Since being put in motion last year, the phasing out of diesel-powered vehicles by The John Lewis Partnership continues gaining momentum. This week, the Partnership pledges to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050, using biomethane-powered heavy goods vehicles as part of the initiative. According to announcement, the company vehicles contribute over 40%... [Read More]

A study published this week by Navigant for the Gas for Climate consortium points at combining hydrogen, biomethane and electricity to better decarbonise the energy system. Just last week, Chancellor of the Exchequer Phillip Hammond delivered the Spring Statement, in which Hammond spoke of the need for the pace of decarbonisation to be accelerated. As response to that... [Read More]

Irish waste-to-energy company BHSL have agreed to a €1.5 million deal to sell its fluidised bed combustion (FBC) technology in France, RTE reports. BHSL will provide the technology to Liger Bioconcept, which is a joint venture between fellow waste-to-energy firm Liger; algae specialist and fertiliser manufacturer Olmix; and pig processor Jean Floch. The technology... [Read More]

Renewable gas provider Xebec Adsorption announced that it has signed a CAD$6 million (€3.9 million) contract for a landfill biogas upgrading plant in Italy. After the plant is operational, it is estimated to produce 5 million cubic metres of carbon-neutral renewable natural gas (RNG) yearly. “Upgraded landfill gas to RNG is playing an increasingly important... [Read More]

Researchers from the University of Illinois in the US, and the Aarhus University in Denmark are looking to examine a new cold-tolerant strand of the miscanthus plant to make it more efficient for biomass production. The study details how Miscanthus x giganteus, which is the standard strain for current production, can be bred with Miscanthus sacchariflorus which can be... [Read More]

Chancellor of the Exchequer Phillip Hammond delivered the Spring Statement this week, laying out updated economic forecasts for the UK. Along with formal acknowledgement that the UK economy will continue to weaken in 2019, there is the more positive strength of public finances to applaud, the budget deficit expected to be the smallest since 2002. However, both of these... [Read More]

French renewable energy producer Albioma announced that it has taken out a new long-term loan for its 34MW Albioma Caraïbes for a total of €68 million to convert the facility’s feedstock into 100% biomass. It will also be used to finance the works required for making the plant comply with the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) which comes into force on... [Read More]

Technology group Wärtsilä announced that it has been given a notice to proceed for a liquid biogas (bioLNG) plant to be constructed in Norway. According to the release, the contract was awarded to the firm in April 2018 by Norwegian wastewater treatment company VEAS.  “Efficiency and environmental sustainability are two of the main pillars of Wärtsilä’s... [Read More]

India-based Banas Dairy is planning to set up four biogas plants with an estimated total value of ₹320 million (€4 million), Times of India reports. Banas chairman Shankar Chaudhary will lay the foundation stones for each biogas plant at Ratnapura (Bhiladi), Dama Semen Station (Deesa), Thavar (Dhanera) and Danta Chilling Centre in Banaskantha. “The problem... [Read More]

A public bus has caught fire in Stockholm after what investigators believe to be a biogas explosion, The Local reports. There were no passengers on the bus at the time of the incident, however the driver was taken to the hospital with burn injuries in a ‘serious but stable’ condition. According to the report, fire and rescue services suspect a biogas tube on... [Read More]

In a recent press release, supplier of membrane biogas upgrading systems, Bright Biomethane has announced the construction of its first project in Scotland is set to start soon. The construction of the modular and compact biogas upgrading system will take place in the north of Scotland, and will be producing sustainable biomethane from various wastes and residues. Bright... [Read More]

Fund management company Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) announced that its Templeborough biomass plant in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, UK has commenced operations.  “We are pleased to have achieved commercial operations, which is an important milestone. Construction was more challenging than expected however, we have always had a good cooperation with... [Read More]

In a recent press release Geminor announced that it signed an agreement that secures 100% of Norwegian company, Bøn Biobrensel. CEO of Geminor, Kjetil Vikingstad, and general manager of Bøn Biobrensel, Johan Peter Olö, both signed the agreement. The acquisition means that Geminor doubles its capacity in the production of wood chips that will be used... [Read More]

The Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland (SEAI) released its 2019 Renewable Energy In Ireland report, discussing Ireland’s progress with its 2020 renewables targets. According to the report, only 10.6% of energy consumed in Ireland was sourced from renewables in 2017. This makes Ireland 22nd of the EU-28 for its overall renewable energy share and 26th for the... [Read More]

Plaintiffs from six different countries have filed an action in the European General Court, outlining that the inclusion of forest biomass as a renewable fuel ‘fatally’ undermines the goals of the Renewable Energy Directive (REDII). Irish environmental NGO Friends of the Irish Environment (FIE)’s Tony Lowes is one of the plaintiffs in the legal challenge,... [Read More]

The Environmental Journal has reported that UK researchers have developed a new green technology that generates electricity from discarded cocoa pod husks. The project is led by the University of Nottingham and hopes to benefit Ghanaian farming communities with little or no access to grid power. The green technology project aims to spawn an entirely new biofuel industry... [Read More]