Jun 6, 2017
MEP calls for sweeping changes to EU biofuel and bioenergy legislation
Biogas News
Jun 6, 2017
A company hoping to build an anaerobic digestion (AD) plant in Norfolk, UK, has submitted a new bid after its first application was blocked on a technicality, according to the Eastern Daily Press.
The planning application submitted by The Planning Group, on behalf of developer Mikram, outlines the company’s intentions to build two digesters, two storage tanks, a... [Read More]
Pellets News
Jun 6, 2017
The bioenergy industry is set to benefit from a proposed energy U-turn by South Korea’s new government would put the environment at the centre of energy policy, shifting one of the world’s staunchest supporters of coal and nuclear power toward natural gas and renewables.
According to a report in Reuters, if implemented, the ambitious plans by the world's fourth... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jun 5, 2017
A new study argues that carbon emissions are drastically lower when biomass is used to generate electricity instead of natural gas.
The new research was commissioned by the US Biomass Power Association. Dr. Madhu Khanna, professor in Environmental Economics at the University of Illinois, and Dr. Puneet Dwivedi, assistant professor in Sustainability Sciences at the University... [Read More]
Other News
Jun 5, 2017
The World Bioenergy Association (WBA) has criticised President Trump’s decision to withdraw from the Paris climate change agreement.
According to the WBA, the Paris Climate Agreement, which was agreed upon by more than 190 countries, was the single most important global treaty ever.
Last week (1 June, 2017), Trump framed his decision to pull the US from the landmark Paris... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 5, 2017
NexSteppe, a US feedstock provider for the bio-based industries, has announced the launch of a new product line.
The new product line is called Metano Alto.
Metano Alto Industrial Sorghums are bred to deliver both high crop yields in the field and high biogas and biomethane yields in a digester.
”We are seeing a significant level of interest from our customers in... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 5, 2017
The ‘first’ plant in Brazil to make biomethane for fuelling vehicles has been opened in the city of Foz do Iguaçu, in the state of Paraná.
Brazilian company Intaipu Binacional, the ‘world’s largest’ generator of renewable clean energy, opened its new biomethane facility on 2 June 2017. It will see non-polluting biomethane, which... [Read More]
Other News
Jun 2, 2017
Americans want to know when they’re power is coming from renewable sources, according to a new study from Washington State University (WSU).
Interestingly, this concern over energy use isn’t connected to political beliefs, the sociologists behind the research finding both Democrats and Republicans were interested in using non-fossil fuel energy sources.
The... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jun 2, 2017
Vega Biofuels has announced that it will build a new biochar manufacturing plant in Anchorage, Alaska. The new facility will produce biochar for use in a high grade agricultural growing medium for legal cannabis growers in the Pacific Northwest, as well as Alaska.
It was recently announced that Vega had entered into a reseller agreement with an Anchorage cannabis start-up... [Read More]
Other News
Jun 2, 2017
The Trade Association Group, an umbrella body comprising the main organisations in the UK’s waste and resource management sector, has set out its top priorities for the next government.
The UK is set to hold elections on 8 June, 2017.
In a statement, the group said: “We believe that improvements in resource efficiency – the way in which materials, energy,... [Read More]
Other News
Jun 2, 2017
The US’ withdrawal from the Paris Climate Agreement, announced by President Donald Trump yesterday, “is a saddening turn for the international battle against climate change” according to advanced biofuels producer Neste.
Nevertheless, the Finnish company points out that the US withdrawal doesn’t have to signal the end of the agreement. The company... [Read More]
Other News
Jun 2, 2017
Waste management company Renewi has secured a 20-year contract to supply refuse derived fuel (RDF) to the new Ferrybridge Multifuel 2 (FM2) facility which is under construction in the UK.
Renewi is the combination of UK-based Shanks and Netherlands-based Van Gansewinkeri.
The company will supply 50,000 tonnes a year of RDF to the FM2 facility, which is being constructed... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 1, 2017
A new study has demonstrated the viability of using anaerobic digestion in a low-temperature (20°C) environment to convert solid food waste into renewable energy and organic fertiliser.
Researchers from Concordia’s Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering (BCEE) in collaboration with Bio-Terre Systems Inc. have been using ‘cold-loving’... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 31, 2017
Ontario, Canada’s Environmental Commissioner Dianne Saxe has called for more investment to create biogas from human and food waste, particularly highlighting the potential for anaerobic digestion (AD) in the province’s wastewater treatment sector.
“Most Ontario wastewater treatment plants do not use anaerobic digestion. Of those that do, the majority... [Read More]
Other News
May 31, 2017
The world needs to implement the Paris Agreement to meet the global challenge of climate change, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres has urged.
Guterres was highlighting the seriousness of the impact of climate change on the planet and its inhabitants.
“The effects of climate change are dangerous and they are accelerating,” Secretary-General... [Read More]
Other News
May 30, 2017
A company which provides funding solutions to the UK Anaerobic Digestion industry has been shortlisted for two awards in recognition of its work.
Cambridgeshire based Privilege Finance has been nominated for two awards in the 2017 AD and Biogas Industry Awards, reaching the final four in the ‘Best AD Support’ category. The company is also a finalist in the... [Read More]
Biomass News
May 30, 2017
Bioenergy researchers are looking for ways to increase the efficiency of biofuel production in an unusual place – fungi.
Finding a cost-effective way to breakdown bioenergy crops is one of the biggest obstacles to sustainable biofuels production. A team from the University of California, Santa Barbara are focusing their research on the estimated 1.5 million species... [Read More]
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