
Sep 7, 2022
Concern about new UK prime minister’s commitment to renewable energy
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]
Biogas News
Aug 26, 2022
Germany is intending to focus on developing more biogas production to enhance domestic energy supplies, according to Dr Patrick Graichen, state secretary of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action.
Speaking to ENERGIETAGE in a live interview on 24 August, Graichen outlined the foundations of the German federal government's crisis strategy,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 24, 2022
The City Armed Reserve (CAR) campus in Adugodi has become the first in the city's police department to have a waste management facility, according to the New Indian Express. The biogas generated through wet waste will soon be used to cook food for its huge dog squad here.
Hasiru Dala, a social impact organisation that works for the welfare of waste pickers, has installed... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 23, 2022
Energy company St1 has made an investment decision to build a plant for upgrading and liquefaction of biogas at Sobacken in Borås, Sweden. A prerequisite for the investment decision is a long-term agreement for the purchase of raw biogas, which St1 has signed with Borås Energi och Miljö.
As part of the agreement, Bor å s Energi and Milj ös will transfer both gas... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 23, 2022
Circular biotechnology company specialising in biogas and organic fertilisers Ductor Biogas Sweden AB, has joined forces with Swedish egg production company CA Cedergren to create a circular farming model.
The project site is located approximately 1km from Cedergren's operations, and will be used to build and operate a Ductor biogas and fertiliser plant. In July 2022,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 22, 2022
Toowomba Regional Council (TRC) will reduce its methane emissions by around three million cubic metres a year and produce about $3 million worth of carbon credits over seven years when the biogas electricity generating plant at Wetaller Water Reclamation Facility begins operating in mid-September, according to Country Caller.
In a first for Queensland, methane recovered... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 17, 2022
A new report from The Centre for Agriculture and Food Systems (CAFS) at Vermont Law and Graduate School entitled “Rethinking Manure Biogas: Policy Considerations to Promote Equity and Protect the Climate and Environment” analyses the utilisation of manure anaerobic digesters to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions from animal agriculture operations.
"Manure... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 16, 2022
The American Biogas Council (ABC) has welcomed the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act by the Senate and the US House of Representatives - it passed the latter on 12 August with a majority of 13 (220-207). All Democrats voted in favour and all Republicans opposed the act, and it will be heading to president Joe Biden for signature.
The bill's passage would... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 16, 2022
Punjab’s New and Renewable Energy Sources Minister Aman Arora has said Asia's largest compressed biogas (CBG) plant - which was commissioned in April this year - has started commercial production in Sangrur, India, according to The Hindu.
Anora said the plant - which has a total capacity of 33.23 tonne CBG per day - had started production of CBG, which... [Read More]
Biomass News
Aug 15, 2022
The installation of a Fluid Motions' Solution (part of NOV) "Mono Muncher" at a Spanish biogas plant has helped increase gas yields by eight percent, according to the company.
The Mono Muncher is designed for the homogenisation of sludge in digestion, feeding and recirculation, and the firm said the inline machine's tearing, shearing and crushing action has removed... [Read More]