Jun 7, 2021
Liquind, EnviTec Biogas sign bio-LNG supply agreement
Biomass News
Jun 7, 2021
SUEZ Group and Airex Energy have partnered to industrialise the recovery of biomass residues into biochar.
The two companies will combine their expertise to provide solutions to regions and industries on their path towards carbon neutrality. The biochar – a stable form of organic carbon – produced will be essential to the resilience, vitality, and fertility of urban... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 4, 2021
California fleets with bio-CNG achieved carbon negativity in 2020, according to Natural Gas Vehicles for America (NGVAmerica) and the Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas (RNG Coalition).
Ninety-two percent of all on-road fuel used in natural gas vehicles in California last year was RNG. According to data from the California Air Resources Board, the annual average carbon... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jun 4, 2021
Washington State Department of Corrections has received $388,000 (€319,000) to convert its old oil and propane furnaces and boilers to run on biomass.
The funding was allocated by the Washington State Department of Commerce through the Wood Energy for Public Facilities programme, part of the state’s Clean Energy Fund (CEF).
It is the first CEF project aimed at... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jun 4, 2021
The State University of New York College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill (SUNY Cobleskill) has received funding to develop its biomass gasifier.
The National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) grant, totalling $255,879 (€211,244), will allow the rotary gasifier to move into a new development phase.
The award was given... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 4, 2021
New South Wales (NSW) gas customers will soon have access to verified and accredited renewable gas, such as biomethane and hydrogen.
The new Australian-first Renewable Gas Certification Pilot will drive ongoing investment in new sources of green has. Energy infrastructure firm Jemena, NSW Government-managed renewable energy accreditor Green Power, and industry association... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 4, 2021
The European Biogas Association (EBA) has launched the ‘Smart CO2 standards for negative emissions mobility’ report, highlighting recommendations for the use biomethane in transport.
Launched in the framework of the EU Green Week 2021, the report includes three key recommendations to ensure the deployment of biomethane in transport and consequently achieve a fast,... [Read More]
Pellets News
Jun 4, 2021
Bechtel has partnered with Drax to identify opportunities to build new bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) plants worldwide.
Scaling up BECCS sustainably over the coming decades will be critical to delivering the Paris Agreement climate targets and keeping the world on a pathway of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees, said the companies.
Bechtel, a major... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 3, 2021
Major US convenience store brand Circle K has partnered with Musket and Trillium to expand sustainable trucking options in California, using RNG.
A 2020 supply partnership between Circle K and Musket, which specialises in commodity supply, trading and logistics, created a joint purchasing agreement and allowed Circle K to rapidly grow its fleet, maximising fuel sourcing... [Read More]
Pellets News
Jun 3, 2021
Bruks Siwertell will deliver one of its largest drum chippers to a new pellet plant currently under construction in the US.
The large Bruks drum chipper is the third of its kind to head to this operator – currently undisclosed – and has been ordered to serve a new pellet plant, making a significant contribution towards a power shift away from fossil fuels.
This... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 3, 2021
Nordsol and DBG Bio Energy have signed an agreement to collaborate on a new bio-LNG installation in the Netherlands.
The installation will be established and owned by DBG while Nordsol will supply the bio-LNG installation and provide its expertise on bio-LNG permitting processes and the bio-LNG and bioCO2 supply chain, and process calculations to support DBG in developing... [Read More]
Pellets News
Jun 3, 2021
Production of CoalSwitch™ pellets at Active Energy Group’s (AEG) Ashland, Maine facility has begun.
AEG, based in London, announced on 2 June that the five-tonne per hour production facility is now producing the CoalSwitch pellets, formed of locally-sourced residual biomass, including bark and treetops/branches, which burn at temperatures nearly identical to coal.
Deliveries... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 3, 2021
Bright Biomethane has partnered with Australian company Eneraque to build a biogas upgrading facility.
The project will represent Bright’s first biogas upgrader build in Australia and will be constructed for energy company Jemena at the Sydney Malabar wastewater treatment (WWT) site.
Biogas from Sydney Water will be purified into biomethane for distribution through... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 2, 2021
Biogest has received orders to build two biomethane (RNG) plants using agricultural waste and by-products from chicken farms in western France.
Biomethane (RNG) production from animal, agricultural and food waste is one of the most rapidly expanding sectors of renewable energy, said Biogest.
The first project Enerfées is located close to Rennes, jointly run by the... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jun 2, 2021
Hawaii’s Supreme Court is giving a biomass plant another chance to win over state regulators after it was blocked due to environmental concerns.
Honua Ola Bioenergy has been working on the project for more than a decade, spending nearly $500 million, according to Hawaii News Now. But before the project was completed, it was blocked by the Public Utilities Commission... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 2, 2021
Pioneer Point Partners has confirmed its first two investments in an Irish biogas platform and a renewables platform in Spain.
From its maiden institutional fund, Pioneer Infrastructure Partners, the fund is committing €120 million to the two platforms.
Stream BioEnergy, a developer and operator of anaerobic digestion plants in Northern Ireland and the Republic... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 2, 2021
Macquarie Asset Management has agreed to acquire Beauparc Utilities, a recycling and processing-led waste-to-resource business based in Ireland.
Through the Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund 6, Macquarie will acquire Beauparc from founder Eamon Waters and Blackstone Tactical Opportunities Fund.
Beauparc holds a market-leading position across Ireland and a significant... [Read More]
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Formerly known as firmus energy networks, the company announced its rebrand during its annual stakeholder briefing
Aston University has officially opened the Wolfson Centre for Low Carbon Hydrogen, the UK’s first fully integrated facility dedicated to converting biomass into low-carbon hydrogen and electricity under real-world industrial conditions
https://www.bioenergy-news.com/news/aston-university-opens-uks-first-biomass-to-hydrogen-research-centre/
