Dec 12, 2017
New investment secures future of on-farm AD plant
Biomass News
Dec 11, 2017
The European Biomass Association (AEBIOM) has joined renewable energy investors and business organisations in calling for improved governance of energy policy in the European Union.
In a statement addressed to Members of the European Parliament, co-signatories including AEBIOM and the European Renewable Energies Federation call for ‘ambitious’ governance regulation.
“We... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 11, 2017
With the dearth of subsidies and volatile political environment, Charlotte Morton shared her views on what lay ahead for the UK’s anaerobic digestion (AD) industry.
Of the ten million tonnes of food waste a year in the UK, six million is ‘avoidable waste’. With the government goal of being zero avoidable waste by 2050, Charlotte Morton still sees a place... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 8, 2017
UK anaerobic digestion specialist Clearfleau has started construction on a new biogas facility at a distillery in Scotland. Part of a £3 million project commissioned by Inver House Distillers, the new facility will generate energy in the form of methane-rich biogas from whisky residues.
Inver House’s distillery at Balmenach in rural Speyside is almost 200 years... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 8, 2017
The launch of a new AD Certification Scheme, and the continuing uncertainty in UK politics, were the key themes of the Anaerobic Digestion & Bioresources Association (ADBA) National Conference 2017 in central London.
Certification for AD plants
The new voluntary, industry-led scheme is designed to support operators of AD plants in improving their... [Read More]
Biomass News
Dec 6, 2017
Industrial shredder manufacturer UNTHA has signed a new distribution partnership with engineering firm Sun Earth.
The new agreement between UNTHA and Yokohama based Sun Earth will see the Austrian company’s shredding technology supplied to waste and alternative fuel production facilities throughout Japan. It’s a move which will further UNTHA’s expansion... [Read More]
Biomass News
Dec 5, 2017
Attis Innovations, a wholly owned subsidiary of Meridian Waste Solutions, has initiated commercialisation plans for its biomass processing facility. The company will immediately begin feedstock evaluation and assess potential locations for commercial scale operations.
Over the past month, Attis has completed a series of acquisitions to strengthen its position in the bio-based... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 5, 2017
Following a recent audit by Bureau Veritas, CPL Carbon Link has achieved ISO14001:2015 environmental accreditation.
Wigan based CPL Carbon Link is a provider of mobile carbon filtration systems and spent carbon reactivation services for purification applications in the water treatment, biogas and food industries among others.
With a focus on environmental purification,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 4, 2017
Miguel Arias Cañete, the European Union Commissioner for Energy and Climate Action, has inaugurated the new phase in the All-Gas project in the El Torno treatment plant in Chiclana, Cadiz.
Co-financed by the European Commission with the Seventh Framework Programme, the All-Gas Project aims to demonstrate the large scale production of biofuels and biogas based on... [Read More]
Pellets News
Dec 1, 2017
Production has started at Drax Biomass’ (DBI) newest sustainable compressed wood pellet facility, LaSalle BioEnergy in Urania, Louisiana.
“This is a very exciting moment, we have a dedicated and motivated work force that after months of upgrades, retrofits, and training is ready to produce,” said Pete Madden, President and Chief Executive Officer of Drax... [Read More]
Biomass News
Nov 30, 2017
The Sustainable Biomass Program (SBP) has launched a consultation as part of its governance transition process.
Following a comprehensive review of 12 certification systems in operation across a variety of sectors a proposal for the new governance arrangements for the SBP has been developed.
The overriding objective is to transform SBP into a multi-stakeholder governed... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 30, 2017
Anaerobic digestion is playing a pivotal role in a ground breaking environmental project that has seen European oysters returned to the waters of the Dornoch Firth on Scotland’s east coast.
Edinburgh’s Heriot-Watt University, whisky distillery Glenmorangie and the Marine Conservation Society have pioneered a project to return oyster reefs to the Dornoch Firth... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 30, 2017
Beer maker Carlsberg’s brewery in Falkenberg, Sweden, is now powered 100% by biogas and green electricity. The move has reduced the brewery’s carbon emissions from thermal energy and electricity to zero.
Earlier in 2017, the Carlsberg Group launched a new sustainability programme – Together Towards Zero. One of the four ambitions stated in the programme... [Read More]
Biomass News
Nov 29, 2017
Biomass and waste derived fuels contributed 2% of total US electricity generation in 2016, according to figures recently released by the Energy Information Administration (EIA).
The EIA figures, included in its recently released annual electric power data, reveal that biomass and waste fuels produced 71.4 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity in 2016. EIA defines biomass... [Read More]
Other News
Nov 29, 2017
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has used one of its modelling scenarios to predict that bioenergy will provide nearly 17% of final global energy demand in 2060, compared with 4.5% in 2015.
In its latest Technology Roadmap, entitled ‘Delivering Sustainable Bioenergy’, the IEA provides the technology milestones and policy actions needed to unlock the potential... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 28, 2017
Two EU-funded projects have called for the creation of an “embryonic” European biomethane market to encourage its use as a transport fuel.
This was concluded at a conference held by the two projects called BIOSURF (Biomethane as sustainable and renewable fuel) and Bin2Grid on 24 November, 2017, in Brussels.
The projects are aimed at increasing the production... [Read More]
Other News
Nov 28, 2017
Cory Riverside Energy, a UK-based recycling, energy recovery and resource management company, has revealed ambitious plans to build an integrated, low-carbon energy park at its site in Belvedere, south east London.
The energy park would complement Cory’s existing Riverside energy recovery facility (ERF), and comprise a range of technologies including waste energy... [Read More]
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