Oct 27, 2021
Future Biogas, Pentair partner on biogas upgrading, carbon capture
Biogas News
Oct 26, 2021
EverGen Infrastructure Corp’s (EverGen) enhancement and optimisation at Fraser Valley Biogas have resulted in record production in September.
Fraser Valley Biogas in Abbotsford, British Columbia, has been supplying renewable energy for over a decade and previously produced around 80,000 gigajoules of RNG annually – enough to heat approximately 1,000 homes for a... [Read More]
Features
Oct 26, 2021
In our September/October edition, we asked a handful of industry experts one question – what can the biomass industry do to win over sceptics? This response is by Neil Holland, UK Pellet Council director and managing director of Y Pellets.
Biomass, in particular wood pellets, has thousands of contented end-users, especially across the UK and Europe who are often the... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 26, 2021
Construction of Kolb Bioenergy Facility in Roswell, New Mexico is now complete and an operating permit has been issued.
The biogas plant was completed with the help of The Penetron Group, which specialises in concrete protection. The firm helped to waterproof and protect key structures to ensure the durability of the facility.
Kolb Bioenergy Facility uses a proprietary... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 25, 2021
DMT Clear Gas Solutions (DMT) has celebrated the completion of the Tres Ríos RNG Centre in Arizona.
On 21 October, DMT, Pima County and Southwest Gas celebrated the connection of the biogas treatment facility to the Southwest Gas grid. Several stakeholders gathered for the ribbon-cutting ceremony.
The Tres Ríos Water Reclamation Facility (WRF) serves the metropolitan... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 25, 2021
Vision RNG has announced a partnership with Meridian Waste Acquisitions to complete projects at multiple US landfills to generate RNG.
The partnership will undertake projects at landfills across Missouri and Virginia to capture landfill gases for conversion into RNG for end users. Construction is already underway on the gas collection and control systems at the sites.... [Read More]
Other News
Oct 25, 2021
Standard Biocarbon (SBC) has secured $2 million (€1.7 million) in financing from three Maine, US-based institutions to purchase equipment for producing biochar.
The company will produce high-quality biochar – the near-pure form of carbon made by processing biomass at high temperatures with little oxygen - at the former site of the Great Northern Paper mill in East... [Read More]
Biomass News
Oct 25, 2021
Miscanthus specialist Terravesta has established a new company in Poland as demand for sustainable perennial biomass grows in Europe.
The company said it had long-term plans to open a company on the continent and that the move will support EU trade relationships.
Terravesta Poland will eventually evolve to become Terravesta Europe and underlines the organisation’s... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 22, 2021
TerraVest Industries has received its first manufacturing contract to supply a biogas upgrading system for a project in Western Canada.
The system will be able to process up to 1,200 Nm3/h of raw biogas and remove impurities such as hydrogen sulphide and CO2 to produce RNG suitable for pipeline injection.
“We are extremely pleased that our renewables group, which... [Read More]
Features
Oct 22, 2021
In our September/October edition, we asked a handful of industry experts one question – what can the biomass industry do to win over sceptics? This response is by Mark Sommerfeld, head of power and flexibility at the Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology (REA).
"For the last few years, public support for biomass, and its use within renewable bioenergy... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 22, 2021
Seaspan Ferries has become the first Canadian marine company to pilot the use of RNG.
Seaspan expects that data from the pilot will confirm that, by using RNG, greenhouse gas emissions can be reduced by more than 85% compared to traditional diesel fuel.
Like conventional natural gas, RNG can be used as a transport fuel in the form of CNG or LNG. RNG has been approved... [Read More]
Pellets News
Oct 22, 2021
Enviva Partners and GreenGasUSA, an integrated RNG solutions provider, have announced 10-year offtake agreement to decarbonise natural gas-related emissions in Enviva’s operations.
The agreement is expected to eliminate more than 64,000 tonnes of CO2 equivalent from the atmosphere every year – equivalent to 14,000 passenger cars removed from the road.
Enviva’s... [Read More]
Other News
Oct 21, 2021
Sixty-five percent of executives working in hard-to-abate sectors see carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) as ‘critical’ or ‘important’ in reaching their decarbonisation goals, a new report shows.
The Scaling up CCUS – market insights report is based on an anonymous survey of senior executives and input from an expert panel. It was published by Decarb... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 21, 2021
Consultations have opened in Australia on national reforms to support the roll-out of hydrogen, biomethane, and other renewable gases to be used in the country’s gas networks.
Energy Ministers agreed in August to expedite reforms to support investment in projects that will help to scale up Australia’s clean hydrogen and biomethane industries.
The aim of these... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 21, 2021
The British Columbia Utilities Commission (BCUC) has approved FortisBC’s RNG offtake agreement with EverGen Infrastructure Corp’s (EverGen) anaerobic digester expansion project.
According to EverGen, Canada’s RNG infrastructure platform, the agreement concerns its wholly-owned subsidiary, Net Zero Waste Abbotsford (NZWA) - a composting and organic processing facility... [Read More]
Pellets News
Oct 21, 2021
Drax is beginning a major planning consultation to seek the public’s views on its bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) proposals.
The announcement follows the publication of the Government’s Net Zero Strategy, which outlined how vital engineered greenhouse gas removal (GGR) technologies, such as BECCS, could be in delivering the UK’s decarbonisation... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 20, 2021
British Columbia (BC) is investing in renewable gas capture at a Vancouver landfill.
The Province is investing $4.28 million (€2.98 million) to expand the Vancouver landfill gas capture system through the CleanBC Industry Fund, with matching funds from the City of Vancouver.
Vancouver landfill is a 320-hectare site owned by the City of Vancouver. Approximately... [Read More]
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