Mar 22, 2021
£9m cash boost for UK green distilleries initiative
Biogas News
Mar 22, 2021
Italian energy firm Eni’s subsidiary, Ecofuel, has agreed to acquire FRI-EL Biogas, an Italian biogas producer.
FRI-EL Biogas owns 21 plants generating electricity from biogas and a plant for processing the organic fraction of municipal solid waste, which Eni intends to convert to produce biomethane. When fully operational, this facility will supply more than 50 million... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 19, 2021
A microgrid powered through biogas co-generation, solar power, and backup energy storage will supply electricity for a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) in Rialto, California.
The City of Rialto in California, Rialto Water Services and Veolia North America, announced their joint commitment to the next phase of the ‘ambitious’ microgrid plan.
One of the first... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 19, 2021
Bp and Aria Energy will capture methane from waste at three California dairy farms and process it into renewable natural gas (RNG) via a new project.
Digesters will be installed at three dairy farms in California’s Central Valley, producing biogas from farm waste rather than allowing it to decompose and release methane into the atmosphere. The biogas will then be... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 19, 2021
Minnesota’s first renewable natural gas (RNG) plant is now operational.
DMT Clear Gas Solutions and Amp Americas partnered to deliver the project – a three-dairy facility that captures more than 700,000 gallons of manure to convert 2,000 standard cubic feet per minute of biogas into more than 98% RNG, using DMT’s membrane separation technology, the Carborex®... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 18, 2021
Aemetis has received approval for the construction of a 32-mile extension to its existing four-mile private pipeline in California that was completed in 2020.
The Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors accepted and approved the Aemetis Biogas Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration for the construction by a unanimous vote.
The pipeline is designed to carry biogas... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 18, 2021
Hexagon Composites's subsidiaries have signed a multi-year agreement with Certarus for the supply of distribution models for compressed natural gas (CNG) and renewable natural gas (RNG) fuel storage systems for Certarus’s heavy-duty truck fleet.
Under the agreement with Certarus, which specialises in clean energy solutions, Hexagon Agility received an initial order... [Read More]
Biomass News
Mar 18, 2021
Biomass will be included in the second phase of the UK Government’s Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme.
The scheme was designed to pave the way for the decarbonisation of large public buildings such as schools and hospitals.
The Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology (REA) has welcomed the announcement. Previously, the REA expressed its disappointment... [Read More]
Biomass News
Mar 18, 2021
CHAR Technologies has received an order from one of Canada’s largest steel producers for up to 1,000 tonnes of its CleanFyre biocoal.
CleanFyre is a carbon-neutral, solid biofuel, made from various woody biomasses and wood wastes and provides a low greenhouse gas (GHG) emission biocoal substitute to integrate into existing steelmaking processes.
The contract builds... [Read More]
Other News
Mar 18, 2021
The UK is now halfway to meeting its target of net-zero emissions by 2050, new research shows.
According to analysis by Carbon Brief, the UK’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in 2020 were 51% below 1990 levels. The milestone was reached after a ‘record-breaking’ 11% fall in GHG emissions in 2020, largely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Emissions are likely to rebound... [Read More]
Features
Mar 17, 2021
By John Hanselman, co-founder, chairman and CEO, Vanguard Renewables.
The US has built its historic strength in large part from the efforts of our remarkable farming community. I am privileged to work with farmers every day, and I see their commitment to feeding the US and to being the best stewards of the land that they harvest. We at Vanguard Renewables have spent... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 17, 2021
Toyota Motor Manufacturing’s plant in Wales, UK, could be powered by biogas with the help of EQTEC.
EQTEC has signed a collaboration framework agreement with Toyota Motor Manufacturing for the development of a waste-to-energy project in Flintshire, Wales.
The agreement will be in place through EQTEC’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Logik WTE, the existing project special... [Read More]
Biomass News
Mar 17, 2021
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded $2 million (€1.67 million) to four research and development projects advancing clean hydrogen production technologies.
In a statement, the DOE said these technologies may prove ‘pivotal’ to reducing carbon emissions and reducing the Biden Administration’s climate change goals.
Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm... [Read More]
Biomass News
Mar 17, 2021
The Zero Carbon Humber (ZCH) Partnership has won its £75 million (€87.5 million) bid to pursue its major decarbonisation infrastructure project.
This latest news is further boosted by a successful bid from the Northern Endurance Partnership (NEP), which provides offshore pipeline and safe storage for emissions captured in the Humber region and Teesside.
The three... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 16, 2021
The American Biogas Council (ABC) has announced the eight fastest-growing biogas businesses in the US - DMT, Envitec Biogas, Greenlane Biogas, Nacelle, DVO, Inc, Evonik, Paques Environmental Technologies, and PlanET Biogas.
Results were determined by gross revenue growth from 2019 to 2020. Collectively, revenue from the fastest eight grew by more than 300%.
“Biogas... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 16, 2021
Two of BiON’s four biogas plants are now supplying electricity to the grid in Malaysia.
The company announced that two of its plants are now selling electricity to Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB), Malaysia’s largest integrated electricity company, and also revealed it has expanded into the UK, opening an office in London.
Once fully operational, BiON’s current... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 16, 2021
Metro Vancouver and FortisBC Energy have joined forces to achieve regional climate action goals in British Columbia (BC) and introduced a new biogas plant at a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) in the region.
The new Lulu Island renewable natural gas (RNG) facility located in Richmond, BC, at Metro Vancouver’s Lulu Island WWTP site, now allows the unused biogas to... [Read More]
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Waste-to-hydrogen producer Compact Syngas Solutions (CSS) will be creating 200kg of hydrogen from waste to power a 40-day sea trial of a zero-emission marine hydrogen engine
Willand Biogas' plant by the Somerset border has entered administration, having failed to secure funds to rescue its operation
