Dec 8, 2021
GGT’s certification scheme approved for evidencing green gas supply
Biogas News
Dec 8, 2021
The US Environmental Protection (EPA) has proposed a package of actions setting biofuel volumes for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) programme for 2020, 2021, and 2022. However, the American Biogas Council has the volumes to not accurately reflect biogas' contribution.
Under the RFS, the biogas industry produces gaseous and liquefied RNG, renewable electricity, renewable... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 8, 2021
The first US industrial-scale RNG facility using agricultural residues as a feedstock has started operations in the city of Nevada, Iowa.
Following two-and-a-half years of construction and transformation of VERBIO’s Nevada plant, Greg Faith, the company’s president and general manager, announced the facility is now injecting pipeline-quality natural gas into Alliant... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 7, 2021
SEA-LNG said it fully supports the objectives of the European Commission to create a common regulatory framework to address maritime greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in line with EU Green Deal objectives.
SEA-LNG, an industry coalition demonstrating the benefits of LNG as a marine fuel, said the proposed policy measures are goal-based and technology-neutral, which will... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 7, 2021
BTS Biogas has partnered with the University of Padua in Italy to develop a research project which aims to increase biogas yield by at least 10%.
Achieving the sustainable disposal and valorisation of organic waste are two of the biggest challenges facing the world. Biogas reconciles these two needs; however, the seasonal nature of many of the by-products of the agricultural... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 7, 2021
Adista and Datafarm Energy are planning to commission a data centre powered exclusively by renewable energy from recycling agricultural biowaste in France.
The project is a first in the data centre world, which is constantly seeking long-term renewable, low-carbon and secure energy solutions. Both companies are aiming for the first part to start operation in 2022 and... [Read More]
Other News
Dec 6, 2021
Compost organisations globally have established the International Compost Alliance – a voluntary partnership to advance awareness and understanding of the benefits and use of compost on a global scale.
The Alliance looks to offer solutions for climate change mitigation, soil health and food security, building on years of collaboration between organics recycling organisations.... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 6, 2021
Waga Energy (Waga) and Meridiam, an investment fund specialising in public infrastructure finance, have obtained a €10.4 million loan to refinance four WAGABOX biomethane units in France.
The loan from BNP Paribas and Banque Populaire Grand Quest underpins Waga’s ability to rely on financial institutions to deploy its innovative WAGABOX gas-to-biomethane technology.
The... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 2, 2021
A new biogas plant has opened in Taiwan – the country’s first to use livestock manure as a feedstock.
For the project in Hualien County on Taiwan’s east coast, the new Pushige Biomass Energy Centre features six of Landia’s externally-mounted GasMix systems, which have a verified track record of enhancing biogas yields.
The 18.5 kW units, ordered by Fluid... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 2, 2021
The CMA CGM Group and Shell have performed a bio-LNG bunkering trial in Rotterdam.
Containerships Aurora, a 1,400 twenty-foot equivalent units LNG-powered vessel was bunkered by Shell with a nearly 10% blend of low-carbon bio-LNG while calling at Rotterdam. The vessel received around 483 m3 of LNG, 44 m3 of which were bio-LNG.
The operation was performed by the barge... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 2, 2021
bp has acquired a 28.57% stake in Gasrec, the UK’s largest dual provider of bio-LNG and bio-CNG to road transport.
Gasrec builds, owns and operates biomethane refuelling stations, providing renewable solutions to the heavy goods vehicle industry. The company opened a CNG refuelling station for online supermarket Ocado in September.
bp will supply Gasrec with renewable... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 1, 2021
TotalEnergies and Clean Energy have started construction on their first biomethane production unit in Friona, Texas.
Located on Del Rio Dairy farm, the facility will be fuelled by an onsite supply of livestock manure to produce more than 40 GWh of biomethane per year. The biomethane will be used as an alternative fuel for mobility, contributing to the decarbonisation... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 1, 2021
Mid Sussex District Council in the UK will trial kerbside food waste collections next year and send the waste to an anaerobic digestion facility.
On 29 November, the Council’s cabinet agreed to proceed with the trial in partnership with West Sussex County Council, which includes weekly food waste and absorbent hygiene product collections.
The trial will help the... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 30, 2021
EQTEC has signed a strategic collaboration agreement with Wood, a consulting and engineering company across energy and the built environment.
Under the agreement, the companies will target and pursue market opportunities for the collaborative development and deployment of clean, waste-to-synthetic natural gas (SNG) and waste-to-hydrogen solutions and delivery of related... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 30, 2021
The Green Gas Certification Scheme (GGCS) has announced it will be one of only two Approved Certification Schemes for evidencing green gas supply in the upcoming Green Gas Levy.
The Green Gas Levy, first announced in the March 2020 Budget, will fund support for biomethane injection into the gas grid through the new Green Gas Support Scheme (GGSS). The GGSS is designed... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 30, 2021
Haffmans, a subsidiary of US firm Pentair, and McCulla, an ambient, chilled, and frozen logistics solutions company, have launched a new biogas upgrading plant.
The new plant enables McCulla in Northern Ireland to fuel its fleet of trucks with compressed natural gas (bio-CNG). The Pentair Biogas Upgrading System – Pentair BioCompact- has capacity for 450 standard... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 30, 2021
Optimal Group and BOC/Elgas, a subsidiary of Linde, have agreed to jointly explore the development of Australia’s first bio-LNG facility.
Under a memorandum of understanding (MoU), the companies are seeking to develop the facility at the BOC-ELGAS Westbury LNG plant in Tasmania.
The agreement will allow the companies to investigate the potential of Optimal’s... [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
