Greenbelt Resources Corporation has received “Eco Friendly Technology” registration for its ECOsystem process. Greenbelt claims that the certification gives the company a greenlight to offer its waste-to-energy process as a solution available to address Indonesia’s food waste challenge. Indonesia is the world’s second biggest ‘food waster’... [Read More]

A company operating an anaerobic digestion (AD) plant in Plaistow, West Sussex has gone into administration, according to the West Sussex County Times. Crouchlands Biogas, based in Dunsfold, Surrey, will continue to trade the business and retain its 11 staff as it seeks new investment and ownership, administrators FRP Advisory told the West Sussex County Times. Since 2010,... [Read More]

The Bioenergy Insight Conference, a world-leading bioenergy event, will be held in Edinburgh, Scotland, on 4 and 5 October 2017, covering the whole bioenergy supply chain. The show will focus on all the new developments and the latest challenges. Topics covered in the seminars include the global biomass market, financing bioenergy projects and ensuring sustainability... [Read More]

Recently released research shows that a shift to biogas in southern India helped revive some of the region’s forests. Published in July’s edition of the journal Global Ecology and Conservation, the new study describes how forests in south India that had become degraded due to excessive fuelwood extraction recovered after villagers living nearby switched to... [Read More]

A new biomass centre had been opened at the University of Northampton. The facility uses woodchip biomass and gas to provide hot water and low carbon heating to buildings around the University’s Waterside campus. Renewable energy specialists Vital Energi worked closely with the University’s Project Management team to build the 1.5MW biomass powered energy centre.... [Read More]

Investors are expecting more renewable energy to be produced from waste management centres and landfill sites over the next five years, according to new research. Renewable Energy Waste Solutions (REWS), a new renewable energy company, found 72% of institutional investors and IFAs expect that over the next five years recycling and waste management centres will increasingly... [Read More]

The Bioenergy Insight Conference, a world-leading bioenergy event, will be held in Edinburgh, Scotland, on 4 and 5 October 2017, covering the whole bioenergy supply chain. The show will focus on all the new developments and the latest challenges. Topics covered in the seminars include the global biomass market, financing bioenergy projects and ensuring sustainability... [Read More]

Hong-Kong based China Everbright International has secured another contract for a waste-to-energy project in Shandong province, China. This is the company’s 18th waste-to-energy project in Shandong province. The company said that the Qihe project will be developed and constructed on a build-operate-transfer (BOT) model for a concession period of 30 years. The waste-to-energy... [Read More]

Wood pellet giant Enviva has reported strong quarter two results for the period ended 30 June, 2017. Adjusted earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortisation (EBITDA) improved to $24.5 million (€20.75 million) for the second quarter of 2017, a 14.8% increase compared to the corresponding period in 2016. The increase in adjusted EBITDA was driven by... [Read More]

North London-based football club Arsenal has switched to 100% green energy after extending its partnership with renewables provider Octopus Energy. Octopus, which has been the club's official energy partner since October 2016, will now provide 100% power to the club's 60,000 capacity Emirates Stadium in North London under a contract signed on 3 August, 2017. Power... [Read More]

Helsinki airport has been awarded the international Airport Carbon Accreditation certificate (ACA) to verify its carbon neutrality. “The ACA certificate awarded to Helsinki Airport is an important milestone in the implementation of Finavia’s accelerated climate programme at our airports.  Our climate programme comprises a number of different measures,... [Read More]

A ground-breaking ceremony has been carried out for EnviTec’s first biogas project in the Philippines. The German biogas specialist, headquartered in Lower Saxony, will construct a 1.2 MW biogas plant in Candelaria, Quezon province. “In addition to this project under construction we are planning to develop and replicate more projects to help the local farmers... [Read More]

Tamar Energy, an organic waste management company, has earnt a key industry certification across all of its UK anaerobic digestion (AD) network, as well as achieving a range of business quality standards. All five of the UK based company’s AD plants now meet PAS 110, a key industry standard backed by WRAP and the British Standards Institute, demonstrating the highest... [Read More]

A £6.5 million (€7.6 million) biomass energy project has officially opened at the University of Northampton’s Waterside Campus. On 1 August, 2017, members from The University of Northampton and sustainable energy specialists, Vital Energi took the opportunity to celebrate the opening by officially switching the 27sqm LED screen on, which was performed... [Read More]

A Californian biomass plant is at the heart of the launch of the ‘first’ software-defined network for critical infrastructure. Dispersive Technologies new Internet-based, software-defined network for use by California’s energy grid operator to connect entities using real-time devices to the grid’s energy management system, has now gone live. Humboldt... [Read More]

The Canadian government is set to invest $2.6 million (€1.8 million) into Sustane, a Halifax, Nova Scotia based waste-to-energy company. Sustane claims to have developed a new process which converts municipal solid waste into clean burning fuel and other recycled products. The investment will be used to scale up Sustane’s technology, supporting the creation... [Read More]