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]

Drax has announced the commissioning of an ‘innovative’ Bioenergy Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS) pilot plant. It expects that within the next few weeks the first carbon dioxide will be captured and converted into biomass. If the pilot is successful, the six month project should capture a tonne of CO2 per day from the gases that are produced by the plant.... [Read More]

A call on the UK Government to “fast-track” the rollout of separate food waste collections across the UK has led to a coalition of more than forty trade bodies, campaign groups, businesses and local authorities. In a press release the UK’S trade body for anaerobic digestion, ADBA has announced that it has joint the coalition. In a bid to get the Government... [Read More]

UK Miscanthus specialists Terravesta have been boosted with a private investment of £2 million. Nat le Roux, former chief executive of IG Group and current Scotgold chairman, has bought a personal stake in the renewable biomass business. “We’re responding to the devastating effects of climate change by moving away from fossil-based hydrocarbon products,... [Read More]

An investigation has been launched after a silo owned by UK-based biomass supplier Balcas, containing 12 tonnes of wood pellets, caught fire in Invergordon, Scotland. The fire broke out at Cromarty Firth Industrial Estate. According to The Press and Journal, smoke could be seen pouring out of the contained steel silo while firefighters worked to put out the flames. Invergordon-based... [Read More]

Multinational commercial catering and food service company, Elior has announced in a press release that its partnership with sustainable biofuel producer Bio-bean has saved 36 tonnes of coffee waste from going to landfill. The partnership began in 2016, when waste coffee grounds started to be collected from various Elior sites across the UK. Once collected, the waste coffee... [Read More]