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Keravan Energia and Q Power have joined forces to produce synthetic methane in connection with the Kerava biopower plant in Finland.
Synthetic methane is a carbon-neutral fuel that can be used in transport and energy production. It is produced from CO2 recovered from the biogas plant’s flue gases and hydrogen produced with carbon-neutral electricity.
In the spring, the two companies…
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CPL Industries, a UK manufacturer and distributor of smokeless fuels, has partnered with Severn Trent Green Power to transform food waste into low-carbon solid fuels used for heating.
Using hydrothermal carbonisation (HTC) processing, CPL converts the by-product from Severn Trent’s food waste processing to produce low-carbon fuels.
Across its waste sites, Severn Trent processes over…
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Hitachi Zosen Inova (HZI) will take over Schmack Biogas Service and microbEnergy, both headquartered in Bavaria, by the end of the year.
HZI entered into an agreement with Viessmann Group to acquire the business activities of both entities on 9 July. The final closing is expected after formal approval by the regulatory authorities. By this date, the business activities of the Schmack entities…
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AVG Group Sarl (AVG), a climate change investment firm based in Norway, has invested $2.9 million (€2.4 million) in pellet manufacturer Arbaflame.
Arbaflame has developed a unique pellet using bio-feedstock (sawdust) that can supplement or replace coal in boilers and power plants. The pellets allows coal plant operators to continue power production more sustainably and keep employees working…
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Adapt Biogas is the first in the UK to generate its own onsite heat and electricity using liquefied natural gas (LNG) from Flogas.
Feeding two combined heat and power (CHP) engines, Flogas' LNG provides electricity to power Adapt's unique biogas-to-grid injection system, as well as heat, to kick-start its biogas production cycle.
The anaerobic digestion (AD) plant in Murrow, Cambridgeshire,…
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Liqvis, L.I.T. Cargo and IVECO Magirus have joined forces on a flagship project using 100% bio-LNG from renewable sources.
As part of the project, Liqvis, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Uniper that is building and operating an LNG infrastructure for heavy-duty trucks, provided bio-LNG from its site in Hamm, Germany, to logistics company L.I.T. The firm ran up to 16 IVECO S-way NP trucks…
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EDF has put an end to its Ecocombust project, which would have developed a new waste wood-based fuel as an alternative to coal.
According to EDF, the conditions to continue the project were not met. The decision to cancel the plans was made for two reasons – the cost of the project, which would not make it possible to guarantee an attractive price for the final product and the recent…
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Valmet Oyj will merge with Neles Corporation, a Finnish company offering flow control solutions for process industries.
The new company, operating under the name Valmet Oyj, will enable Valmet to offer a stronger and more comprehensive offering to its customers, including energy (and bioenergy), board, paper, tissue and pulp technologies, flow control solutions, automation systems and…
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A joint study by engineering firm Beca, gas distribution company First Gas Group and dairy co-operative Fonterra revealed renewable gas is a ‘viable, untapped solution’ to decarbonising New Zealand’s residential natural gas network.
The report found renewable gas has the potential to replace nearly 20% of the country’s total gas usage by 2050. It concluded that 4% of New Zealand’s…
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Bmp greengas is now supplying biomethane to German company Wiegand-Glas to produce glass packaging.
The two companies started their collaboration in February after one of Wiegand-Glas’ clients, soulproducts, approached the company to produce its glass drinking bottles using biomethane. The soulbottles are now produced exclusively with green gas.
The range of climate-neutral glass bottles…
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Food waste from the Wimbledon tennis championships will be sent to an anaerobic digestion (AD) facility.
Highlighted as part of Wimbledon’s Environment Day on 1 July, the All England Lawn Tennis Club (AELTC) said that the event provides the 'ideal place' to show people how to go green and to inform people about sustainable measures.
Lawn mowers at Wimbledon are powered by renewable…
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Bioenergy DevCo has opened a new anaerobic digestion (AD) facility in Maryland, US.
Governor Larry Hogan participated in the ribbon-cutting ceremony of the new plant, located on the Maryland Food Center campus in Jessup. On completion, the site will be Maryland’s largest AD facility.
Bioenergy DevCo’s new AD plant is a public-private partnership that started with a land lease between…
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Waste management company Herambiente, a subsidiary of Hera Group, and INALCA, a leading meat production and food distribution firm, have joined forces to produce biomethane.
The two companies signed a partnership agreement to set up a new company - BIORG - for the production of biomethane and compost from the sorted waste collection of organic and food waste.
Through an investment of around…
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The US Department of Energy (DOE) has allocated $52.5 million (€44.3 million) to fund 31 projects to advance next-generation clean hydrogen technologies, including two biomass-to-hydrogen ventures.
The fund forms part of the DOE’s recently announced Hydrogen Energy Earthshot initiative, designed to reduce the cost and accelerate breakthroughs in the clean hydrogen sector.
Hydrogen is a…
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Downtime can be hugely detrimental to operations, and that is where Maximo-as-a-Service can help.
Bioenergy has been one of the fastest-growing fields of the last 10 years and one of the most important goals for companies is to be able to provide renewable energy that is both profitable and reliable.
Strict standards apply to all of those working in the industry, and events like unplanned…
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