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Australian firm Sweetman Biomass (SBM), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Sweetman Renewables, has signed a waste biomass supply agreement with a ‘leading Japanese conglomerate’. The 20-year binding supply agreement will secure the supply of waste biomass to help power Japan with renewable fuel. SBM will export 60,000 tonnes per annum of green woodchip to a power plant near Kitakyushu, Japan.…
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Capstone Green Energy (formerly Capstone Turbine Corporation) has received a contract for a microturbine system to operate grid-connected on biogas at a wastewater treatment facility in Central America. The new Capstone Signature Series C1000S system, slated to be commissioned in November, is expected to allow the site to reduce the amount of electricity needed to be purchased from the local…
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Clarke Energy will sell two INNIO Jenbacher biogas engines to PressCane, a biofuel distillery based in Malawi. PressCane’s ethanol production site generates biofuel in the form of ethanol, which is blended with petrol and sold to motorists throughout the country. The company’s anaerobic digestion plant treats effluent arising from the site and generates biogas, which will now be used as a…
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Aemetis has received approval to build the next 21 miles of its $12 million (€10.2 million) biogas pipeline in California. The company, which is focused on RNG and renewable fuels, received approval on its final permit to complete the Aemetis Biogas Phase 2 pipeline in Stanislaus County, which will connect dairy digesters to a central gas clean-up facility. “Issuance of the Phase Two…
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Gevo has signed binding, definitive agreements with bp for the sale of RNG. Gevo’s wholly-owned dairy manure-based RNG project company located in northwest Iowa, Gevo NW Iowa RNG, signed the binding, definitive agreements with bp Canada Energy Marketing Corp and bp Products North America. The NW Iowa RNG project is currently being constructed and is expected to commence production in…
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NW Natural has agreed to purchase RNG from RNG marketing and environmental commodities firm Element Markets for its customers in Oregon, US. NW Natural, a subsidiary of NW Natural Holding Company, signed the agreement as part of the RNG programme instituted under Oregon Senate Bill 98. This marks the second RNG contract for NW Natural under the landmark bill, which supports renewable energy…
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Hamilton RNG and UGI Energy Services (UGI) will develop food waste digester projects to produce RNG in Ohio and Kentucky. Hamilton RNG’s first project, Synthica St Bernard, is being developed in St Bernard, Ohio, around five miles north of Cincinnati. The digester is expected to be completed in the first half of 2023 and will process around 190,000 tons of food waste annually from nearby…
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Residents in Oxford, UK will now be able to recycle their coffee pods through kerbside recycling, which will be used to create biogas, plastic pellets, and aluminium ingots. Podback was created in collaboration with major coffee brands including Nespresso, Nescafe Dolce Gusto and Tassimo. Oxford City Council has joined forces with the company as part of its aim to increase recycling to…
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Princes Group, an international food and drink company, has incorporated biogas into its 2030 Green Goals. The commitment will see Princes’ global operations become carbon neutral by 2030, against a 2018/2019 baseline, focusing on carbon emissions, water, waste, and energy. Prince’s ambition, outlined in its 2030 Green Goals initiative, builds on important progress made since 2014/2015…
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EverGen Infrastructure Corp (EverGen) will now trade publicly on the TSX Venture Exchange following the completion of its $20.02 million (€13.4 million) initial public offering (IPO). This marks a total of $65 million (€43.7 million) raised by the firm since its inception in 2020. EverGen will trade under the symbol EVGN. The announcement follows recent key milestones for EverGen,…
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Apollo Global Management, together with its consolidated subsidiaries (Apollo), will acquire a majority stake in pellet producer AS Graanul Invest. With funds managed by Apollo’s affiliates, the company has agreed to invest in the largest producer of sustainable wood pellets in Europe, and one of the largest producers globally. Since its inception in 2003, Graanul has pioneered some of…
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Work is underway at Drax Power Station to upgrade one of its turbines to help drive down the cost of biomass power generation. Over the next four months, more than 1,000 contractors will work ‘around the clock’ to boost the performance of one of the station’s four biomass units and improve its efficiency. The work will include installing a new high-pressure turbine barrel, new…
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Yorkshire Water and the University of York will establish a Centre of Excellence for anaerobic digestion (AD) research as part of a £1.2 million (€1.4 million) project. The organisations first collaborated in 2016 and delivered the ‘globally unique’ System-60 AD research facility in the Department of Biology at the University of York. Over the next four years, the additional funding…
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UK Minister Lord Callanan visited Cory’s Riverside energy from waste (EfW) facility near London to discuss the development of one of the UK’s largest heat networks. Cory, working with Vattenfall, will use spare heat from the facility to develop a heat network that will serve 21,000 local homes with low-carbon heat. The project will be part-funded by a £12.1 million (€14 million)…
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