Mar 26, 2021
FESBC grant helps convert wood fibre into electricity
Biogas News
Mar 25, 2021
Seville’s iconic oranges are being transformed into biogas under a new initiative.
Emasesa, a public water company, is running a pilot project to generate clean energy from the bitter oranges the city is famous for, at its wastewater treatment plant (WWTP).
Currently, the streets of Seville are home to around 50,000 orange trees and the forecast for the orange... [Read More]
Biomass News
Mar 25, 2021
Sulzer will supply pumps and mixers to a new €1.6 billion bioproduct mill project in Finland.
Metsä Fibre, part of the Finnish forest industry company Metsä Group, which specialises in wood-based bioproducts such as pulp, sawn timber, bioenergy, and biochemicals, and Sulzer Pumps Finland, signed an agreement for the supply of process pumps, medium-consistency pumps... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 25, 2021
CNG Fuels has started building Scotland’s first public access renewable biomethane refuelling station for heavy goods vehicles (HGVs).
The new station, near Glasgow, will allow fleet operators to run their vehicles on low-carbon fuel, support net-zero plans, and save money. It will refuel up to 450 lorries per day when it opens in November, enabling HGVs to make low-carbon... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 25, 2021
Resource management, recycling, and energy recovery firm Cory has deployed Infor enterprise asset management (EAM) to support expansion plans, including a new anaerobic digestion (AD) facility.
Already live at its main facility in Belvedere, London, with transfer stations and other sections of the business to follow, the platform created by business cloud software firm,... [Read More]
Biomass News
Mar 24, 2021
Drax Group has contributed £728 million (€844 million) towards the economy in the North of England and supported 6,600 jobs across the region, according to a new report.
The independent analysis by Oxford Economics measured the economic impact of Drax’s UK operations, which includes Drax Power Station near Selby in North Yorkshire, the country’s biggest renewable... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 24, 2021
Gasum has delivered the first liquefied biogas (LBG) shipment to its customer Essity, a Swedish hygiene and health company.
Already a liquefied natural gas (LNG) customer, Essity will now test renewable LBG to make its operations and products completely fossil-free. By replacing natural gas with biogas, Essity’s tissue production facility in Lilla Edet will become... [Read More]
Features
Mar 24, 2021
The UK Government’s plan to end the Non-Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) this month will leave manufacturers without a financially viable green alternative to generate heat for many crucial industrial processes, according to biomass installation specialist NerG.
Ending the non-domestic RHI could force businesses to seek out cheaper, non-renewable sources of... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 23, 2021
Weltec Biopower recently commissioned a biogas plant near Turku in south-western Finland.
The 250 kW plant runs entirely on liquid manure from nearby livestock farms and belongs to a group of three pig farmers. Weltec partnered with its long-standing Finnish partner, Doranova, on the project.
Both the farm structure and the location of the pig farms present an ideal... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 23, 2021
The Heineken Brewery in Manchester, UK is turning wasted beer into biogas.
The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) predicts around 87 million pints will have been thrown away as a result of pub closures during the pandemic, equivalent to almost £331 million (€384 million) worth of beer.
As part of its ‘Brewing A Better World’ sustainability strategy, Heineken... [Read More]
Other News
Mar 23, 2021
Innovative green projects creating the next generation of electric trucks and hydrogen-fuelled buses are set to secure jobs and cut carbon emissions thanks to over £54 million (€62.6 million) in funding allocated by the UK Government.
On 22 March, Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng announced that three projects in Cwmbran, Warwickshire, and Ballymena will receive... [Read More]
Other News
Mar 23, 2021
From this week, 50,000 UK homes will be upgraded with green improvements from a £562 million (€650 million) government fund.
The funding will enable over 200 local authorities across England and Scotland to fund a nationwide upgrade of the UK’s least energy efficient and fuel-poor homes, helping to reduce carbon emissions and support green jobs.
According to... [Read More]
Biomass News
Mar 23, 2021
On 23 February, the first biomass thermal power plant using UK agri-tech was officially opened in Moldova’s capital.
The launch of the newly-installed 150 kW biomass thermal power plant – a project pilot - in Chisinau marked the start of the transition of the energy supply system from imported fossil gas to renewable energy.
The project aims to switch the Centralised... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 23, 2021
JLEN Environmental Assets Group has acquired a 100% equity stake in Rainworth Energy (REL).
REL holds the rights and operational assets that make up the Rainworth anaerobic digestion (AD) plant, a 2.2 MW electrical facility based in Nottinghamshire, UK, close to an existing AD plant held by JLEN – Biogas Meden.
The plant has been operational since 2016 and supplies... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 22, 2021
GAIL and Ranchi Municipal Corporation have signed an agreement to build a compressed biogas (CBG) plant in Ranchi, India.
Under the agreement, GAIL will set up a CBG plant to process 150 tons per day of organic municipal solid waste. The facility will produce five tons of CBG per day and approximately 25 tons of bio-manure. It is hoped the plant will benefit the community... [Read More]
Other News
Mar 22, 2021
An industry award programme for students has been re-launched by Privilege Finance, with a focus on rewarding innovative approaches and research into climate change solutions.
The Climate Change Thought Leadership Award is now open to applications from undergraduate, masters, or PhD students at UK universities. Privilege has provided a £2,000 (€2,300) prize fund,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 22, 2021
Renewable natural gas (RNG) produced from diverted landfill waste is now flowing into Southern California Gas’s (SoCalGas) pipeline system from the Rialto Bioenergy Facility.
The facility is located in San Bernardino County and owned by Rialto Bioenergy Facility, an Anaergia company. A new one-mile pipeline connects the facility to an existing SoCalGas pipeline.
Using... [Read More]
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