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bp has acquired a 28.57% stake in Gasrec, the UK’s largest dual provider of bio-LNG and bio-CNG to road transport. Gasrec builds, owns and operates biomethane refuelling stations, providing renewable solutions to the heavy goods vehicle industry. The company opened a CNG refuelling station for online supermarket Ocado in September. bp will supply Gasrec with renewable biomethane produced…
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Drax has denied risking workers’ health by exposing them to wood dust. In September, it was revealed that the owner of Drax Power Station in North Yorkshire has been accused of two breaches of health and safety legislation and facing criminal prosecution by the Health and Safety Executive. During a short hearing at Leeds Magistrates’ Court, the energy producer indicated it would plead…
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TotalEnergies and Clean Energy have started construction on their first biomethane production unit in Friona, Texas. Located on Del Rio Dairy farm, the facility will be fuelled by an onsite supply of livestock manure to produce more than 40 GWh of biomethane per year. The biomethane will be used as an alternative fuel for mobility, contributing to the decarbonisation of road…
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Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Engineering (MHIENG), a group company of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, has received an order for a compact CO2 capture system for a biomass power plant in Japan. The order comes from Taihei Dengyo Kaisha, a provider of plant construction, maintenance, and auxiliary services. The CO2 capture system offers a capacity of 0.3 tonnes per day. Taihei Dengyo is targeting…
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Mid Sussex District Council in the UK will trial kerbside food waste collections next year and send the waste to an anaerobic digestion facility. On 29 November, the Council’s cabinet agreed to proceed with the trial in partnership with West Sussex County Council, which includes weekly food waste and absorbent hygiene product collections. The trial will help the Council to gather…
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The Green Gas Certification Scheme (GGCS) has announced it will be one of only two Approved Certification Schemes for evidencing green gas supply in the upcoming Green Gas Levy. The Green Gas Levy, first announced in the March 2020 Budget, will fund support for biomethane injection into the gas grid through the new Green Gas Support Scheme (GGSS). The GGSS is designed to encourage the…
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EQTEC has signed a strategic collaboration agreement with Wood, a consulting and engineering company across energy and the built environment. Under the agreement, the companies will target and pursue market opportunities for the collaborative development and deployment of clean, waste-to-synthetic natural gas (SNG) and waste-to-hydrogen solutions and delivery of related projects. The…
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Haffmans, a subsidiary of US firm Pentair, and McCulla, an ambient, chilled, and frozen logistics solutions company, have launched a new biogas upgrading plant. The new plant enables McCulla in Northern Ireland to fuel its fleet of trucks with compressed natural gas (bio-CNG). The Pentair Biogas Upgrading System – Pentair BioCompact- has capacity for 450 standard cubic metres of biogas to be…
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Optimal Group and BOC/Elgas, a subsidiary of Linde, have agreed to jointly explore the development of Australia’s first bio-LNG facility. Under a memorandum of understanding (MoU), the companies are seeking to develop the facility at the BOC-ELGAS Westbury LNG plant in Tasmania. The agreement will allow the companies to investigate the potential of Optimal’s subsidiary, Optimal…
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Exeter City Council in Devon, UK has thanked residents for participating in the first phase of a food waste collection roll-out. Almost 10,000 kilograms (10 tonnes) of food waste has been collected from 1,300 homes in Alphington, a suburb of Exeter, since the service began at the start of November. Around 80% of households put their food waste out for collection weekly. Previously, food…
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By 2050, 30-40% of Europe’s total gas consumption could be made up of sustainable biomethane, according to the European Biogas Association (EBA). In its 11th Statistical Report, the EBA provides an in-depth analysis on biogas and its upgraded form, biomethane, and the best pathways to ensure full deployment in the coming years. The report analyses the current availability of renewable…
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Barcelona is exploring ways of running the city’s buses on sewage sludge-derived biomethane. Bosses of the city’s transport system are looking at transforming sewage sludge left over from wastewater treatment into biomethane to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. EU funding through the Nimbus Project is being used to try and create greener public transport. According to public transport…
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QUBE Renewables discusses a recent project in Kenya, helping a local flower farm to generate biogas from its waste. The World Energy Council assesses the World Energy Trilemma Index. This is an annual measurement of national energy system performances across three dimensions: energy security, energy equity, and environmental sustainability. Although Kenya’s trilemma performance shows…
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The UK Government has granted £11.3 million (€13.3 million) in funding to help four UK distilleries switch from fossil fuels to hydrogen and biogas. The multi-million-pound investment into low-carbon green distilleries will see four projects receive a share of the funding to decarbonise their distilling processes for the UK’s iconic whiskies and spirits. The distilleries sector has the…
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