Gas engine specialist Gen-C is to showcase its pay-as-you-go approach to engine support at the upcoming World Biogas Expo 2022. Promising to cut engine servicing costs "by up to 50 percent, increase CHP uptime and improve overall plant efficiency", Gen-C says its new digital-first offering "enables frustrated AD plant operators to break free from expensive and restrictive... [Read More]

The Ontario Chamber of Commerce has approved a resolution from Thunder Bay, which calls on the province to do more to support biomass electricity generation. Currently, the Ontario government plans to renew existing Biomass Power Purchase Agreements for just five years, if they expire in the next two to three years. But representatives of the Thunder Bay chamber... [Read More]

Drax Group has said it plans to make a final investment decision on up to 1 million tons of additional capacity this year, according to its Q1 report - it brought 400,000 metric tons of new biomass pellet production capacity online during the first quarter of 2022. It reported that "strong demand for forest products in construction and manufacturing markets continues... [Read More]

Ghana's new 400kW plant has been commissioned at Gyankobaa in Atwima Nwabiagya South Municipality in Ashanti. The completion of the 48-month project will help to ensure the conversion of waste to energy in Kumasi. The 400-kilowatt production facility, which will be known as the Hybrid-PV-Biogas-Pyrolysis-Plant, will convert 12 tonnes of waste into bio-fertiliser and... [Read More]

Funds managed by Greencoat Capital have agreed to acquire a 41.8-MW biomass power plant in South Wales from Glennmont Partners. The deal concerns the Margam Green Energy Plant (MGEP) in Port Talbot, which has been operating since May 2019 and has the capacity to process some 290,000 tonnes of waste wood per year. MGEP sources low-quality waste wood under a long-term,... [Read More]

The Adapt Biogas anaerobic digestion (AD) site at Murrow in Cambridgeshire has just been accredited under the Anaerobic Digestion Certification Scheme (ADCS). ADCS is a best practice scheme managed by the Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA) to recognise the all-round safety, environmental and operational performance of AD plants. The Murrow... [Read More]

Raizen, Brazil's largest sugar and ethanol company has announced it will build its second biogas plant, with a production capacity of 71,233 m³/d (2.5mn cf/d) of biomethane. The company has signed long-term contracts with fertilizer producer Yara and auto manufacturer Volkswagen for the totality of the production. Yara said it would use 20mn m³/d of biomethane output... [Read More]

Checchi Capital Advisers has bought a new position in shares of sugar and bioenergy specialist, Bunge. Checchi has acquired 2,538 shares of the basic materials company’s stock, valued at approximately £188,800. A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in the business. McIlrath & Eck lifted its... [Read More]

Danish fund manager Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) reached a €375 million first close for its new CI Advanced Bioenergy Fund (CI ABF). The fund, which has a target size of €1 billion, will focus on equity investments in advanced bioenergy infrastructure in Europe and North America. It enables institutional investors to contribute to the energy transition... [Read More]

Reynolds Logistics has committed to a five-year biomethane delivery contract renewal with Gasrec. The agreement will see Reynolds Logistics continue to collect biomethane from the Grain LNG terminal on the Isle of Grain and deliver it to Gasrec’s growing number of refuelling facilities around the UK. Reynolds Logistics has taken delivery of two more ADR specified... [Read More]

AGL Australia will acquire Energy360, a provider of biogas plants for commercial and industrial customers. AGL operates Australia’s largest electricity generation portfolio, with an operated generation capacity of 10,984 MW, and is the country’s largest private investor in renewable energy. AGL’s chief customer office, Christine Corbett, said zero-emissions... [Read More]

WM, a large North American waste management company, has shared plans to invest $825 million (€783 million) in its renewable energy footprint from 2022 to 2025 by expanding its RNG infrastructure. With the investment, WM’s network of RNG facilities, landfill gas-to-electricity plants, and other beneficial use projects are estimated to generate enough renewable energy... [Read More]

Delorean Corporation (Delorean) has been awarded the contract for Yarra Valley Water’s second food waste-to-energy plant in Victoria, Australia. Delorean’s Engineering Division will design, build, operate, and maintain the anaerobic digestion (AD) facility for Yarra Valley Water. The facility will be one of the largest of its kind in Victoria, diverting around 50,000... [Read More]

Greencoat Capital has acquired Margam Green Energy Plant (MGEP) – a waste wood-fired biomass plant in South Wales, UK from Glennmont Partners. MGEP has been operational since May 2019 and is one of the UK’s largest biomass plants, with a processing capacity of around 290,000 tonnes per year of waste wood. The facility’s net capacity of 41.8 MW can offset around... [Read More]

Nestlé has switched 75% of its truck fleet from diesel to bio-LNG. The food and beverage giant will now make its deliveries around the UK and Ireland emitting up to 95% less carbon, marking a significant step towards Nestlé’s commitment to be net zero by 2050. Nestlé has been exploring solutions to reduce its carbon emissions in its transport and logistics network... [Read More]

Anaergia has commissioned its Easy Anaergia Ambiente RNG facility in Pontinia, Italy. The facility can process 36,450 tons of landfill-diverted food scraps and other organic waste each year and convert it into over 3.2 million m3 of RNG, to be injected into the region’s gas pipelines. The new plant will also treat the remaining digestate to create 4,500 tons per... [Read More]