May 21, 2021
Foresight, JLEN acquire 90% share of Italian EfW
Pellets News
May 21, 2021
Active Energy Group (AEG), headquartered in London, is building a second production plant for its alternative CoalSwitch™ pellets in Maine, US, the company revealed in a recent update.
AEG is currently expanding production of its alternative CoalSwitch pellets in the US, including the development of its initial pellet production facility in Lumberton, North Carolina.... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 21, 2021
WSSC Water commissioners have approved an 18-year contract with Washington Gas (WGL) for a renewable natural gas (RNG) project.
The contract is for the construction and installation of approximately 900 feet of natural gas pipeline and related infrastructure to supply natural gas to, and convey RNG from, WSSC Water’s Piscataway Bioenergy facility in Accokeek, Maryland,... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 21, 2021
Air Liquide has launched its first green bond issue, by raising €500 million dedicated to financing and refinancing the development of sustainable projects, including biogas, hydrogen, and oxygen.
This operation is in line with the company’s first SRI-labelled bonds, which the firm had issued as early as 2012 to finance the expansion of its Home Healthcare business.... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 21, 2021
DMT Environmental Technology has been acquired by Broadview Energy Solutions.
DMT's shareholders, E.H.M Dirkse Beheer BV and NV NOM, have decided to sell 100% of their holdings to Broadview, a Dutch company that is active in the field of liquefied natural gas distribution.
With the new shareholder, DMT will continue to develop and expand its business. It will continue... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 20, 2021
Aemetis Biogas, a subsidiary of Aemetis, has started constructing a dairy biogas cleanup and compression unit in California.
The biogas cleanup unit at the Aemetis Biogas Central Dairy Digester project will produce RNG that meets utility gas pipeline standards and will be used as a transportation fuel.
Construction crews began site preparation and excavation this... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 20, 2021
Amp Americas has announced a deal with Equilibrium and Green Gas Partners (GGP) to operate and manage their dairy RNG project in Arizona.
The project, in operation since 2018, was developed by Equilibrium, an investment firm in carbon transition infrastructure, and GGP. It is designed to capture dairy waste from around 30,000 milking cows across three dairy farms to... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 20, 2021
Hitachi Zosen Inova (HZI) is building a second Kompogas plant in Greece’s Peloponnese region.
The Swiss cleantech company was awarded the contract to deliver the core module for a Kompogas® plant in the region. This will be the second plant constructed on behalf of Terna Energy on the Green peninsula.
Following on quickly from the contract to supply two Kompogas... [Read More]
Biomass News
May 19, 2021
EQTEC has announced the acquisition and planned recommissioning of a 1 MWe waste-to-energy plant in Italy.
Originally commissioned in 2015, the plant will be built around EQTEC’s proprietary, patented advanced gasification technology.
The company has acquired, and will lead a consortium to repower, own, and operate the biomass plant in Castiglione d’Orcia in... [Read More]
Biomass News
May 19, 2021
Concerns have been raised over the UK Government’s omission of bioenergy in its ‘England Trees Action Plan’.
The plan has set a new target to triple woodland creation rates by the end of this Parliament and has confirmed that £500 million (€581 million) of the £640 million (€744 million) ‘Nature for Climate Fund’ will be spent on trees and woodland between... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 19, 2021
FCC Environment has signed a contract with East Lothian Council in Scotland to provide food waste recycling and collections.
From 1 May, FCC took over the services for some 54,000 properties in East Lothian.
Steve Longdon, operations director of FCC, said: “The last 14 months have been hard for everyone, but as key workers we had to carry on, proving the resilience... [Read More]
Biomass News
May 18, 2021
Scottish gin and whisky maker Eden Mill has announced plans for a new distillery and visitor centre, which will use bioenergy.
The £8 million (€9.2 million) project, which will be based at St Andrews University in Fife, Scotland, is already well underway, according to The Courier, with around half of the money already secured to deliver the project.
A local energy... [Read More]
Biomass News
May 18, 2021
Several UK bioenergy projects under the Non-Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) will be granted a 12-month extension, in a move that supports the nation’s decarbonisation goals.
The Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy has increased the budget cap for non-Tariff Guarantee Extensions under the Non-Domestic RHI.
Welcomed by the Association... [Read More]
Pellets News
May 18, 2021
International biomass exchange Baltpool has started selling sustainable biomass programme (SBP)-certified sustainable biomass that is in high demand in the market.
From now on, exchange participants can trade in biomass that meets the requirements of sustainability and has a SBP certificate, which is particularly relevant to Scandinavian and Baltic companies. The certificate... [Read More]
Other News
May 18, 2021
Veolia and SUEZ have signed a combination agreement, confirming their merger, which was formally announced on 11 April.
The agreement enables Veolia to acquire the strategic assets needed to pursue its goal of building a global champion in ecological transformation, while guaranteeing a coherent and sustainable industrial and social footprint for the new SUEZ, the companies... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 17, 2021
Southern Company Gas has taken ownership of the Meadow Branch Landfill Methane Recovery Facility, a renewable natural gas (RNG) plant in Tennessee, US.
The facility is located at the Meadow Branch Landfill in Athens, run by sister company PowerSource. The plant is now operated by Southern Company Gas Renewables, a new subsidiary dedicated to growing Southern Company... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 17, 2021
Renewable gases such as biomethane and hydrogen will play a key role in helping Ireland meet its net-zero by 2050 target, according to a new report.
The ‘Hydrogen4EU – Charting pathways to enable net-zero’ report, released on Tuesday, assessed the most effective mix of hydrogen technologies to be deployed across different geographies and sectors in Europe, including... [Read More]
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