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Republic Services and Aria Energy have expanded the landfill gas-to-energy (LFGTE) project at County Line Landfill in Indiana. The facility, which began operating in 2014, has expanded to 7.6 MW from 6 MW, increasing its biogas use by 25%. Aria developed, owns, and operates the LFGTE project at Republic Services’ County Line Landfill. Electricity generated from the project is sold to…
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Carbon capture and storage (CCS) and a potential ban on sending biodegradable waste to landfill feature among more than 100 new policies and proposals to support Scotland’s green recovery and net-zero journey. The new targets form part of Scotland’s Climate Change Plan 2018-2032, which has been updated to reflect the framework of climate targets as enshrined in Scotland’s Climate Change…
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Norwegian company Viken AT Market and Sapin have entered into a cooperation agreement for the resale and distribution of roundwood and woodchips. Sapin, owned by the Sappi group, trades roundwood and woodchips destined for paper mills, sawmills, and bioenergy plants in Europe. The agreement will strengthen the entry of Norwegian wood into new market regions within Europe. The agreement…
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Drax Group has announced the sale of four combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power stations to concentrate on renewables, including bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS). The firm sold Drax Generation Enterprise Limited, which owns the stations (Damhead Creek 812 MW, Rye House 715 MW, Shoreham 420 MW, Blackburn Mill 60 MW), to VPI Holding for £193.3 million (€214 million),…
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Several barriers prevent citizens from becoming bioenergy producers, according to the Institute for European Energy and Climate Policy (IEECP), based in the Netherlands. In a statement published on 15 December, the IEECP said there is a lack of preparedness for communities to tap the full bioenergy market potential, lack of bioenergy stakeholders’ awareness of the potential of communities…
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Clean Energy Fuels Corp has announced new and extended contracts for more than 58 million gallons of its Redeem renewable natural gas (RNG). The new contracts represent continued demand for sustainable fuels in the heavy-duty trucking, solid waste, and public transit sectors. “Our customers have continued to operate their essential businesses at a very high level, despite significant…
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Dartmouth College has stepped away from plans to replace its central heating plant with a new biomass plant. During the COVID-19 pandemic, work on the Dartmouth Green Energy Project continued to improve energy resiliency, sustainability, and efficiency on campus by replacing the institution’s 100-year old central steam-heat system with new energy generation and distribution systems has…
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Cleaning up the UK’s energy system, supporting 220,000 new jobs, and keeping bills down are among the key goals of the UK Government’s Energy White Paper. Building on Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s Ten Point Plan for a Green Industrial Revolution, the Energy White Paper sets out the specific steps the government will take over the next 10 years to cut emissions from industry, transport,…
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Investment firm Fortistar has partnered with the New River Solid Waste Association (NRSWA) in Florida to build a landfill methane-to-renewable natural gas (RNG) facility. The new facility will capture and convert approximately 1,900 dekatherams (1.899 Btu) per day of landfill methane to RNG – enough to offset emissions from 7,500 passenger cars. The New River RNG project will collect…
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A peat-fired electricity generation plant in the Republic of Ireland was shut down on 11 December after five decades in operation. The closure of the Shannonbridge plant in west Offaly has been described as a “severe economic blow” to the region in a report by the Westmeath Independent, following multiple job losses at peat firm Bord Na Móna. The Electricity Supply Board’s (ESB)…
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UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has announced the UK will end direct government support for the fossil fuel energy sector overseas. The policy, announced at the Climate Ambition Summit on 12 December, will see the UK end export finance, aid funding, and trade promotion for new crude oil, natural gas, or thermal coal projects, with ‘very limited’ exceptions. Over the last four years, the…
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Gasum has received €30 million from Klimatklivet to establish two new biogas plants in Sweden. Klimatklivet, or Climate Leap, is a programme for investment grants from the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency. The two biogas plants will be built in Dalarna and Kalmar Counties. The Borlänge, Dalarna plant will produce liquefied biogas (LBG) mainly from manure and food waste slurry,…
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In 2019, 96,000 hectares (ha) of agricultural land in the UK were used to grow crops for bioenergy. Government statistics released on 10 December show the area of non-food crops grown in the UK and their usage in bioenergy applications. The figures show 20% of land used for bioenergy was for biofuel (biodiesel and bioethanol) in the UK road transport market, with the remainder mostly used…
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Gasum has partnered with HKScan to switch to manure-based feedstock at its Huittinen biogas plant in Finland. The plant would use mainly pig and cattle manure to produce biogas. As one of HKScan’s contract partners, contract pig meat producer Emomylly Oy has committed to the project. The proposed plant would be Finland’s first industrial-scale biogas facility using manure as its main…
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