Jul 31, 2023
From waste to wheels: harnessing the power of biogas for electric vehicles
Biomass News
Jul 28, 2023
Allotrope Partners (Allotrope), Axens North America (Axens) and Sumitomo Corporation of Americas (SCOA) have agreed to develop a joint study for a commercial plant producing cellulosic bioethanol utilising the Axens Futurol™ process, produced from woody biomass through Allotrope Cellulosic Development Company (ACDC), a project development company based in the State of... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 28, 2023
West Biofuels has received $1.5 million (€1.3m) in grant funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to increase the sustainable use of forest products while promoting innovation and bolstering local economies.
The Woodland, California-based company engineers, procures, and constructs (EPC) and operates and maintains biomass facilities.
Approximately $1.2m... [Read More]
Other News
Jul 28, 2023
New research by leading consultancy, Oxford Economics, The Economic Impact of Drax Power Station in the UK, has found that the renewable power station plays a significant role in the economies of Selby and Ainsty, Yorkshire and the Humber and the UK.
The report, utilising data from 2021, calculated that the North Yorkshire site, including its supply chain, contributed... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 27, 2023
The conversion and assembly work at Germany's largest integrated bio-LNG plant with bio-CO2 liquefaction - BioEnergie Park Güstrow in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania - has just been completed, announced EnviTec Biogas.
The company is now ready to begin the plant's operation.
"Now that the last component, the 300,000-litre LCO2 tank made of pressure vessel steel, has been... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 27, 2023
NorthStar Clean Energy has awarded Babcock & Wilcox (B&W) a contract to undertake a bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) engineering study at its power plant in Filer City, Michigan in the US.
The study is the first phase of a commercial-scale project, as Northstar Clean Energy seeks to convert the coal-fired plant to utilise biomass fuel, and to... [Read More]
Other News
Jul 27, 2023
BBVA, a leading financial institution in ESG, has joined Suma Capital to expand its track record and expertise in responsible investments. To do so, it will invest €300m in Suma Capital’s third sustainable infrastructure fund, SC Climate Impact Fund III.
BBVA's investment will focus upon the energy transition, circular economy and waste management for the production... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 27, 2023
VARO Energy (VARO) has announced the successful placement of a $165 million (€150.1m) green loan, the first in the company’s history.
The green loan, part of a wider $3.33 billion (€3bn) financing announced separately today, will partly refinance VARO’s acquisition of the Bio Energy Coevorden (BEC) biogas manufacturing facility.
The green loan represents an important... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 26, 2023
The UK government’s long-delayed document detailing its plans for the role of biomass in the economy is now planned to be published in the coming weeks, reported Bloomberg.
It was first announced in November 2020 and was scheduled to be published at the end of 2022, until being postponed to the second quarter of this year.
It had widely been expected to be released... [Read More]
Other News
Jul 25, 2023
Sewage biogas produced in Manchester is set to become a sustainable feed source for graphene and hydrogen production, due to a pioneering partnership between Levidian and United Utilities.
The UK government-funded collaboration is a first for the UK's water industry and will see Levidian’s innovative LOOP technology used to decarbonise biogas created within the wastewater... [Read More]
Policy News
Jul 25, 2023
The European Commission (EC) has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €850 million French measure to support ArcelorMittal France in partially decarbonising its steel production processes.
The measure will contribute to the achievement of the EU Hydrogen Strategy, the European Green Deal and the Green Deal Industrial Plan targets, while helping to end dependence on... [Read More]
Other News
Jul 25, 2023
Japan's Sumitomo said it and Sharjah National Oil Corp (SNOC) will study a carbon capture and storage (CCS) project at a mature gas field in the United Arab Emirates, reported Reuters.
Japan, which is actively pursuing a green energy transition, is promoting its green technology in the Gulf countries, as the region aims to turn from the world's biggest oil producer... [Read More]
Other News
Jul 25, 2023
HYRO - a joint venture between RES and Octopus Energy Generation – has submitted a planning application to Flintshire County Council in Wales for its Coleshill Green Hydrogen Project.
The scheme is one of two projects located on existing Kimberly-Clark sites that aim to assist the roll out of this source of power for industrial businesses.
The Coleshill Green Hydrogen... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 24, 2023
Atmos Energy Corporation, Black Hills Colorado Gas doing business as Black Hills Energy, Colorado Springs Utilities, and Xcel Energy – Colorado announced that they have jointly issued a request for information (RFI) to identify future developers of renewable natural gas (RNG), including recovered methane projects associated with Colorado’s Clean Heat Statute.
The... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 24, 2023
The Emerging Africa Infrastructure Fund (EAIF), a Private Infrastructure Development Group (PIDG) company, has has provided a €35m senior loan facility to develop a 46MW biomass power plant in Côte d’Ivoire, the largest facility of its kind in West Africa.
Biovea Energie, which is owned by EDF International, Meridiam and SIFCA, will own and operate the plant when... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 24, 2023
CHAR Technologies Ltd (CHAR), a leader in sustainable energy solutions, has closed a CAD$6.6m (€4.5m) strategic investment by a world-leading steel and mining company, ArcelorMittal S.A., through ArcelorMittal XCarb S.à r.l (ArcelorMittal) and ArcelorMittal’s XCarb® Innovation Fund (the Fund).
With a presence in 60 countries and primary steelmaking facilities... [Read More]
Features
Jul 24, 2023
Quality control and the protection of the certification scheme's value remain key priorities, explains Dobromir Yankov, marketing manager at Bioenergy Europe, in the association's regular column for Bioenergy Insight.
When ENplus® was launched over a decade ago, the pellet market was in an early phase of development that lacked a specific set of requirements, quality... [Read More]
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