Jul 12, 2023
Naturgy to construct €2.7 million biomethane plant in Valencia, Spain
Biomass News
Jul 11, 2023
BMW Group Plant Dingolfing has announced it will use heat produced from regional biomass and its own waste wood to meet about 50% of its process hot water requirements from 2025 onwards.
The company has signed a supply contract for just under 100,000 MWh of thermal energy per year with UP Energiewerke GmbH, which is a joint subsidiary of the public works department Stadtwerke... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 11, 2023
SUEZ recycling and recovery UK (SUEZ) is bringing forward plans to apply for planning permission to build an anaerobic digestion (AD) facility at its site on Beddington Lane in Croydon, South London.
If approved, the AD at Beddington Lane will aim to create reliable, renewable gas – enough to supply up to 8,200 homes – while reducing CO2 emissions and improving the... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 11, 2023
Carbon Capture Scotland Limited (CCSL) has signed an agreement with Iona Capital (Iona), the UK low carbon investment fund manager, to capture and reuse green carbon dioxide from Iona’s biomethane plants located across the UK.
The captured carbon dioxide (CO₂) will be used by CCSL to create low-carbon and low-energy dry ice for use in the food, cold logistics and... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 10, 2023
Airex Energy, Groupe Rémabec and SUEZ have announced a collaboration that will create Canada's first industrial biochar production plant in Port-Cartier, Québec.
The first phase of the plant will be finalised in 2024, with an initial production capacity of 10,000 tonnes per year.
By 2026, annual production capacity is expected to triple, making it the largest biochar... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 10, 2023
Nordic energy company Gasum is expanding its biogas portfolio by acquiring two thirds of the shares in Swedish company Liquidgas Biofuel Genesis AB. Liquidgas Biofuel Genesis owns and operates a biogas upgrading plant in the city of Helsinborg in southern Sweden.
The plant’s other owner, with one third of the shares, is Nordvästra Skånes Renhållningsbolag AB (NSR),... [Read More]
Features
Jul 10, 2023
ZwitterCo is a membrane technology company that enables the treatment and reuse of the world’s toughest wastewaters. Chris Drover, CTO and co-founder, tells Bioenergy Insight more.
ZwitterCo’s products enable water resiliency for its customers, so that they can continue to operate and expand without being constrained by available resources, Drover said. In many cases,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 7, 2023
As part of its corporate social responsibility initiative, Redington Foundation has installed 67 biogas plants at Kuruthanamedu village and renovated one pond at Thandalacherri village near the warehouse operations of ProConnect Supply Chain Solutions (a wholly owned subsidiary of Redington) in the Tiruvallur district of Tamil Nadu, India.
The project aims to promote... [Read More]
Other News
Jul 7, 2023
The US Department of Energy 's (DOE) 2023 U.S. Energy and Employment Report (USEER) - a comprehensive study designed to track and understand employment trends across the energy sector - shows clean energy jobs increased in every state in 2022.
Clean energy jobs grew by 3.9%, adding 114,000 jobs nationally, increasing to over 40% of total energy jobs.
Clean energy technologies,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 7, 2023
bp has expanded its investment in bioenergy as bp ventures committed $10 million (€9.1 million) in WasteFuel, a California-based biofuels company that will use proven, scalable technologies to convert bio-based municipal and agricultural waste into lower-carbon fuels, such as bio-methanol.
WasteFuel deploys anaerobic digestion (AD) and methanol production methods to... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 6, 2023
Regionalwerke AG Baden (RWB) and Recycling Energie AG celebrated the start of operations of the CO2 liquefaction facility in Nesselnbach, Canton Aargau, with a ceremony and invited guests from politics and business on 4 July.
Hitachi Zosen Inova developed the plant for turnkey delivery on behalf of operating company CO2 Energie AG. It is a significant milestone on the... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 6, 2023
Kent County Bioenergy Facility, a subsidiary of Anaergia, has been awarded a US$5 million (€4.6 million) grant from the Michigan Public Service Commission in support of developing the Kent County Bioenergy Facility, a world-leading project in partnership with the Kent County Department of Public Works (DPW).
The project is designed to increase recycling, reduce Kent... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 6, 2023
ArcelorMittal has announced that CHAR Technologies (CHAR) has been selected as the winner of its inaugural XCarb™ Accelerator Programme, securing a $5 million (€4.6 million) investment through ArcelorMittal’s XCarb™ Innovation Fund.
ArcelorMittal launched the XCarb™ Accelerator Programme in mid-2022.
The programme – a search for the best companies and brightest... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 5, 2023
ETW Energietechnik (ETW), which is headquartered in the German city of Moers, has built a biomethane plant in Rittershoffen, in Alsace. The plant was built in cooperation with construction company Rytec, based in Baden-Baden, Germany.
The plant went into operation in February this year, and possesses a processing capacity of about 700 normal cubic metres of raw biogas... [Read More]
Policy News
Jul 5, 2023
The International Energy Agency brought together key stakeholders and experts at a two-day policy forum in Vilnius, Lithuania, to discuss decarbonisation pathways and the potential of renewable heat solutions.
The event in the Lithuanian capital, attended by representatives from all five Eastern Partnership countries of the EU-funded EU4Energy programme, showcased how... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 5, 2023
Cocal started the construction of a new biogas plant in Paraguaçu Paulista, Brazil this month, reported CE Noticias Financieras.
The project will be an updated version with better efficiency gains, as compared to the plant located in Narandiba - the company's pioneer that began operations in early 2022.
The expectation is that the second biogas plant will commence production... [Read More]
Other News
Jul 5, 2023
Bruks Siwertell Group has signed an acquisition contract for North American heavy machinery specialist, West Salem Machinery (WSM), effective from 1 July 2023.
The Oregon-based engineering and manufacturing company will continue to operate under its current name as a separate internal division within Bruks Siwertell Group.
“We could not be more delighted to bring WSM... [Read More]
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New documents unearthed by GMB indicate that between 89 and 148 roles are expected to be lost at the plant around 31 March 2027.
The cuts could represent more than 30% of the site’s 465-strong workforce
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