Florida City Gas (FCG) can now offer services to convert biogas into renewable natural gas (RNG) and receive and transport RNG through its distribution system on behalf of the biogas producer. The Florida Public Service Commission approved Florida City Gas’s RNG Service tariff on 5 January. According to the firm, RNG reduces total greenhouse gas emissions and RNG... [Read More]

BayoTech, an emerging leader in the field of on-site hydrogen production, has received an equity investment of up to $157 million (€127 million) from Newlight Partners. The funds will be used to accelerate BayoTech’s strategic growth through product and project development, and infrastructure expansion. The financing round includes existing investors Cottonwood... [Read More]

Accelerating the growth of bioenergy crops is an important element to achieve decarbonisation, the Climate Change Committee’s (CCC) sixth carbon budget highlighted in December. According to the report, polluting emissions in the UK must decrease by 78% by 2035, and energy crops and bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) will significantly contribute to... [Read More]

Enviva has ordered a truck-receiving system from Bruks Siwertell for its pellet facility in South Carolina, US. The back-on truck dumper, with receiving hopper and collecting belt conveyor, is designed for Enviva’s wood pellet production plant in Greenwood, South Carolina. The contract also includes modifications to an existing screen tower to accommodate the new... [Read More]

Six projects across the UK will receive a share of £8 million (€8.8 million) in government funding as part of a drive to create the world’s first net-zero emissions industrial zone by 2040. Projects in the West Midlands, Tees Valley, North West, Humber, Scotland, and South Wales will see local authorities working with industry to develop plans to cut carbon emissions,... [Read More]

Enviva is working with The Longleaf Alliance (LLA), Wildlife Mississippi, and the Mississippi Forestry Association to boost longleaf pine habitats by creating new opportunities for public and private landowners. Under the partnership, the organisations will protect and restore longleaf pine forests in southern Mississippi and southwestern Alabama by implementing Enviva’s... [Read More]

Veolia is expanding its wood recycling and processing capacity by 50,000 tonnes per year. Ahead of the COP26 event taking place in Glasgow in November, Veolia has highlighted its commitment to recycling and renewable biomass energy, by adding to the 410,000 tonnes of waste wood it already processes annually. To support the new processing capacity, the new Runcorn... [Read More]

Voltalia’s Cacao biomass plant in French Guiana produced its first kilowatt-hours on 17 December. The plant, which received a €75 million investment, utilises wood waste from logging operations sustainably managed by the National Forestry Office and sawmills. By recovering a fraction of the wood abandoned in the forest and replacing diesel-powered solutions, the... [Read More]

A record number of homes in the North of England were fuelled by biomethane in 2020. According to figures compiled by Northern Gas Networks (NGN), the amount of biomethane produced increased by nearly 50% compared to 2019, meaning more homes than ever received renewable gas (50,000 homes equivalent). The rise was due to an increase in the number of biomethane connections... [Read More]

Wärtsilä will supply two large-scale biogas upgrading plants to Nature Energy in Denmark. The agreement dates back to early 2019, but the project was delayed due to permit applications. Production of the upgrading unit was initiated in the fourth quarter of 2020. The two plants will be installed in the towns of Kvaers and Kong, with each plant upgrading more than... [Read More]

Lightweight railcars powered by biomethane derived from human, farm, and food waste could be introduced in the UK. Ultra Light Rail Partners has received a £60,000 (€66,700) Innovate UK grant to develop a feasibility study and design for a 120-passenger biomethane-powered lightweight railcar for introduction in the West Midlands. The design will focus on COVID-19... [Read More]

TP Renewable Microgrid (TPRMG), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Power, has inaugurated its first 5 kW biogas plant in Bihar, India. TPRMG constructed the plant in association with Grassroots Energy and commenced operations on National Energy Conservation Day on 14 December 2020. The facility utilises cow manure procured from nearby villages, which is then processed... [Read More]

European softwood lumber production has steadily increased over the past five years, according to Wood Resources International (WRI). Consequently, additional volumes of sawmill by-products, including wood chips, shavings, and sawdust, have become available to other sectors of the forest industry. The added wood fibre supply has mainly benefitted pulp mills, manufacturers... [Read More]

Major funding has been secured for the Humber Cluster Plan – a decarbonisation plan for the UK’s Humber region. A total of £1.7 million (€1.89 million) in government funding has been secured for the plan, which will show how the Humber cluster can achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2040, potentially making it the first in the world to do so. The joint bid... [Read More]

Philipp Samland of UGN-Umwelttechnik explains how to enhance the carbon footprint of your biogas plant using its alternative to activated carbon. For more than 15 years, German company UGN-Umwelttechnik has delivered innovative, effective, and cost-efficient gas desulphurisation and purification solutions and sold desulphurisation and exhaust air purification systems,... [Read More]

On 25 December, Albioma completed the industrial commissioning of its biomass plant in Brazil. The BRL 121 million (€18.9 million) Vale do Paraná Albioma biomass-fuelled cogeneration unit, located in the town of Suzanápolis in the state of São Paolo, is the firm’s fourth plant in Brazil. The new facility, utilising bagasse, is covered by a long-term, inflation-indexed... [Read More]