Jun 29, 2017
Waste and biomass for gasification could reduce cost of meeting UK carbon targets
Biomass News
Jun 28, 2017
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]
Biogas News
Jun 28, 2017
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]
Biogas News
Jun 27, 2017
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]
Biogas News
Jun 26, 2017
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]
Biomass News
Jun 26, 2017
A biomass facility in California that was temporarily shut down earlier this year is planning to restart operations in July 2017.
Blue Lake Power announced its plans to restart its 12MW biomass plant located in Blue Lake, CA, with a press release. The company also announced it is currently looking for partners for short and long term contracts.
The facility, located close... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jun 23, 2017
An at times controversial waste to energy plant has won a sustainability award.
The St Austell’s incinerator in Cornwall, UK, has been announced sustainable property of the year at the 2017 Michelmores property awards, which celebrates outstanding property and construction projects in Cornwall, Devon, Bristol, Somerset and Dorset, according to <a href="http://www.cornwalllive.com/st-dennis-incinerator-cornwall-energy-recovery-centre-wins-sustainable-property-project-award/story-30406105-detail/story.html">Cornwall... [Read More]
Other News
Jun 23, 2017
The Environmental Services Association has raised concerns over Ofgem’s recently announced decision to reduce payments to small decentralised generators by almost 95%.
A trade association of companies in the UK’s resource and waste management industry, the ESA says that Ofgem’s reforms “make a mockery” of circular economy ambitions. Ofgem... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jun 22, 2017
The Environment Committee of the London Assembly has launched an investigation into waste management in London. Among other things, the wide ranging study will look into the role played by energy from waste facilities in the British capital.
With a population of 8.674 million making it one of the biggest cities in Europe, London generates a huge amount of waste –... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 22, 2017
ERDF Flanders and Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant (BBEPP) have signed an agreement for an investment of €9.36 million as part of a project to build up a new research infrastructure specifically for gas fermentation and down-stream processing. The initiative comes under the framework of the IMPACT project.
Financing for the investment has come from the European Regional... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 21, 2017
Netherlands based Frames Renewable Energy Solutions has completed work on a biogas upgrading plant for a manure processing specialist.
The upgrade installation, at the Groot Zevert Vergisting facility in the Dutch city of Beltrum, has recently started production. According to a statement from Frames, the upgrade will facilitate the delivery of 8 million cubic metres of... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 21, 2017
The American Biogas Council (ABC) is joining forces with the Water Environment Federation (WEF) to expand the conversion of organic waste into renewable energy and valuable soil products at facilities throughout the US.
There are 2,200 biogas facilities throughout the US, with about 1,300 of those at water resource recovery facilities. However, at present there are close... [Read More]
Other News
Jun 21, 2017
The government of Queensland, Australia has announced plans for a new biorefinery in the state. The new facility, which will be built and operated by US company Amyris, suggests the drive to attract biorefinery investors to Queensland is starting to pay off.
Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, speaking in San Diego at the BIO2017 International Convention, said the... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jun 20, 2017
PRM Waste Systems are redesigning an anaerobic digestion plant in the east of England. The company’s objective is to provide a reliable system for the separation of plastics from food waste.
The busy plant, the identity of which hasn’t been disclosed by PRM, takes in domestic food waste from local authorities, plus food waste from the hospitality and retail... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 20, 2017
In the US, eight national business groups representing a diverse range of renewable technologies, from wind and solar to biomass, biogas and waste-to-energy, have released a joint statement outlining a positive vision for the future of the US’ power grid.
Titled “A Shared Vision of the Twenty First Century Grid”, the groups advocate mutual support for... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jun 19, 2017
A Scottish biomass specialist is set to unveil its UK expansion plans this week, at the Royal Highland Show.
Uphall-based Scot Heat and Power is expanding its core offering of highly efficient wood chip/wood pellet-fuelled boilers across multiple Scottish depots. Recently, the company established a new base in Windermere, Cumbria, which it believes will become the lynchpin... [Read More]
Other News
Jun 16, 2017
At the UK’s Glastonbury festival, a portable toilet has been installed to turn festival goers’ urine into energy.
‘Pee Power’, developed by scientists at the Bristol Bioenergy Centre BBiC in the Bristol Robotics at the University of the West of England, has already been shown to be capable of powering lights and charging mobile phones. At Glastonbury,... [Read More]
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