The Institut Teknologi Bandung (ITB) and the Institute for Applied System Analysis (iIASA) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to begin a cross-disciplined research collaboration into Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS). According to a statement, the BECCS collaboration is expected to begin shortly. It is expected that scientists from both institutions... [Read More]

Major Indian oil and gas company Bharat Petroleum Corporation (BPCL) is venturing into the biogas sector, the Times of India reports. According to the Times of India, BPCL has begun its biogas involvement on ‘a microscale’, setting up a captive use plant for a food outlet in one of its petrol pumps at Bazargon off the Nagpur-Amravati highway. At the opening... [Read More]

In a bid to demonstrate how compressed natural gas can slash road transport emissions, CNG Fuels, supermarket chain Waitrose and Cambridge University are set to collaborate on a pioneering large scale study. CNG Fuels is opening a renewable biomethane refuelling station as part of the project, which will be used by 58 Waitrose and John Lewis trucks. Cambridge University... [Read More]

The City of Toronto has announced plans for a new renewable natural gas (RNG) to grid project at a solid waste management facility. In collaboration with Enbridge Gas Distribution, the City will begin installing new equipment at the Dufferin Solid Waste Management Facility later in 2019. This equipment will transform raw biogas from Toronto’s ‘Green Bin’... [Read More]

Air Liquide has held a ribbon cutting ceremony for the grand opening of its landfill gas (LFG) to renewable gas (RNG) purification plant in Walnut, Mississippi. The new biomethane production plant is located in the Northeast Mississippi Landfill (NEML) site, which is owned by Northeast Mississippi Solid Waste Management Authority and operated by Waste Connections, a national... [Read More]

Foresight has announced the purchase of the 2.5MW anaerobic digestion (AD) plant on the Isle of Wight, a move the company says demonstrates its ‘appetite’ to aggregate operational AD assets.   Located in Arreton, the 24 acre site that converts biogas to biomethane has been purchased by Foresight in a multi-million pound deal. Having already established... [Read More]

Upgrading biogas to biomethane, for injection into the gas grid or for use as a vehicle fuel, is one of the most efficient uses of biogas. There are several upgrading methods available and in 2012, a new solution came onto the market: highly selective membrane technology. However, the progress of biomethane in the UK has been halted due to uncertainty over the incentive... [Read More]

Major British power generator Drax has reported its half year results for the six months ended 30 June 2018. Although the company’s full year expectations remain unchanged, results from the first half of the year were impacted by two unplanned outages. Drax currently runs Europe’s biggest biomass-fuelled power station, near Selby in Yorkshire. As part of a... [Read More]

The Philippines’ Department of Trade has approved a proposal for a Bioenergy Innovation – Incubation Hub and Co-Working Space /Product Testing Centre. The new Shared Service Facility (SSF) will come under the operation and supervision of Mariano Marcos State University’s National Bioenergy Research and Innovation Center. With a proposed budget of almost... [Read More]

The UK’s Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy has set out a proposal to close the country’s Feed-In-Tariffs (FITs) scheme. In the proposal, the scheme would be closed to new applications after 31 March 2019. Feed-In-Tariffs are the UK government’s subsidy scheme for generation of renewable electricity from small-scale low-carbon installations.... [Read More]

Arensis has opened its new UK Alternative Energy Biomass Testing Laboratory in Andover, Hampshire. In 2017 the company acquired the Verdo Renewable pellet plants in Andover and Grangemouth, giving Arensis capacity to produce 100,000 tonnes of renewable heating pellets per annum. The grand opening event marked the debut of the Entrade E5 biomass-to-energy power system CHP... [Read More]

The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) has released its Short Term Energy Outlook for July. Total renewables consumption is forecast to grow over the next couple of years, according to the EIA figures. While total consumption was 11.016 quadrillion (British Thermal Units) in 2017 (up from 1o.256 quadrillion BTU in 2016), it is expected to reach 11.383 quadrillion... [Read More]

The recent AD & Biogas Industry Awards Ceremony 2018, hosted by the UK Anaerobic Digestion & Bioresources Association (ADBA), and the World Biogas Association (WBA), saw 16 companies acknowledged for innovations in the AD sector. Awards were presented at a black tie event at the end of the first day of the UK AD & World Biogas Expo 2018 in Birmingham. Among... [Read More]

Sumitomo Heavy Industries (SHI) has announced that it has secured an order to build a 75MW biomass plant in Kanda City, Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan. As part of the deal, SHI has established a joint enterprise Nippon Steel and Sumkin Engineering. The order for the biomass plant has come from Kanda Biomass Energy. According to a statement from SHI, the primary feedstock for... [Read More]

The California Council on Science and Technology (CCST) has issued a report assessing specifications for biomethane in California common carrier pipelines. According to CCST, the report shows changes that could allow biomethane to be used “safely and economically” in California’s renewable energy portfolio. Titled ‘Biomethane in California Common... [Read More]

AEBIOM, the European Biomass Association, has rebranded to Bioenergy Europe. According to an announcement, the new corporate identity is aimed at giving a ‘clearer, more united voice to Europe’s first source of renewable energy’. Bioenergy Europe puts the rebrand down to bioenergy’s consistent industrial success and growing importance to the European... [Read More]