Jul 20, 2021
COP26 host venue’s food strategy includes AD
Biogas News
Jul 20, 2021
Nicor Gas’ renewable gas interconnection pilot received approval from the Illinois Commerce Commission on 8 July.
The pilot aims to encourage the development of RNG production facilities within Nicor Gas’ service territory and allows the firm to determine how RNG can be effectively integrated into its natural gas distribution system as a safe, reliable clean energy... [Read More]
Other News
Jul 20, 2021
Cadent, the UK’s largest gas distribution company, has unveiled its green report highlighting plans to decarbonise homes.
Green Print – Future Heat for Everyone draws together technical, consumer, and electric considerations to create a ‘pioneering plan’ to transition 22 million UK homes to low carbon heat by 2030.
The plan underlines the scale of the challenge... [Read More]
Features
Jul 19, 2021
Based in the Netherlands, Mavitec Green Energy has developed highly efficient and effective equipment to fight food waste and contribute to a circular economy.
Tackling the world’s food waste problems is dependent on many things; a good collection service, solid legislation, and, of course, technology.
When Mavitec Green Energy developed the Paddle Depacker five... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 19, 2021
Kinder Morgan has agreed to acquire Kinetrex Energy, a supplier of LNG and a growing player in producing and supplying RNG to the transport industry, from Parallel49 Equity for $310 million (€263 million).
Kinetrex has a 50% interest in the largest RNG facility in Indiana, as well as signed commercial agreements to begin construction on three additional landfill-based... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 19, 2021
Renova has completed the construction of Kanda Biomass Power Plant, a 75 MW capacity facility in Japan’s Fukuoka Prefecture.
The plant, constructed by Kanda Biomass Energy K.K., a company capitalised by Renova, uses 100% wood biomass as fuel. The project aims to effectively utilise wood generated during forest maintenance, such as forest thinnings and by-products... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 19, 2021
Passenger shipping company Destination Gotland will increase its biogas fuel blend from 1% to 10% in its gas-powered ships.
Destination Gotland operates one of the most popular holiday routes in Sweden, with over 1.8 million passengers annually from mainland Sweden, in the ports of Nynäshamn and Oskarshamn, to the island of Gotland. By increasing its use of biogas,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 16, 2021
Ameresco has achieved commercial operations at its landfill gas-to-RNG plant in Houston, Texas.
The plant, located at Republic Services’ McCarty Road Landfill, has an installed capacity of over 1.1 million dekatherms per year and can process 4,500 standard cubic feet per minute of raw landfill gas.
After breaking ground on the project in the Q2 2020, the Ameresco... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 16, 2021
Retrospective plans to install an anaerobic digestion (AD) plant in the Forest of Dean, UK have been approved.
Plusterwine Biogas has been granted permission by district planners for three digesters with a feeder plant, two dryer units, and two 500 kW combined heat and power (CHP) engines at Plusterwine House, Woolast.
According to a report by Gloucestershire Live,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 16, 2021
Serbian sugar producer Sunoko, a member of MK Group, has opened an on-site biogas plant to produce electricity.
With an investment of over €9 million, the plant produces around 2.4 MW of electricity per hour and provides enough annual power for around 5,000 households.
The plant in the town of Vrbas uses technology from Wabio Technologie, a German company that... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 16, 2021
SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust (SEEIT) will invest around €31 million in a large-scale green gas-to-grid project in Indiana, US.
The investment by SEEIT, the first UK-listed company of its kind to invest exclusively in the energy efficiency sector, involves the acquisition of an operating renewable power facility in Reynolds and the expansion of the facility... [Read More]
Pellets News
Jul 15, 2021
A recent forest enhancement project utilising wood waste in north-eastern British Columbia (BC) for renewable energy generation has been hailed as a success.
The Forest Enhancement Society of BC (FESBC) provided $299,759 (€202,500) in funding to a partnership project led by Duz Cho Logging of the McLeod Lake Indian Band and Canfor Energy North. Although the project... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 15, 2021
StormFisher has opened a $20 million (€13.5 million) resource recovery facility in Ontario, Canada.
The project, developed in partnership with sustainable infrastructure company Generate, provides food waste recycling services to handle packaged organics and divert waste from landfills.
StormFisher’s new facility in Drumbo will enable more municipalities, restaurants,... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 15, 2021
Electric utility Nelson Hydro has suspended efforts to develop a district heating system in the downtown city of Nelson, British Columbia.
High construction costs, retrofits to heat customer buildings and the supply lines to connect them have made the project ‘uneconomical’ for the foreseeable future, the city said.
Nelson Hydro, founded in 1896, is the oldest... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 15, 2021
Bioenergy Europe has welcomed the launch of the European Commission’s ‘Fit for 55’ package, establishing a series of proposals aimed at fostering the EU’s race towards 55% greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions by 2030, but warned that the Commission has ignored several of its ‘red flags’ regarding the biomass sector.
While Europe is still heavily reliant... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 15, 2021
Global impact-investing pioneer Lightrock has invested in Antec Biogas, a Norwegian technology company specialising in biogas production.
Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Oslo, Antec has developed a proprietary, modular and highly-efficient biogas reactor technology, leveraging a multi-chamber approach to convert organic wastes into biogas.
The process is versatile... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 14, 2021
Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, has entered into a partnership with GreenGas USA to receive RNG.
Early next year, South Carolina-based RNG developer GreenGas will deliver RNG derived from vegetable waste that is currently decomposing in lagoons and emitting methane emissions directly into the atmosphere.
Working at an existing wastewater treatment facility... [Read More]
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Scotland’s Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action and Energy, Gillian Martin MSP, has visited BrewDog’s anaerobic digestion (AD) and biomethane facility in Ellon
Tuas Power has announced plans to convert its Tembusu Multi-Utilities Complex (TMUC) on Jurong Island to run entirely on renewable biomass by 2028 — 22 years ahead of Singapore’s national decarbonisation timeline
Egypt’s Ministry of Environment, through the Bioenergy Foundation for Sustainable Development, has signed a cooperation agreement with Italian energy company Eni to advance biogas production and support the country’s clean energy transition
