New South Wales (NSW) gas customers will soon have access to verified and accredited renewable gas, such as biomethane and hydrogen. The new Australian-first Renewable Gas Certification Pilot will drive ongoing investment in new sources of green has. Energy infrastructure firm Jemena, NSW Government-managed renewable energy accreditor Green Power, and industry association... [Read More]

The European Biogas Association (EBA) has launched the ‘Smart CO2 standards for negative emissions mobility’ report, highlighting recommendations for the use biomethane in transport. Launched in the framework of the EU Green Week 2021, the report includes three key recommendations to ensure the deployment of biomethane in transport and consequently achieve a fast,... [Read More]

Bechtel has partnered with Drax to identify opportunities to build new bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) plants worldwide. Scaling up BECCS sustainably over the coming decades will be critical to delivering the Paris Agreement climate targets and keeping the world on a pathway of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees, said the companies. Bechtel, a major... [Read More]

Major US convenience store brand Circle K has partnered with Musket and Trillium to expand sustainable trucking options in California, using RNG. A 2020 supply partnership between Circle K and Musket, which specialises in commodity supply, trading and logistics, created a joint purchasing agreement and allowed Circle K to rapidly grow its fleet, maximising fuel sourcing... [Read More]

Bruks Siwertell will deliver one of its largest drum chippers to a new pellet plant currently under construction in the US. The large Bruks drum chipper is the third of its kind to head to this operator – currently undisclosed – and has been ordered to serve a new pellet plant, making a significant contribution towards a power shift away from fossil fuels. This... [Read More]

Nordsol and DBG Bio Energy have signed an agreement to collaborate on a new bio-LNG installation in the Netherlands. The installation will be established and owned by DBG while Nordsol will supply the bio-LNG installation and provide its expertise on bio-LNG permitting processes and the bio-LNG and bioCO2 supply chain, and process calculations to support DBG in developing... [Read More]

Production of CoalSwitch™ pellets at Active Energy Group’s (AEG) Ashland, Maine facility has begun. AEG, based in London, announced on 2 June that the five-tonne per hour production facility is now producing the CoalSwitch pellets, formed of locally-sourced residual biomass, including bark and treetops/branches, which burn at temperatures nearly identical to coal. Deliveries... [Read More]

Bright Biomethane has partnered with Australian company Eneraque to build a biogas upgrading facility. The project will represent Bright’s first biogas upgrader build in Australia and will be constructed for energy company Jemena at the Sydney Malabar wastewater treatment (WWT) site. Biogas from Sydney Water will be purified into biomethane for distribution through... [Read More]

Biogest has received orders to build two biomethane (RNG) plants using agricultural waste and by-products from chicken farms in western France. Biomethane (RNG) production from animal, agricultural and food waste is one of the most rapidly expanding sectors of renewable energy, said Biogest. The first project Enerfées is located close to Rennes, jointly run by the... [Read More]

Hawaii’s Supreme Court is giving a biomass plant another chance to win over state regulators after it was blocked due to environmental concerns. Honua Ola Bioenergy has been working on the project for more than a decade, spending nearly $500 million, according to Hawaii News Now. But before the project was completed, it was blocked by the Public Utilities Commission... [Read More]

Pioneer Point Partners has confirmed its first two investments in an Irish biogas platform and a renewables platform in Spain. From its maiden institutional fund, Pioneer Infrastructure Partners, the fund is committing €120 million to the two platforms. Stream BioEnergy, a developer and operator of anaerobic digestion plants in Northern Ireland and the Republic... [Read More]

Macquarie Asset Management has agreed to acquire Beauparc Utilities, a recycling and processing-led waste-to-resource business based in Ireland. Through the Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund 6, Macquarie will acquire Beauparc from founder Eamon Waters and Blackstone Tactical Opportunities Fund. Beauparc holds a market-leading position across Ireland and a significant... [Read More]

Gasum’s biogas plant in Lohja, Finland has officially been opened by Jari Leppä, the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry. The Lohja facility uses biodegradable waste from the Helsinki region to produce renewable biogas and organic recycled fertiliser, suitable for organic farming. Demand for renewable biogas is constantly growing and with it the need for organic... [Read More]

Vattenfall will build a 150 MW ‘Power-to-Heat’ e-boiler at its facility in Diemen, Amsterdam. The company has been granted a permit and a Dutch SDE++ subsidy to build the boiler, which is believed to be the largest in Europe and can be put into use in 2024. “We are very glad to have been awarded both the permit and the SDE++ subsidy for building a large 150... [Read More]

Wärtsilä has been selected to supply a biogas liquefaction plant to Norway-based Biokraft. The plant for Biokraft, a subsidiary of the Scandinavian Biogas Group, will have a 25 tons-per-day (tpd) capacity and will extend an existing bio-LNG production plant in Skogn, also supplied by Wärtsilä, to a combined total of 50 tpd. This makes it the largest facility of... [Read More]

Estes Express Lines, a major US freight carrier, has ordered a further 50 natural gas-powered trucks from Hexagon Agility. The trucks use Hexagon’s 175 diesel gallon equivalent (DGE) ProCab CNG/RNG fuel systems. Estes’s new trucks will be equipped with Cummins-Westport near-zero-emissions natural gas engines and Hexagon’s integrated Blue iQ system. Estes has... [Read More]