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Flogas Ireland has agreed to acquire Naturgy Ireland from its Spanish parent company, Naturgy Energy Group. Naturgy Ireland is a market-leading supplier of renewable electricity, natural gas, biogas and energy services to large energy users in Ireland, Northern Ireland and the UK. Its customers include food and beverage producers, major retailers, manufacturing and transport businesses. The…
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Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water is on track to generate record levels of green energy, with the help of anaerobic digestion (AD). Welsh Water has invested £153 million (€178 million) in the past six months on projects that will improve services for customers but also help to tackle the climate crisis. The not-for-profit company is aiming to be 35% energy self-sufficient by 2025 with a further £21…
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Funding is being made available in Africa and Asia; the challenge for bioenergy producers will be to extract a fair share of funding and resources. Assessing the current state of bioenergy plans, prospects and progress across Africa and Asia during the early days of COP26 certainly concentrated the mind. The world’s attention on climate change mitigation became increasingly intense…
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Xebec has acquired Colorado-based UECompression (UEC), a premier designer and builder of custom air and gas compressor solutions for power generation, industrial, and energy applications. The acquisition of UEC provides Xebec with a ‘cost-effective, timely’ pathway towards expanding production capacity five-fold for standardised renewable gas systems. The move also optimises Xebec’s…
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Researchers at the University of Vermont (UVM) have partnered with Casella Waste Systems to test a new food de-packaging system. One-third of food waste in Vermont is still packaged, creating difficulties when it comes to the mandatory diversion of food waste away from landfills under the state’s new Universal Recycling Law (Act 148 banned food scraps from landfills from July…
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Enviva has announced its financial and operating results for the third quarter of 2021, highlighting a net revenue increase of 5.2% and progress at several of its new production sites. Construction of the Lucedale plant is nearing completion, and commissioning is expected to commence later this year. Enviva’s terminal at the Port of Pascagoula also remains on track to receive, store and load…
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The Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology (REA) has welcomed the publication of a Biomass Policy Statement (BPS), noting that the announcement on COP26 Energy Day recognises the critical role of bioenergy in delivering net-zero targets. The BPS comes alongside the recent biomass call for evidence to help develop the policies needed to make the best use of biomass across the…
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The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) have announced a new global climate finance facility to accelerate the transition to renewable energy in developing countries. The UAE committed $400 million (€346 million) in funding provided by the Abu Dhabi Fund for Development towards the Energy Transition Accelerator Financing (ETAF) Platform’s goal…
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Dairy firms Stonyfield Organic and Cabot are joining forces with the Farm Powered Strategic Alliance (FPSA) and Dairy Farmers of America to place dairy as a leader in decarbonisation efforts. The FPSA, founded in 2020 by Vanguard Renewables, Unilever, Starbucks, and Dairy Farmers of America, aims to accelerate long-term commitments to avoid or eliminate food waste first and repurpose the…
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Glennon Brothers, a timber processing company based in Longford, Ireland, has completed its acquisition of Balcas from parent company SHV Energy Holding. The transaction, which includes two CHP plants, was subject to approval from the Competition and Markets Authority in the UK and the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission in Ireland. Balcas, based in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland,…
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Graz University of Technology (TU Graz) in Austria and start-up Rouge H2 Engineering have produced high-purity hydrogen from biogas directly at a biogas plant. Green hydrogen is seen as a ‘beacon of hope’ in the energy and mobility revolution, the university said, but it is not yet suitable for mass production, for several reasons. Hydrogen is currently produced mainly centrally from…
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Gasum bunkered liquefied biogas (LBG) for the first time to an offshore supply vessel in Norway. The fuel was delivered to Lundin Energy Norway’s supply vessel, Island Crusader. The truck-to-ship bunkering took place in Risavika Harbour, close to Stavanger. Island Crusader is a battery hybrid running on liquefied gas and using electricity. Lundin Energy Norway is an independent Nordic oil…
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Punjab’s first stubble-based bio-CNG plant is collecting paddy straw from agricultural sites in preparation for commissioning in January. Officials at the plant in Sangrur have already collected around 10,000 tonnes of paddy straw for their operations, the Times of India reported. The plant will produce more than 33 tonnes of CBG or bio-CNG per day and is capable of collecting and utilising…
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Marwell Zoo in Hampshire, UK, has become the first of its kind to generate renewable energy using animal waste. Manure from some of the most endangered species will be used to heat the zoo’s largest buildings using biomass technology. The Energy for Life initiative saves 220 tonnes of CO2e each year and marks a critical step in the zoo’s goal to become carbon neutral next…
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