Jan 11, 2022
Thames Water generated enough biogas in 2021 to cook 112m turkeys
Biogas News
Jan 11, 2022
A new food waste collection pilot programme has been launched in Connecticut to generate biogas and help address the state’s waste disposal problems.
The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) and the City of Meriden announced the launch of ‘Making Meriden Green’, a first-of-its-kind municipal food scrap pilot that will help address... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 11, 2022
GESS RNG Biogas USA has announced four RNG projects across the US, thanks in part to the development of a proprietary swine manure collection process.
The process, which GESS RNG Biogas’s teams have been working on since 2018, reduces the amount of manure fed into lagoons and significantly increases efficiency. Compared to the traditional covered lagoon system, anaerobic... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 10, 2022
At the end of 2021, a record amount of biogas was recorded in Denmark’s gas system.
The amount of biogas injected into the gas system corresponded to just under 25% of gas consumption in the country, Energinet reported. By comparison, at the end of 2020, biogas accounted for approximately 21% of gas consumption.
Biogas plants in Denmark have never before supplied... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 10, 2022
Maigaard & Molbech and European Energy have jointly acquired Danish biogas producer, Vinkel Bioenergi.
Maigaard & Molbech has agreed to acquire the firm on behalf of private investor Bo Bendtsen in a joint venture (JV) deal with European Energy. The transaction will integrate Vinkel Bioenergi and its employees as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the new JV holding... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 7, 2022
Deal Farm Biogas in Norfolk, UK, has submitted a partly retrospective planning application to validate changes made to the original plans for its anaerobic digestion (AD) facility.
The application to South Norfolk Council seeks permission to further enhance the project’s sustainability. The move follows backlash from the local community, as new additions were made... [Read More]
Policy News
Jan 7, 2022
The State of California’s new organics recycling mandate came into effect on 1 January.
Senate Bill 1383 requires organic waste materials, such as food and green waste, to be diverted from landfills to be used in renewable energy, compost and mulch. The mandate applies to residents and business owners in California.
The bill, passed in 2016, requires all jurisdictions... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 7, 2022
Gasrec has opened a Remote Monitoring Centre to watch and respond to real-time data from each of its biomethane refuelling stations and tanker fleet.
The information will be closely watched by an initial team of six control centre operators who will monitor gas levels to prevent shortages, and detect equipment faults or potential safety issues immediately and respond... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 7, 2022
A chopper pump made by Landia has completed eight years of service at the largest university campus biogas plant in the US.
The facility at Michigan State University (MSU) converts over 22,000 tons of food waste annually from campus dining halls and local food processors, as well as manure from MSU’s farm, into renewable energy. The site opened in 2013, with the same... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 6, 2022
FortisBC Energy has awarded a biogas upgrading contract to Greenlane Biogas North America for a new project at the Vancouver Landfill in British Columbia.
Under the $12.1 million (€8.4 million) contract, Greenlane will supply its two-stage pressure swing adsorption system to upgrade landfill gas to clean, low-carbon RNG for direct injection into FortisBC’s regional... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 6, 2022
Green Impact Partners (GIP) has closed the non-recourse project debt financing for its first RNG facility, the GreenGas Colorado RNG Project.
The non-recourse project debt financing is provided by a lender in the US and includes both a construction and term loan facility of up to $48 million (€33.3 million).
Construction of the GreenGas Colorado RNG Project is... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 6, 2022
StormFisher has increased its organic waste processing capacity through the construction of a third anaerobic digester at its facility in London, Ontario.
Accompanied by an RNG upgrading system, the plant is now the largest food waste AD facility in Canada. The plant repurposes food waste to provide heat to 2,500 homes in Ontario and also support transport with sustainable... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 6, 2022
Wärtsilä has been selected to supply a broad scope of solutions for 12 new LNG-fuelled container ships ordered by CMA CGM.
The order comprises 12 container vessels to be built in China. Six 13,000 twenty-foot equivalent unit (TEU) container vessels are being built at the Hudong-Zhonghua Shipbuilding Group, with the other six 15,000 TEU container vessels under construction... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 5, 2022
UK-based Gregory Distribution is extending the use of bio-LNG (biomethane) in its milk transportation operation with new tractor units.
The company is awaiting the arrival of 12 new Volvo FM Globetrotter LNG 6x2 tractor units for its base in Cullompton, Devon, each expected to clock up 200,000 kilometres per year for the next five years.
The new FM LNG tractor units... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 5, 2022
Greenlane Renewables has signed two new biogas upgrading system supply contracts valued at $7.1 million (€4.9 million) through its subsidiary, Greenlane Biogas North America.
The supply contracts concern two separate RNG projects in the US and Brazil. Greenlane will supply a biogas upgrading system for a dairy farm RNG project in Nebraska. Its pressure swing adsorption... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 5, 2022
UGI Utilities is now accepting RNG from Archaea Energy into its pipeline distribution system, as part of a 2021 agreement.
In Fiscal 2021, UGI Utilities, a subsidiary of UGI Corporation, signed an interconnect agreement with Archaea to accept delivery of RNG produced from the Keystone Landfill in Pennsylvania into its natural gas pipeline.
Once fully operational,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 5, 2022
Steuben County in New York has awarded a landfill gas-to-RNG contract to Waga Energy.
The project at the county’s landfill in the town of Bath will produce RNG and inject it into the local grid to help decarbonise mobility. Steuben County is home to approximately 99,000 residents, and its landfill in Bath is authorised to dispose of 150,000 tons of waste annually.
The... [Read More]
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