Sweden-headquartered H&M is taking discarded clothing to a combined heat and power (CHP) station in Stockholm, according to media reports. The CHP station in Vasteras, northwest of Stockholm, is converting from oil-and coal-fired generation to become a fossil fuel-free facility by 2020, according to a report in Bloomberg. In a statement, H&M stated that it will... [Read More]

Barrow Green Gas (BGG) has been confirmed as the UK’s biggest shipper and supplier of biomethane, as the Green Gas Certification Scheme has revealed that sales of Green Gas Certificates have hit a total of 1TWh of biomethane This 1TWh biomethane, also known as green gas, is enough to power 83,000 UK homes for a year. More than half of this biomethane has been supplied... [Read More]

The UK’s Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA) has welcomed the British government’s new Industrial Strategy White Paper, saying that anaerobic digestion (AD) can play a key role in ‘enhancing’ Britain’s industrial capacity. Key features of the White Paper are agri-tech and the circular economy. Anaerobic digestion plays... [Read More]

Bord na Móna, an Irish energy company, will soon seek government approval for plans to invest €60 million in building a wood pellet factory in the US, according to the Irish Times. It was announced in September 2016 that the state owned company wanted to build a pellet plant in Georgia that would turn willow trees into pellets for export to the Republic of... [Read More]

One of Europe’s largest private sector forest owners and a major player in the bioeconomy, Bergvik Skog is undergoing structural changes as part of a plan to acquire new forest assets and secure its supply of feedstock. Bergvik Skog owns approximately 2.3 million hectares of land in Sweden and about 0.1 million hectares in Latvia. As well as certified wood fibre... [Read More]

Estonian natural gas distributor Eesti Gaas has signed a contract with renewable fuels provider Rohegaas to buy around 11 million m3 of biomethane from the company over the next two years to sell at its compressed natural gas (CNG) stations. “I am very glad that in the new year we will start the sales of biomethane or green gas in all our compressed gas stations,"... [Read More]

Canadian biowaste and organic company Lystek International has been awarded a $1.5 million (€1.26m)-plus grant from the California Energy Commission’s Electric Program Investment Charge (EPIC) Program. The mandate of the EPIC Program focuses on funding for the creating of new energy solutions, fostering regional innovation, and bringing clean energy ideas to... [Read More]

International technology group Andritz will supply a boiler to a new biomass power plant set to be built on the premises of the MES shipyard in Ichihara, 30km east of Tokyo in the Chiba Prefecture. The new biomass power plant, fired with palm kernel shells and wood pellets, will generate around 50MW of power, meaning it will be able to supply approximately 100,000 households... [Read More]

Bioenergy technologies combined with carbon capture and storage (CCS) can play a significant role in the UK’s future UK energy system, according to Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) strategy manager for bioenergy Hannah Evans. The ETI is a UK-based company formed from global industries and the UK government. It was formed in 2007, but its programme is... [Read More]

PowerHouse Energy Group moves forward with waste-to-hydrogen system design London-based clean energy company PowerHouse Energy Group announced that it had completed early design work on its UK-based 25 tonne-per-day synthetic gas (syngas) plant, according to news channel ProActive Investors. The pre-front-end engineering and design, or pre-FEED, stage validated the company's... [Read More]

A college in Vermont, US, is aiming to reduce its carbon footprint by producing renewable natural gas from food waste and manure. Middlebury College has entered into a partnership with Goodrich Family Farm in Salisbury, Vermont, Vanguard Renewables of Wellesley, Massachusetts and Vermont Gas. The new agreement will see Vanguard Renewables construct, own and operate a facility... [Read More]

The UK-based Energy Technologies Institute (ETI) has announced a new fellowship programme at its 10 Years of Innovation Conference, in honour of the organisation’s late CEO and Royal Academy of Engineering fellow, Dr David Clarke, who passed away in February 2017. Launched in partnership with the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC), the David... [Read More]

Treated excrement from turkeys, chickens and other poultry, when converted to combustible solid biomass fuel, could replace approximately 10% of coal used in electricity generation, in turn reducing greenhouse gases and providing an alternative energy source, according to a new study by researchers from Ben-Gurion University of the Negev (BGU). A statement from American... [Read More]

EuropaBio, the European Association for Bioindustries, has called for an ambitious revision of the European Bioeconomy Strategy. According to the trade body, such a revision would help tackle climate change and meet the needs of a growing population whilst boosting Europe’s resource efficiency, competitiveness and long-term economic growth. “To achieve this,... [Read More]

The European Biomass Association (Aebiom) has unveiled a new ‘Bioenergy Day’ campaign to raise awareness on bioenergy’s "pivotal" role in the renewable energy transition. More than 20 European countries are expected to benefit from the campaign thanks to the support of 30 national associations and a dozen international trade federations. The ‘Bioenergy... [Read More]

US-headquartered package delivery company UPS announced an agreement with Big Ox Energy (a wholly- owned subsidiary of Environmental Energy Capital) to purchase 10 million gallon equivalents of biomethane, also known as renewable natural gas (RNG) per year. This is the largest investment in RNG to date for the company, and the agreement runs through 2024. Use of RNG yields... [Read More]