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GAIL and Ranchi Municipal Corporation have signed an agreement to build a compressed biogas (CBG) plant in Ranchi, India. Under the agreement, GAIL will set up a CBG plant to process 150 tons per day of organic municipal solid waste. The facility will produce five tons of CBG per day and approximately 25 tons of bio-manure. It is hoped the plant will benefit the community by producing clean,…
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An industry award programme for students has been re-launched by Privilege Finance, with a focus on rewarding innovative approaches and research into climate change solutions. The Climate Change Thought Leadership Award is now open to applications from undergraduate, masters, or PhD students at UK universities. Privilege has provided a £2,000 (€2,300) prize fund, made available alongside a…
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Renewable natural gas (RNG) produced from diverted landfill waste is now flowing into Southern California Gas’s (SoCalGas) pipeline system from the Rialto Bioenergy Facility. The facility is located in San Bernardino County and owned by Rialto Bioenergy Facility, an Anaergia company. A new one-mile pipeline connects the facility to an existing SoCalGas pipeline. Using Anaergia’s…
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Whisky and spirit producers in the UK will benefit from an almost £9 million (€10.4 million) cash boost announced by the government. The initiative, announced on 20 March, will drive forward plans to create low-carbon green distilleries. Having already received collective funding of more than £1 million (€1.16 million) to kick-start green innovation projects, 12 distilleries across…
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Italian energy firm Eni’s subsidiary, Ecofuel, has agreed to acquire FRI-EL Biogas, an Italian biogas producer. FRI-EL Biogas owns 21 plants generating electricity from biogas and a plant for processing the organic fraction of municipal solid waste, which Eni intends to convert to produce biomethane. When fully operational, this facility will supply more than 50 million cubic metres per year…
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A microgrid powered through biogas co-generation, solar power, and backup energy storage will supply electricity for a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) in Rialto, California. The City of Rialto in California, Rialto Water Services and Veolia North America, announced their joint commitment to the next phase of the ‘ambitious’ microgrid plan. One of the first of its kind in California,…
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Bp and Aria Energy will capture methane from waste at three California dairy farms and process it into renewable natural gas (RNG) via a new project. Digesters will be installed at three dairy farms in California’s Central Valley, producing biogas from farm waste rather than allowing it to decompose and release methane into the atmosphere. The biogas will then be converted to RNG for use as…
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Minnesota’s first renewable natural gas (RNG) plant is now operational. DMT Clear Gas Solutions and Amp Americas partnered to deliver the project – a three-dairy facility that captures more than 700,000 gallons of manure to convert 2,000 standard cubic feet per minute of biogas into more than 98% RNG, using DMT’s membrane separation technology, the Carborex® MS. Riverview is the…
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Aemetis has received approval for the construction of a 32-mile extension to its existing four-mile private pipeline in California that was completed in 2020. The Stanislaus County Board of Supervisors accepted and approved the Aemetis Biogas Initial Study/Mitigated Negative Declaration for the construction by a unanimous vote. The pipeline is designed to carry biogas from dairies as part…
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Hexagon Composites's subsidiaries have signed a multi-year agreement with Certarus for the supply of distribution models for compressed natural gas (CNG) and renewable natural gas (RNG) fuel storage systems for Certarus’s heavy-duty truck fleet. Under the agreement with Certarus, which specialises in clean energy solutions, Hexagon Agility received an initial order for Mobile Pipeline®…
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Biomass will be included in the second phase of the UK Government’s Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme. The scheme was designed to pave the way for the decarbonisation of large public buildings such as schools and hospitals. The Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology (REA) has welcomed the announcement. Previously, the REA expressed its disappointment that biomass was not…
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CHAR Technologies has received an order from one of Canada’s largest steel producers for up to 1,000 tonnes of its CleanFyre biocoal. CleanFyre is a carbon-neutral, solid biofuel, made from various woody biomasses and wood wastes and provides a low greenhouse gas (GHG) emission biocoal substitute to integrate into existing steelmaking processes. The contract builds on CHAR’s previous…
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The UK is now halfway to meeting its target of net-zero emissions by 2050, new research shows. According to analysis by Carbon Brief, the UK’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in 2020 were 51% below 1990 levels. The milestone was reached after a ‘record-breaking’ 11% fall in GHG emissions in 2020, largely due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Emissions are likely to rebound this year, or in 2022,…
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By John Hanselman, co-founder, chairman and CEO, Vanguard Renewables. The US has built its historic strength in large part from the efforts of our remarkable farming community. I am privileged to work with farmers every day, and I see their commitment to feeding the US and to being the best stewards of the land that they harvest. We at Vanguard Renewables have spent the last eight years trying…
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