UK based waste-to-energy technology company SEaB Energy has appointed two new members to its advisory board, as it looks to accelerate its global expansion plans. In their new advisory capacity, Ronald Sams and Alan Barton will use their global leadership skills and expertise to boost the company’s commercial plans and streamline its operational activities. Sandra... [Read More]

US-based Envia Energy has produced its first gas-to-liquid product at its Oklahoma plant with the help of Velocys technology. Fischer-Tropsch products are now being fractionated to produce premium, renewable waxes, diesel and naphtha, meeting customer product specifications. The on-site operations team has completed the debugging of several units of the plant - activities... [Read More]

Finland-based Valmet will supply a biomass power plant to Dong Energy's Asnaes Power Station located in Kalundborg, Denmark. By converting its electricity and heat production from coal to sustainable biomass at the Asnaes Power Station, Dong will take an important step in reducing its CO2 emissions. The order is included in Valmet's second quarter 2017 orders received.... [Read More]

ADBA will launch the pilot of a pioneering new scheme to improve the environmental, operational and safety performance of the AD industry this week (5-6 July) at its global tradeshow UK AD & Biogas and World Biogas Expo 2017. The UK-based organisation has also announced a new partnership with insurance brokers Jelf Group to reward AD operators certifying under... [Read More]

Germany-headquartered biogas equipment and pump technology specialist Hugo Vogelsang Maschinenbau has announced that it has founded a spin-off company entitled Vogelsang. With this step, the Essen/Oldenburg-based machine construction company transferred all operational business areas to the newly-created company. Harald Vogelsang, CEO of Vogelsang, said: “We decided... [Read More]

InnoEnergy, Europe’s sustainable energy innovation engine, is making its “Investment Round”, for supporting and launching revolutionary clean energy innovations, open year-round to offer flexibility to businesses to shorten the journey from lab to launch. During 2017, the Investment Round has already supported seven new projects in the fields of renewables,... [Read More]

India-based renewable power producer Orient Green Power (OGPL) has announced that it has approved the sale of its loss-making biomass operations to promoter firm Shriram Ventures (SVL). According to media reports in the Business Standard, OGPL will get rid of that business at an enterprise value of INR 2.75 billion (€37m). The transaction will not include the 20MW... [Read More]

China Everbright International has announced that it has officially commenced construction on its Can Tho waste-to-energy project in Vietnam. Everbright International won the bid for the Can Tho project in July of 2016 on a BOO (Build-Operate-Own) model, and signed a project investment agreement with the Can Tho Construction Department of Vietnam in December 2016. The... [Read More]

UPS has announced “aggressive” new sustainability goals to add more alternative fuel and advanced technology vehicles to its fleet while increasing its reliance on renewable energy sources. The goals, available in the company’s 2016 Corporate Sustainability Report, support UPS’s commitment to reduce its absolute greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions... [Read More]

DuPont Industrial Biosciences and silage storage specialists Bock UK have announced a strategic partnership which will see Bock demonstrate DuPont’s biogas enzyme technology at commercial scale in the UK market. The new collaboration will expand the distribution footprint of biogas enzymes. Bock UK are a silage storage supplier working with over 50 AD plants in the... [Read More]

The American Biogas Council (ABC), the trade association for the US biogas industry, has welcomed the recent introduction of the Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Act, House companion legislation to Senate Bill 988. Introduced in early May, the Act will increase agricultural viability by helping to deploy nutrient recovery and biogas systems that recycle organic material... [Read More]

Using waste and biomass for gasification can produce low carbon power efficiently, potentially reducing the cost of meeting the UK’s 2050 carbon targets by more than 1% of GDP, according to a new report from the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI). Titled ‘Targeting new and cleaner uses for wastes and biomass using gasification,’ the ETI report sets out... [Read More]

A team from Nagoya University has explored a different chemical approach to the catalysis of biomass. With ever declining oil feedstocks and campaigning from environmentalists, the chemical industry is increasingly being pushed to look for new renewable sources to sustain its activities. Biomass from sources including wood, garbage and agricultural waste is one of the... [Read More]

The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage Commission has approved a revised 20-year agreement with Waste Management to use biogas from the company’s Metro landfill in Franklin, Wisconsin, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. An $11 million gas treatment plant will be built at the landfill site by the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD). Waste Management... [Read More]

FCC, the Spanish environmental services, infrastructure and water management group, has helped celebrate 25 years of the EU’s LIFE Programme with a demonstration of MethaMorphosis at Ecoparc 2 in Barcelona, a project co-financed by the programme that converts waste treatment plants into bioenergy facilities. As part of the ceremony, presentations were made by Gloria... [Read More]

TTcogen, a 50/50 joint venture of combined heat and power (CHP) experts Tecogen and TEDOM, has announced its expansion into the US wastewater treatment facility biogas CHP market. The joint venture already has experience with several hundred wastewater treatment facilities in Europe via TEDOM. Now, TTcogen hopes to be able to transfer and apply that experience to the US... [Read More]