Aug 5, 2021
Drax Power Station starts major turbine upgrade
Biogas News
Aug 5, 2021
Yorkshire Water and the University of York will establish a Centre of Excellence for anaerobic digestion (AD) research as part of a £1.2 million (€1.4 million) project.
The organisations first collaborated in 2016 and delivered the ‘globally unique’ System-60 AD research facility in the Department of Biology at the University of York. Over the next four years,... [Read More]
Other News
Aug 4, 2021
UK Minister Lord Callanan visited Cory’s Riverside energy from waste (EfW) facility near London to discuss the development of one of the UK’s largest heat networks.
Cory, working with Vattenfall, will use spare heat from the facility to develop a heat network that will serve 21,000 local homes with low-carbon heat.
The project will be part-funded by a £12.1... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 4, 2021
Anaergia has acquired its indirect subsidiary, Rhode Island Bioenergy Facility, which owns the largest industrial anaerobic digester for food and other solid organic waste in New England, US.
This acquisition expands Anaergia’s footprint in the northeastern US and its capacity to address the increasing demand for organic waste recycling
The Rhode Island Bioenergy... [Read More]
Biomass News
Aug 4, 2021
Low-carbon energy firm Clean Energy Technologies (CETY) will co-develop a $15 million (€12.6 million) renewable energy processing facility with Ashfield Ag Resources in Massachusetts, US.
The facility will use Heat Recovery Solutions' ‘revolutionary’ high-temperature ablative fast pyrolysis reactor (HTAP Biomass Reactor). The Ashfield facility will convert around... [Read More]
Other News
Aug 4, 2021
Due to the ongoing situation surrounding the pandemic, we have decided to postpone the joint International Biogas Congress & Expo, International Biomass Congress & Expo, and Biofuels International Conference & Expo event to March 2022.
“The safety and wellbeing of our attendees is of paramount importance to us,” said Peter Patterson, managing director... [Read More]
Biomass News
Aug 3, 2021
Sweetman Renewables is targeting the biomass and green hydrogen sectors with a $4 million (€2.48 million) pre-IPO capital raising ahead of its debut on the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) later this year.
Unlike most proposed new entrants to the ASX, Sweetman has a ‘massive advantage’ in the form of a profitable 100-year-old sawmill business that has long-term... [Read More]
Biomass News
Aug 3, 2021
East Fraser Fiber Company (EFF) has received close to $615,000 (€413,000) from the Forest Enhancement Society of BC (FESBC) to recover low-quality fibre.
The funding is helping to support jobs in Mackenzie, BC, and recover close to 30,000 cubic metres (m3) of low-quality fibre that would otherwise not have been used.
Extracting as much useable fibre from a block... [Read More]
Other News
Aug 3, 2021
UK-based Carbon Clean has raised $8 million (€6.7 million) from new investor CEMEX and existing investors Equinor Ventures, ICOS Capital, and WAVE Equity Partners.
The company, which specialises in carbon capture and separation technology, said the capital raise extends its successful $22 million (€18.5 million) Series B investment round announced in July 2020,... [Read More]
Features
Aug 2, 2021
As the shipping industry accelerates its efforts to meet the International Maritime Organisation’s decarbonisation targets, a growing number of organisations are looking to bio-LNG — an increasingly recognised ‘sustainable fuel’ with untapped greenhouse gas emissions reduction potential.
Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction is not a new conversation for... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 2, 2021
FirstBio2Shipping, working with Attero BV and Bio-LNG Hub Wilp, has received funding from the European Commission to develop bio-LNG as a marine fuel.
The project aims to decarbonise the maritime sector by demonstrating the first industrial plant producing renewable, low-carbon bio-liquefied natural gas ‘in a standardised and scalable fashion’, enabling the cost-effective... [Read More]
Pellets News
Aug 2, 2021
Enviva has reported strong quarterly results and shared an update on its plant expansion projects in the US South.
The company reported a net revenue of $285 million (€239 million) in Q2 2021, a 70% increase compared to the same period in 2020.
With the commissioning and expansion of pellet facilities in the US underway, Enviva’s chairman and CEO, John Keppler,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 30, 2021
Cresta Fund Management (Cresta) and LF BiOenergy have joined forces to develop, own and operate RNG production facilities in the US.
LF BiOenergy has extensive experience in RNG and agriculture industry relationships, while Cresta is a growth-oriented private equity firm investing in sustainable and conventional energy and industrial infrastructure.
LF’s RNG facilities... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 30, 2021
A new biogas project by Innovating Energy in New South Wales, Australia will be operational in 12-14 months.
The project in Nowra will use manure food waste to generate electricity, according to a report by Farm Online National.
Federal Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction, Angus Taylor, visited the site of the biogas plant in Shoalhaven on 27 July and spoke... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 30, 2021
Green Genius has started building its first biogas plant in Poland, with the support of Bank Pekao.
At the beginning of May, Green Genius, an international company with years of experience in developing renewable energy projects, started construction on the PLN 26 million (€5.69 million) project.
The new plant is being built in the village of Turowiec in south-eastern... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 29, 2021
CNG Fuels has opened a new low-carbon heavy-goods vehicle (HGV) refuelling station in Nottinghamshire, UK, allowing vehicles to run on 100% biomethane.
The announcement comes as the UK Government sets out plans to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel HGVs from 2040 under its transport decarbonisation plan.
CNG fuels already operates six stations across the UK and... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 29, 2021
UK water company Anglian Water said it will maximise the value of biogas as part of its route to reach net zero by 2030.
The target will cover all of the firm’s operational activities and those of its supply chain, as well as a commitment to cut capital carbon by 70% against a 2010 baseline.
Under the plans, Anglian Water plans maximise the value of biogas by... [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
