Jan 21, 2022
Brightmark RNG to build AD project at California ranch
Biogas News
Jan 21, 2022
FortisBC has put forward a proposal for every newly-built home connecting to the gas system to automatically receive 100% renewable gas for the lifespan of the building.
Approval of this proposal to the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) would mark a new era in the evolution of FortisBC’s renewable energy programmes.
Renewable gas, including RNG available... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 20, 2022
Macquarie Capital has launched a new platform that develops, operates and invests in RNG infrastructure projects. Its first project, in Wisconsin, has already reached financial close.
The new platform, Aerogy, delivers a suite of innovative energy solutions through project development, financing, construction and commercial operation, as well as project expansions with... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 20, 2022
Councils in Surrey, UK could save around £4 million (€4.8 million) if all of the region’s food waste was recycled.
More than half of all food waste that could be recycled in Surrey, 50,594 tonnes, UK ends up in general waste every year.
New data by the Surrey Environment Partnership (SEP) shows that if the waste was recycled instead, an additional £4 million... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 20, 2022
The European biomethane industry saw record-breaking production levels in 2021.
Europe now has 1,023 production plants, a figure described by the European Biogas Association (EBA) and Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE) as a “stepping stone” for the decarbonisation of the whole EU economy.
“2021 has witnessed the most exponential deployment of biomethane plants... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 20, 2022
Anaergia has been chosen to build a renewable LNG plant for Societa’ Agricola Agriferr ss di Zagni Mattero & C (Agriferr), an Italian agricultural company.
Under the contract, Anaergia will build Agriferr’s new plant using a range of proprietary systems, including its first-ever RNG liquefaction system. The company will also install its Triton digester, biogas... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 19, 2022
BioConstruct has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Cologne-based electricity trading company, Next Kraftwerke.
Under the agreement, Next Kraftwerke will market 40,000 MWh of biogas electricity in the first quarter of this year. BioConstruct will deliver the electricity from its own biogas plants and its customers’ facilities. A total of 86 biogas CHPs are... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 19, 2022
UK firm Keenan Recycling has acquired the food waste bin collection arm of JNL Waste Services.
This acquisition, including new trucks, will strengthen Keenan’s food waste collection service in the Midlands, Northamptonshire and East Anglia, introducing new customers to the company and enhancing its fleet.
Against the backdrop of Brexit, Covid and HGV driver shortages,... [Read More]
Other News
Jan 19, 2022
Veolia Carbon Clean is celebrating its first project milestone in India and a new corporate identity.
The joint venture (JV) was established in December 2020 between carbon capture solutions firm Carbon Clean and resource management company Veolia. The JV aims to reduce industrial CO2 emissions and help India achieve its climate goals through the development of a series... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 19, 2022
Valmet’s automation system will be installed at a pioneering biogas plant in the Baltics.
The plant will be the first in the region to utilise household and commercial biowaste.
Built by BioWOIMA Finland in the city of Tallinn, Estonia, the facility will produce biomethane for the natural gas network and fuel for CNG-powered vehicles. The resulting biofertiliser... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 19, 2022
The Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA) has appointed Grant Budge as chief executive-elect.
Budge will succeed Charlotte Morton, who will gradually withdraw from her ADBA chief executive role to focus on her position as the head of the World Biogas Association (WBA).
Budge holds a MEng (Hons) from Imperial College London, an MBA from Leeds University... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 18, 2022
Ag-Grid Energy has broken ground on its fourth biogas-to-electricity project in Connecticut.
Hytone Ag-Grid, in partnership with Hytone Farms, would be Ag-Grid’s fourth dairy digester in the north-eastern US and will begin construction in March. The facility will be operational this autumn and will produce around 4.5 million kWh of renewable electricity annually,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 17, 2022
Global energy and commodity intelligence company Argus has launched biomethane guarantee of origin price assessments.
Biomethane can be used as an alternative or as a supplement to natural gas in industry, transport and heating. The new Argus Renewable Gas Guarantee of Origin (RGGO) prices cover biomethane from two types of feedstock – energy crops such as maize,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 17, 2022
Arla Foods is more than doubling its climate target for operations from 30 to 63% by 2030, with the help of biogas.
The new target has been approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) as consistent with reductions required to keep global warming to 1.5oC. Arla said a clear plan to deliver its ambition to be a carbon net-zero company gave it the confidence... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 14, 2022
IES Biogas has signed a new contract with French company CVE to build a new biomethane plant near Toulouse, France.
The 320 Nm3 per hour (1.2 MWe) facility will be located in an area of approximately 28,000 square metres in the municipalities of Labessiere-Candeil and Montdragon.
Due to come on stream in 2023, the new plant will treat approximately 25,000 tonnes... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 14, 2022
Titan LNG will deliver LNG and bio-LNG for Corsica Linea’s new Ro-Pax LNG-fuelled ferry, A Galeotta, in the Port of Marseille.
This partnership marks the expansion of Titan’s operations into the Mediterranean, which will enhance the availability of LNG, bio-LNG and in the long-term, hydrogen-derived LNG, in the region.
Titan will start with truck-to-ship operations... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 14, 2022
Swedish hygiene and health company Essity is the first in the world to produce tissue paper on a large scale without fossil-based CO2 emissions.
Working with Gasum, Essity’s Edet Bruk tissue production facility in Lilla Edet successfully switched from natural gas to biogas, reducing CO2 emissions to zero under normal operations. The Edet Bruk mill produces Essity... [Read More]
CONNECT WITH US
Waste-to-hydrogen producer Compact Syngas Solutions (CSS) will be creating 200kg of hydrogen from waste to power a 40-day sea trial of a zero-emission marine hydrogen engine
Willand Biogas' plant by the Somerset border has entered administration, having failed to secure funds to rescue its operation
