Apr 17, 2019
Joint agreement signed for Spanish biogas plants
Biogas News
Apr 17, 2019
Canadian provider of water and wastewater treatment technology Ovivo has announced the acquisition of Westech Industrial, which operates as Varec Biogas.
Based in Stafford, Texas and Huntington Beach, California, Varec Biogas designs, services and distributes biogas safety and handling equipment for municipal waste management and other industrial applications.
“We... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 17, 2019
Nottingham City Transport (NCT) has announced that the first of its 67 new biogas double decker buses entered service on 15 April.
NCT has invested £20 million (€23 million) in the new biogas vehicles, while an additional £1.12 million (€1.29 million) from the Office of Low Emission Vehicles will be used to expand the biomethane refuelling station... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 16, 2019
Malaby Biogas will celebrate the 7th anniversary of operations at its Bore Hill Farm biodigester in Warminster, UK in May 2019.
In 2018, the biodigester became the first English anaerobic digestion (AD) plant to gain approval under the new AD Certification Scheme (ADCS), which recognises high levels of operational, environmental, and health and safety performance.
Since... [Read More]
Biomass News
Apr 16, 2019
The Maine Technology Institute (MTI) has awarded $1.5 million (€1.3 million) under its Emerging Technology Challenge for Maine’s Forest Resources.
Two companies have each been awarded $750,000 under the initiative, which was established in December 2018 to support the development of emerging technology companies in the forest resource sector.
In addition to... [Read More]
Biomass News
Apr 15, 2019
The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) revealed that growth in electricity generated from biomass has ended in the last two years.
Electricity generated from biomass totalled 70.6 million MWh in 2018, contributing 2% of total US electricity generation.
After growing from 2004 to 2014, the EIA’s data results showed that in 2018, biomass electricity generation... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 15, 2019
Case Construction Equipment has revealed the world’s first biomethane-powered wheel loader at this year’s Bauma event in Munich, Germany.
Known as ProjectTETRA, the wheel loader runs entirely on alternative and renewable fuel, described by the company as a ‘pragmatic solution for the construction industry’.
The biomethane-powered engine, which has... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 12, 2019
San Francisco-based waste and energy development company Brightmark Energy has launched a dairy waste to biogas project in Washington, US.
Located in Yakima County, the project will convert 150,000 gallons per day of dairy waste from 7,000 cows into 160,000 MMBtu of renewable natural gas (RNG), according to the company.
The project is being developed by Augean Renewable... [Read More]
Biomass News
Apr 11, 2019
Dutch health and nutrition company Royal DSM has reduced carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from its vitamin production facility in Sisseln, Switzerland, after switching to biomass.
The power plant, which will be operated and maintained by energy company Engie and Swiss energy provider ewz, will save 50,000 tons per year of CO2 emissions.
The facility produces DSM’s... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 10, 2019
Car manufacturer Seat announced that it will be launching a project converting organic waste into biomethane in Barcelona.
According to the release, the Life Methamorphosis project uses five steps: recycling, transforming, refining and compressing, refuelling, and ‘driving off’.
“With all the organic waste that is generated we can produce enough biomethane... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 9, 2019
US firm Symbion Power has announced engine-based power plant specialist Clarke Energy as the preferred bidder for two power plants in Rwanda which will generate biogas from beneath Lake Kivu.
According to the release, Clarke Energy will deliver approximately 25 of General Electric’s (GE) 3MW gas engines to Symbion Power’s Kivu 56 and KP1 power plants which... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 8, 2019
High-pressure gas equipment specialist Calvera has announced the sale of its first biomethane transport module to E.ON Biofor Sweden, entering the Swedish market.
The company has delivered an easy-life gas transport module to E.ON, which operates a network of 70 biogas fuel stations across Sweden.
“This is an important step for us. E.ON Biofor is one of Sweden’s... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 8, 2019
Two cars in the Honda Indy Grand Prix of Alabama were sponsored by the American Biogas Council, a breakthrough to mainstream America for the biogas industry.
IndyCars driven by Colton Herta (Harding Steinbrenner Racing) and Patricio O’Ward (Carlin Motorsport) were the parties sponsored by the biogas association.
“If we can get America to embrace the benefits... [Read More]
Biomass News
Apr 5, 2019
UK biomass producer Stobart Energy has rolled out rugged tablet computers across its fleet of 200 vehicles, to ensure high safety standards are met across its network.
The tablet computers are part of a new system deployed by Freeway Fleet Systems to give managers full visibility of the status of the fleet to ‘improve utilisation, cost control and compliance’,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 3, 2019
American renewable natural gas (RNG) supplier US Gain has announced that a new RNG project in Springfield, Nebraska has come online, providing clean fuel for the transportation industry.
The company has also signed a supply contract with Southern California Gas (SoCalGas) to supply RNG across its fuelling station network.
The Sarpy County Landfill in Springfield, Nebraska... [Read More]
Other News
Apr 2, 2019
The UK trade body for the anaerobic digestion (AD) industry, the Anaerobic Digestion & Bioresources Association, ADBA, called on the government to introduce bespoke low-carbon Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme to support small-scale renewable technologies on the day the Feed-In Tariff (FiT) has ended.
The UK AD industry currently has capacity to power 1.2... [Read More]
Pellets News
Apr 1, 2019
Wood pellets manufacturer Pinnacle Renewable Energy announced that it has restarted production of wood pellets at its Entwistle facility in Alberta, Canada, following a fire in February.
The company is working with Alberta Labour Occupational Health & Safety, fire authorities, insurance adjusters, equipment suppliers and other experts as part of an ongoing investigation... [Read More]
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