Jun 19, 2020
Three new biomethane plants and bioCNG fuelling station “on track”, says Cadent
Biogas News
Jun 19, 2020
Gasum will open a liquefied natural gas (LNG) and liquefied biogas (LBG) filling station near Arlanda Airport in Stockholm at the end of the year.
The station is Gasum’s first in the Stockholm area. By opening a station offering LNG and LBG for heavy-duty vehicles, the company said it is responding to its customers’ needs to extend the existing station network to... [Read More]
Features
Jun 19, 2020
UK bioenergy leaders seek a green response to COVID-19, by Colin Ley
UK bioenergy leaders are working hard to keep the sector running in the face of COVID-19, striving to address short-term supply issues within a deeply disrupted global marketplace while also starting to focus on the industry’s ‘exit strategy’.
There are obvious downsides for renewable energy... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 19, 2020
California, US-based ReCarbon has partnered with Australian bioenergy developer Utilitas Group to build biogas-to-hydrogen plants across Australia.
ReCarbon, developer of the patented Plasma Carbon Conversion Unit – a greenhouse gas utilisation technology – announced the execution of a memorandum of understanding with the Australian company on 10 June.
ReCarbon... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jun 19, 2020
Vida Group, a subsidiary of US sustainable wood products and pellets firm Canfor, is to purchase three sawmills in Sweden.
Vida will buy the sawmills from Bergs Timber for CAD$43 million (€28.2 million) plus working capital. The three facilities, located in Vimmerby, Morlunda and Orrefors, will add approximately 215 million board feet to Vida’s annual capacity.... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 18, 2020
UK company the John Lewis Partnership is building a dedicated biomethane gas filling station.
The parent company of high-end department store John Lewis and Waitrose supermarket is building the station to enable its largest heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) to use a low-carbon alternative to diesel. The organisation has also revealed it aims to stop using fossil fuels across... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 18, 2020
The City of Boulder, Colorado, US, has partnered with Tetra Tech and CGRS on a wastewater biogas project.
Construction on the biogas use enhancement project is almost halfway complete at the city’s Water Resource Recovery Facility (WRRF). Biogas produced from wastewater digesters will be converted into renewable natural gas (RNG) for vehicle fuel and will be delivered... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 18, 2020
New data from the European Biogas Association (EBA) and Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE) shows the number of biomethane plants in Europe has increased by 51% in two years.
The EBA and GIE released the second edition of the European Biomethane Map, showing the number of facilities has increased from 483 in 2018 to 729 in 2020. There are currently 18 countries in Europe... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jun 17, 2020
The US Industrial Pellet Association (USIPA) and the Renewable Energy Agency (REA) have hit back against claims made by think tank Ember.
Ember’s report, ‘The Burning Question’, shared its research to show why the UK should end tax breaks on burning wood biomass for power, revealing that subsidies of more than £13 million (€14.5 million) are provided to major... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 17, 2020
ETW Energietechnik (ETW) has supplied biogas upgrading technology for a 45km gas grid in Bitburg, Germany.
The newly-built biogas pipeline will collect raw biogas supplies from up to 48 biogas plants in the region. The 45km-long pipeline began transporting the gas to a central upgrading facility at the Bitburg commercial, service and leisure centre area, Flugplatz Bitburg,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 17, 2020
The Railway Industry Association (RIA), the trade body for UK rail suppliers, has called for investment in green hydrogen and battery-powered trains as a way for the government to spearhead an environmentally-friendly economic recovery.
The call from the RIA followed an inquiry by the All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Hydrogen, which provides a forum for MPs and... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 16, 2020
Spanish fuel company Repsol has announced two industrial decarbonisation projects involving green hydrogen and biogas.
The CEO of Repsol, Josu Jon Imaz, presented the projects on 15 June that the company will undertake with the support of prominent Spanish and international partners. The facilities, to be built in the port of Bilbao and the surrounding area, will... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 16, 2020
Gasum has opened its 11th gas filling station in Sweden. The Ljungby station is the first station for liquefied gas and liquefied biogas (LBG) in Kronoberg County and will serve heavy-duty vehicles.
The new filling station forms part of the company’s plan to build a network of 50 gas filling stations for heavy-duty vehicles by the early 2020s in the Nordics.
The... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jun 16, 2020
Finnish health food and fish feed manufacturer Raisio Group will use bioenergy to reduce emissions at its Nokia oat mill. Working with local energy firm Adven, the company will implement a new heating plant at the site, which will use the by-products generated in the mill’s oat production as fuel.
With the new heating plant, Nokia’s mill will be carbon neutral,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 15, 2020
Dane County landfill in Wisconsin, US, has received its first load of renewable natural gas (RNG) from a manure digester in the Yahara Lakes Watershed.
Brightmark (formerly Brightmark Energy) completed the construction of the multi-million-dollar project upgrading gas equipment at its digester north-west of Waunakee in the town of Vienna, working closely with Dane County.... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jun 15, 2020
The US Department of Corrections (DoC) has received its first grant for a proposed wood biomass energy system at Larch Corrections Centre in Washington State.
The aim is to install a modern, efficient biomass system to offset the use of fuel oil for heating and domestic hot water, according to the grant application submitted to the US Forest Service.
According to... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 15, 2020
The European Biogas Association (EBA) and the Natural and Bio Gas Vehicle Association (NGVA Europe) have published a new document illustrating the current uptake of biomethane in the transport sector and its potential.
According to the document, 17% of biomethane is used today to fuel natural gas vehicles (NGVs) in 25% of Europe’s refuelling network, resulting in... [Read More]
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The European Environment Agency (EEA) has issued a call to accelerate innovation in biomass and other bio-based sectors as a way to reduce Europe’s environmental footprint and dependency on imported resources
The Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) Coalition has welcomed the inclusion of key clean energy incentives in the United States’ newly passed federal budget reconciliation package - officially titled the One Big Beautiful Big Act
Waga Energy has secured a CA$25 million (approximately €16 million) project finance loan to refinance three of its operational sites in Québec, Canada
