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TES has awarded a feasibility study to Aker Carbon Capture to explore the implementation of a carbon capture plant at a waste-to-energy facility in Germany. The planned capture capacity will be 400,000 tonnes CO2 per year. The captured CO2 will be transported by railcar to the TES facilities at Wilhelmshaven in Northern Germany to produce e-NG, which is electric natural gas derived from green…
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Brandon Spencer, president of ABB Energy Industries, discusses ABB’s position in the biomass market and the importance of automation, digitalisation and electrification in optimising biomass power generation facilities. ABB recently announced it had secured its ninth contract with TOYO Engineering  Corporation in Japan to supply its distributed control system (DCS) ABB Ability™ Symphony®…
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The Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA) has released a report looking at a possible solution for India's energy security and decarbonisation goals. Produced in a positive policy environment, where the Indian government has introduced several changes to accelerate growth and investments in the biogas sector, the report outlines the country's renewed interest in biogas…
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Suzano, the world's largest producer of market pulp, has announced it will invest R$650 million (€66.4 million) in the construction of a tissue paper mill in Espírito Santo, where it will also invest R$520 million (€98.7 million) to replace a biomass boiler. The company will also invest R$490 million (€93 million) to expand the supply of fluff pulp in São Paulo. The total investment of…
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The first large-scale biomethane production plant in Spain, using waste from a controlled waste repository, is expected to prevent the emission of 17,000 tonnes of CO₂ a year. The Naturgy group gas distributor, Nedgia, will inject biomethane through its grid with a 6-kilometre pipeline constructed as part of the project. Located in the PreZero Spain Controlled Waste Repository in Els…
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Kadri Simson, the European Commissioner for Energy, delivered a speech for European Biomethane Week on 25 October, in which she said that biomethane's role in Europe's energy transition is "even more critical" now than one year ago. Delivering a keynote speech at the European Biogas Association's 2023 Conference at The EGG Centre in Brussels, Simson said that the EU is still importing between…
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Pakistan's chief minister Mohsin Naqvi laid the foundation stone of one of the country's biggest biogas plants at an official level on 25 October. Naqvi launched the construction work of the 6,000 cubic metre biogas plant at Gujjar Colony Rakh Chand Rai Lahore. The plant will cost Rs350 million (€1.2 million), with Rs80 million (€273,000) expected to be generated annually, with the project…
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Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) has reached a milestone in its commitment to decarbonise its natural gas system and expand on technologies that support the production of new, carbon-free and carbon-neutral energy resources. The company has begun the process of purchasing California-produced renewable natural gas (RNG) for residential and small commercial customers. The company is…
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Bioenergy Europe has released its 2023 Statistical Report Pellets and its Policy Brief. The report analyses the state of play of the pellet sector. The geopolitical crisis and the EU sanctions against Russia made 2022 an exceptional year for the pellet market, according to the trade association. Fluctuations in pellet prices significantly grew due to flow disruptions from Russia, Belarus and…
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The International Energy Agency (IEA) has released its World Energy Outlook 2023, which observes that the energy sector remains fragile, but "has effective ways to improve energy security and tackle emissions". Noting that some of the immediate pressures from the global energy crisis have eased, the report nevertheless stated that energy markets, geopolitics and the global economy are unsettled…
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The European Parliament Committee on Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) voted on its Report on the Revision of Regulation EU 2019/1242 on 24 October, setting CO2 emission performance standards for new heavy duty vehicles. The ENVI Committee position does not include a mechanism or definition that is able to account for the contribution of renewable fuels, such as biomethane, in…
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Ameresco, a cleantech integrator specialising in energy efficiency and renewable energy, has achieved commercial operation at its landfill gas to renewable natural gas (RNG) plant at Republic Services’ Benson Valley Landfill in Frankfort, Kentucky in the US. The Benson Valley facility has a gross nameplate in excess of 483,552 Dekatherms per year and is capable of processing 2,000 scfm of raw…
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The US Trade and Development Agency (USTDA) has signed a grant agreement with Ecostar Energy Côte d’Ivoire for technical assistance to support the development of an estimated 25-megawatt cotton stalk biomass power plant in the Boundiali region of Côte d’Ivoire. Ecostar selected Washington, D.C.-based Delphos International Ltd. to carry out the assistance. Upon implementation, the biomass…
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Hycamite and Kokkolan Energiaverkostot have agreed that the latter will supply methane for the former’s Kokkola plant in Finland. Hycamite and numerous other major Kokkola-based companies have agreements to receive methane Kokkolan Energiaverkostot, meaning that the Kokkola LNG terminal project is progressing from the design phase to the construction phase. Before this deal, Hycamite used…
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