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Kent County Council (KCC) in the UK has announced all food waste in the county will be recycled in Kent.
Around 45,000 tonnes of food waste collected annually from local households will be turned into biogas through a new anaerobic digester at Blaise Farm Quarry. The biogas will be fed directly into the National Grid as well as powering the plant itself, and creating fertiliser.
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The RFS Power Coalition has announced its support for legislation introduced in the US that would require the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to take action on stalled Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) pathway petitions and applications submitted by biogas, biomass, and waste-to-energy power producers.
The RFS Power Coalition is led by the American Biogas Council (ABC), Biomass Power…
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EnviTec’s gas upgrading has seen a performance boost from improved membranes, increasing separation capacity.
The company now has 49 gas upgrading plants in operation in six countries around the world, with a further 15 under construction. EnviTec said this is all part of the EnviThan success story for efficient and environmentally-friendly gas upgrading technology.
“In just eight…
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Drax is expected to shelve plans to build a major gas-fired power plant in the UK, according to reports.
It has been suggested the company is considering abandoning the plans following criticism from environmental groups who said it went against the spirit of the UK’s pledge to tackle climate change. This speculation follows the loss of a legal challenge against the government for approving…
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Pellet producer Waste Knot Energy has signed a £132 million (€150 million) deal with international supply management firm Komercon.
Under the terms of the agreement, Waste Knot Energy will supply 3.6 million tonnes of pellets over the next five years to Komercon, which has its head office in the Netherlands, giving it the ability to close long-term supply agreements for its…
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“Sector lobbying by national bioenergy associations is going to be extremely important."
The exciting potential of 2020, as seen in January last year with the launch of the European Green Deal (EGD) and the EU’s energy transition towards being carbon neutral by 2050, was brutally and painfully destroyed by COVID-19. There is simply no way of avoiding that truth as we seek to make sense of…
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Renewable energy investment platform Bio Capital has completed the debt financing on its portfolio of UK anaerobic digestion (AD) assets.
Independent law firm Burges Salmon advised the firm on the £85 million (€96 million) debt financing on assets across England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.
Bio Capital was founded in 2018 by Helois Energy Investments and Equitix as a platform for…
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WELTEC BIOPOWER has joined the American Biogas Council (ABC), which has campaigned for the interests of the US biogas industry since 2010.
Based in Germany, Weltec Biopower specialises in the field of stainless-steel biogas plant construction; it has developed and built anaerobic digestion (AD) plants since 2001.
“We look forward to our commitment in the US and are convinced that we can…
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Compact Membrane Systems (CMS), a firm specialising in separation technology, has completed the first pilot demonstration of Optiperm™ biogas.
The latest addition to the CMS portfolio is aimed at enabling the clean energy transition underway in the biogas sector, a market valued at $55 billion (€45 billion), according to CMS.
Optiperm biogas holds the potential to create pipeline ready…
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Two of the UK’s largest renewable energy producing facilities – Ince Bio Power and Energy Works Hull - have undergone major digitisation projects to move their asset management processes to the cloud.
The operator of Energy Works Hull, Bioenergy Infrastructure Group (BIG), was helped by Manchester-based firm SRO Solutions (part of the Cohesive Companies) when it needed a new asset…
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One million UK homes are now being powered by green gas as a result of anaerobic digestion (AD) projects funded by Privilege Finance.
The projects generate a total of more than 1.3 terawatts of energy per year, meaning each day they generate 3.5 GW, translating to approximately 1 million homes powered based on average household energy usage.
Chris Winward, chief commercial officer,…
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DP CleanTech, a renewable and environmental management firm specialising in biomass, waste-to-energy, and waste management projects, has partnered with life cycle asset management (LCAM) firm JOULON.
The strategic partnership will focus on the emerging prospects in the waste management and environmental services industry. At a time of change in the global economy and with renewed momentum on…
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On 5 February, Chairman of the House of Ways and Means Subcommittee on Select Revenue Measures, Mike Thompson, and the entire Democratic membership of the Committee, announced the introduction of the Growing Renewable Energy and Efficiency Now (GREEN) Act.
The bill, first introduced in June 2020, is a comprehensive use of the tax code to combat the threat of climate change. The legislation,…
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It could take 10 years or more to meet the UK Government’s target to issue Green Homes Grant vouchers to 600,000 households.
In response to concerns raised by the Environmental Audit Committee (EAC) on the operation of the Green Homes Grant, Lord Callanan, Minister of the Department for Business, Energy, and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) admitted that only 20,000 vouchers towards the cost of…
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Enviva has published its 2020 Impact Report, which outlines the progress made last year to implement its Responsible Sourcing Policy (RSP) provisions in its operations.
The firm’s RSP provides strict sourcing guidelines that hold it to the highest standards of sustainability, integrity, forest stewardship, and continuous improvement and serves as the guiding principle for its global wood…
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