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The U.S. Department of Energy’s Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) and Office of Fossil Energy and Carbon Management (FECM) have released the MACRO: Mixed Algae Conversion Research Opportunity funding opportunity announcement (FOA). The FOA will award up to $18.8 million (€17.5 million) to address research and development (R&D) challenges in converting algae, such as seaweeds and other…
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Repsol has entered the biomethane market with an agreement to take a 40% stake in Genia Bioenergy. This alliance allows the multi-energy company to add important human and technical capabilities to position itself in this sector, according to the company. The agreement between Repsol and Genia Bioenergy includes 19 of its biomethane plants, which are in development phase. In addition, there…
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Australian listed company Foresta has announced the signing of a 30-year lease (with a 20 year right of renewal) on a 9.6 ha property in Kawerau, New Zealand, with local iwi-owned Putauaki Trust, reported the NZ Herald. Foresta plans to invest some $300 million in building the plant, which at full production, it said will employ more than 100 workers. The planned plant will also produce natural…
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Daniel Lambert, downstream and innovation director at Acorn Bioenergy, is a speaker at this year's International Biogas Congress & Expo, taking place in Brussels on 18-19 June Can you give us an introduction to Acorn and the work that you do? Acorn Bioenergy is focused on the production of biomethane and biogenic carbon dioxide from anaerobic digestion (AD). It is Acorn’s objective to…
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TEXEL Energy is further investing in Jord AB, and simultaneously, the companies have signed an agreement to adapt TEXEL’s energy production technology to generate electricity from Jord’s pellets and briquettes, made from C4 grass. Jord’s ambition is to cultivate the world’s fastest-growing biomass (C4 grass) at various locations around the globe to convert it into renewable fuel in the…
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Ameresco, a leading cleantech integrator specialising in energy efficiency and renewable energy, has entered a nearly $140 million (€128.9 million) contract to develop and construct an advanced technology biogas cogeneration facility in California in the US. The project is being developed for the Sacramento Area Sewer District, which is located at the EchoWater Resource Recovery Facility…
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Charwood Energy, a French company specialising in tailor-made solutions for the energy valorisation of biomass, has announced the signing of a contract for the installation and commissioning of a biomass boiler. It will be installed in a sawmill in the Ille-et-Vilaine region of France. The contract covers the replacement and modernisation of a heating system used to dry lumber and timber at a…
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Elcogen, a European manufacturer of technology that enables delivery of green hydrogen and electricity, has announced that Baker Hughes has made a strategic investment in the company. Baker Hughes is an energy technology company that has a diverse portfolio of equipment and service capabilities that span the energy and industrial value chain. Its advanced technologies and solutions serve the…
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Greenhouse gases will be captured and destroyed at Hanrahan Road Waste Facility, following an agreement with environmental services company LMS Energy (LMS) to reduce methane emissions. The City of Albany said it is making progress towards a more sustainable future by partnering with methane abatement company LMS to install an innovative biogas system at the site. Once installed, the system…
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Schwager has successfully completed the construction of a new biogas plant in the Los Lagos Region of Chile. This is the fifth plant built by the company, and it is located near the city of Osorno, where Schwager Biogas said its modern plant will meet the various needs of both the community and the company that commissioned this project - Ecoprial - for its sanitary landfill. The plant, owned…
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Village Farms International, Inc. (Village Farms) has started operations at the Delta, British Columbia renewable natural gas (RNG) production facility, in partnership with Atlanta-based Terreva Renewables (Terreva). The Delta RNG facility is the result of Village Farms’ strategic initiative to transition its wholly owned subsidiary, Village Farms Clean Energy, Inc. (VFCE), to a more…
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Stockholm Exergi’s bioenergy carbon capture and storage (BECCS) Stockholm project will create a world-class, full-scale BECCS facility at its existing heat and power biomass plant in the Swedish capital. Daniel Löfstedt, press manager, explores the company’s activity and ambitions. Stockholm Exergi's project, which received financial support from the European Innovation Fund, will be one of…
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EnviTec Biogas has announced a new management structure. As of 1 April, and following a transition period, the management team has consisted of Jakob Falkenstein, Maurice Markerink and CTO Jürgen Tenbrink. “We’re of course aiming to use this management structure to build on the achievements of the past few years while facing the new challenges and opportunities in the market with our…
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Future Biogas has formed an agricultural board made up of leading academics and industry experts to provide farming, scientific and market expertise to help deliver the UK’s first subsidy-free renewable energy from sustainable and regenerative agriculture. The endeavour is entitled Project Carbon Harvest. The company said the board will provide independent expertise, critique and…
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