Oct 4, 2021
AUGA Group develops hybrid biomethane-electric farm tractor
Biogas News
Oct 4, 2021
Kinetrex Energy, a Kinder Morgan (KMI) company, and Wabash Valley Power Alliance (WVPA) have started construction activities for three previously announced RNG facilities.
The three sites in Indiana are located at the Twin Bridges Landfill in Danville, the Prairie View Landfill in Wyatt, and the Liberty Landfill in Monticello. Upon completion, they are expected to produce... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 1, 2021
Researchers at Clarkson University, New York, have received a $1 million (€863,600) grant from the US Department of Energy’s (DoE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE) for an anaerobic digestion (AD) nutrient recovery project.
Last year, DOE’s EERE announced a funding opportunity to replace the ageing water and wastewater treatment infrastructure... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 1, 2021
Two North Carolina civil rights organisations have filed a complaint with the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), alleging that permits issued to an industrial hog producer to develop biogas projects will disproportionately impact Black and Latinx communities in rural eastern North Carolina (NC).
Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) alleges the NC Department... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 1, 2021
Three low-carbon projects, including an anaerobic digestion (AD) system, have been given £500,000 (€581,000) in grant support from the Welsh Government.
The three schemes will be based at Coleg Cambria Llysfasi, a college in Denbighshire, and pioneer new technology aimed at reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the agriculture sector. They are funded by the... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 30, 2021
Australian firm Yarra Valley Water is among the first water utilities in the world to sign the global Pledge to Net Zero.
The utility is halfway towards achieving its goal of generating 100% renewable energy by 2025, through projects like its food waste-to-energy facility. The plant at its site in Wollert converts around 30,000 tonnes of food scraps into more than 7... [Read More]
Biomass News
Sep 30, 2021
Clean Energy Systems (CES) has raised $15 million (€12.9 million) in a Series A funding round led by Carbon Direct Capital Management to support a carbon-negative power project.
The funding will accelerate the first commercial-scale deployment of CES technology at the carbon-negative power project in Mendota, California. Carbon Direct will join Clean Energy Systems’... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 29, 2021
A new AD plant built by BioConstruct will convert approximately 95,000 tons of food waste annually into biomethane in Somerset, UK.
The AD facility at Evercreech Junction will generate enough RNG to power around 5,500 homes as part of Adapt Biogas’ (formerly Biocow) ambitions to increase renewable energy production across the UK.
The project had been in development... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 29, 2021
Shell Oil Products US, a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell, is now producing RNG at its first US biomethane facility – Shell New Energies Junction City in Oregon.
The facility utilises locally sourced cow manure and excess agricultural residues to produce around 736,000 MMBtu a year of RNG. This milestone is part of a growing portfolio of developing RNG production and... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 29, 2021
Vision Ridge Partners, an investor in sustainable assets, has committed $100 million (€86 million) to support the establishment and build-out of Vision RNG.
Vision RNG is a full service developer and operator of landfill gas infrastructure to capture the gas and convert it into sustainable RNG.
The company will partner with landfill owners to develop, design, build,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 28, 2021
JAX LNG, a small-scale LNG facility in Jacksonville, Florida, recently completed the first fuelling of a marine vessel in the US with a blend of LNG and renewable LNG.
JAX LNG is a joint venture between NorthStar Midstream and Pivotal LNG. The company loaded the fuel into the Clean Jacksonville bunker barge to fuel the Isla Bella – the world’s first LNG-powered... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 28, 2021
Creating a network of CO2 supply sources from biogas plants could be the answer to preventing future shortages, according to UK-based BioCarbonics.
Established in June 2018, BioCarbonics works with AD operators/biogas producers to help them recover and monetise their waste CO2, providing a dedicated channel to market for biogenic ‘green’ CO2 from renewable energy... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 28, 2021
Enbridge will purchase upwards of 2 billion cubic feet of RNG annually from Vanguard Renewables’ anaerobic digesters, under a new partnership.
The RNG will come from digesters that Vanguard will invest $200 million (€147 million) to build in the US northeast, southeast and midwest.
Enbridge will invest approximately $100 million (€73 million) in RNG upgrading... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 27, 2021
Axens and French technical solutions firm Arol Energy have signed a license agreement for Axens’ Connect’In® technology, designed to support biomethane producers.
Connect’In is a digital solution developed by Axens - a group providing solutions for the conversion of oil and biomass to cleaner fuels - and until now, made available exclusively to its customers.
By... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 27, 2021
Gasum has opened a new gas filling station in Trondheim, Norway in partnership with cooperative retail chain, Coop.
The facility offers both liquefied and compressed gas, responding to the growing demand for low emission fuel solutions in Norway. The station will also be used to supply Coop with renewable biogas for its transport partners.
The station is well located... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 27, 2021
MAKEEN Energy and biogas supplier Nature Energy will build and operate the first Danish biogas liquefaction plant in Frederikshavn, Denmark.
The two companies have come together to form a joint company, NORDLIQ (Nordic Liquefaction), to build and operate the first Danish LBG plant.
The facility will initially be able to produce 20,000 tonnes of LBG every year. The... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 23, 2021
Keenan Recycling has celebrated full national waste collection coverage in the UK, despite nationwide driver shortages.
The waste management firm, which reduces the amount of waste going to landfill by collecting and recycling organic material, has invested over £4 million in new trucks in the last 12 months, adding six new depots, and recruiting around 25% more drivers.
Following... [Read More]
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Willand Biogas' plant by the Somerset border has entered administration, having failed to secure funds to rescue its operation
