Grow Compost of Vermont has announced its new partnership with Maine-based company, Agri-Cycle, according to Vermont Business Magazine.   In an attempt to divert large volumes of food waste getting sent to landfill, the partnership will use the waste to provide feed for animals, healthy soils and energy creation through anaerobic digestion. Vermont implemented EPA’s... [Read More]

In a recent press release Haven Power has announced that 19th century cricket venue, Edgbaston Cricket Ground in the UK is to be upgraded so that it is solely powered by renewable energy.   A two year deal to supply the cricket ground’s energy has been agreed by long-standing energy brokers Amber Energy. A part of Drax Group, Haven Power will be providing the... [Read More]

Ahead of the COP24 United Nations Climate Change Conference in Katowice, Poland, new research on biomass potential claims it can be a ‘key solution’ in climate change mitigation. According to the recently published researched, the amount of domestically available biomass that is used for bioenergy in Europe can triplicate within sustainable and environmental... [Read More]

Lithuanian renewables company Modus Energy has completed four biogas projects in Belarus with investment totalling €17.6 million, according to a report by The Baltic Times. This new investment marks a stepping stone in Modus Energy’s investment focus on Belarus, as well as Poland and Spain. Funds were partially provided by the Modus Group, an international conglomerate... [Read More]

Charlotte Morton, Chief Executive of the Anaerobic Digestion & Bioresources Association (ADBA), sets out how the UK’s anaerobic digestion (AD) industry can thrive despite the uncertainties of Brexit and climate change The real test of a resilient and sustainable industry is its ability to survive through tough times – and goodness knows we’re living... [Read More]

A PhD researcher from Brunel University London has won Santander’s University Entrepreneurship Award for his ground-breaking modular wastewater treatment system. Brunel student, Tom Fudge and cofounders Llyr Williams and William Gambier, won the competition and collected the £25,000 (€28,000) award on behalf of WASE. There are currently 2.3 billion... [Read More]

The American Biogas Council (ABC) has released a statement addressing the results of the fourth National Climate Assessment. The report outlines how climate change could affect the US. It highlighted how climate change could transform the region and impose demanding costs, potentially posing a threat to the health of American citizens. “The Climate Assessment’s... [Read More]

Gas Networks Ireland has announced its new renewable gas project, GRAZE. The project aims to inject large volumes of renewable gas into the natural gas network and has been shortlisted for €8 million of funding under The Climate Action Fund. According to Farm Ireland, the GRAZE Gas project cost a total of around €29 million and is also part of a larger investment... [Read More]

Dominion Energy and Smithfield Foods are working together in order to ‘transform’ the future of sustainable energy and agriculture by announcing their Align Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) project. The RNG project will capture methane emissions from hog farms and then convert them into renewable energy that will later be used to heat and power residential homes... [Read More]

Finnish gas company Gasum announced that it is expanding the processing chain at its plant in the city of Turku. Sludge from the Turku region wastewater service provider is processed at Gasum’s Topinoja biogas plant, converting the waste feedstock into biogas and recycled nutrients. Following the completion of the expansion project, the Topinoja biogas plant will... [Read More]

Biomass has potential as an energy source in Georgia, according to Natia Turnava, the country’s Deputy Minister of Economy and Sustainable Development. Georgia Today reports that at the closing conference of the EU Public Service Twinning project ‘Strengthening Sustainable Forest Management in Georgia’ Turnava said, “In Lithuania, biomass is recycled... [Read More]

Toshiba has announced it will build a new biomass power plant in Omuta, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. The new facility will be built by Toshiba Corporation consolidated subsidiary Toshiba Energy Systems and Solutions (EES) and its subsidiary, Sigma Power Ariake Corporation (SPAC). SPAC owns and operates the Mikawa Power Plant in Omuta, and the new biomass facility will be... [Read More]

UK Government has announced that it aims to have the country’s first carbon capture, utilisation and storage unit (CCUS) project fully operational by mid-2020. The plan has been set out by energy and clean growth minister, Claire Perry and International Energy agency executive director Faith Birol.    The projects intend to tackle some of the biggest challenges... [Read More]

Key suppliers of natural gas and biomethane for refuelling station infrastructures in the UK, Roadgas stood alongside Nottingham City Transport (NCT) at the 2018 UK Bus Wards.    In 2016 NCT and Roadgas partnered to supply and maintain a refuelling station to support the transformation of the city’s 53 strong fleet of double decker buses to biogas. It is... [Read More]

Natural gas conglomerate Snam announced that it has signed a partnership with car manufacturer Seat to promote the use of compressed natural gas (CNG) and renewable gas (biomethane) for sustainable mobility. The agreement will see both companies explore business and commercial development opportunities that encourage the use of gas and biogas stations, as well as promote... [Read More]

A renewed focus for the decarbonising potential of bioenergy has taken root, following the recent release of two linked reports from the Committee for Climate Change (CCC). Geraint Evans, bioenergy programme manager for the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) discuss why this push from the Government’s climate change watchdog highlights the importance of creating... [Read More]