The largest source of district heating in the Czech Republic is abandoning coal in favour of low-emission fuels, potentially including biomass. By 2030, the Mělník site, which supplies Prague, Mělník and Neratovice, will produce heat solely from low-emission sources and will help ČEZ Group, as well as Prague and other cities, to achieve their environmental goals.... [Read More]

The Henkel Fragrance Centre in Krefeld, Germany will switch its production entirely to climate-neutral energy, using biogas. The research and production site now covers its entire energy demand in production and research with green electricity and biogas. The conversion is an important step towards achieving Henkel’s ambitious sustainability goals. Since 1956,... [Read More]

Specialists at Eco Verde Energy and Omex Environmental reveal their top tips and tricks for getting AD plant biology right. Close monitoring of what is going on inside an anaerobic digestion (AD) tank is essential to identify and resolve problems, prevent expensive equipment breakdowns and maximise biogas outputs and profit. In this exclusive article, Richard Braybrooke,... [Read More]

The Government of Canada is investing in Indigenous-led development biomass projects to promote new economic opportunities in the forestry sector. Marc G Serre, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Natural Resources, on behalf of the Honourable Seamus O’Regan Jr, Minister of Natural Resources, announced a $605,000 (€405,000) investment in two biomass projects... [Read More]

RoadEX, a major California drayage company, is adding 16 new natural gas trucks to its fleet through Chevron and Clean Energy Fuels’ Adopt-A-Port programme. In switching from diesel fuel to RNG, RoadEX has committed to approximately 960,000 gallons of RNG over the contract term. In May, Chevron invested an additional $20 million (€16.9 million) in Clean Energy’s... [Read More]

Wood pellet production in the Czech Republic is increasing every year, with domestic and foreign demand growing. Česká Peleta (the Czech Pellet Cluster) is a national association for all those dealing with wood fuels, such as pellets or briquettes, or boilers and stoves. The organisation said in the first half of 2021, a total of 254,000 tons of biomass fuel was produced.... [Read More]

Australian firm Sweetman Renewables said it has made progress in ensuring outgoing log supplies from sustainably managed forests and plantations for the improved utilisation of biomass for domestic and international bioenergy projects. The company’s chairman John Halkett confirmed that, based on advice from the Forestry Corporation of New South Wales, deputy premier... [Read More]

Privilege Finance and Investec Bank have announced a long-term partnership that will release up to £90 million (€105 million) worth of funds for UK climate change projects. The funding will be offered to existing anaerobic digestion (AD) customers to refinance their projects as they hit operations, providing interest savings to borrowers and freeing up Privilege’s... [Read More]

The Biofertiliser Certification Scheme (BCS) has welcomed its 100th anaerobic digestion (AD) operator. Barkip AD plant in North Ayrshire has joined the BCS as the 100th member of the scheme, which was established in 2007 and is administered by Renewable Energy Assurance Limited (REAL). The scheme continues to grow, and around half of the total number of waste-fed... [Read More]

Flogas Britain has received its first shipment of bio-LPG, marking the latest step in achieving its 2040 Vision. Bio-LPG produces far fewer carbon emissions than other off-grid traditional fossil fuels such as oil, and delivers low levels of nitrous oxides, sulphur oxides, and particulate matter – some of the main contributors to air pollution. “As a market leader... [Read More]

A ‘ booming’ UK-wide hydrogen economy could be worth £900 million (€1 billion) and create over 9,000 jobs by 2030, according to the UK Government's first-ever Hydrogen Strategy. The Hydrogen Strategy drives forward the commitments laid out in Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s 10 Point Plan for a green industrial revolution, setting the foundation for how the government... [Read More]

Clean Energy Fuels has announced several new deals in response to high RNG demand. RNG represents more than 74% of the 26 million gallons of fuel Clean Energy expects to provide through these newly signed agreements. The company signed a multi-year agreement with the City of Pasadena in California for an anticipated 1.5 million gallons of RNG to fuel 53 vehicles,... [Read More]

Dryers are a crucial piece of equipment in the AD industry, helping operators turn their waste into a lucrative business. Anaerobic digestion is an increasingly popular way to dispose of animal and food wastes. The big advantage is obvious: the ability to generate a gaseous biofuel that can offset natural gas usage. But, many people operating anaerobic digesters inadvertently... [Read More]

Anaerobic digestion (AD) plant operators are being offered a new opportunity to benefit from an ‘innovative’ carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) model, proposed by BioCarbonics. The UK-based green CO2 company has created a new channel to market for the biogas industry to enable CO2 captured from biogas facilities to be taken to market. Green CO2 produced from... [Read More]

Monarch Bioenergy, a joint venture (JV) between Smithfield Foods and Roeslein Alternative Energy (RAE), has installed manure-to-energy technology on nearly all of Smithfield’s Northern Missouri hog finishing farms. The new technology, completed ahead of the JV’s 10-year anniversary, captures methane emissions and converts them into carbon-negative RNG to power homes,... [Read More]

UK energy provider Flogas has added two new compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles to its growing fleet. The new IVECO trucks, which offer up to an 85% CO2e reduction from diesel to bio-CNG, are helping Flogas on the road towards a lower carbon future, as it commits to reducing its direct carbon emissions by 20% by 2025. Fully operational from August, the new CNG-powered... [Read More]