The quantity of biomethane being injected into the UK's gas grid will more than quadruple by the end of this year. This is according to data compiled by the Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA). Having analysed information shared by the UK's four Gas Distribution Networks (GDNs), ADBA's results show that the number of biomethane upgrading plants has... [Read More]

Renewable energy has overtaken nuclear power to become Scotland's main source of power, new figures show. In the first six months of 2014, renewable sources produced 32% more electricity than any other single source of power in Scotland. In total, the renewables sector generated 10.3TWh, compared to 7.8TWh from nuclear power – previously Scotland's main source of... [Read More]

Mineral Hill Industries, a Canada-based mineral exploration company, has announced it will acquire international waste management company Avis Energy Global Holdings. Avis manages and recycles municipal waste using its Cold Catalytic Biomass Liquefaction technology (BML) to offer sustainable management of urban waste disposal across the world. The technology converts... [Read More]

Tanac S.A. is building a 400,000 tonne per year, $60 million (€48 million) wood pellet manufacturing plant at its Rio Grande port site in the south of Brazil. Construction began in October and is scheduled for completion at the beginning of 2016. The first pellets are due for export in mid-2016. Under a long-term agreement, Tanac will supply its wood pellets to Drax... [Read More]

LC Energy, a UK-based supplier of sustainable wood fuel, has acquired Ecolyf, an MCS accredited company which specialises in the supply, installation and maintenance of wood fuel boilers. The acquisition means LC Energy is now a provider of one-stop biomass services covering the supply and installation process through to fuelling and maintenance for boilers. It will also... [Read More]

Bester Generación, a company dedicated to the development, engineering, construction, operations and maintenance of renewable energy infrastructures, has broken ground on a combined heat and power (CHP) plant in Northamptonshire, UK. Construction began following the closure of £23 million (€29 million) in project finance. It is expected to take around... [Read More]

Welsh renewable energy company Eco2 has sold its 44.2MW straw-fired biomass plant in Snetterton, East Anglia to BWSC PCL in a £160 million (€201.7 million) deal. BWSC PCL is a joint venture between Burmeister & Wain Scandinavian Contractor and PensionDanmark. This marks the second deal of its kind to BWSC PCL, following Eco2's sale of its Brigg straw-fired... [Read More]

Enel Green Power has started building the Cornia 2 geothermal power plant in the town of Castelnuovo Val di Cecina, in Tuscany. This will be the first plant in the world to use biomass to heat geothermal steam in order to increase the energy efficiency and electricity output of the geothermal cycle. The existing geothermal plant will be supplemented by a 5MW plant powered... [Read More]

Foresight Group and the UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) are investing in the construction of a new waste wood combined heat and power (CHP) facility in Merseyside, UK. The plant, which will generate 20.2MW of electricity and 7.8 MW of thermal power, will be powered by 146,000 tonnes per year of waste wood, sourced by Stobart Biomass Products under a long-term fuel supply... [Read More]

UK farms could be a major player in a shift towards a resilient, low-carbon energy system, according to a report launched by the Farm Power coalition. The coalition, which is made up of a growing number of farming bodies, businesses and NGOs, is now calling on policymakers and other key stakeholders, including supermarkets, to support the vision. The research carried out... [Read More]

A new gas-to-grid plant has opened at Bristol sewage treatment works in the UK. The plant is run by Wessex Water subsidiary GENeco, which has become the first company in the UK to start injecting gas generated from food waste and sewage into the natural gas grid network and at the same time install a gas refuelling plant for a compressed natural gas (CNG) bus. Seventeen... [Read More]

Ricardo has acquired UK consultancy firm PPA Energy. With a particular emphasis on innovation within the power industry, PPA Energy specialises in techno-economic and management consultancy services for the energy sector. The company has a strong international customer base covering over 90 countries, with particular expertise in economic and financial analysis, pricing,... [Read More]

Biomass solutions provider DP CleanTech has signed an equipment supply agreement with China Everbright International to supply the largest waste-to-energy project in Africa. DP's European high pressure, high temperature technology has been installed in over 50 biomass power plants in China alone. It was first implemented in Europe 30 years ago. DP CleanTech and Everbright... [Read More]

Brazil is expected to overtake the US as the world's leading biopower producing nation by 2018, according to research and consulting firm GlobalData. Production capacity in Brazil will rise from 11.51GW in 2013 to 17.10GW in 2018. According to GlobalData's report, that the US had the world's largest biopower installed capacity in 2013, with 15.43GW, but this will only... [Read More]

In the UK, AmeyCespa, North Yorkshire County Council and the City of York Council, have signed a contract to design, build and operate a new integrated waste management facility – Allerton Waste Recovery Park. The facility will include a recycling plant, an anaerobic digestion plant and a waste-to-energy plant for the treatment of residual household waste. Anaerobic... [Read More]

Air Liquide, a producer of high value-added gases, has signed an agreement for the acquisition of FordonsGas, a company that distributes compressed biogas (CBG) for the Swedish transportation market. FordonsGas owns and operates more than 40 CBG stations in Sweden, making it one of the largest distribution networks for this alternative fuel in the country. These filling... [Read More]