Nov 2, 2021
Louisiana Governor visits Drax Power Station in Yorkshire
Biogas News
Nov 2, 2021
World leaders have pledged to cut methane emission levels by 30% by 2030 at the COP26 event in Glasgow.
The Global Methane Pledge is an international initiative put forward by the US and EU to reduce methane emissions to help slow global warming. The pledge is to cut methane emissions from human activity by 30% against 2020 levels by 2030. Dozens of countries have joined... [Read More]
Other News
Nov 1, 2021
CHAR Technologies (CHAR) has commenced surveying and geotechnical testing at the proposed site of its woody biomass-to-RNG project in Ontario.
The high-temperature pyrolysis (HTP) project near Kirkland Lake will potentially produce 500,000 gigajoules per year of RNG and 10,000 tonnes per year of CHAR’s proprietary CleanFyre biocoal. The CleanFyre will be earmarked... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 1, 2021
Arla has created AA rechargeable ‘Cow Patteries’ to highlight the potential of manure-based renewable energy.
The recent gas crisis has seen global wholesale prices soar, leading to concerns and questions about the cost and source of future supplies.
A group of farmers from dairy cooperative Arla have found a novel way of showing the largely untapped potential... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 1, 2021
Naftogaz, Ukraine’s largest national oil and gas company, is working on development programmes to increase the use of biogas.
The company’s CEO, Yuriy Vitrenko, made the announcement at the 7th Ukrainian Gas Forum.
“In the near future, we need to present national programmes that will significantly increase the production of biogas and, in particular, biomethane,”... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 1, 2021
Yosemite Clean Energy (Yosemite) has secured a site to develop its first carbon-negative green hydrogen and RNG plant in California, utilising wood biomass.
Yosemite, a sustainable biofuels company, said ground-breaking at the site in Oroville is scheduled for Q2 for 2022. The company will utilise Austrian gasification technology, commercialised and deployed by Repotec,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 1, 2021
Brightmark RNG, a joint venture between Chevron U.S.A. and Brightmark, has delivered the first gas at its Lawnhurst site in Western New York.
The previously announced partnership owns project companies across the US to produce and market dairy biomethane (RNG).
Lawnhurst Farm is one of three farm partners in Western New York involves in the Helios Project. Each has... [Read More]
Biomass News
Oct 29, 2021
Biomass boiler specialist NerG has been commissioned to deliver a 200 kW biomass boiler system for a National Trust property in England.
Wightwick Manor, a Victorian property in Wolverhampton, will use the biomass boiler to heat the entire site, including the major itself, the shop and café, and will provide carbon savings of around 85 tonnes per year – a reduction... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 29, 2021
Scandinavian Biogas has extended its agreement with Dutch gas distributor Rolande on deliveries of waste-based bio-LNG.
Rolande supplies customers with vehicle gas via a network of 20 petrol stations across the Netherlands, Belgium and Germany. It is mainly trucks that are refuelled with LNG and bio-LNG. For Scandinavian Biogas, the volume of the agreement replaces... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 29, 2021
Anaergia has acquired two Danish subsidiaries that will build, own, and operate (BOO) a major new anaerobic digestion facility in Denmark.
The new facility in Tønder will convert agricultural waste into RNG. Anaergia expects the facility to produce 1.4 MMBtu of RNG per year, which would make it one of the largest plants of its kind in the world. It will produce approximately... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 29, 2021
Ramky Enviro Engineers has inaugurated India’s largest landfill gas-to-compressed biogas (CBG) plant.
The facility at Hyderabad Integrated Municipal Solid Waste in India’s Telangana State, was inaugurated on 27 October. The project is focused on the conversion of landfill gas into CBG for use as a vehicle fuel.
Ramky Enviro Engineers manages approximately 6 million... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 29, 2021
San Joaquin Renewables (SJR) has secured $165 million (€142 million) for its flagship RNG project.
The company reached an agreement with Cresta Fund Management and Silverpeak Energy Partners to invest the funds in developing and constructing a biomass RNG project near McFarland, California.
Frontline BioEnergy, a waste and biomass gasification solutions provider,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 28, 2021
CNG Fuels, the UK’s largest supplier of alternative low-carbon fuels for HGVs, has announced plans to host hydrogen fuel trials across its network.
The trials will take place in CNG Fuels’ public access biomethane refuelling stations to support the future decarbonisation of HGVs.
A new branch of the company, HyFuels, has been established to identify the best... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 28, 2021
A new renewable biogas-fuelled boiler at Chertsey sewage works in Surrey, UK, means the town’s waste is now being treated without the use of fossil fuels.
Thames Water, which owns and runs the site, is eliminating more than 70,000 litres of diesel every month by using biogas – a by-product of the sewage treatment process – as it looks to reach net-zero carbon... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 28, 2021
Bioenergy infrastructure firm Delorean Corporation has commenced construction at a bioenergy project in Victoria, Australia.
The DEVO project is located in the agricultural area of Stanhope and co-located at Waranga Green Energy (WGE) Piggery. The plant will receive local organic food and agricultural waste streams that would otherwise be destined for landfill and process... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 28, 2021
Bright Biomethane will deliver a membrane biogas upgrader for Ontario-based Berq RNG, marking the company's first RNG project with a Canadian company.
With the realisation of this project, a biogas plant with a CHP system for heat and power production at a remote dairy farm will be converted into RNG production site. No gas distribution net is in place at the project... [Read More]
Features
Oct 27, 2021
In our September/October edition, we asked a handful of industry experts one question – what can the biomass industry do to win over sceptics? This response is by Seth Ginther, executive director of the US Industrial Pellet Association.
Forging consensus within countries and among the community of nations may be the greatest challenge to tackling the climate crisis.... [Read More]
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The Régie des matières résiduelles du Lac-Saint-Jean (RWM) and Waga Energy have announced the signing of an agreement to implement an RNG production project at the Hébertville-Station engineered landfill site (ELS) in Quebec
Waste-to-hydrogen producer Compact Syngas Solutions (CSS) will be creating 200kg of hydrogen from waste to power a 40-day sea trial of a zero-emission marine hydrogen engine
