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Danish firm Dall Energy has developed a new ‘disruptive’ biomass furnace that reduces dust and particle emissions by more than 90%. According to the company, the biomass burner has numerous benefits, from lower investment costs (due to a simple design), lower maintenance costs and a very wide load window, with fast and easy variation between 10 and 100% load without issues. Dall Energy…
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A sludge tanker powered by bio-CNG (compressed natural gas) from CNG Fuels has completed a successful trial with UK firm GENeco, Wessex Water’s renewable energy company. The truck runs on 100% renewable and sustainable biomethane which is derived from waste and approved under the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO). According to Wessex Water, the truck was tested on routes that…
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The Renewable Energy Association (REA) has responded to green pledges made by the main political parties in the upcoming UK general election. The organisation responded to commitments made by the Conservative Party, the Labour Party and the Liberal Democrats, citing a "lack of detail" across the board. Labour Party Labour, the UK’s left-wing party, has pledged to bring about a ‘Green…
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Denmark-based energy firm Ørsted has announced its Asnæs Power Station was connected to the Zealand grid and generated green power for the first time on 20 November. This follows its recent conversion from coal to wood chips. “It’s fantastic that we’ve come this far with the project,” said Henrik Boye Jørgensen, senior project manager at Ørsted and responsible for the construction…
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Bioenergy DevCo (BDC), a leading developer of anaerobic digestion (AD) facilities has entered into a 20-year partnership with Perdue Farms, a major poultry processing company in the US. Perdue Farms will supply organic material from its processing facilities to BDC, which will buy and manage the Perdue AgriRecycle organic soil composting facility in Delaware, US. The AgriRecycle facility has…
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Levels of heat-trapping greenhouse gases (GHGs) in the atmosphere have reached a new record high, according to the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO). According to the WMO, this trend means future generations will be facing 'increasingly severe impacts' of climate change, such as rising temperatures, extreme weather, water stress, sea-level rise and disruption to marine and land…
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Finnish-Swiss biotech firm Ductor has opened its first commercial-scale organic fertiliser and biogas-production facility in Mexico. The facility, located in the state of Jalisco, opened in October and is the world’s first fully-integrated production system using 100% poultry waste to produce two separate products. Since patenting its system in 2015, Ductor has developed and commercialised…
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Future BMW electric cars will be powered by cow manure, following a partnership with a US creamery. Straus Family Creamery, a leader in organic farming and sustainable dairy innovation in California, has collaborated with BMW Group to create low-carbon charging for BMW’s electric vehicle (EV) customers in the state. The collaboration uses a new pathway that uses biogas to create electricity…
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A biogas project using waste salmon in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland has won a top environmental award. The Outer Hebrides Local Energy Hub, based on the Isle of Lewis, processes waste salmon into biogas using anaerobic digestion (AD) and won the coveted Scottish Environment business VIBES award for its innovative practices. The project is a collaboration between the local council Comhairle…
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Leyline Renewable Capital will provide bridge funding for the development of two anaerobic digestion facilities in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, US. The agreement between Leyline and RNG Energy Solutions will see Leyline providing capital for the pre-construction phase of the projects, including permitting, engineering, site analysis and securing interconnection agreements. The two RNG Energy…
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Scaling up renewable gas production in Europe could create at least 600,000 direct jobs by 2050, according to a report by Navigant. The new Gas for Climate analysis shows that between 600,000 and 850,000 direct jobs could be created by 2050; 1.7 million to 2.4 million jobs in total. Renewable and low-carbon gases, combined with ‘large quantities’ of renewable electricity, are vital to…
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The American Biogas Council (ABC) has praised the introduction of the Growing Renewable Energy and Efficiency Now (GREEN) Act in the US. The Ways and Means Committee in the House of Representatives in Washington released a discussion draft of the GREEN Act on 19 November, including provisions to support the biogas industry. In the draft, the Committee describes the bill as “a comprehensive…
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The European Investment Bank (EIB) will stop financing fossil fuel energy projects from the end of 2021. The board of the EIB agreed on a new energy lending policy on 14 November and confirmed the organisation’s “increased ambition in climate action and environmental sustainability”. EIB President Werner Hoyer said: “Climate is the top issue on the political agenda of our time.…
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Gasum has opened Sweden’s northernmost gas filling station in Östersund. The station, opened on 14 November, serves both heavy-duty vehicles (HDVs) and passenger cars, offering biogas and natural gas as greener fuel solutions. According to the company, the new station is a ‘crucial step’ in enabling long-distance transport to use gas from the south of Sweden to the north. Gasum plans to…
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