Several people have been injured in an explosion at Hazlehurst Wood Pellets in Georgia, US. Four employees were sent to hospital, with two having to be airlifted. One of the victims drove to the hospital by private car with a hand injury, WTOC, a Georgia-based news channel, reported. The fire started at approximately 4.30pm. At the time of the incident on 3 September,... [Read More]

The deadline for applying to Privilege Finance’s Climate Change Thought Leadership Award for students is fast approaching, with entries closing on 24 September. The award is open to undergraduates, postgraduates and PhD students. Winning candidates will secure a £1,000 (€1,160) prize, a mentoring opportunity - including a tour of an anaerobic digestion plant -... [Read More]

Veolia has demonstrated a new way of treating the 25% of green waste that is sent for disposal or re-composting. Veolia currently processes over 500,000 tonnes of green and food waste annually, derived from a nationwide network of 11 composting sites that produce over 250,000 tonnes per year. Previously, around 25% of green waste ended up as oversize after composting,... [Read More]

A biomass plant in Barry, Wales, is facing enforcement action after several discrepancies were found with its plans. According to Barry and District News, Vale of Glamorgan Council could force developers to close down and demolish the site, under planning rules. The wood-burning power plant has been built but is not yet fully operational. However, council officers... [Read More]

Wales & West Utilities (W&W) has received the green light to inject biogas containing up to 1% hydrogen into its gas network in Swindon. This is the first time the Health & Safety Executive has permitted natural gas with an elevated hydrogen level to be used in the national network. W&W is working with ABSL, which will inject bio-substitute natural... [Read More]

Household food waste is rising following the easing of COVID-19 restrictions in the UK, according to a report by the Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP). The latest UK Food Trends Survey shows that self-reported food waste has rebounded to pre-lockdown levels as restrictions lift, and more food is potentially going to waste in UK homes as life returns to normal.... [Read More]

Portuguese firm Dourogás GNV, working with HAVI Logistics, has refuelled its first heavy-duty vehicles with biomethane at Santo António dos Cavaleiros filling station. The biomethane incorporated at Dourogás filling station in Loures comes from a pioneering demonstration of a concept project that allows the production of 100% RNG from the anaerobic digestion of organic... [Read More]

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) has deployed a linear generator – a mobile power generation technology utilising natural gas and directed at renewable biogas - to displace existing diesel generation at its Angwin site in Napa County. Working with a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources and Mainspring Energy, PG&E deployed the 240 kW Mainspring linear... [Read More]

A project to facilitate more planting of Miscanthus has been awarded over £150,000 (€174,000) of UK Government funding. Miscanthus specialist, Terravesta, received the funding through the government’s Biomass Feedstocks Innovation Programme, to help contribute to 2050 net-zero targets. Terravesta was successful in its bid to secure Phase 1 funding for its OMENZ... [Read More]

The Irish Bioenergy Association (IrBEA) has expressed frustration over the recent Renewable Electricity Support Scheme (RESS) consultation. IrBEA believes that the additional value of renewable electricity generation from bioenergy ahead of intermittent generation, in terms of continuous supply and grid stability, is not recognised in the RESS system. The RESS system... [Read More]

BIOGEST will build its first biogas plants based on agricultural and food waste in Greece. The first project, on the island of Rhodes, will be a 500 kW Biogest PowerRing® plant, designed to run on olive pomace, oil residues, food residues from hotels, and by-products from the food and beverage industry. The facility will be able to supply around 1,300 households with... [Read More]

SGN Commercial Services (SGN) will design, construct, operate, and maintain biogas processing installations at Thames Water’s wastewater treatment facilities in the UK. SGN has worked on around 30 new plant installations, including its world-first biomethane injection and blending hub at Portsdown Hill, Portsmouth. The company forms part of the SGN Group, which owns... [Read More]

An application for a food waste anaerobic digestion (AD) facility in Belfast, Northern Ireland, has been rejected. The plan for a £40 million (€46 million) centralised AD plant in Belfast Harbour faced opposition from Giants Park, a group hoping to transform 250 acres of the 340-acre development site into a mixed-use leisure, commercial and sports area. At a special... [Read More]

The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, is investing in a new project involving ethanol and biogas production in Brazil. The $70 million (€59 million) financing for Grupo Cocal (Cocal) will strengthen the diversification of the country’s energy matrix, expanding the company’s ethanol and biogas production. The project will... [Read More]

Hexagon Agility has supported whisky producer Glenfiddich in its use of RNG for transport. In July, Glenfiddich, based in Moray, announced it will run its delivery vehicles on biogas generated from whisky waste. The trucks are equipped with Hexagon’s ProRail® CNG fuel systems with Type 4 composite technology. Glenfiddich announced the initiative to address the... [Read More]

HyGear’s subsidiary, HyGear Asia, has signed a memorandum of understanding with GPS Renewables, a waste management cleantech firm with close to 100 modular biogas installations in India. The companies will collaborate on converting organic waste and landfill gas into green hydrogen with GPS Renewables’ state-of-the-art biomethanation plants, downstream bio-CNG installations,... [Read More]