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Weltec Biopower recently commissioned a biogas plant near Turku in south-western Finland.
The 250 kW plant runs entirely on liquid manure from nearby livestock farms and belongs to a group of three pig farmers. Weltec partnered with its long-standing Finnish partner, Doranova, on the project.
Both the farm structure and the location of the pig farms present an ideal setting for the new…
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The Heineken Brewery in Manchester, UK is turning wasted beer into biogas.
The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) predicts around 87 million pints will have been thrown away as a result of pub closures during the pandemic, equivalent to almost £331 million (€384 million) worth of beer.
As part of its ‘Brewing A Better World’ sustainability strategy, Heineken looked to alleviate…
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Innovative green projects creating the next generation of electric trucks and hydrogen-fuelled buses are set to secure jobs and cut carbon emissions thanks to over £54 million (€62.6 million) in funding allocated by the UK Government.
On 22 March, Business Secretary Kwasi Kwarteng announced that three projects in Cwmbran, Warwickshire, and Ballymena will receive more than £54 million…
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From this week, 50,000 UK homes will be upgraded with green improvements from a £562 million (€650 million) government fund.
The funding will enable over 200 local authorities across England and Scotland to fund a nationwide upgrade of the UK’s least energy efficient and fuel-poor homes, helping to reduce carbon emissions and support green jobs.
According to the government, the funding…
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On 23 February, the first biomass thermal power plant using UK agri-tech was officially opened in Moldova’s capital.
The launch of the newly-installed 150 kW biomass thermal power plant – a project pilot - in Chisinau marked the start of the transition of the energy supply system from imported fossil gas to renewable energy.
The project aims to switch the Centralised Thermal Energy…
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JLEN Environmental Assets Group has acquired a 100% equity stake in Rainworth Energy (REL).
REL holds the rights and operational assets that make up the Rainworth anaerobic digestion (AD) plant, a 2.2 MW electrical facility based in Nottinghamshire, UK, close to an existing AD plant held by JLEN – Biogas Meden.
The plant has been operational since 2016 and supplies both heat and power to…
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GAIL and Ranchi Municipal Corporation have signed an agreement to build a compressed biogas (CBG) plant in Ranchi, India.
Under the agreement, GAIL will set up a CBG plant to process 150 tons per day of organic municipal solid waste. The facility will produce five tons of CBG per day and approximately 25 tons of bio-manure. It is hoped the plant will benefit the community by producing clean,…
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An industry award programme for students has been re-launched by Privilege Finance, with a focus on rewarding innovative approaches and research into climate change solutions.
The Climate Change Thought Leadership Award is now open to applications from undergraduate, masters, or PhD students at UK universities. Privilege has provided a £2,000 (€2,300) prize fund, made available alongside a…
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Renewable natural gas (RNG) produced from diverted landfill waste is now flowing into Southern California Gas’s (SoCalGas) pipeline system from the Rialto Bioenergy Facility.
The facility is located in San Bernardino County and owned by Rialto Bioenergy Facility, an Anaergia company. A new one-mile pipeline connects the facility to an existing SoCalGas pipeline.
Using Anaergia’s…
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Whisky and spirit producers in the UK will benefit from an almost £9 million (€10.4 million) cash boost announced by the government.
The initiative, announced on 20 March, will drive forward plans to create low-carbon green distilleries. Having already received collective funding of more than £1 million (€1.16 million) to kick-start green innovation projects, 12 distilleries across…
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Italian energy firm Eni’s subsidiary, Ecofuel, has agreed to acquire FRI-EL Biogas, an Italian biogas producer.
FRI-EL Biogas owns 21 plants generating electricity from biogas and a plant for processing the organic fraction of municipal solid waste, which Eni intends to convert to produce biomethane. When fully operational, this facility will supply more than 50 million cubic metres per year…
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A microgrid powered through biogas co-generation, solar power, and backup energy storage will supply electricity for a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) in Rialto, California.
The City of Rialto in California, Rialto Water Services and Veolia North America, announced their joint commitment to the next phase of the ‘ambitious’ microgrid plan.
One of the first of its kind in California,…
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Bp and Aria Energy will capture methane from waste at three California dairy farms and process it into renewable natural gas (RNG) via a new project.
Digesters will be installed at three dairy farms in California’s Central Valley, producing biogas from farm waste rather than allowing it to decompose and release methane into the atmosphere. The biogas will then be converted to RNG for use as…
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Minnesota’s first renewable natural gas (RNG) plant is now operational.
DMT Clear Gas Solutions and Amp Americas partnered to deliver the project – a three-dairy facility that captures more than 700,000 gallons of manure to convert 2,000 standard cubic feet per minute of biogas into more than 98% RNG, using DMT’s membrane separation technology, the Carborex® MS.
Riverview is the…
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Aemetis has received approval for the construction of a 32-mile extension to its existing four-mile private pipeline in California that was completed in 2020.
The Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors accepted and approved the Aemetis Biogas Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration for the construction by a unanimous vote.
The pipeline is designed to carry biogas from dairies as part…
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