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The National Energy and Utilities Regulatory Commission (NEURC) has published a draft resolution on reducing the requirements for the molar fraction of oxygen in natural gas from 0.02 mol.  percent to 0.2 mol.  percent – for biogas access to the gas transmission system (GTS) and up to 1.0 mol.  percent – for biogas access to gas distribution systems (GDS). By this resolution, the…
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With energy costs rising and the rapidly emerging effects of burning fossil fuels on the global climate, the need has never been greater for researchers to find paths to products and fuels that are truly renewable.   Ned Jackson, professor of organic chemistry in the College of Natural Science at Michigan State University, said: “We use 20 million barrels of oil a day in the US, which…
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Judges of the hospitality industry’s Catey awards said The Goodwood Hotel was a “shining example of how to work towards becoming a green business” and praised its impressive ten-year sustainability strategy. The Catey awards were held at the JW Marriott Grosvenor House, on July 5, 2022, to celebrate the best and brightest businesses and individuals in hospitality across the UK. Andrew…
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Europe’s largest biogas producer has warned that it will take years to significantly boost production despite the EU pushing for a rapid increase in output to reduce reliance on Russian gas.  Biomethane is chemically identical to natural gas but produced through the controlled decomposition of animal and industrial waste. The EU wants output to more than double and contribute to about three…
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As many as 20 AD plants are expected to supply biomethane to a new €30m Central Grid Injection facility being developed by Gas Networks Ireland (GNI) in Mitchelstown, Co Cork. Construction of Ireland’s first large-scale renewable gas injection facility is due to start next summer under project GRAZE, which also encompasses the transportation of biomethane from the producers to the…
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The world’s top five emerging market economies—Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa—are together known as BRICS. A think tank official says that the BRICS nations have made progress in the energy industry over the past several years, with China and the other BRICS members focusing their cooperation on renewable energy. Yu Guo, president of the CNPC Economics and Technology…
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Marvel Power Group (Marvel), a woman-owned clean energy advisory firm, is celebrating its 3rd anniversary by expanding its brokerage services to Canada and Europe. In addition to covering new geographies, Marvel will also begin structuring deals for CO2, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), carbon offsets and hydrogen. In Q1 2022 Marvel closed its first term deal with a Canadian counterparty,…
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Society today would not be able to exist without plastics, from low-cost mass-produced items to specialised high-tech materials. However, the use of plastics has its disadvantages. These include the consumption of fossil fuels and the rising amounts of trash. Making high-grade plastics from biomass that can be made to break down into reusable components could be a new strategy for reducing these…
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CHAR Technologies says that the City of Saint-Félicien, Quebec, has received $2.8 million in government funding to support their waste heat recovery system from the forest biomass cogeneration plant in Saint-Félicien. The waste-heat recovery system is an important first step in a larger staged approach towards CHAR’s previously announced and proposed build, own, operate (BOO) proprietary…
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LPG can still play an important role in helping Europe to tackle its air pollution problem as an off-grid heating fuel and autogas if it is given a chance, panellists said during the European LPG Congress in Barcelona in June. Poor air quality is the single largest environmental health risk in the EU, with particulate matter (PM) alone responsible for more than 300,000 premature deaths in the…
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Tilbury Greenpower Ltd is soon expected to have its plans approved to increase the power output at a proposed 350,000 tonne Energy from Waste (EfW) plant in Tilbury, Essex. The company already owns and operates a biomass plant adjacent to the EfW site, having acquired the biomass and undeveloped EfW site in July 2021 for £246 million. In January 2022 it applied to increase the electricity…
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On July 5, British Office Taipei and the Bureau of Energy, Ministry of Economic Affairs, ROC, co-hosted the fourth UK-Taiwan Energy Dialogue to discuss ports for offshore wind industry and biomass energy, and pathways to reach net zero by 2050. The Dialogue was attended by John Dennis, representative at the British Office Taipei and Wand Mei-Hua, minister of Economic Affairs, and was chaired by…
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GPS Renewables, a Bengaluru based biofuels technology and EPC firm, has received a patent from Intellectual Property India for its Decentralised Distributed Biogas model (DISPRED model). GPS Renewables’ DISPRED model, which stands for DIStributedPREDigestion, is a 100 percent decentralised model. It enables the direct many-to-one or many-to-many mapping of Waste Generators to Bulk Energy…
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The official launch of the new Midlands Bioenergy Development Project (MBDP) took place in the Tuar Ard venue in Moate, Ireland, recently. The MBDP is focused on encouraging and mentoring new bioenergy sector start-ups as part of the Just Transition in the Midlands region. Bioenergy is a sector that exists in relationship with a wide range of fields and topics, such as energy costs and…
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