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Scottish Water Horizons’ Deerdykes Bioresources Centre in North Lanarkshire, UK, has generated 50 GWh of green electricity since 2010. Deerdykes has saved more than 170,000 tonnes of carbon. The facility processes food waste through anaerobic digestion to generate green energy using a CHP engine. “The numbers are impressive but quite difficult to visualise – particularly if you try to…
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New data from NGVA Europe shows there was rapid growth in the use of biomethane as a transport fuel in Europe in 2020. With more than a quarter of the gas used in road transport being renewable, an “overwhelming amount” of Europe’s 3,810 CNG stations delivered biomethane to European consumers in December 2020. The leading countries offering biomethane as a transport fuel in 2020 were…
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A standard biogas test plant BTP2-control with an internal gas quality measurement system has been launched by Umwelt- and Ingenieurtechnik (UIT) Dresden. The biogas test system is standardised in terms of fermenter sizes, agitator, heating, feeding, discharge and measurement technologies. Up to 10 fermenters can be integrated into one biogas test plant BTP2-control. With this test plant, a…
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The UK Government’s support measures to ease upfront energy costs to consumers and support energy providers is not enough to cover the dramatic price rises, the Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology (REA) has warned. On 3 February, energy regulator Ofgem announced the energy price cap would increase by £693 (€827) per year – a 54% increase – affecting some 22 million…
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TotalEnergies and Veolia have agreed to produce biomethane from Veolia’s waste and water treatment facilities in 15 countries. The partners will develop and co-invest in a portfolio of international projects, with the aim of producing up to 1.5 TWh of biomethane annually by 2025. This production of renewable gas made from organic waste will be equivalent to the average annual natural gas…
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Norske Skog has agreed to sell the Nature’s Flame pellets company for approximately NZD 47.8 million (€28.1 million). The Norwegian pulp and paper company has entered into an agreement with Talley’s Group, a New Zealand-based dairy, fishing, produce and food company, to sell Nature’s Flame. “Nature’s Flame is an excellent company producing high-quality and sustainable energy…
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Danish postal service provider PostNord now has 10 biogas trucks on the roads in Denmark, replacing 10 diesel-powered cars and saving approximately 850 tonnes of CO2 each year. The new trucks run on compressed biogas, produced from cow and pig manure, helping to reduce the amount of methane in the atmosphere. Biogas-fuelled trucks reduce CO2 emissions and emit less NOx compared to diesel…
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The EU has met the 10% target level for 2020 for the share of renewable energy in transport, according to Eurostat. The target includes liquid biofuels, biomethane and green electricity used in transport, and was included in Directive 2009/28/EC on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources. Eurostat data shows the average share of energy from renewables in transport…
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Axpo Iberia has inaugurated the first biogas plant in Spain to convert all organic waste from a livestock operation into 100% renewable biogas and electricity. Axpo Iberia, the Spanish subsidiary of Axpo, a major producer of renewable energy and a leader in energy trading, worked with family-owned Torre Santamaría dairy cattle farm in Catalonia on the project. Under a long-term contract,…
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Greenlane Renewables has closed its acquisition of Airdep – a provider of biogas desulphurisation and air deodorisation products based in Vicenza, Italy. The acquisition of Airdep brings in-house an effective and proven technology to remove hydrogen sulphide (H2S) from biogas for integration with Greenlane’s portfolio of biogas upgrading systems that produce low-carbon and carbon-negative…
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Snam4Mobility and OrangeGas (OG), a Dutch owner and operator of sustainable fuel service stations, have agreed to develop a new bio-LCNG (bio-LNG and bio-CNG) fuelling station in Germany. The agreement forms part of a larger cooperation project between the two companies in the sustainable mobility field. The station will be built in Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia, by Snam4Mobility, a…
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EQTEC has shared its trading update for the fourth quarter of 2021, revealing strong revenue growth. The company’s CEO, David Palumbo, said 2021 was a busy and rewarding year. EQTEC confirmed progress towards the commissioning of Market Development Centres (MDCs) in Italy and Croatia. Both are expected to be commissioned in the first half of this year and will be showcases of EQTEC’s…
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WELTEC BIOPOWER has registered keen interest in its plant technology in Greece and expanded a facility originally built in 2015. In the past year, Weltec expanded its reach in the country by building four further projects and expanding three existing plants. Due to the great potential of organic residues to produce biogas and biomethane, especially in the north of the country, biogas is…
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Gevo has started the process of bringing its dairy manure-based RNG project online. Located in northwest Iowa, the project, known as Gevo NW Iowa RNG, is expected to produce approximately 355,000 MMBtu of RNG per year. The project fits in with Gevo’s business model of exploring ways to use renewable carbon to make the most of energy opportunities by ‘dialling in’ sustainability and…
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