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Excess heat recovered from the sewage treatment process could be used to power more than 2,000 homes in London. A new partnership between Thames Water and Kingston Council, dubbed the ‘poo power’ scheme, is the first of its kind in England and has the potential to provide clean, green heating to new homes as part of the regeneration of Kingston’s Cambridge Road Estate. Under the…
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A distillery has committed to offsetting half of its natural gas usage with Vermont Gas’s (VGS) RNG to produce its craft spirits. Appalachian Gap Distillery made the announcement as part of its journey to becoming certified by Climate Neutral, a net-zero certification for consumer brands through a non-profit organisation whose mission it is to decrease global carbon emissions. “We will…
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Magazyn Biomasa, publisher of the ‘Pellet Market’ and organiser of the Pellet Forum conference, is preparing the first comprehensive publication in Poland on the domestic pellet sector. The ‘Wood pellet in Poland’ report will be released in April. The scope of the study will cover a wide range of aspects related to the industry: pellet emissivity compared to other solid fuels; data…
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Bühler Group, a Swiss plant equipment manufacturer, has partnered with Belgian thermal energy plant firm Vyncke to offer integrated solutions to transform biomass side stream products into clean process energy. Both firms have set a goal of reducing energy consumption in all new food plants by at least 50% by 2025. The first focus of the partnership is in the cocoa, oat, and malt processing…
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IES Biogas has opened a new branch in Serbia and inaugurated a new 1,200 kW plant in the country. The opening of its new branch marks an important step in IES Biogas’ internationalisation plan. The company is pursuing several ambitious projects in Serbia; it has already built four plants and from next spring, a further development of the pipeline is expected with the construction of five new…
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By Angela Sainz, communications manager at the European Biogas Association. In 2021, the EBA will continue working to ensure the full deployment of renewable gases in Europe and facilitate the recognition of their positive effect on agriculture, waste handling, and the transition towards an efficient circular economy. The EU is leading the way towards climate-neutrality by 2050, underpinned by…
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Chevron Corporation, Microsoft, CleanEnergy Systems and Schlumberger New Energy will collaborate to develop a ‘ground-breaking’ bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) project to produce carbon-negative power in California. The BECCS plant in Mendota will convert agricultural waste biomass, such as almond trees, into a renewable synthesis gas that will be mixed with oxygen in a…
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Albioma has reported ‘stable’ revenue for 2020 and shared its latest biomass development plans. The firm’s net income was up slightly in 2020 by 25%. Revenue amounted to €506.7 million, stable compared to the previous year. Stripping out the impact of changes in fuel prices (-€13 million) and the currency effect related to the decline of the Brazilian real (-€7.1 million), revenue…
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The proposed establishment of a £12 billion (€13.8 billion) UK Infrastructure Bank, announced in the government’s Budget, was welcomed by the Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology (REA) on 3 March, but the organisation said the opportunity to embrace a green economic recovery was missed. The REA said the UK Infrastructure Bank could help finance infrastructure projects…
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Liquefied biogas (LBG) trucks on the road in Linköping, Sweden, have more than doubled since 2020. At the turn of the year, around 10 trucks from various companies drove on LBG; however, during February, the number more than doubled when a large grocery company, via its own haulage company, started driving 14 biogas-powered trucks on locally produced biogas. Svensk Biogas in Linköping…
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The Fort Nelson First Nation (FNFN) has hit back against claims that wood pellet facility plans would be harmful to the environment. A Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives report criticised the project, for which FNFN has partnered with Peak Renewables, suggesting that ‘forest exploitation plans are back on the front burner’. FNFN fought back, stating that ‘certain environmental…
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Clean Energy Fuels and Total have signed a 50/50 joint venture (JV) to develop renewable natural gas (RNG) production facilities in the US. The initial firm commitment is $100 million (€83 million) and can increase to $400 million (€332 million) as development opportunities progress. Since Clean Energy and Total will be providing the equity portion of the investments, the actual amount…
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Aggreko has signed a seven-year contract with Brazilian energy firm EVA Energia for a 10 MW renewable power solution using landfill gas. Aggreko will deliver a complete system, producing power from biogas derived from two locations; Seropédica (Rio de Janeiro State), the largest landfill site in Latin America, and Mauá (São Paulo State). The project will provide a flexible, fast, and…
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Recycled food waste collected from households in Welwyn Hatfield, UK, has generated enough electricity to power 62 homes for a year since the service was introduced in November 2020. At the beginning of February, 565 tonnes of residents’ food waste had been collected, it was then generated into biogas and electricity, enough to power: 62 homes for a year; or boil 2,640,810 kettles, or watch…
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