May 25, 2018
Parliamentary AD use up along with food waste
Biogas News
May 24, 2018
Arcadis and the Government of Canada have partnered to develop a joint programme to help Chile achieve its climate change goals in the waste management sector. The Reciclo Orgánicos program is designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by optimising waste management processes across eight Chilean cities, cutting the amount of organic waste disposed in sanitary... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 24, 2018
Bristol Community Transport has invested in a fleet of 21 Scania biogas buses for its m1 Metrobus route , which will be operated by First West. Metrobus is a new rapid public transport system for the West of England region. The m1 connects south Bristol, the city centre and the Bristol campus of the University of the West of England.
The Scania buses, with bodywork by... [Read More]
Other News
May 23, 2018
The UK will head an ‘international challenge’ with Saudi Arabia and Mexico to remove carbon from emissions and contribute £21.5 million to the scheme. The challenge is part of the ‘Mission Innovation’ initiative to develop clean energy technology.
The aim of the funding is to accelerate the commercial viability of carbon capture, utilisation... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 23, 2018
The energy plant constructor ETW Energietechnik has announced the opening of its first biogas processing plant in France. The plant has been in continuous operation since mid-April. The facility uses a compact model of the ETW SmarCycle PSA biogas treatment system, which is designed to react automatically to flow fluctuations and changing raw gas qualities to prevent loss... [Read More]
Policy News
May 22, 2018
The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) has set out its new draft Clean Air Strategy to achieve air pollution goals. So far, the UK has failed to meet its obligations under EU regulation, and fails to meet World Health Organisation standards.
According to the strategy, the government will introduce legislation ‘at the earliest opportunity’... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 22, 2018
Researchers have developed new technologies that can be used to convert industrial plants to produce fossil-free heat, electricity, fuel, chemicals and materials. They say the technical potential is enormous: using only Sweden's currently existing power plants, renewable fuels equivalent to 10% of the world's aviation fuel could be produced.
The study offers a chance to... [Read More]
Other News
May 21, 2018
Xebec Adsorption, a global provider of gas purification solutions for the industrial, energy and renewables marketplace, announced on 16 May that has it signed an exclusive market development and commercialisation agreement with Sapio Group. Under this agreement, Sapio is entering into a minimum purchase order commitment for multiple Xebec biogas upgrading plants for a... [Read More]
Biomass News
May 21, 2018
The company, which operates three biomass units in the UK (with a fourth on the way), says it is piloting ‘Europe’s first’ carbon capture storage project.
Bioenergy carbon capture and storage (BECCS) stores the carbon that’s produced when biomass is burned to produce energy. Coupled with the carbon- absorption that takes place while the biomass... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 21, 2018
A €10 million, five year project is developing commercial applications for SOFC (solid oxide fuel cell) technology.
Coordinated by VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, the aim of the Commercial scale SOFC systems (ComSos) project is to implement the reliable production of low-emission electricity and heat. According to a statement, this will lead to ‘significant’... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 18, 2018
Vermont Coffee Company said on 17 May that it has become the first US coffee roaster to use 100% renewable biogas to roast its coffee. Both thermal and electric energy are sourced from renewable methane.
The company says that it has been trying to get to this system in place for some time. "Renewable electricity was the easy part," says company founder and CEO, Paul... [Read More]
Biomass News
May 18, 2018
On 10 May California Governor Edmund G. Brown Jr. issued an executive order designed to address the state’s spate of record-breaking forest fires. The measures included long-term use of small bioenergy generators.
Combatting dangerous tree mortality, increasing the ability of forests to capture carbon and systematically improving forest management are among the order’s... [Read More]
Policy News
May 17, 2018
In the US, the American Biogas Council (ABC), the Agriculture Energy Coalition (AgEC) and the Biomass Power Association (BPA) have come out against the H.R. 2, the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018, also known as the Farm Bill.
Over the past two years, these organisations have been working to advance the Farm Bill, legislation that supports the use of biomass and agricultural... [Read More]
Policy News
May 16, 2018
The National Audit Office has found that by changing auction rules and limiting the participation of biomass projects to 150MW, contracts for renewable power capacity are costing consumers £100 million more each year. As these contracts typically cover a 15-year period, the total cost is expected to be £1.5 billion over their lifetime.
The auction the NAO investigated... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 16, 2018
Coming into effect on 22 May, the legislation will increase the amount available to biogas and biomethane producers under the scheme and impose new feedstock requirements.
The Anaerobic Digestion & Bioresources Association (ADBA) has been told that legislation has passed that will restore higher tariff levels under the Non-domestic Renewable Heat Incentive. The tariffs... [Read More]
Biomass News
May 14, 2018
The Bruks Siwertell Group has been established following the signing of a joint venture between bulk materials handling specialists JCE Invest and Cargotec.
Siwertell and Bruks Holding will both be owned by the joint venture. Cargotec will own 48% of the shares in Bruks Siwertell Group while JCE Invest will own the remaining 52%.
"Together Bruks and Siwertell will have... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 14, 2018
A Ugandan and German team called ‘Agali Awamu’ has developed an ‘innovative and feasible’ solution for electricity and biogas supply in Uganda.
The project was facilitated by the lab of tomorrow, an organisation run by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) formed to encourage ‘the private sector to engage... [Read More]
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