Jan 10, 2019
Verbio North America announces site for RNG facility
Biomass News
Jan 10, 2019
In order to support biomass energy installations that are located close to forest areas regarded as ‘critical’, Portugal has started a scheme that has received backing from the European Commission.
Under EU State aid rules, the European Commission has approved the Portuguese biomass scheme to implement new installations that will produce both electricity and... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 9, 2019
According to WLOX two new wood pellet facilities are to be built in South Mississippi in collaboration with Enviva Wood Pellets. The new facilities are expected to bring hundreds of jobs as well as economic growth to Jackson and George counties.
WLOX reports that George County has said that the board of supervisors voted to build a $140 million (€122 million) wood... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 8, 2019
Advanced renewable fuels and biochemicals company, Aemetis has announced that its subsidiary, Aemetis Biogas, has closed a $30 million (€26 million) equity investment without any dilutive stock insurances by Aemetis.
The investment is for a project that will allow Aemetis Biogas to build, own and operate dairy biomethane digesters, pipelines and gas clean-up and compression... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 7, 2019
Californian public agency Yuba Water Agency announced that a new biomass facility near Camptonville, California will be receiving a $185,000 (€161,372) grant from the agency.
The funding itself will help the Camptonville Community Partnership secure a power purchase agreement with California utility firm Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E).
“Biomass is a hot... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 3, 2019
According to Thomson Foundation Reuters News, the Pakistani port city of Karachi is introducing cleaner-running buses that will be powered by biomethane.
The international Green climate Fund is aiding the project, helping Karachi launch its zero-emission Green Bus Rapid Transit (BRT). The network will consist of 200 biomethane fuelled buses. The biomethane is to be made... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jan 2, 2019
Drax has announced that it is set to play a larger role in Great Britain’s energy system after purchasing Spanish company Iberdrola’s portfolio of flexible, low-carbon and renewable assets.
The completion of the power plant purchases cost Drax £702 million (€779 million) and is set to increase the company’s electricity generation capacity by... [Read More]
Biomass News
Dec 19, 2018
In a recent press release Valmet has announced that it has finalised a contract with Arauco. The contract requires Valmet to deliver pulp drying and baling, a recovery boiler and a biomass boiler for Arauco’s MAPA project.
The delivery will be part of Arauco’s major investment that aims to expand current production capacity and build a new pulp production... [Read More]
Biomass News
Dec 19, 2018
According to London South East, John Laing Environmental has acquired an anaerobic digestion asset in Yorkshire.
The company is reported to have bought Biogas Meden for £16.2 million (€14.6 million). London South East states that John Laing Environmental acquired the AD plant from a subsidiary of environmental infrastructure fund, BayWa Renewable Energy. According... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 18, 2018
In a long-awaited Resources & Waste Strategy report, the UK government has outlined a comprehensive new plan for recycling a range of materials, including food waste. The 25 year environment plan pledges to leave the environment in a better condition for the next generation.
The new strategy states that it wants to promote UK-based recycling and export less waste to... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 17, 2018
Three compressed natural gas (CNG) fuelling stations have been built along Ontario’s highway 401, according to news outlet NGT News.
The stations are located at Flying J and Husky travel centres in North America. NGT News reports that the facilities have been built in partnership with Clean Energy Fuels Corp and Union Energy Solutions.
CNG will be conveniently accessible... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 17, 2018
India’s minister of Petroleum and Natural Gas, Dharmendra Pradhan, announced that an estimated 5,000 compressed biogas (CBG) plants were to be built across the country by 2023, Business Today reports.
The plants, extracting biogas from agricultural residue, cattle dung and municipal solid waste, will have an approximated annual capacity of 15 million tonnes.
Following... [Read More]
Other News
Dec 17, 2018
Research from Durham University has suggested that the increasing use of bioenergy could be just as damaging to global biodiversity as climate change.
Durham University researchers have suggested that familiar UK species including red squirrels, hedgehogs and red grouse could be affected by the increasing use of bioenergy. Researchers use palm oil production having a detrimental... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 13, 2018
The World Biogas Association (WBA) has announced that it will launch a report on the global market potential of biogas during the inaugural World Biogas Summit 2019 in July.
The potential for growth in biogas markets in different regions across the world as well as on a global scale will be outlined in the report. It will build on a series of pre-existing WBA reports.... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 13, 2018
Hawai’i Gas, the state’s ‘only’ regulated gas utility company, announced that it has commenced operations at a renewable natural gas (RNG) facility sited at the Honouliuli Wastewater Treatment Plant in ‘Ewa Beach, Honolulu.
As a collaboration between Hawai’i Gas and the city of Honolulu, the facility converts sewage waste-derived biogas... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 12, 2018
The UK Government’s forthcoming Resources & Waste Strategy will “require separate food waste collections”, according to Minister for Investment Graham Stuart MP.
Stuart was discussing the forthcoming strategy at the ADBA National Conference 2018 in central London. He explained that universal food waste collections would be included in a bid to reduce... [Read More]
Other News
Dec 12, 2018
Fire crews responded to two structural fires located at the back of a mill in Nova Scotia, Canada, owned by Canadian pellet manufacturer Great Northern Timber Resources, according to a report in local news outlet The Chronicle Herald.
Chief of the local Upper Musquodoboit fire department Robert Kay said that the source of the fire could not be determined, only that five... [Read More]
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Vesper Infrastructure has become the majority investor in EAG Bioenergy, a bioenergy platform with existing anaerobic digestion biogas plants in the UK
James Irvine, general manager of Future Fuels at Clarus hailed this as a historic milestone for the country’s gas pipeline infrastructure
