Jul 22, 2021
Vanguard’s Vermont AD project is now producing gas
Biogas News
Jul 22, 2021
CIM Group has made a ‘significant investment’ in MAS Energy, a privately held Atlanta, Georgia-based owner, developer, and operator of RNG production assets and biogas to power facilities.
CIM Group and MAS CanAm, the holding company for all RNG activities undertaken by MAS Energy, will partner on investments in future RNG projects, advancing CanAm’s position... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 21, 2021
DHL Supply Chain is expanding its fleet of environmentally friendly LNG gas trucks, transporting car parts from the Czech Republic to Germany.
The three new tractor units running on LNG put into operation in October 2020 will now be followed by eight more low-emission trucks. This step will enable DHL Supply Chain to reduce CO2 emissions by 187 tonnes per year.
The... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 21, 2021
MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company MSC) has agreed to work with Shell to accelerate the decarbonisation of the global shipping sector.
The long-term memorandum of understanding will help MSC and Shell to play ‘enhanced roles’ in the energy transformation of shipping, developing innovative technologies and fuel solutions.
The companies plan to develop a range... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 20, 2021
Glasgow Scottish Event Campus (SEC), the host of COP26, has announced its new food strategy, which includes anaerobic digestion (AD).
The venue’s new strategy will ensure that “sustainable, responsible, and healthier choices” sit at the core of its events. The renewed approach has been developed over two years with its official catering and hospitality partner... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 20, 2021
Nicor Gas’ renewable gas interconnection pilot received approval from the Illinois Commerce Commission on 8 July.
The pilot aims to encourage the development of RNG production facilities within Nicor Gas’ service territory and allows the firm to determine how RNG can be effectively integrated into its natural gas distribution system as a safe, reliable clean energy... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 19, 2021
Kinder Morgan has agreed to acquire Kinetrex Energy, a supplier of LNG and a growing player in producing and supplying RNG to the transport industry, from Parallel49 Equity for $310 million (€263 million).
Kinetrex has a 50% interest in the largest RNG facility in Indiana, as well as signed commercial agreements to begin construction on three additional landfill-based... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 19, 2021
Passenger shipping company Destination Gotland will increase its biogas fuel blend from 1% to 10% in its gas-powered ships.
Destination Gotland operates one of the most popular holiday routes in Sweden, with over 1.8 million passengers annually from mainland Sweden, in the ports of Nynäshamn and Oskarshamn, to the island of Gotland. By increasing its use of biogas,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 16, 2021
Ameresco has achieved commercial operations at its landfill gas-to-RNG plant in Houston, Texas.
The plant, located at Republic Services’ McCarty Road Landfill, has an installed capacity of over 1.1 million dekatherms per year and can process 4,500 standard cubic feet per minute of raw landfill gas.
After breaking ground on the project in the Q2 2020, the Ameresco... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 16, 2021
Retrospective plans to install an anaerobic digestion (AD) plant in the Forest of Dean, UK have been approved.
Plusterwine Biogas has been granted permission by district planners for three digesters with a feeder plant, two dryer units, and two 500 kW combined heat and power (CHP) engines at Plusterwine House, Woolast.
According to a report by Gloucestershire Live,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 16, 2021
Serbian sugar producer Sunoko, a member of MK Group, has opened an on-site biogas plant to produce electricity.
With an investment of over €9 million, the plant produces around 2.4 MW of electricity per hour and provides enough annual power for around 5,000 households.
The plant in the town of Vrbas uses technology from Wabio Technologie, a German company that... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 16, 2021
SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust (SEEIT) will invest around €31 million in a large-scale green gas-to-grid project in Indiana, US.
The investment by SEEIT, the first UK-listed company of its kind to invest exclusively in the energy efficiency sector, involves the acquisition of an operating renewable power facility in Reynolds and the expansion of the facility... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 15, 2021
StormFisher has opened a $20 million (€13.5 million) resource recovery facility in Ontario, Canada.
The project, developed in partnership with sustainable infrastructure company Generate, provides food waste recycling services to handle packaged organics and divert waste from landfills.
StormFisher’s new facility in Drumbo will enable more municipalities, restaurants,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 15, 2021
Global impact-investing pioneer Lightrock has invested in Antec Biogas, a Norwegian technology company specialising in biogas production.
Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Oslo, Antec has developed a proprietary, modular and highly-efficient biogas reactor technology, leveraging a multi-chamber approach to convert organic wastes into biogas.
The process is versatile... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 14, 2021
Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, has entered into a partnership with GreenGas USA to receive RNG.
Early next year, South Carolina-based RNG developer GreenGas will deliver RNG derived from vegetable waste that is currently decomposing in lagoons and emitting methane emissions directly into the atmosphere.
Working at an existing wastewater treatment facility... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 14, 2021
Bryon Shire Council in New South Wales, Australia is exploring the feasibility of a new bioenergy facility in the area.
The proposed location for the bioenergy plant is on council property at the Byron Sewage Treatment Plant. If successful, the Byron Bioenergy Facility will be the first of its kind in Australia.
Byron Shire Council is considering a bioenergy facility... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 13, 2021
UK rail freight provider Freightliner, working in partnership with a consortium of specialist suppliers, has secured government funding to develop a dual-fuel solution for the Class 66 locomotive.
The technology, utilising biogas and hydrogen, is one of the 30 winners of the latest round of the First of a Kind competition announced by the UK Transport Secretary. Already... [Read More]
CONNECT WITH US
The Régie des matières résiduelles du Lac-Saint-Jean (RWM) and Waga Energy have announced the signing of an agreement to implement an RNG production project at the Hébertville-Station engineered landfill site (ELS) in Quebec
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
