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Following the withdrawal of a subsidy under the Indian government's National Biogas and Manure Management Programme (NBMMP) for setting up a biogas plant in 2020, there has been a marked decline in number of farmers opting to install family-type biogas plants in the past two years in the Malwa region, reported The Tribune.
The scheme, which run under the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy was…
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Community Council members for Balintore and Hilton have signalled they will oppose plans for a 100GW per year anaerobic digestion plant, after claiming that residents are "totally against it", reported Ross-Shire Journal.
Acorn Bioenergy submitted a planning application to Highland Council last week, to be built at a site 350m south of Fearn Aerodrome near Balintore.
Mmebers of Balintore and…
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San Francisco Public Utilities (SFPUC) has selected three Cambi thermal hydrolysis technology systems for new biosolids digester facilities. The technology will allow the SFPUC to enhance odour control, boost energy recovery and reduce the plant’s environmental footprint.
The SFPUC is investing over $3 billion (€3bn) to upgrade and modernize the Southeast Treatment Plant, the city’s…
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In the UK, amid concern about the cost of energy and preparations for potential shortages of power in the coming months, farmers from the UK’s biggest dairy cooperative, Arla, has issued a call to action for the Government to tap into a major unused source of energy from farms and the wider food supply chain.
The organisation said figures show that, with support, nearly 91 million metric tons…
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A special event was held at Roade village hall where residents were able to ask questions and view details about a potential new plant that will generate a sustainable alternative to natural gas, the Northampton Chronicle reported.
Acorn Bioenergy is currently working on a planning application for a new plant on a proposed site on the land south of East Lodge Farm close to Roade. The site will…
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Having completed a successful previous project in Scotland, Bright Renewables has been contracted by the same client for five new projects in Scotland.
For four of these projects, Bright will realise biogas upgrading systems. For the fifth project, Bright will realise a biogas upgrader and a CO2 liquefaction system. The liquid bio-CO2 will be marketed by the client and the biomethane will be…
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European Bioenergy Day was held on 8 November and is part of Bioenergy Europe's annual European bioenergy campaign. It aims to shed light on the increasingly vital role which sustainable biomass plays in the EU energy mix, especially when considering energy security. If all of Europe’s bioenergy was used continuously, it would be enough to cover all of Europe’s energy needs starting today…
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Smart energy solutions company Ignitis will start to import biomethane and supply it to business customers in November. The first company replacing natural gas with biomethane is “SG dujos".
Haroldas Nausėda, head of B2B clients and expansion, said that biomethane is a "more sustainable alternative" to fossil fuels, which meets the natural gas standard completely. It possesses an equivalent…
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Malaysian Engineering and energy solutions provider Kejuruteraan Asastera Bhd (KAB) is expanding its sustainable energy solutions segment through the proposed acquisition of the entire equity of Future Biomass Gasification (FBG) for RM15 million (€3.2m).
In a Bursa Malaysia filing on 9 November, KAB said FBG, a wholly owned subsidiary of Future NRG (FNSB), owns a biogas power plant in Kedah…
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Yoshinobu is executive advisor at RENOVA.
What first drew you to this industry?
In 2004, a major Japanese power company contacted me asking if I have a source of biomass. I did not know anything about it. They said they wanted to co-fire at their coal-fired power plant in Kyoto prefecture, where Kyoto Protocol was discussed — and was in place in 1997 at COP3. This was the beginning of…
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The Indian government announced on 7 November that it will continue its Bioenergy Programme until 2025-26, reported the Pioneer.
The Union Ministry of New & Renewable Energy committed a budget outlay of Rs 858 crore, which has been earmarked for the first phase of the programme. It will support the use of huge surplus biomass, cattle excrement and industrial and urban biowaste available for…
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ALFA, a new project for unlocking the biogas potential of Agriculture and Livestock Farming has just started and will host a launch meeting in Thessaloniki, Greece on 26 and 27 November.
This project aims to enhance the wider uptake of Renewable Energy Systems (RES) and increase the share of bioenergy as a baseload energy source. In doing so it intends to ensure emissions reduction from…
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PT Perusahaan Listrik Negara (Persero) (PLN), Indonesia's government-owned electricity producing corporation, has said it aims to accelerate decarbonisation by decreasing the usage of fossil energy. In the power sector, PT PLN (Persero) said it will begin to gradually early retire Coal Fired Power Plants (CFPP). Meanwhile, to reduce emissions from existing operational CFPPs, PLN said it has…
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Scandinavian Biogas has signed a multi-year agreement worth approximately SEK 300 million (€27.6m) for the supply of liquid biogas to the transport sector in the Nordic region.
The company said it "became clear" that it will "play an important role in the expansion of fossil-free liquefied biogas (Bio-LNG) for the transport sector in Sweden and the Nordic region.
The agreement runs over…
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In Amiens, France, autumn-shed leaves are used to make biogas - just one initiative the city is adopting to turn organic waste into energy, Huff Post reported.
As red-gold leaves start piling upon pavements towards the tail-end of the calendar year, so municipalities are charged with picking them up. In Paris, these leaves are mainly used to produce compost, but Amiens has been able to use…
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