Sep 1, 2021
Biogest enters Greek market with two biogas projects
Biogas News
Aug 31, 2021
SGN Commercial Services (SGN) will design, construct, operate, and maintain biogas processing installations at Thames Water’s wastewater treatment facilities in the UK.
SGN has worked on around 30 new plant installations, including its world-first biomethane injection and blending hub at Portsdown Hill, Portsmouth. The company forms part of the SGN Group, which owns... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 31, 2021
An application for a food waste anaerobic digestion (AD) facility in Belfast, Northern Ireland, has been rejected.
The plan for a £40 million (€46 million) centralised AD plant in Belfast Harbour faced opposition from Giants Park, a group hoping to transform 250 acres of the 340-acre development site into a mixed-use leisure, commercial and sports area.
At a special... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 31, 2021
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, is investing in a new project involving ethanol and biogas production in Brazil.
The $70 million (€59 million) financing for Grupo Cocal (Cocal) will strengthen the diversification of the country’s energy matrix, expanding the company’s ethanol and biogas production. The project will... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 27, 2021
Hexagon Agility has supported whisky producer Glenfiddich in its use of RNG for transport.
In July, Glenfiddich, based in Moray, announced it will run its delivery vehicles on biogas generated from whisky waste. The trucks are equipped with Hexagon’s ProRail® CNG fuel systems with Type 4 composite technology.
Glenfiddich announced the initiative to address the... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 27, 2021
HyGear’s subsidiary, HyGear Asia, has signed a memorandum of understanding with GPS Renewables, a waste management cleantech firm with close to 100 modular biogas installations in India.
The companies will collaborate on converting organic waste and landfill gas into green hydrogen with GPS Renewables’ state-of-the-art biomethanation plants, downstream bio-CNG installations,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 27, 2021
CHAR Technologies (CHAR) will upgrade its operational high-temperature pyrolysis facility to produce around 20,000 gigajoules per year of RNG.
The firm’s pyrolysis facility converts woody materials and organic waste into renewable gases and biocarbon: activated charcoal ‘SulfaCHAR’ and solid biofuel ‘CleanFyre’.
The approval of a $300,000 (€201,000) grant... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 26, 2021
The ZooShare Biogas Cooperative, in partnership with Toronto Zoo, Loblaw Companies and EnerFORGE, has announced its most recent project is now operational.
The ZooShare Biogas Project is the first of its kind in Canada and provides an example of the circular economy in action. The facility converts 2,000 tonnes of zoo manure and 15,000 tonnes of food waste from supermarkets,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 26, 2021
NGVAmerica has pledged that by 2030, 80% of natural gas vehicle (NGV) on-road motor fuel in the US will be derived from renewable sources, rising to 100% by 2050.
In 2020, RNG collected at local landfills, wastewater treatment facilities, commercial food waste plants, and agricultural digesters displaced conventional fossil-derived natural gas sources as the dominant... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 26, 2021
Scirocco Energy has completed its £1.2 million (€1.4 million) investment in Energy Acquisitions Group (EAG), a specialist acquisition and operating vehicle in the sustainable energy sector.
By creating a joint venture (JV) platform alongside EAG, Scirocco Energy will leverage EAG’s strong network and experience to gain access to a pipeline of already identified... [Read More]
Pellets News
Aug 26, 2021
Equis Development Pte (Equis), a major renewable energy and waste infrastructure developer in Asia-Pacific, has secured $282 million (€239 million) to build a biomass plant in Japan.
Equis will build the 50 MW Niigata East Port Biomass Power Plant in Niigata, a port city on Honshu, Japan’s main island. The financing was committed by 14 syndication banks and insurance... [Read More]
Pellets News
Aug 25, 2021
The Port of Tyne, UK, has discharged its largest ever wood pellet shipment - 62,522 tonnes - destined for Drax Power Station, North Yorkshire.
The consignment of sustainable biomass pellets provides Drax with enough fuel to generate reliable, flexible renewable electricity for around 1.3 million homes.
The vessel carrying the shipment, the 299-metre-long Ultra Lynx,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 25, 2021
Brightmark and Chevron U.S.A. (Chevron) have further expanded their joint venture (JV), Brightmark RNG, which aims to own projects across the US, producing and marketing dairy biomethane.
Brightmark RNG’s subsidiaries currently own RNG projects in New York, Michigan, Florida, South Dakota and Arizona. Additional equity investments by each firm in the JV will fund... [Read More]
Pellets News
Aug 25, 2021
Twenty four biomass projects have received a share of £4 million (€4.6 million) in UK Government funding.
Farming seaweed, growing algae and the by-products of whisky manufacturing feature among the 24 projects, which range from start-ups and family-run businesses to research institutes and universities.
Each project will receive up to £200,000 (€233,000) from... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 25, 2021
Kinder Morgan has closed on its previously announced acquisition of Kinetrex Energy.
The $310 million (€263 million) deal includes two small-scale, domestic LNG production and fuelling facilities, a 50% interest in a landfill-based RNG facility in Indiana, and signed commercial agreements for three additional RNG facilities, with construction to begin shortly.
Kinetrex... [Read More]
Product News
Aug 24, 2021
ANDRITZ has received an order from Visy Pulp & Paper for a 243,000 m3 wood chip handling and storage system, including a Stacker Reclaimer RST360, for its mill in New South Wales, Australia.
Visy Pulp & Paper is a privately-owned packaging and resource recovery company, with more than 120 sites across Australia, New Zealand, and Thailand.
The ANDRITZ 360o... [Read More]
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]
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Moeve has announced a €600 million investment plan for the construction of up to 30 new biomethane plants by 2030
During the signing ceremony, Sweden’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Maria Malmer Stenergard, announced a donation of USD 1.5 million for prefeasibility and detailed engineering studies
ADTechOptima’s technologies aim to solve two key problems: the underperformance of anaerobic digesters and the quality of the digestate produced as part of the process
