Researchers from the German Biomass Research Centre (DBFZ) and the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) looked at the role of biomass in Germany's national energy transition, and the priority target market for bioenergy sources. Their findings were presented in the completed project entitled "SoBio—Scenarios of optimal biomass use for energy by 2030 and... [Read More]

The RFS Power Coalition - a group of organisations dedicated to activating the renewable electricity pathway of the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS), led by the Biomass Power Association and American Biogas Council - has submitted a letter to the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). In the letter, the RFS Power Coalition reaffirmed its support for the inclusion of renewable... [Read More]

Hitachi Zosen Inova USA has been awarded a contract to build sustainable waste-to-energy and renewable gas infrastructure for 3 Rivers Energy Partners in Knoxville, Tenneesee, US. The agreement will see Hitachi Zosen Inova USA design and construct a new anaerobic digestion (AD) plant. The integrated renewable natural gas (RNG) plant consists of a 648,000 gal/day wet... [Read More]

German company WANGEN PUMPEN is a global leader in the development and construction of progressive cavity pumps. Since 1969, over 50,000 robust WANGEN pumps have been supplied to the anaerobic digestion and agricultural industry worldwide. Many leading AD plants in Ireland and Northern Ireland are successfully using WANGEN ́s innovative pumping technology. For example,... [Read More]

Last year, Gasum sourced 1 million tonnes of biodegradable feedstocks for biogas production in Finland and Sweden. Anna-Mari Satosalmi, senior manager, feedstock and fertilisers at Gasum, told Bioenergy Insight about the challenges facing the region, ahead of her presentation at the International Biomass Congress & Expo. Satosalmi is responsible for leading Gasum’s... [Read More]

Singapore-listed Asiatic Group (Holdings) Ltd is disposing of its 30% stake in Maju Intan biomass power plant in Perak, marking its exit from the troubled biomass project after over ten years, reported The Edge Markets. Asiatic's stake in the project company Maju Intan Biomass Energy is being disposed to Etagreen Management for RM10, plus financial support of approximately... [Read More]

Valmet has announced it will convert Helen Ltd's coal-fired district heat boiler to bubbling fluidised bed (BFB) combustion to enable wood pellet firing at the Salmisaari ‘A’ power plant in Helsinki, Finland. The conversion promotes the company’s goal of phasing out coal and at the same time strengthens the construction of a sustainable energy system. The order... [Read More]

NW Natural, a subsidiary of NW Natural Holding Company, and BioCarbN, a developer and operator of environmental infrastructure projects, have commenced production at a second renewable natural gas (RNG) facility, as part of an innovative project partnership with Tyson Foods. The facility, which is located in Dakota City, Nebraska in the US, is receiving investment of... [Read More]

CHAR Technologies (CHAR) has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the First Nations co-operative Lake Nipigon Forest Management (LNFMI) to collaboratively develop, build, own and operate a wood waste and residues to renewable natural gas (RNG) and biocarbon facility in the Lake Nipigon Region of Northern Ontario, Canada. LNFMI is a forest management co-operative... [Read More]

Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL) will set up a compressed biogas (CBG) plant at Brahmapuram in a year, reported The Hindu. Industries Minister P. Rajeeve and Local Self-Government Minister M.B. Rajesh held primary discussions with company officials in Thiruvananthapuram on 3 May. The State government will allocate land for the project at Brahmapuram, and the... [Read More]

Enviva has released its financial results for Q1 2023, reporting a net loss of $116.9 million (€105.7m), as compared to a net loss of $45.3m (€40.9m) for the same period in 2022. The company further reported adjusted EBITDA for Q1 2023 of $3.4m (€3m), as compared to $36.6m (€33.1m) for the corresponding quarter last year. The company put its performance down... [Read More]

Drax Power Station, the UK’s biggest generator of renewable electricity, is projecting a symbol onto one of its huge cooling towers this weekend to celebrate the coronation of King Charles III. Electricity has been generated by Drax since 1974 after it was built by the Central Electricity Generating Board, in an area of Yorkshire known as Megawatt Valley due to a fleet... [Read More]

Bioenergy Devco (BDC), the North American division of BTS Bioenergy, a leader in the design, engineering, construction, financing and anaerobic digestion operation, has been approved to negotiate a public-private partnership agreement to build an organics recycling facility by the Middlesex County Utilities Authority (MCUA) in the US. The partnership between BDC and MCUA... [Read More]

Samaiden Group has signed an agreement with two Cambodian companies and a Malaysian firm to develop a biogas project in the Preah Sihanouk province in Cambodia. Samaiden announced its indirect wholly-owned Samaiden Energy (Cambodia) Co Ltd had entered into a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with: Mong Sotheary Trading Co Ltd (MST); Management Venture Asia (Cambodia)... [Read More]

Vespene Energy (Vespene), a biogas renewable energy developer, and Viridi Energy (Viridi), a full-service renewable natural gas (RNG) platform, have today announced the launch of their first joint pilot site with a municipal landfill in Marathon County, Wisconsin, US. The companies said they are using highly efficient energy generation equipment to convert the naturally... [Read More]

Reverion, the climate tech start-up for renewable energies, has raised €8.5 million to accelerate the production of its biogas plants. Investors in the round include UVC Partners, Green Generation Fund, Extantia Capital, Doral Energy-Tech Ventures and biomethane trader Landwärme. This capital will be utilised to expand the production of 100 kW and 500 kW biogas power... [Read More]