Aug 2, 2018
First AD plant certified under new performance scheme
Product News
Aug 1, 2018
Roadgas, a key supplier of natural gas and bio-methane vehicle refuelling station infrastructure and Scania’s UK partner based in Nottingham has recently appointed David Rix as its new Managing Director.
Having founded the company in 2007 Richard Barski announced his decision to retire following 37 years in the industry.
Richard revealed: “It is... [Read More]
Other News
Aug 1, 2018
Policy makers in the UK are being called on to review the impact grants for crop based renewable energies, such as anaerobic digestion and biomass, are having on the countryside.
The National Sheep Association, the association for the UK’s sheep industry, has voiced concerns over the pressure AD and large scale biomass burners exert on forage stocks, suggesting a... [Read More]
Biomass News
Aug 1, 2018
European stakeholders involved in the wood chips sector can now review and comment on the main elements of Bioenergy Europe’s (formerly AEBIOM) proposed woodchip certification guidelines.
Since the start of 2018, Bioenergy Europe has been ‘actively’ working on a quality scheme for woodchips ‘at the international level.’
Named ‘GoodChips’,... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 31, 2018
In a bid to improve the efficiency of its biomass generating units Drax has signed a £40 million (€44.9 million) contract with Siemens for turbine upgrades.
Drax operates the UK’s biggest power station, near Selby in Yorkshire. As part of a massive decarbonisation project, Drax is converting the facility and its associated supply chain infrastructure from... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 30, 2018
In a press release, the European Investment Bank (EIB) announced a EUR 50 million loan to assist in financing a new biomass-fuelled power plant, to be built in the Spanish La Coruña municipalities of Curtis and Teixeiro on a 103000 m² publicly owned site. The plant will be supplied with forest waste sourced within a 100 km radius.
Planned to be operational... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 30, 2018
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]
Biogas News
Jul 30, 2018
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]
Biogas News
Jul 27, 2018
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]
Biogas News
Jul 26, 2018
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]
Biogas News
Jul 26, 2018
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]
Biogas News
Jul 24, 2018
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]
Biogas News
Jul 24, 2018
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]
Biomass News
Jul 24, 2018
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]
Other News
Jul 24, 2018
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]
Biogas News
Jul 24, 2018
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]
Biomass News
Jul 16, 2018
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]
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In its Vietnam business in Vietnam, erex has invested in Hau Giang Bio Energy, a company established for the purpose of constructing and operating biomass power plants
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
