Pharmaceutical company AstraZeneca is partnering with Future Biogas to build a biogas plant in the UK. The plant in East Anglia will generate biomethane as a substitute for natural gas to provide a renewable source of heat and power for AstraZeneca’s UK sites in Macclesfield, Cambridge, Speke, and Luton. The initiative will provide additional renewable gas to the... [Read More]

EQTEC has joined forces with Phoenix Energy, the North Fork Community Development Council and Carbonfuture to convert forest residues into renewable electricity in California. The partnership will see the companies help Sierra Nevada forests and their communities remove carbon from the atmosphere and reduce wildfire risk, as well we generating renewable energy and creating... [Read More]

A $1 million (€695,000) wildfire risk reduction project in British Columbia has also supported the local bioenergy industry. The Forest Enhancement Society of BC (FESBC) funded the project to protect high-risk areas as outlined in the District of Sicamous’ (DOS) Community Wildfire Protection Plan. “The 2021 wildfires throughout the province and in our area... [Read More]

Waste and recycling expert Tidy Planet has partnered with Eco Sustainable Solutions to convert global off-roading racing championship Extreme E’s food waste into biogas at its upcoming Jurassic X Prix in Dorset, UK. Extreme E takes electric off-road motorsport around the globe to some of the most remote locations. As part of its mission to promote sustainability and... [Read More]

Clarkson University in New York has received a $20,000 (€17,700) grant to convert food waste into energy. The grant was allocated by Constellation, an Exelon Company which provides power, natural gas, renewable energy and energy products and services for US homes and businesses. The project, ‘Food-to-Energy, Forging New Partnerships: Promoting Resource Recovery... [Read More]

Gasum will supply 250 tons of liquefied biogas (LBG) to Uddeholms, a major manufacturer of tool steel for industrial tools. The LBG will be delivered to Uddeholms’ plant in Hagfors, Sweden, and used for its sustainability week in mid-December. Steel production in Hagfors uses a lot of energy, which comes from a range of sources such as LNG and electricity. During... [Read More]

Gasum and Metsä Fibre have teamed up to produce biogas at Metsä Fibre’s Äänekoski bioproduct mill in Finland. Under the agreement, Metsä Fibre will be responsible for the plant’s overall operations while Gasum will take care of daily remote operation and maintenance of biogas processing. Gasum will buy the biogas produced at Metsä Fibre’s plant for use as... [Read More]

Heineken Cambodia and Singapore-based Berkley Energy Commercial Industrial Solutions have started work on a biomass power plant, which will generate thermal energy for the brewer’s production site in Phnom Penh. The $5.8 million (€5.1 million) project is expected to go online in July next year and create 50 jobs. The plant will burn rice husks sourced from the nearby... [Read More]

CleanBay Renewables has secured investment from AVG Group (AVG), a Luxembourg-based asset manager. AVG’s investment will help fund CleanBay’s development portfolio of bioconversion facilities across the US, recycling poultry litter and repurposing it into RNG and natural, controlled-release fertiliser. The capital will also allow the company to explore additional... [Read More]

A new project producing biogas from sewage discharged by cargo ships is underway in Finland. The Baltic Sea Action Group (BSAG) is collaborating with multiple companies, including Gasum, on the new Ship/t Waste Action project. The initiative turns sewage into biogas that will be used as fuel by the heavy-duty transport sector. The Ship/t Waste Action cooperation... [Read More]

What to look forward to at the International Biogas & Biomass Congress & Expos. After almost two years of lockdown restrictions and Zoom meetings, it is a joy to be able to write this preview ahead of our event in March. Biogas, biomass and biofuels industry members will gather, once again, in Brussels, to discuss the enormous potential of our respective... [Read More]

Scirocco Energy’s subsidiary, SEUK, has signed an exclusivity agreement with sustainability technology provider, SEM Energy Limited (SEM), for a nutrient recovery system. It is anticipated that SEM will provide SEUK’s investee company, Energy Acquisitions Group (EAG), with digestate management and nutrient recovery technology, known as the H2OPE System. The system... [Read More]

The Restaurant Group (TRG) has signed a green gas contract with TotalEnergies Gas & Power. The contract between TRG, a major player in the UK casual dining market, and TotalEnergies, means all TRG’s directly controlled supplies of electricity, gas and LPG used in its Wagamama, Pubs and Leisure (Frankie & Benny’s and Chiquito) divisions will be from renewable... [Read More]

Selby College in North Yorkshire, UK has secured funding to develop an education programme that will enable Drax employees to develop the skills needed to operate climate-saving technologies. The £272,000 (€320,000) grant from the Department for Education’s Strategic Development Fund, will allow the college to develop a new training course in carbon capture and... [Read More]

UK-based spaceflight company Orbex and Calor, a major UK LNG supplier, have entered into an agreement that will see Calor supply ultra-low carbon fuel to launch the Orbex Prime rocket. Under the terms of the new deal, Calor will supply Orbex with its bio-LPG solution, a clean-burning propane produced from renewable feedstocks such as plant and vegetable waste material.... [Read More]

Green Gas Trading’s Biomethane Certification Scheme (BMCS) is one of only two Approved Certification Schemes for evidencing green gas supply in the UK’s upcoming Green Gas Levy. The Green Gas Levy, first announced in the March 2020 Budget, will fund the Green Gas Support Scheme (GGSS) which is designed to support the deployment of new anaerobic digestion (AD) and... [Read More]