The council of Chilliwack, a city in British Columbia, Canada, has approved a major study to look for alternatives to flaring biogas from it wastewater treatment plant, according to The Chilliwack Progress. At present, three anaerobic digesters at the wastewater plant emit a substantial amount of biogas – including major greenhouse gases carbon dioxide and methane.... [Read More]

Suppliers have now sold enough renewable gas through the Green Gas Certification Scheme (GGCS) to cover the annual consumption of 83,000 homes, cook 300 million Sunday roasts, or fry four billion eggs. The scheme is announcing today that sales of its certificates have now hit 1 TWh.   Increasing numbers of consumers are becoming aware that, just as they can buy... [Read More]

UK power giant Drax is going out to town halls and community rooms near its plant in the north of England to tell people about its plans to modify two its coal-fired generating units and turn them into gas-powered ones. The company, which is based near Selby, UK, has also made plans to install a battery storage facility at the plant called the Drax Power Station. Drax... [Read More]

Hong Kong-based China Everbright Greentech has announced that it has recently secured the Henan Zhecheng integrated biomass and waste-to-energy project, and the Jiangxi Guixi Hazardous waste integrated treatment project with a total investment of approximately RMB918 million (€119m). The Zhecheng integrated project has a total investment of RMB537 million. Around... [Read More]

UK-based University of Chester and biomass specialist Arensis will run a new research project to trial a range of new waste feedstocks to feed into a decentralised clean energy power system. The development aims to discover which waste materials can be redirected from landfill to create electricity and heat for commercial biomass. A range of feedstocks sources –... [Read More]

Japanese construction firm Fujita Corp. has announced that it will develop a 1.8MW biomass power project fuelled with rice husk in Myanmar. Fujita will be working with its partner Myanmar Agribusiness Public Corp.(MAPCO) on the project and will work on the scheme through a newly-created joint venture called Myaung Mya FM Biomass Power to under. Fujita has an 80% stake... [Read More]

The UK-based Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA) has sent a number of policy requests to Exchequer Secretary Andrew Jones MP, ahead of the Budget, which takes place on 22 November. As the government looks ahead to the publication of the Industrial Strategy White Paper, ADBA has highlighted the strong business case for the proposed agri-tech and bioeconomy... [Read More]

The World Biogas Association (WBA) is celebrating its first year of achievements at the UN COP23 Climate Change Conference in Bonn as global leaders come together to review progress on reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The WBA was founded a year ago (6 November, 2016) at COP22 in Marrakech with the aim of demonstrating the huge contribution that biogas can make to reducing... [Read More]

A new research programme in New York involving students from Clarkson University, Potsdam, New York, will convert one ton (US ton) of waste per day into renewable energy, according to a report by the Watertown Daily Times. According to the media report, the project is a joint venture between Clarkson and One World Clean Energy, an energy provider with the goal... [Read More]

A partnership between government-backed green finance initiatives in the UK and China have made a number of recommendations in a report that will help grow green finance across the globe. The ‘Turning Green Momentum into Actions’ report is the latest contribution from the UK-China Green Finance Taskforce. The Taskforce, setup by the Green Finance Initiative... [Read More]

Active Energy Group (AEG), a London Stock Exchange-listed firm and renewable energy specialist, has announced that it has completed an oversubscribed placing totalling £1.75 million (€1.97m) through the issue of 83,333,334 new ordinary shares of 1p each at a price of 2.1p per share from new and existing investors. The net funds raised will be used to accelerate... [Read More]

Orsted, formerly known as Dong Energy, has launched its new combined heat and power (CHP) plant in Fredericia, Denmark. The new facility, called the Skærbæk Power Station, will use wood chips as fuel to generate district heating and electricity. It was inaugurated by HRH the Crown Princess of Denmark on 25 October, 2017. The power station is now able to supply... [Read More]

The Energy Secretary of the Philippines is not keen on extending feed in tariffs (FITs) for biomass, according to report in Power Philippines News. It was reported on the news channel that Energy Secretary Alfonso G. Cusi said: “The Philippines, as a developing country… it’s difficult for us to be giving subsidy or FIT. Especially when we want... [Read More]

Wood pellet giant Enviva has released its latest sustainability ‘Track & Trace’ sourcing data. According to the US-headquarted company, the release of this data demonstrates the company’s ongoing commitment to a sustainable and transparent supply chain. Enviva said that these data are a key tool used to measure, maintain and validate the company’s... [Read More]

The American Biogas Council (ABC) has welcomed the introduction of a new bill in Congress which would extend the renewable electricity tax credit to include anaerobic digestion (AD) and biogas technology. Congresswoman Elise Stefanik’s bill, labelled the Renewable Electricity Tax Credit Equalisation Act (HR 4137), would see tax credit applied to open and closed-loop... [Read More]

A specialist manufacturing company has invested £500,000 (€565,500) in installing biomass boilers, as part of a five year plan to ultimately switch to exclusively using sustainable and renewable energy. Boardlink has installed the Fröling biomass boilers to fuel its 32,500 square metre site based in Hawarden, north Wales. The new boilers replace Boardlink’s... [Read More]