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Last year, Enviva expanded wood pellet production capacity by 17% to 6.2 million MTPY, the company announced in its full-year and fourth-quarter 2021 results. Enviva also announced plans to accelerate the construction of a third pellet plant and signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to supply pellets to facilities across the UK and Europe. The MOU was signed with a new European…
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A researcher from the University of Saskatchewan (USask) is working with Tidewater Renewables to develop a novel integrated process to produce RNG from crop and forestry residues. With Saskatchewan’s north home to a boreal forest that is larger than Germany, and its south making up nearly half of Canada’s cropland, the province’s agriculture and lumber industries alone produce…
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Global sustainable energy producer EDL and key stakeholders bp, Consumers Energy and Granger Waste Services have welcomed the start of operations at a new landfill gas-to-RNG facility. The Wood Road RNG Facility is the first of its kind in Lansing, Michigan. The RNG produced will be added to Consumers Energy’s existing pipeline network for delivery to end-users. A portion will also be taken…
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Reliable and simple: additional revenue through Europe-wide biomethane trading with bmp greengas. Funding or no funding? Certification or no certification? Short- or long-term contracts? Biomethane trading is less time-consuming if, as a plant operator, you are working with experts. bmp greengas is a major European biomethane marketer helping with engineering, certification and commercial…
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Solvay, a global leader in materials, solutions and chemicals, is adapting one of its existing boilers to increase its co-combustion rate with biomass. The boiler is located at Solvay’s largest European soda ash (sodium carbonate) plant in Devnya, Bulgaria. By powering the boiler with 30% biomass, the CO2 emissions related to energy production activities will be reduced by 20%. The biomass…
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A WELTEC BIOPOWER (Weltec) biogas plant in Japan’s Saitama Prefecture is now operational. The facility, equipped with a 450 kW co-generation power plant, is the fourth project rolled out by the German manufacturer in Japan. The plant uses organic leftovers from the vicinity – 40 kilometres north of Tokyo. As the plant’s raw material mix varies, Weltec ensures a steady biogas output with…
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Fitec Environmental Technologies (Fitec), a Canadian biogas design and engineering company, has signed a contract to build a biogas facility for an avocado oil processing facility – the first of its kind in the world. Fitec will build the plant for Villa Avocado in the Michoacan province of Mexico. The facility will provide a sustainable disposal solution for the 120 tonnes of waste biomass…
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Ørsted has stopped sourcing biomass and coal for its power stations from Russia in response to the invasion of Ukraine. Ørsted said it finds the situation “deeply disturbing” and that the Russian aggression goes against everything the company stands for. Regarding gas from Gazprom that is supplied to Denmark, Ørsted said it recommends a clear and coordinated effort from the EU and…
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Origin Materials and Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards have announced a major new facility to process wood residues into hydrothermal carbon for fuel pellets, and PET products. Subject to the finalisation of economic incentives, Origin has selected a site in Geismar, Louisiana, for the construction of its first world-scale manufacturing facility – Origin 2. Origin’s patented…
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Southern California Gas Co (SoCalGas) has revealed that 14 billion cubic feet of RNG produced from organic waste was distributed via its pipeline system in 2021. This amount of RNG is equivalent to removing 166,896 cars from roads annually and is 2 billion cubic feet more than was distributed by SoCalGas in 2020. Additionally, the utility completed five RNG interconnection projects last…
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The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has set biomethane procurement targets for utilities to reduce short-lived climate pollutant (SLCP) emissions. The decision establishes a biomethane procurement programme carefully crafted to help achieve California’s SLCP goals, which call for a 40% reduction in methane and other SLCPs by 2030. Renewable gas procurement will reduce…
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Canfor Corporation has shared plans to sell its forest tenure in the Mackenzie region of British Columbia (BC). Canfor, a global leader in producing sustainable wood building solutions, has entered into a letter of intent (LOI) with McLeod Lake Indian Band and Tsay Keh Dene Nation to sell its forest tenure, and a separate agreement with Peak Renewables to sell its Mackenzie site, plant, and…
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Hy24, the world’s largest investment platform in clean hydrogen infrastructure, will become a shareholder of Enagás Renovable. The company signed an agreement with Spanish energy infrastructure Enagás and will accelerate the development of its renewable gas platform. Enagás has expertise in hydrogen and biomethane. In May last year, the company formed a partnership with Ductor to explore…
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Drax Group said 2021 was a “transformational year” for the company in its full-year financial results. The organisation reported adjusted EBITDA of £398 million (€477 million), compared to £412 million (€493 million) in 2020. Adjusted EBITDA from continuing operations was £378 million (€453 million), up from £366 million (€438 million) in 2020. Pre-tax profits from continuing…
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