Mar 31, 2017
Barrow Green Gas exports green gas to Europe for the ‘first’ time from the UK
Biogas News
Mar 30, 2017
Malaysia-headquarted renewable energy group Green & Smart Holding saw a 181% increase in net profit for the year ended 30 September 2016, helped by the group maintaining and increasing its biogas contracts.
Net profit increased 181% to RM9.9m (€2.08m) last year, compared to RM3.5m the year before.
Revenue increased 260% to RM67.38m, compared to RM18.70m the... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 30, 2017
Finnish technology group Wärtsilä will supply a 28MW combined heat and power (CHP) plant to the Meliadine Gold Mine project in Canada, owned by Agnico Eagle Mines.
The order includes five Wärtsilä 34DF dual-fuel engines running on light fuel oil (LFO) or natural gas. Wärtsilä's scope includes the power generation and CHP equipment supply,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 30, 2017
US based landfill gas industry O & M contractor and engineering company ENERGYneering Solutions Inc. (ESI) have signed a supply and service contract for Topsoe’s proprietary HiPerFuel landfill gas conditioning solutions. The HiPerFuel unit will deliver high-purity fuel gas for an ESI landfill gas power plant in Washington State.
The contract is the first deal... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 30, 2017
BioHiTech Global, a US waste management technology company, has announced that it acquired a 17.2% equity interest in the nation's first resource recovery facility utilising a proprietary mechanical biological treatment (MBT) technology for the disposal and recycling of mixed municipal solid waste (MSW).
BioHiTech, through its interest in Apple Valley Waste Conversions,... [Read More]
Other News
Mar 30, 2017
Brexit is generating inertia and squeezing the growth of the renewable energy sector, according to Rachel Nutt, Tax Partner and head of Renewable Sustainable Energy at business advisors’ MHA MacIntyre Hudson.
Nutt believes Brexit is creating a challenging and uncertain time for renewable businesses. “Brexit, and the resulting lack of announcements about future... [Read More]
Biomass News
Mar 29, 2017
A stalled attempt to revive a biomass project in Vermont has seen the developer take his case to the state’s Supreme Court.
In 2010 a bid was launched to build a wood-chip burning power plant close to the border between Connecticut and New York. The project had to be put on hold in 2014 following the withdrawal of one of its major financers.
Ted Verrill, owner of... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 29, 2017
A new research project has been set up to investigate how Germany’s biogas plants will operate after 2030, when the majority of the country’s 9,000 facilities are going to stop receiving state subsidies.
Germany’s federal environment agency has commissioned the German biomass research centre (DBFZ) to carry out the research. DBFZ claims that Germany’s... [Read More]
Biomass News
Mar 28, 2017
A proposed new biomass plant in the South West of England has caused controversy in the village where it is set to be built.
Residents of Woolavington, Somerset, have voiced their opposition and concerns about the new wood chip fuelled biomass plant. In particular, they argue that they have not received enough information about the new development. The proposal, by SHAL... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 28, 2017
Waste to energy firm Hitachi Zosen Inova (HZI) will build a 33,000 tonne per year dry anaerobic digestion facility in San Luis Obispo, California. The project is being financed by a Design, Build, Finance, Own Operate deal from the Japan Bank for International Cooperation.
HZI say that the new plant is set to be the first Kompogas project in the US. It will be completed... [Read More]
Other News
Mar 27, 2017
The government of Quezon City in the Philippines has accepted a proposal from a consortium led by infrastructure holding firm Metro Pacific to develop a solid waste-to-energy facility for the city.
Along with Metro Pacific Investments Corp. (MPIC), the consortium includes Covanta Energy LLC and Macquarie Group Ltd. They have obtained original proponent status for the planned... [Read More]
Biomass News
Mar 27, 2017
The construction of a renewable energy biomass cogeneration facility adjacent to Albany, USA’s Procter and Gamble manufacturing centre is on schedule, the $200 million (184 million euro) plant set to start producing energy and steam for its customers within 90 days.
When completed, the 50-megawatt cogeneration biomass facility will produce energy for Georgia Power,... [Read More]
Other News
Mar 24, 2017
South Africa will be able to identify opportunities for bioenergy and make strides towards a ‘green economy’, thanks to The South Africa Bio-energy Atlas.
At the atlas’ recent launch in Pretoria, the country’s Science and Technology minister said: "What the Bio-energy Atlas shows is that we have much higher potential for bio-energy than... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 24, 2017
London Gatwick has become the first airport in the world to turn waste into energy onsite
The new waste management plant, formally opened by Gatwick Airport and DHL Supply Chain, will turn airport waste such as food and packaging into energy onsite. The airport aims to achieve an 85% recycling rate, the best of any UK airport, in turn saving £1,000 per day in energy... [Read More]
Other News
Mar 24, 2017
Woodcote Media is delighted to welcome Daryl Worthington to the team as assistant editor of Fluid Handling, Bioenergy Insight, Biofuels International and Tank Cleaning Magazine.
Daryl will be working across Woodcote Media’s portfolio of publications, with a specific focus on Fluid Handling magazine.
Worthington has a wealth of experience in journalism. He joins Woodcote... [Read More]
Biomass News
Mar 24, 2017
Six years after the natural disaster and the reactor catastrophe in the Fukushima prefecture today governor Masao Uchibori has launched a biomass-based power plant by pressing the button that starts the operations.
The clean energy power plant produced by UK-based Entrade, located at the small health resort Nishigo, uses biomass which is available in the region –... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 23, 2017
A biogas surplus capable of generating 375kW of power every month is being wasted in Goa, according to a report in The Economic Times.
The waste is apparently due to government complacency, with the documentation needed to approve the export of surplus power to the state electricity department waiting to be processed.
Located on the Calangute-Saligao plateau, the garbage... [Read More]
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