Aug 17, 2021
Biofertiliser Certification Scheme welcomes 100th AD operator
Biogas News
Aug 17, 2021
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]
Other News
Aug 17, 2021
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]
Biogas News
Aug 17, 2021
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]
Features
Aug 16, 2021
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]
Biogas News
Aug 16, 2021
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]
Biogas News
Aug 16, 2021
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]
Biogas News
Aug 16, 2021
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]
Biogas News
Aug 13, 2021
The Prince of Wales opened J V Energen’s newly installed CO2 capture facility in Dorset on 9 June, where green CO2 is supplied to its new joint venture business, BioCarbonics.
The green CO2 is captured at J V Energen’s Rainbarrow Farm anaerobic digestion (AD) and biomethane-to-grid plant. It is processed into a food and beverage-grade product, where it is used for... [Read More]
Features
Aug 13, 2021
A decision by the Norwegian Parliament to equalise biogas with hydrogen and electricity has provided a boost for the country’s bioenergy sector.
The Norwegian Parliament’s decision in May to equalise biogas with electricity and hydrogen in all public policies was undoubtedly a major step forward for the bioenergy industry in Norway and also, potentially, for the... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 13, 2021
FortisBC Energy is now receiving carbon-neutral RNG from Alberta-based Lethbridge Biogas.
Following the expansion of its facility to add a biogas upgrading system, Lethbridge Biogas has signed an agreement to provide FortisBC with up to 350,000 gigajoules of RNG annually. This is FortisBC’s third source of RNG from outside of British Columbia to date, as the firm... [Read More]
Biomass News
Aug 13, 2021
Clare County Council in Ireland has given the green light for the construction of a biomass plant in Stonehall.
In September 2020, Carbon Sole Group submitted plans for the construction of a biomass processing and storage area, a gasification and methanation facility for the production of advanced biofuels, and a gasification and combined heat and power facility.
Carbon... [Read More]
Other News
Aug 12, 2021
ArcelorMittal Ghent has chosen to use biocoal from Dutch company Perpetual Next in its steel production process.
The company is starting a pilot to use biocoal as a high-quality partial replacement for fossil coal. The partnership between Perpetual Next and ArcelorMittal in Ghent starts with an initial delivery of 30,000 tonnes of biocoal to the Ghent blast furnace,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 12, 2021
TruStar Energy, an OPAL Fuels company, has signed a contract with CITY Furniture to build three RNG fuelling stations and supply fuel.
TruStar will manage the development, construction, and service in Miami Gardens, Ocoee, and Plant City, Florida. Under the contract, OPAL Fuels will supply the company with 7.75 million gasoline gallon equivalents of RNG over the terms... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 12, 2021
Greenlane Renewables’ wholly-owned subsidiary, Greenlane Biogas North America, has signed a total of $12.8 million (€8.7 million) in contracts for biogas upgrading systems for US RNG projects.
One of the contracts involves the supply of one of Greenlane’s membrane separation biogas upgrading systems for a project owned by an international energy company.
Greenlane... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 12, 2021
The World Biogas Association (WBA) has responded to the latest Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) report, stating that anaerobic digestion (AD) is 'dangerously overlooked' as an immediate climate solution.
The WBA has renewed its call for the potential of the biogas industry to be ‘urgently unlocked’ so that it can help deliver the “rapid reductions... [Read More]
Biomass News
Aug 12, 2021
Gasification solutions firm EQTEC has acquired a 1.2 MWe waste-to-energy gasification plant in Croatia.
EQTEC acquired the facility in Belišće through Synergy Projects, a joint venture (JV) between the EQTEC and its Croatian project development partner, Sense ESCO.
Originally commissioned in 2016, the plant was built around EQTEC’s proprietary and patented advanced... [Read More]
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