
Jul 8, 2021
Herambiente, INALCA partner to produce biomethane in Italy
Other News
Jul 8, 2021
The US Department of Energy (DOE) has allocated $52.5 million (€44.3 million) to fund 31 projects to advance next-generation clean hydrogen technologies, including two biomass-to-hydrogen ventures.
The fund forms part of the DOE’s recently announced Hydrogen Energy Earthshot initiative, designed to reduce the cost and accelerate breakthroughs in the clean hydrogen... [Read More]
Features
Jul 7, 2021
Downtime can be hugely detrimental to operations, and that is where Maximo-as-a-Service can help.
Bioenergy has been one of the fastest-growing fields of the last 10 years and one of the most important goals for companies is to be able to provide renewable energy that is both profitable and reliable.
Strict standards apply to all of those working in the industry,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 7, 2021
Xebec has signed a master service agreement (MSA) with a major US RNG dairy farm project developer, representing a huge increase in demand for its biogas upgrading equipment for use in processing animal manure.
Under the agreement, Xebec will provide an initial 18 BGX Biostream™ units, with the potential for additional orders under the same MSA.
This represents... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 7, 2021
British Columbia (BC) has amended the Greenhouse Gas Reduction (Clean Energy) Regulation to increase the production and use of renewable gas, as well as green and waste hydrogen in the province.
With this change, BC hopes to generate jobs and economic opportunities while reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the province.
BC is the first province in Canada to... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 7, 2021
Valmet will deliver a complete turnkey biopower plant to produce green electricity and heat in the city of Salzburg, Austria.
The order was placed by Salzburg AG, an Austrian energy and technology company. The plant will be commissioned and started up in August 2023.
“We are constructing the Siezenheim II plant in Salzburg to increase the share of CO2-neutral district... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 6, 2021
Greenvolt - Energias Renováveis, wholly owned by Altri, SGPS, and fund manager Equitix have acquired all shares in Tilbury Green Power Holdings in Essex.
Tilbury Green Power is the owner of a fully operational Burmeister & Wain Scandinavian Contractor (BWSC) and Aalborg Energie Technik (AET)-built 41.6 MW renewable energy waste wood-fired power facility in the... [Read More]
Pellets News
Jul 6, 2021
Drax Group has chosen Biomass Engineering & Equipment (BE&E) to supply material handling, layout engineering, and mechanical installation for its three new pellet plants in Arkansas, US.
The systems BE&E will manufacture for the projects include bulk receiving bins, disc screeners, SMART Conveyors, SMART Containers, and covered pellet load-out stations.... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 6, 2021
The UK’s Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS) has published a new standard for the maintenance of biomass boilers.
The publication follows months of industry engagement to design this new standard to help improve the air quality of emissions from biomass boilers.
The standard was commissioned following the UK Government’s Clean Air Strategy 2018, Urban... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 6, 2021
EveRé, operator of a household waste treatment plant in France, CMA CGM Group, a shipping and logistics company, Elengy, a subsidiary of ENGIE, and TotalEnergies, a global multi-energy company, have joined forces to study the feasibility of creating France’s first liquefied biomethane (bio-LNG) production unit for the shipping industry.
Produced by converting the... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 5, 2021
OPAL Fuels, a producer and distributor of RNG for heavy-duty truck fleets, has entered into a contract with Contract Transport Services (CTS).
Under the agreement, OPAL Fuels will sell 15 million gasoline gallon equivalents (GGE) of RNG to CTS and build the station and related infrastructure at CTS’ facility in Green Bay, Wisconsin. TruStar Energy, an OPAL Fuels company,... [Read More]
Features
Jul 5, 2021
Biogastechnik Süd explores the benefits of digestate evaporation as part of a successful biogas operation.
Nutrient management is an important issue for many livestock farmers and biogas operators. This is where the process of digestate evaporation, which enables digestate to be converted into commercial fertiliser, steps in.
With the development of the Vapogant... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 5, 2021
Energy company St1 has acquired E.ON Biofor Sverige from E.ON Energilösningar.
The acquired company now operates under the name St1 BioGas (registration pending) and its 35 biogas professionals joined St1.
St1 is now a major biogas player in Sweden with around a 30% market share in the traffic segment. St1 BioGas’ operations are located in urban areas of southern... [Read More]
Pellets News
Jul 2, 2021
Drax has agreed to acquire a 20% minority interest in Alabama Pellets, the joint venture (JV) which owns the Demopolis and Aliceville pellet plants, increasing its total interest in the firm to 90%.
Drax will acquire the stake from The Westervelt Company for $29.7 million (€25 million) cash consideration. The move, expected to be completed in July, will increase its... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 2, 2021
ReGenerate Energy Holdings (ReGenerate) has completed the acquisition of Albany Green Energy (AGE), a biomass heat and power facility in Albany, Georgia.
Regenerate, the recently formed joint venture (JV) between Ember Infrastructure and ReEnergy Biomass Operations, acquired the plant from a subsidiary of Exelon Generation Company.
The AGE facility uses woody biomass... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 2, 2021
Brightmark has broken ground on three renewable natural gas (RNG) projects in Michigan, US.
The projects are owned by and will be operated through subsidiaries of Brightmark RNG Holdings, a partnership with Chevron USA.
In October last year, Brightmark and Chevron USA originally announced the formation of their joint venture (JV) to own projects across the US to... [Read More]
Other News
Jul 1, 2021
Global action to deliver negative emissions technologies is falling far short of what is required to address the climate crisis, a new study has warned.
Research by the newly-formed Coalition for Negative Emissions, conducted with knowledge and analytical support from McKinsey & Company, states that to limit global warming to 1.5oC above pre-industrial levels as... [Read More]