Aug 28, 2020
Biomass for Bioenergy project sees 6,000 trees planted in NSW
Policy News
Aug 27, 2020
The European Academies Science Advisory Council (EASAC) believes labelling forest biomass as renewable has a “perverse impact on the climate”.
Responding to the European Commission’s plans to revise its central climate policy tool, the EASAC is suggesting a ‘radically new standard’.
Professor Michael Norton, EASAC’s environment programme director, said:... [Read More]
Biomass News
Aug 27, 2020
Prominet Power Co, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tokyo Gas Co, has acquired Fushiki Manyofuto Biomass Power GK and Ichihara Yawatafuto Biomass Power GK from an Equis Group investment fund.
Operations at Fushiki Manyofuto Biomass Power Plant are expected to begin in October 2021. The facility is currently under construction and will have a generation capacity of approximately... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 26, 2020
Canadian firm Greenlane Renewables has reported a 159% year-to-date growth in sales order backlogs following successful contract wins.
The firm reported revenue of $4.2 million (€2.69 million) in the second quarter ending 30 June 2020, representing a 45% increase from $2.9 million (€1.86 million) reported in the first quarter ending 31 March 2020.
Brad Douville,... [Read More]
Biomass News
Aug 26, 2020
Gasification technology firm EQTEC has signed an agreement with German EPC company ewerGY to develop the first waste gasification plant in Greece.
EQTEC has signed the equipment sale and services contract with ewerGY, operating in Greece through its local partner, ECO Hellas.
The contract covers the fully permitted and financed 0.5 MWe waste gasification project... [Read More]
Biomass News
Aug 25, 2020
Ørsted’s Asnæs Power Station, converted to run on sustainably-sourced wood chips, has been inaugurated by The Crown Prince of Denmark.
Following more than three years of work on the conversion, Asnæs Power Station was finally inaugurated on 21 August. The power station can now supply heat and power without using fossil fuels. The wood chips used at the facility... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 25, 2020
Six new biogas-fuelled buses will be introduced in the city of Hämeenlinna, Finland at the end of August.
The buses, which belong to Vekka Group and were developed in collaboration with Gasum, will reduce public transport emissions in the city by almost 500 tonnes, supporting its objective to increase the use of sustainable transport and alternative fuels.
Supplied... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 25, 2020
A new specialist supplier of anaerobic digestion (AD) operations and management services is launching this month after securing contracts for five plants.
Eco Verde Energy (EVE) will enable AD plants to achieve maximum outputs and return on investment, according to the firm, regardless of whether the owner has a single AD plant or an extensive portfolio.
The company... [Read More]
Pellets News
Aug 24, 2020
Effingham Pellets, a subsidiary of Charles Ingram Lumber Company, has announced plans to establish operations in Florence County, South Carolina.
The newly formed company is a wood pellet manufacturer and distributor that supplies wood pellets for export sale to Europe. The firm’s $5.4 million (€4.56 million) investment is estimated to create 10 jobs.
Once up... [Read More]
Pellets News
Aug 24, 2020
SIMEC Atlantis Energy has entered into an exclusive debt financing agreement with South Korean financial firm Hana Financial Investment Co (HFI) to work on the Uskmouth conversion project.
The two companies will collaborate to fund 100% of phase one (110 MW) of the Uskmouth conversion project through a senior secured loan to SIMEC Uskmouth Power (SUP). The Uskmouth... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 24, 2020
Aemetis has completed the construction of the first two dairy digesters and a four-mile pipeline for the production of renewable natural gas (RNG).
The advanced renewable fuel and biochemicals firm will supply below-zero carbon intensity RNG to displace petroleum-based natural gas used at the Keyes ethanol production facility, and to provide fuel for RNG trucks and... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 24, 2020
Veolia has retained its recycling and waste services contract with Folkestone & Hythe and Dover District Councils in the UK.
The firm has been providing these services to both councils since 2011 and the new eight-year contract will start on 16 January 2021.
The renewed agreement will also see the introduction of several initiatives to help achieve their objectives... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 24, 2020
The City of Cockburn in Western Australia has launched a three-month commercial food waste trial.
Local food retailers and restaurants are encouraged to apply to join what is the first free commercial food waste trial in the region.
It has been supported by an $18,257 (€11,000) State Government Community and Industry Engagement grant, with 20 local businesses already... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 21, 2020
Northern Gas Networks (NGN) has secured a £770,000 (€860,000) grant for essential work to link Bradford’s Alternative Fuel Centre to the gas network.
The work on the facility in Bradford, UK, will bring the development of a compressed natural gas (CNG) filling station one step closer, by linking it to the local gas transmission system operated by NGN.
Ofgem... [Read More]
Features
Aug 21, 2020
As a feedstock, straw has a long retention time due to its high fibre content. Pretreatment technology can provide a solution for biogas producers.
The ever-increasing need to reduce production costs or comply with increasingly stringent biomethane regulations is pushing biogas plants — particularly those that use agricultural biomass — to re-use by-products that... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 21, 2020
Green Era has partnered with bp to sell renewable energy produced at its anaerobic digestion (AD) facility in Chicago, US.
The collaboration forms part of a $32 million (€27.1 million) revitalisation project to bring renewable energy, jobs, and sustainable food to a historic Chicago community.
A $3 million (€2.5 million) state investment has been allocated to... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 20, 2020
Major US grocer Kroger has outlined its new stakeholder priorities and operational improvements in its environmental, social and governance (ESG) 2020 report.
In its ESG report, Kroger highlights the firm reduced retail food waste generated by 4% in 2019 and improved food waste diversion from landfill by 5%. Since introducing its Zero Hunger | Zero Waste initiative... [Read More]
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Waste-to-hydrogen producer Compact Syngas Solutions (CSS) will be creating 200kg of hydrogen from waste to power a 40-day sea trial of a zero-emission marine hydrogen engine
Willand Biogas' plant by the Somerset border has entered administration, having failed to secure funds to rescue its operation
