Aug 24, 2021
ANDRITZ to deliver wood chip system to Australian firm
Biomass News
Aug 24, 2021
BorgWarner has invested $10 million (€8.5 million) in Enexor BioEnergy, a company providing on-site renewable energy and carbon conversion solutions.
Enexor’s patented and modular Bio-CHP™ system uses locally sourced organics or plastic waste to generate clean on-site energy and can be deployed quickly in almost any setting. According to Enexor, each system can... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 24, 2021
Sludge suction vehicles in the Swedish municipality of Örebro can now run on biogas.
Approximately 8,200 sludge ‘empties’ are made annually in Örebro. The municipality said it is responsible for households with their own sewers, which are spread out, meaning the vehicles have to travel long distances. Now, new cars from septic system service company Renall have... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 24, 2021
bp will purchase poultry litter-derived RNG from CleanBay Renewables under a 15-year agreement.
Through this agreement, bp’s trading and shipping team will sell the fuel to its customers, initially in California. There is strong demand for RNG fuel in the state due to incentives from its Low Carbon Fuel Standard.
The RNG will be processed from poultry litter –... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 23, 2021
Gasum will supply LNG and bio-LNG to the Finnish Transport Infrastructure Agency and the Finnish Border Guard for 2021-2022.
The energy company won the framework agreement in a competitive tendering process organised by the Finnish Government’s central purchasing body, Hansel. The agreement includes the option of being extended by two years.
Gasum started biogas... [Read More]
Features
Aug 23, 2021
Taaleri’s new biocoal production facility in Finland will use NextFuel’s torrefaction technology to create a clean alternative fuel.
Earlier this year, Nordic investment and asset manager Taaleri and energy company Savon Voima announced plans to build a new biocoal production facility in Finland. To produce biocoal at the new plant in Joensuu, a city in North Karelia,... [Read More]
Pellets News
Aug 23, 2021
Canfor Corporation’s sale and transfer of forest tenure to Peak Renewables to build a new wood pellet plant has been approved by the Government of British Columbia (BC).
Forest tenure includes the ownership, tenancy and other arrangements for the use of forests.
Peak Renewables announced plans last year to buy Canfor’s tenure for $30 million (€20 million),... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 20, 2021
The Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology (REA) has called for a change to immigration rules to allow the waste and recycling sector to recruit heavy-goods vehicle (HGV) drivers in the face of severe shortages.
The REA’s call follows major concerns over the reduced frequency or even suspension of food and garden waste collections by councils UK-wide.... [Read More]
Other News
Aug 20, 2021
A US south forest initiative, supported by Drax, has helped wildlife return to family land surrounding Drax’s Morehouse Bioenergy pellet plant in Arkansas.
The Morehouse Family Forest Initiative (MFFI) – a conservation programme set up in 2017 through a partnership with Drax Biomass and the American Forest Foundation - encourages the sustainable management of the... [Read More]
Biomass News
Aug 20, 2021
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]
Biogas News
Aug 19, 2021
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]
Features
Aug 19, 2021
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]
Biomass News
Aug 19, 2021
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]
Biogas News
Aug 18, 2021
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]
Pellets News
Aug 18, 2021
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]
Biomass News
Aug 18, 2021
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]
Biogas News
Aug 18, 2021
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]
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