Dutch brewery Grolsch will produce biomethane using Host’s technology. Host will offtake the biogas from Grolsch’s wastewater treatment plant and install a biogas upgrading system that will produce over 1 million Nm3 of biomethane annually - equivalent to the gas needs of approximately 700 households. By the end of the year, more than two-thirds of Grolsch’s... [Read More]

Ingeteam has been awarded a biomass plant operation and maintenance (O&M) contract by Greenalia. The Basque company will maintain the Curtis plant in the Galician region of Teixeiro in A Coruña. This new contract doubles the power that Ingeteam maintains in biomass, reaching a total of 102 MW. In 2018, Greenalia Biomass Power Curtis-Teixeiro S.L.U signed off... [Read More]

DHL Supply Chain has added 13 Volvo FH LNG tractor units to its fleet, as part of its ‘GoGreen’ plan. The new additions, which can be fuelled with bio-LNG, join DHL’s growing fleet of gas trucks. The tractor units are equipped with Globetrotter cabs and specified with 155-kilogram LNG tanks for a maximum range of 1,000 kilometres. The new vehicles will deliver... [Read More]

The Credit Guarantee Corporation of Cambodia (CGCC) has partnered with the Biogas Technology and Information Center (BTIC) to promote the investment of commercial biogas technologies. The BTIC was jointly established by the Royal University of Agriculture and the UN Industrial Development Organisation (UNIDO). The CGCC is a state-owned enterprise, operated under the... [Read More]

Joensuu Biocoal Oy, a company created by Taaleri, will build a torrefied biomass production facility in Joensuu, Finland with Savon Voima Oyj. The plant will be built on the site of municipal energy company Savon Voima Oyj's Iiksenvaara combined heat and power (CHP) plant. Savon Voima and Joensuu Biocoal have also established a joint biomass procurement company, Eastern... [Read More]

Anaergia’s subsidiary, SoCal Biomethane, has commissioned operations at the Victor Valley Wastewater Reclamation Authority (VVWRA) in California. The facility in Victorville is the first wastewater treatment plant in California to inject RNG made from wastewater solids and food waste into a utility pipeline. SoCal Biomethane upgraded VVWRA’s existing wastewater... [Read More]

“In the wake of COP26, it would be deeply disappointing if the debate in 28 years’ time is more about why we failed than how we succeeded,” writes Colin Ley. The emergence of the Omicron variant in late November last year, followed by a rapid surge in infections, has raised serious doubts over the speed of Europe’s economic recovery over the next 12-18 months. Having... [Read More]

Marguerite II, a European infrastructure fund, has acquired a majority stake in Keon to grow its biogas portfolio. As part of the transaction, Marguerite II will fund Keon’s investment plan to grow its portfolio in biomethane projects in France and abroad as well as supporting its strategy to become a major integrated renewable gas producer. The Keon group comprises... [Read More]

Brightmark RNG has announced plans to construct an anaerobic digestion (AD) project at Vlot Calf Ranch in Chowchilla, California. The Vlot AD project will capture, clean and convert methane from manure that would otherwise escape into the atmosphere on the ranch and dairy farm into RNG. When used in the transportation sector, RNG from dairy operations has a negative... [Read More]

The Government of India has taken ‘proactive steps’ to reduce the harmful impact of crop stubble burning while boosting the country’s biomass power sector. On 14 January, the Union Power Secretary chaired the second meeting of the Sustainable Agrarian Mission on the use of Agro Residue in Thermal Power Plants (SAMARTH), where he reviewed the status of biomass... [Read More]

FortisBC has put forward a proposal for every newly-built home connecting to the gas system to automatically receive 100% renewable gas for the lifespan of the building. Approval of this proposal to the British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) would mark a new era in the evolution of FortisBC’s renewable energy programmes. Renewable gas, including RNG available... [Read More]

Macquarie Capital has launched a new platform that develops, operates and invests in RNG infrastructure projects. Its first project, in Wisconsin, has already reached financial close. The new platform, Aerogy, delivers a suite of innovative energy solutions through project development, financing, construction and commercial operation, as well as project expansions with... [Read More]

Lahti Aqua and Lahti Energia in Finland have signed an agreement to utilise heat contained in treated wastewater in district heating. Heat will be recovered at a heat pump to be built in connection with the Ali-Juhakkala wastewater treatment plant. The facility will be built by Lahti Energia, which will also be responsible for the plant’s operations once it is completed. The... [Read More]

Councils in Surrey, UK could save around £4 million (€4.8 million) if all of the region’s food waste was recycled. More than half of all food waste that could be recycled in Surrey, 50,594 tonnes, UK ends up in general waste every year. New data by the Surrey Environment Partnership (SEP) shows that if the waste was recycled instead, an additional £4 million... [Read More]

The European biomethane industry saw record-breaking production levels in 2021. Europe now has 1,023 production plants, a figure described by the European Biogas Association (EBA) and Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE) as a “stepping stone” for the decarbonisation of the whole EU economy. “2021 has witnessed the most exponential deployment of biomethane plants... [Read More]

Enviva is accelerating plans to double its production capacity over the next five years, from 6.2 million metric tonnes per year (MTPY) to around 13 million MTPY. In response to the “increasing pace and scale of commercial progress”, Enviva is broadening and deepening its development capabilities and leveraging relationships with key equipment suppliers and construction... [Read More]