Feb 10, 2021
Bio Capital completes debt financing of AD portfolio
Biogas News
Feb 10, 2021
WELTEC BIOPOWER has joined the American Biogas Council (ABC), which has campaigned for the interests of the US biogas industry since 2010.
Based in Germany, Weltec Biopower specialises in the field of stainless-steel biogas plant construction; it has developed and built anaerobic digestion (AD) plants since 2001.
“We look forward to our commitment in the US and... [Read More]
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Feb 10, 2021
Compact Membrane Systems (CMS), a firm specialising in separation technology, has completed the first pilot demonstration of Optiperm™ biogas.
The latest addition to the CMS portfolio is aimed at enabling the clean energy transition underway in the biogas sector, a market valued at $55 billion (€45 billion), according to CMS.
Optiperm biogas holds the potential... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 10, 2021
One million UK homes are now being powered by green gas as a result of anaerobic digestion (AD) projects funded by Privilege Finance.
The projects generate a total of more than 1.3 terawatts of energy per year, meaning each day they generate 3.5 GW, translating to approximately 1 million homes powered based on average household energy usage.
Chris Winward, chief... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 9, 2021
Rosetti Marino, an Italian company providing integrated services to industrial sectors, has purchased 60% of Green Methane, an Italian firm specialising in the conversion of biogas into biomethane.
Green Methane’s facilities purify biogas from CO2 and produce green methane with characteristics suitable for injecting into the gas distribution network, and for transport.
The... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 9, 2021
ENGIE has produced renewable gas from non-recyclable waste in a ‘world-first’ project.
Located in the heart of the ‘Chemical Valley’ in Saint-Fons, France, the GAYA semi-industrial research and development (R&D) platform took a ‘historic step forward’ in the production of renewable gas on 17 November.
Supported by French agency for ecological transition... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 8, 2021
A new resource launched by the Canadian Biogas Association (CBA) aims to help farmers interested in learning more about agricultural biogas.
FarmingBiogas.ca is a new website forming part of an educational campaign to help farmers explore biogas production as an opportunity for their farm.
“We get a lot of questions from farmers who want to know more about the... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 8, 2021
Amazon has ordered hundreds of trucks that run on compressed natural gas (CNG) as it seeks ways to shift its US fleet away from heavier polluting vehicles, the firm told Reuters.
The COVID-19 pandemic caused delivery activity to surge in 2020, with truck volumes exceeding 2019 levels on average while passenger car traffic dropped. But an increase in road activity means... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 8, 2021
San Diego County has opened its first anaerobic digestion (AD) facility in Escondido.
According to a report by the Escondido Times Advocate, on 1 February, the facility was able to receive residential green waste, formed of food waste and garden waste from homes, as well as industrial and commercial operations.
On 28 November 2018, the city’s Recycling and Waste... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 8, 2021
Trinity Organics has received £14 million (€15.9 million) from Dutch green energy investment company Perpetual Next to develop a biogas plant.
Work is now underway to build the anaerobic digestion (AD) facility on a three-acre brownfield site in Ellesmere Port, UK. The plant, expected to be operational by the summer, will operate ‘around-the-clock’ to digest... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 8, 2021
Clean Energy Fuels has signed a multi-year contract with the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Authority (LA Metro) to supply renewable natural gas (RNG).
Under the agreement, Clean Energy will supply 47.5 million gallons of its RNG to fuel the nation’s largest transit bus fleet.
The agreement will mark the completion of Metro’s five-year goal to transition its... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 5, 2021
Caulmert has been chosen to provide planning, engineering, environmental and project management advice to Logik Developments for a £100 million (€114 million) waste-to-energy and biogas project in Flintshire, UK.
Energy company EQTEC agreed a deal in December to purchase and develop land at Deeside Industrial Estate. The site currently has planning permission for... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 5, 2021
JLEN Environmental Assets has acquired Codford Biogas, which holds the rights and operational assets that form the Codford anaerobic digestion (AD) plant.
Codford Biogas’ AD plant in Wiltshire, UK, processes 100,000 tonnes of food waste per year and supplies up to 4,000 homes via the UK power grid.
The acquisition is structured as an initial upfront payment, including... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 5, 2021
Marvel Power Group has joined the Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas, joining 280 companies and organisations across the US.
Marvel Power is a woman-owned advisory and brokerage platform focused on structuring high-volume, financeable biogas offtake contracts and investment agreements, with more than 25 years of experience.
“We are thrilled to join an esteemed... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 3, 2021
UGI International, a major liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) distributor, has entered into a new supply and development partnership with Ekobenz, a Polish technology specialist in catalytic conversion of bioethanol to biogasoline, and bio-LPG.
Under the agreement, UGI International, a subsidiary of UGI Corporation, has secured the exclusive rights to Ekobenz’ supply of... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 2, 2021
Verbio will open two straw biomethane plants in India and the US this year.
In a statement released on 29 January discussing the company’s 2019/2020 financial year results, Verbio said the market conditions for its expansion projects in Asia and North America are “extremely positive”, and revealed the new facilities will open this autumn.
Claus Sauter, CEO... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 1, 2021
Black Dog Biogas, the owner and operator of an anaerobic digestion (AD) plant near Newport on the Isle of Wight will supply renewable electricity to Vestas, a wind blade manufacturing facility.
The project, led by Black Dog Biogas and its manager Earth Capital, will supply low-carbon electricity to Vestas’ 221.2 square-foot plant. The facility employs more than 600... [Read More]
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