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The Polish division of the German energy group E.ON, E.ON Polska, will open its first biogas plant in the country in 2024. The facility, which will have an installed capacity of 1 MWe in high-efficiency cogeneration, will be installed near Pultusk. E.ON said this investment is part of its strategy, in actively participating in the energy transition. The organisation added that Poland is still…
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Enchanted Rock, a provider of electrical resiliency microgrids, and U.S. Energy, a vertically integrated energy solutions provider proficient in refined products, alternative fuels and environmental credits, have announced a partnership to procure renewable natural gas (RNG) for Microsoft’s new data centre in San Jose during grid outages and when California’s Base Interruptible Power (BIP) is…
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The UK government recognises the importance of waste wood biomass and is considering transitional support for the sector after the ROCs and RHI subsidies end, according to Energy Minister Graham Stuart. Stuart’s comments came in his recent response to a letter sent by the Wood Recyclers’ Association (WRA) to the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ). In the letter, WRA chair…
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European support for biogas plants to the tune of €2.4 billion mean biogas investments in Czechia are likely to increase significantly in 2024, according to an analysis from consulting firm EGU Brno. According to last year's data from the Czech Biogas Association, there were 574 biogas plants in the country, with a total installed capacity of 367 megawatts (MW). The subsidies, approved by the…
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Renewables supplied more than 40% of Britain’s electricity demand, their highest share for the third quarter of the year on record, according to the latest instalment of the quarterly Drax Electric Insights report - an independent report from Imperial College London. This made it the lowest carbon quarter on record, with emissions falling below 150 g/kWh for the first time ever. Last…
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Scania has launched its latest generation of biogas engines, which offer a 5% fuel saving over its predecessors, according to the company. First introduced at last year’s IAA show in Hanover, Germany, the new 13-litre biogas engines are available with either 420hp or 460hp, and utilise components from the latest generation Super diesel powertrain, to help improve its fuel saving…
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VYNCKE Solutions explains its range of projects and innovations all over the world. Food and feed businesses all over the world are looking for pathways to decarbonisation. The awareness that biomass is one of the solutions keeps growing. Many industries have a biomass side-stream or waste-stream, which Vyncke energy plants valorise by turning into energy for their production processes or into…
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Polska Grupa Biogazowa (PGB), a member of TotalEnergies since March 2023, has commenced the construction of its 19th biogas plant in Półwieś, Warmińsko-Mazurskie Voivodeship in Poland. A foundation stone-laying ceremony was held on 7 December to celebrate the beginning of this investment. The combined heat and power (CHP) unit, which is planned to be commissioned in Q4 2024, will have a…
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enfinium, a British energy-from-waste operator, has announced its ambition to lead an investment of up to £800 million (€932.8 million) over the project lifecycle in carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology at one of its UK sites in West Yorkshire. With plans to be operational from 2030, the project would provide the UK with vital carbon removals, decarbonise unrecyclable waste and…
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Bisviridi, a new company part of the BioteCH4 group, a leading anaerobic digestion (AD) operator in the UK, and Alfa Laval, a world leader in heat transfer, centrifugal separation and fluid handling, have announced a new partnership to increase the sustainability potential of organic and food waste recycling. The partnership combines Alfa Laval’s Prodec Oil Plus decanter, specially designed…
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Technology group Wärtsilä  has announced it will supply, install, commission and start-up the biogas upgrading and liquefaction units for a Swedish bioLNG plant. The new plant is an extension of an existing biomethane and bioLNG plant supplied previously by Wärtsilä, and will bring the production of bioLNG from 20 to 45 tons per day. The plant, located in Linköping, is owned by Tekniska…
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Two anaerobic digestion (AD) plants developed by Wega Group Oy (Wega) and Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), through its CI Advanced Bioenergy Fund I (CI ABF I), are making positive progress. Land reservation agreements have been signed with the municipalities of Nivala and Pöytyä, enabling the development of the AD plants to enter the next phase. Each plant is expected to produce ~150…
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Germany’s bioenergy plant fleet is at risk of shrinking because many operators lack a perspective for economically viable operations, industry lobby association HBB Bioenergie has warned. The huge oversubscription of bids in the latest bioenergy plant auction in the country has shown that many operators urgently desire a reliable footing for continued operations, as the vast majority of bids…
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Dubai Municipality and Dubai Electricity and Water Authority (DEWA) have signed an agreement to cooperate in a project to generate electricity from biogases extracted from the landfill in Muhaisnah 5. The agreement was signed by HE Saeed Mohammed Al Tayer, MD & CEO of DEWA and HE Eng. Dawood Al Hajri, director general of Dubai Municipality, at the Dubai Municipality stand in the Green Zone…
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