Feb 24, 2020
Suez making ‘steady progress’ at UK Eco Park with AD facilities
Biogas News
Feb 24, 2020
One of the world's leading energy infrastructure companies, Snam, and a state-owned energy firm of the Republic of Azerbaijan, SOCAR, have signed a cooperation agreement to research the development of renewable gases and the use of sustainable energy.
The two companies signed the agreement to deliver renewable gas through the Southern Gas Corridor including Trans Adriatic... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 21, 2020
Brightmark Energy is to expand its western New York dairy waste-to-biogas project. The San Francisco-based waste to energy company announced plans to expand its project, partnering with six total farms in the region.
The ‘Yellowjacket’ project will extract methane from 265,000 gallons of dairy manure per day and convert it into renewable natural gas (RNG) and other... [Read More]
Biomass News
Feb 20, 2020
Scottish waste recycler NWH Group has acquired Armstrong Waste Management – the waste management division of the Armstrong Group.
NWH Group, which serves Scotland and Newcastle via 10 sites, turns the waste it collects into products such as cardboard, paper, biomass for energy, washed sands and animal bedding. The company last expanded when it acquired the waste wood... [Read More]
Features
Feb 20, 2020
Built in 2017, ReFood’s plant in Dagenham, London is the newest and largest of its UK facilities. The company, which specialises in food waste recycling, has two other facilities in Doncaster and Widnes. Dawn Stephens-Borg, editor of Bioenergy Insight, and managing editor Katie Woodward, were invited to see the new facility and learn more about the many ways our food... [Read More]
Other News
Feb 20, 2020
Finnish firm Valmet Oyj will supply a flue gas condensing plant to Helen Ltd’s Vuosaari C bioenergy heating plant in Helsinki.
The new bioenergy heating plant will be very energy efficient, according to Valmet, as the heat from the flue gases will be recovered to increase district heat production by 69MW, using its advanced technology.
“Our company’s target... [Read More]
Policy News
Feb 19, 2020
The Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA) released a statement announcing that it will redouble its efforts to highlight the potential of biogas following the UK Government Cabinet reshuffle last week.
The Cabinet reshuffle took place on Thursday 13 February, welcoming new MPs into roles concerning the environment and climate change. Alok Sharma MP... [Read More]
Biomass News
Feb 19, 2020
Greencoat Capital has launched a new closed-ended private markets fund, Greencoat Renewable Income (GRI), for investments in bioenergy, wind, solar and renewable heat. The firm has secured £277 million (€333 million) of commitments from UK pension investors Brunel and the Trustee of the Superannuation Arrangements of the University of London (SAUL).
GRI offers institutional... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 19, 2020
Aggreko, a global provider of mobile, modular power, is working with RE Power Group to produce renewable electricity from biogas in Thailand.
Aggreko is delivering 6MW of biogas-fuelled power to provide a 'flexible, fast and cost-efficient' way of scaling-up the biogas project and delivering cleaner energy for the region.
The plant’s feedstock is sourced from a... [Read More]
Biomass News
Feb 19, 2020
Biogas Marrum, a Dutch company owned by HoSt, has received the internationally-recognised Better Biomass sustainability certificate.
The certificate (NTA 8080) confirms the sustainable origin of the renewable gas produced by the firm, with a carbon dioxide (CO2) emission reduction of 94.4%. It is issued to companies that produce, trade or process sustainable biomass... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 18, 2020
UK-based bus transportation firm First West of England has launched 77 biomethane-powered buses in the city of Bristol. The first 10 biogas buses came into operation in January 2020, refuelling at an existing biogas station that opened in 2019. As part of the company’s latest initiative, First has constructed a new gas filling station at the Lawrence Hill depot where... [Read More]
Biomass News
Feb 18, 2020
Versalis, an Italian chemical company and subsidiary of Eni, has announced that the biomass plant it acquired in 2018 has been restarted.
Versalis acquired M&G’s bio companies after the firm filed for bankruptcy in Europe and the US in October 2017. The acquisition included the assets and resources related to development activities, industrialisation, technologies... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 18, 2020
Canadian firm XEBEC ADSORPTION, a global provider of clean energy solutions, has signed an agreement with Bähler Biogas to develop a renewable natural gas (RNG) facility.
The new integrated facility, to be constructed in Québec, will process various organic wastes for the production of RNG and biofertilisers. It will process more than 45,000 tonnes of organic waste... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 17, 2020
California, US-based Brightmark Energy has signed a manure supply agreement with two dairy companies in South Dakota.
The partnership with Boadwine Farms and Moody County Dairy will see Brightmark capture methane produced by 12,000 dairy cows and heifers to convert into renewable natural gas (RNG). It is hoped the project – named the Athena RNG project - will produce... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 17, 2020
A major green energy firm in the Netherlands has been granted a licence for a biogas plant. Stercore, based in the province of Drenthe, has been granted the licence by the Province of Drenthe to build a manure gasification plant in Emmen in the northeast of the Netherlands.
The project will see Stercore partner with livestock farmers to collect and process manure, which... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 17, 2020
Southern California Gas Co (SoCalGas) has announced support for the California Public Utilities Commission’s (CPUC) new Incentive Reservation System for the CPUC biomethane monetary incentive programme. The reservation system will help to increase transparency about available incentive funding for biomethane interconnection projects in California.
According to SoCalGas,... [Read More]
Biomass News
Feb 17, 2020
A waste wood fire covering the size of a football pitch with flames soaring nearly four storeys high broke out on 14 February in Singapore.
The Singapore Civil Defence Force (SCDF) assisted firefighters on the scene in Choa Chu Kang in western Singapore. The fire started on an open plot of land and is believed to have been caused by waste wood left in the area by a... [Read More]
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