Jun 10, 2020
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Biogas News
Jun 10, 2020
Thousands of organisations and businesses in Australia have called for biomethane injection into gas distribution networks in an open letter to the Commonwealth government.
The letter calls for recognition of the role biogas can play to solve energy market decarbonisation challenges. This is the first time businesses across the sector have called on the government to... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 9, 2020
Supermarket giant Tesco will soon become the first retailer in Ireland to purchase biogas made from its surplus food to power stores.
Tesco Ireland will partner with Kildare, Ireland-based Green Generation to reduce its carbon emissions through anaerobic digestion (AD). The supermarket chain will reduce its carbon emissions by 1,200 tonnes per year through its partnership... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 9, 2020
Households and vehicles will be soon be supplied with green gas in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, following the transformation of the city’s sewage wastewater treatment system.
By optimising and transforming the Sewage Water Treatment Plant of Amsterdam with the latest biogas upgrading equipment provided by DMT Environmental Technology (DMT), biogas will soon be produced... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jun 8, 2020
A $17 million (€15 million) Biomass Utilisation Fund has been launched in Tuolumne County, California.
The California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD), Rural Community Assistance Corporation (RCAC) and Sierra Nevada Conservancy (SNC) launched the fund on 7 May.
The programme will provide loans to boost the use of low- and no-value wood from... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 8, 2020
Andigestion’s anaerobic digestion (AD) facility in Devon, UK has become the third in the UK to be recognised under the Anaerobic Digestion Certification Scheme (ADCS) - an industry-led initiative designed to raise standards and recognise good practice in the running of AD plants.
The facility in Holsworthy, Devon, recycles up to 76,000 tonnes of the South West’s... [Read More]
Pellets News
Jun 8, 2020
Wood pellet certification scheme ENplus® has certified more than 1,000 companies as of June.
Over the last 10 years, ENplus has certified 526 pellet producers, 471 traders and three service providers across 46 countries. The total production of certified pellets is more than 12 million tonnes, accounting for around 77% of the European heating market.
ENplus, which... [Read More]
Features
Jun 5, 2020
Privilege Finance’s chief commercial officer, Chris Winward, explains why urgent action is required to support energy from waste
Since the start of the coronavirus pandemic, countries all over the world have introduced social distancing and isolation restrictions to limit the spread of the virus. As a result, there has been a dramatic decrease in carbon emissions;... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 5, 2020
Bioenergy DevCo (BDC) has partnered with Chesapeake Utilities Corporation (CPK) to bring renewable natural gas (RNG) to customers on the Delmarva Peninsula on the US east coast.
BDC, a leading developer of anaerobic digestion (AD) facilities and CPK, an NYSE-listed diversified energy company, will work on a project to remove excess organics from the poultry industry... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jun 5, 2020
Contractual supplies of waste wood to UK biomass plants were 60% lower at the beginning of April, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to the Wood Recyclers’ Association (WRA), the crisis could impact the waste wood sector for up to three years.
Delegates attending the WRA’s summer meeting webinar on 3 June were told that recovering from the pandemic is going... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 4, 2020
Clean energy solutions provider Xebec Adsorption (Xebec) has signed a letter of intent for the sale of a multi-million-dollar biogas-to-renewable natural gas (RNG) installation to a large-scale utility customer in Alberta. Xebec signed the letter of intent on 28 May.
Alberta is a major contributor to the economic wellbeing of Canada, according to Xebec, which says it... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jun 4, 2020
Atlantic Power has shared updates on the status of the power purchase agreement (PPA) for its Calstock bioenergy facility in Ontario, Canada.
Calstock is an approximately 35 MW biomass plant in Hearst, Ontario, utilising wood waste. The PPA with the Ontario Electricity Financial Corporation, which had been scheduled to expire in June, was recently extended to 16 December... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 4, 2020
German company EnviTec Biogas has entered the Estonian market with orders for two biogas upgrading plants.
The company marked its debut into the country with a double order for its EnviThan gas upgrading facilities. Both units will be extensions to existing biogas facilities. During the estimated six-month construction project, the customer, AS EG Ehitus, a subsidiary... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 4, 2020
Green Arrow Capital, a major independent Italian operator specialising in alternative investments, has acquired several biomethane facilities.
Green Arrow, which also manages the Green Arrow Energy Fund (GAEF), has signed a binding agreement to acquire a majority stake in a company controlled by Lazzari & Lucchini, which owns a biomethane plant in Lombardy, Italy.... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jun 4, 2020
GoodChips®, the first international certification scheme for wood chips and hog fuel, has welcomed Azwood Energy as its newest member.
Azwood is a leading energy supplier in New Zealand. In joining the scheme, the company has reinforced GoodChips’ mission to ensure that quality materials are seen throughout the supply chain at a local and international level.
Azwood... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 3, 2020
U.S. Gain has secured a renewable natural gas (RNG) offtake agreement with Hilbert, Wisconsin-based Holsum Dairies.
RNG produced will be taken to U.S. Gain’s fleet customers in California, displacing nearly 900,000 gallons of gasoline.
Holsum Dairies is formed of two separate farms – Elm Dairy and Irish Dairy – with digesters that break down animal waste to... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jun 3, 2020
Glennmont Partners has completed the sale of Sleaford Renewable Energy Plant (Sleaford REP) to Greencoat Capital. The sale marks the last remaining asset of Glennmont’s €437 million Clean Energy Fund.
Sleaford REP is an operational 38 megawatt-equivalent renewable combined heat and power (CHP) plant, which uses a blend of straw and sustainable wood chips to generate... [Read More]
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