Ho Chi Minh City has requested the central government to raise its capacity of waste-to-energy incineration from 240 MW to 340 MW to handle the growing amount of waste, reported Vietnam News. By 2030, it is projected that the electricity generated from waste incineration in Ho Chi Minh City will exceed the current plan by approximately 100 MW. Currently, the combined... [Read More]

WM has opened a new 14,430 square-foot renewable natural gas (RNG) facility in Springdale, Arkansas in the US. The $35 million (€31.2m) WM Eco Vista RNG facility is expected to recover and distribute approximately 750,000 MMBtu per year of RNG, which serves the equivalent of 25,000 households annually, or the equivalent of 649 heavy-duty vehicles. A portion of the... [Read More]

Anaergia has been selected as the Energy Recovery Contractor for a new system that will produce renewable power from wastewater sludge at the East County Advanced Water Purification (East County AWP) facility now under construction in Santee, California. Anaergia anticipates the Energy Recovery project will also eventually digest food waste along with the wastewater sludge. Anaergia... [Read More]

Evergen Infrastructure Corp. made its first injection of renewable natural gas (RNG) at its GrowTEC facility in Alberta, Canada in late June, following utility grid connection upon completion of gas quality sampling, and has been producing daily volumes of up to 180 gigajoules per day. The completion of phase 1 of the GrowTEC RNG expansion project delivers production... [Read More]

ABB has secured its ninth contract with TOYO Engineering Corporation in Japan to supply its distributed control system (DCS) ABB Ability™ Symphony Plus, to the Wakayama Gobo Biomass Power Plant, around 120 km south of Osaka. When operational in 2025, the 50 MW biomass power plant, which will use wood pellets and agricultural byproduct as a feedstock, will be capable... [Read More]

Finnish company Joensuu Biocoal Oy has announced it will use innovative technology from Austria to produce renewable alternatives to fossil coal, in the form of torrefied biocoal. Biocoal is the result of sustainably harvested forest residues being heated in a low-oxygen environment, to produce a carbon-rich end product. It has a higher energy density than traditional... [Read More]

BIGSQUID (biogas-to-liquid) technology has resulted in the creation of an industrial plant capable of producing biomethanol from biogas, which is operational at the Località Giove in Città di Castello, in the province of Perugia in Italy. The plant is the culmination of five years' of work by Politecnico di Milano and Fattoria Autonoma Tabacchi S.C., with the university... [Read More]

ENORM BioFactory is set to expand its production of insect-based protein in 2023, resulting in an output of 11,000 tonnes of protein annually – as well as derived products such as insect oils and fertilisers – from its site in Hedensted Municipality, Denmark. A new boiler plant is being built at the factory, in order for heat to be supplied to the 24,000 m2 insect... [Read More]

Western Australia’s first green hydrogen facilities were given the green light following recent assessments and inspections by Dangerous Goods Officers from the Department of Mines Industry Regulation and Safety (DMIRS) Worksafe Petroleum Safety and Dangerous Goods Directorate. The new green hydrogen power station in Denham, and hydrogen refuelling stations in Jandakot... [Read More]

enfinium, a leading UK energy from waste company, has created “digital twins” of its facilities - a virtual model designed to accurately reflect the actual state of a physical object. In a UK-first for its sector, enfinium has partnered with Vertex Industrie, a pioneer of 3D manufacturing visualisation technology, with the aim of having the most reliable facilities... [Read More]

The Spanish Confederation of Service Station Employers (CEEES) and the Spanish Gas Association (Sedigas) have agreed to collaborate to carry out promotional actions related to the decarbonisation of the sector through the use of renewable gases, biomethane and renewable hydrogen. The agreement, signed by Jorge de Benito and Joan Batalla, presidents of CEEES and Sedigas,... [Read More]

Kore Infrastructure has partnered with the Tule River Economic Development Corporation to develop a modular, forest biomass-to-carbon-negative biofuels facility in Porterville, California, with support from the California Department of Conservation. According to Kore, the project will help solve two major challenges in California: reducing the risk of catastrophic wildfires... [Read More]

Six people died after being trapped in a biogas tank in Yongshan county, Yunnan province in China, on 10 July, reported China Daily. At around 12.20pm on the date in question, a villager with the surname 'Hou' was cleaning an overflow tank of livestock manure, and became trapped in it. Five others - including Hou's father - attempted to rescue him, but were also trapped. Immediately... [Read More]

Clean Energy Technologies (CET) has entered into a fixed-price engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract - valued at $10 million (€8.9m) - with Vermont Renewable Gas for the proposed Lyndonville biogas-to-power facility in Vermont, US. CET will spearhead the design, construction and operation of the facility, placing its HTAP Biomass Reactor, a high temperature... [Read More]

Škoda Auto subsidiary ŠKO-ENERGO, a comprehensive energy provider for the car manufacturer and heating for the town of Mladá Boleslav in Czechia, is launching a project to modernise the plant to utilise 100% biomass. With estimated costs of €141 million, the upgraded heating plant will be one of the largest projects of its kind in Czechia, and is expected to become... [Read More]

Italian group BelEnergia has announced plans for two waste recovery plants, which will be located in the town of La Almunia de Doña Godina, in Zaragoza; and in the municipality of San Esteban de La Litera, in Huesca, reported CE NoticiasFinancieras. The two plants, which have been declared of regional interest by the Council of Government, represent an investment of... [Read More]