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Brazilian cosmetics company Natura has launched the first fleet of trailers powered by biomethane gas, replacing 35% of its heavy freight operation.
This move will consolidate the collection and delivery of raw materials, inputs and finished products from Natura and Avon, involving suppliers, factories, hubs, distribution centres and third parties in the state of São Paulo.
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Sam Launchbury, CEO of SDL Solutions, delves into the company’s new wood pellet production line.
SDL Solutions is focused on developing renewable energy sources, encouraging people away from fossil fuels. The company’s diverse expertise includes site clearance, harvesting, sawmill operations, CHP biomass, wood pellet production, a reliable transport fleet and even machinery hire.
“We go…
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EnviTec Biogas has entered Sweden's market with its EnviThan gas upgrading system.
Vårgårda-Herrljunga Biogas is expanding its biogas facility with another gas upgrading plant, which will meet the prescribed DIN standard for vehicle fuel.
While the rated capacity of the new gas upgrading plant amounts to 402 Nm³ per hour of biomethane (600 Nm³/h of raw biogas, 65 Vol. % methane), it is…
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DB Cargo UK has announced that all trains it operates for Drax Group in and out of the UK’s largest renewable energy plant near Selby in North Yorkshire, will be powered by environmentally friendly Hydro-treated Vegetable Oil (HVO), having switched entirely to the fuel.
Drax Group, a leading producer of renewable energy, has taken the decision to switch to the 100% renewable fuel as part of…
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Gas Networks Ireland plans to purchase up to 250 gigawatts of biomethane each year, which will be its first activity in procuring biomethane, reported the Irish Independent.
A Prior Information Notice has been published on the organisation's e-tenders system to sound out supplier interest.
Gas Networks Ireland will finalise its procurement strategy following market engagement, and it aims to…
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Balticovo, Northern Europe's largest producer of eggs and egg products, opened a biomethane plant in Iecava, Latvia last month.
The plant, which is named BOVO GAS, is unique because biomethane is fed into an interconnected gas system and the amount produced in it is sufficient to fully supply the entire county of Bauska, according to the company.
The organisation, which invested €7 million…
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RENOVA has announced the resumption of the operation of its Tokushima-Tsuda biomass power plant following maintenance works. A further shutdown is scheduled for the end of September for long-term improvements.
The biomass plant's resumption comes after repair work following regular inspection and maintenance carried out in April.
These interventions are crucial to ensure the continued reliable…
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Industrial Accessories Company (IAC) has been named to design, build, and commission two waste heat biomass drying systems for SDI Biocarbon Solutions, LLC.
Steel Dynamics, Inc. announced the selection of Columbus, Mississippi in the US as the location for the initial SDI Biocarbon Solutions biocarbon production operations, a joint venture between the company and Aymium.
The site is…
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Research from Liverpool John Moores University’s School of Biological and Environmental Sciences is boosting commercial production of Miscanthus grass, which it said is a key material for the burgeoning biomass energy sector.
A team, led by senior lecturer in plant biology Dr Richard Webster has produced Miscanthus hybrids to increase seed production of the crop.
“Seed will enable us to…
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A new report from energy consultancy Gemserv, commissioned by Liquid Gas UK, has found that gasifying waste-based feedstocks, such as municipal solid waste (MSW), to produce biogases is an effective method to decarbonise properties that are not connected to the gas network.
The Gemserv report compared several waste-treatment and recycling options for MSW and found that the ‘best use case’…
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A community biogas plant is currently being built in western Münsterland. The project is being realised by Bioenergie Heek-Ahle, reported Energate.
KG is behind the project, which is being scientifically supported by Münster University of Applied Sciences.
It is called a community plant because 45 farms from the surrounding area are participating and providing substrates such as slurry and…
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Ence Biogas will invest €120 million to start up six biomethane and fertiliser production plants in Aragon.
The project, declared of regional interest by the Government Council, includes the development, construction, start-up and operation of a total of six plants, which will be located in various locations in the Aragonese region.
Specifically, in the province of Huesca, three of the six…
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Japan Petroleum Exploration (JAPEX), Yonden Business, and SHINKO DENSO have announced that the Ozu Biomass Power Plant in Japan has achieved its commercial operation date of today (1 August).
The Ozu City-based power plant is a biomass-only thermal power plant using wood pellets as fuel.
With a power output of 50,000 kW and an annual power generation of approximately 350 million kWh, the power…
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Synthica Energy, a leading developer of anaerobic digestion facilities, has received an Air Quality Permit from the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for its new facility in San Antonio, Texas in the US.
The new facility will divert up to 250,000 tons of industrial organic waste each year when completed.
The permit paves the way for Synthica to break ground at the site in Q3 this…
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Gasum's filling stations will stop selling natural gas at its filling stations in Finland on 30 August.
From the end of this summer, only biogas will be distributed at Gasum's gas filling stations in Finland.
Almost all of Gasum’s filling station customers in Finland have already been choosing biogas for a couple of years now, as the price has been competitive compared to natural gas.
Gasum…
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