Jan 4, 2021
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Biomass News
Jan 4, 2021
On 25 December, Albioma completed the industrial commissioning of its biomass plant in Brazil.
The BRL 121 million (€18.9 million) Vale do Paraná Albioma biomass-fuelled cogeneration unit, located in the town of Suzanápolis in the state of São Paolo, is the firm’s fourth plant in Brazil.
The new facility, utilising bagasse, is covered by a long-term, inflation-indexed... [Read More]
Other News
Dec 23, 2020
Bioenergy now represents a sixth of UK renewable electricity generation capacity, according to UK Government statistics released on 22 December.
Bioenergy has an 11.5% share of generation in 2019 following the first full year since Lynemouth converted its 420 MW coal unit to biomass in 2018. Since the conversion of four Drax coal units to biomass, the majority of biomass... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 23, 2020
Austrian bank Kommunalkredit is refinancing Green Genius's biogas plants in Lithuania.
Together with its debt fund, Fidelio, the bank provided a €23 million senior team loan to refinance the existing debt of the 11 Green Genius biogas plants in Lithuania.
Green Genius’ biogas plants have a total capacity of 10.8 MW. The portfolio includes one of the fist biodegradable... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 23, 2020
Bright Biomethane has finalised a biomethane project in the Netherlands, transforming faeces and sewage sludge into biogas.
The project at a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) in Sleeuwijk sees waste from people in the region of Altena in the province of North-Brabant processed into biomethane.
Bright Biomethane supplied the biogas upgrading system for the project.... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 22, 2020
UK supermarket giant ASDA has contracted Air Liquide to install and operate six biomethane (bio-NGV) distribution stations to refuel trucks on its sites.
ASDA will commission more than 300 new bio-NGV trucks in 2021 to reduce the environmental footprint of its transport activities. The six new stations will refuel both ASDA trucks and those of some partners.
Due... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 22, 2020
Renewable natural gas (RNG) capacity and production across the US is rapidly expanding, according to a new study.
Sustainable energy firm Energy Vision released its most recent joint assessment of the US RNG industry, performed on behalf of the US Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory.
The study found the total number of RNG production facilities in... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 22, 2020
Clean Energy Fuels will develop, own, and operate renewable natural gas (RNG) facilities at dairies and other agricultural facilities for BP Products North America, a subsidiary of bp.
Bp will provide $50 million (€40.9 million) for the development and construction of the facilities.
Carbon emissions captured from dairies and turned into a transport fuel reduce... [Read More]
Biomass News
Dec 22, 2020
Enviva and blockchain firm GoChain have announced the results of a pilot programme to enhance the traceability of sustainable biomass.
The pilot programme identified a select group of suppliers from Enviva’s wood sourcing regions in the US Southeast to monitor various data elements such as forest tract locations, load weights, fibre commodity types, and forest types.
Leveraging... [Read More]
Features
Dec 21, 2020
Syed Nazim bin Syed Faisal, CEO of BiON, a major engineering and renewable energy solutions provider in Malaysia, discusses the country’s bioenergy potential.
Could you tell our readers a bit about yourself and your background?
I am an accountant by training and began my career in Audit at KPMG. I then became Strategic Planning Manager for Malaysia’s major shipping... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 21, 2020
McCarthy Building Companies has completed a $170 million (€140 million) Phase III expansion project at a water reclamation facility in Arizona.
The project at Greenfield Water Reclamation Plant represents a 14 million gallon per day (MGD) expansion of liquids and solids treatment that allows the facility to treat up to 30 MGD of liquids and 38 MGD of solids on an... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 21, 2020
SoCalGas has praised the US Green Building Council (USGBC) for including the use of RNG in the latest beta version of its Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) green building rating system.
LEED, a certification programme created by USGBC, provides a framework for healthy, highly-efficient, and cost-saving green building.
With the new system, a project... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 21, 2020
More than 4,400 homes in Southern Adelaide, Australia, will soon be powered by a new renewable energy hub that utilises biogas and solar power.
The hub includes the state’s first solar farm built on landfill that is sealed to prevent harmful emissions leaking into the atmosphere. The 1,780 solar panels at the Southern Region Waste Resource Authority’s (SRWRA) Seaford... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 18, 2020
On 17 December, the California Public Utilities Commission approved SoCalGas and San Diego Gas & Electric’s request to offer a voluntary Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) Tariff.
The programme will allow households and businesses to purchase RNG from the utilities.
“The approval of the RNG Tariff is an important step in achieving California’s climate goals,”... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 18, 2020
Compostable food waste collection bags deliver the biggest benefits, according to a recent study.
The Bio-based and Biodegradable Industries Association (BBIA) and associated member companies commissioned Sancroft International to undergo a detailed cost analysis of the implications of different food waste caddy liners.
The research was commissioned because of the... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 18, 2020
Gasum performed its first ship-to-ship liquefied natural gas (LNG)-liquefied biogas (LBG) bunkering to a cargo vessel.
The bunkering was conducted by Gasum’s LNG bunker vessel Coralius at anchorage outside the Port of Gothenburg, Sweden.
A fuel blend consisting of LNG and 10% renewable LBG was supplied to M/V Auto Energy, a dual fuel LNG pure car, truck carrier... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 18, 2020
Clean energy solutions provider Xebec has agreed to acquire Inmatec, a German manufacturer of on-site nitrogen and oxygen generators.
Xebec will acquire all issued and outstanding shares of Inmatec Gase Technologie, Inmatec, and Inmatec Gas Technology FZC RAK, in the United Arab Emirates.
With this acquisition, Xebec will be entering the German hydrogen and renewable... [Read More]
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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/
