022 Biogas Americas conference kicked off on May 24 at the Red Rock Casino Resort & Spa in Las Vegas and is set to be the largest event yet for the US biogas and renewable natural gas (RNG) industry, with more than 1,000 attendees.
The annual conference and tradeshow is presented by the American Biogas Council (ABC) and provides an opportunity... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 25, 2022
German biogas tank producer Lipp has entered into a tie-up with Mapua University to research new feedstock for producing biogas.
The German-Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GPCCI) said Lipp will donate biogas yield testing equipment to Mapua to support its research.
“Close collaboration between industry and academia is a cornerstone of Germany’s higher... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 24, 2022
A development team from CoorsTek Membrane Sciences, in collaboration with international research partners, have successfully used ceramic membrane technology to develop a scalable hydrogen generator that makes hydrogen from electricity and fuels including natural gas, biogas and ammonia with near zero energy loss.
“Energy efficiency is key to the future of hydrogen... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 24, 2022
The European Commission has pledged €37 billion to increase biomethane production.
The news was announced this week as part of the €300bmn RePowerEU plan to stop Russian energy imports and move to green energy by the end of the decade.
Under the plans, a new biomethane action plan will see the development of biomethane industrial partnerships across the sector,... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 24, 2022
California-based Kore has developed a new way to produce hydrogen from biogas. It claims the new method could potentially provide hydrogen for less than $2 per kg.
“We produce biogas and biochar from biogenic feedstocks and the resulting biogas contains hydrogen, carbon monoxide, methane and carbon dioxide,” Kore's executive vice president of business development,... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 23, 2022
A gasification pioneer aims to seal the UK’s low-carbon future after winning a government grant worth nearly £300,000 to develop waste-to-hydrogen production technology, innovation funding specialist Catax can reveal.
Compact Syngas Solutions (CSS), based in Deeside, Wales, has secured £299,886 from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy... [Read More]
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