SUEZ and Waga Energy have commissioned a new Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) production unit at the Madaillan landfill in Milhac-d’Auberoche (southwestern France) - the fifth RNG production unit to be commissioned jointly by SUEZ and Waga Energy. Recovering RNG from biogas sourced from the fermentation of waste within landfills is a growing challenge in terms of waste management... [Read More]

LG Chem and GS EPS will jointly invest 320 billion won (€234.6 million) in the construction of a biomass facility at its Yeosu plant in South Jeolla. The two companies signed a formal contract on 15 December, six months after they entered heads of agreement. The biomass plant will be named "Yeosu Green Power" and it is planned to begin commercial operation in the first... [Read More]

Objectors to plans for a bid to establish a £25m anaerobic digestion plant (ADP) in Easter Ross say it would have "severe economic, environmental and social impacts" on the area, reported Ross-Shire Journal. Acorn Bioenergy outlined its proposals to create news ADPs in the Highlands, Moray and Aberdeenshire, with total invesment plans amounting to £105m. The Easter... [Read More]

The European Parliament has voted in favour of faster approval deadlines for new renewable energy installations, with a view to the law being finalised in 2023, following talks with EU member states, reported Edie. The REpowerEU package seeks to enhance the union's energy independence, and the proposal was put forward by the European Commission on 18 May 2022. The... [Read More]

The Gas Transmission System Operator of Ukraine (GTSOU) has launched a series of online meetings as part of a project entitled "Biomethane talks" with business representatives, experts and government agencies. During the first discussion on the topic "Biomethane industry: the experience of the Czech Republic", Martin Schwartz, head of the biomethane section of the Czech... [Read More]

Operators of both gas-to-grid and electrical AD plants are facing higher business rates after the UK government changed the way it calculates the rates assessments which forms the basis of rates bills, according to the Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA). It highlighted analysis by Handel Rating Consultants – a leading expert specialising in... [Read More]

Tyler Warman — site manager at the Suffolk-based plant, which is operated by specialist AD operators and service providers Eco Verde Energy (EVE) — explained how the team’s approach to pre-empting any issues which could lead to downtime has resulted in the 12MW plant achieving a 97% average output over the last four months. “Downtime is costly for any AD plant,”... [Read More]

Hau Giang Bioenergy Joint Stock Company (HBE) held a ceremony for a biomass plant that uses rice husk as fuel, and which has received  a total investment of 875 billion VND (€34.3 million) in the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang on 15 December. HBE director Truong Ngoc Thuy Trang said that the Hau Giang Biomass Power Plant Project, with a capacity of 2x10 MW, is... [Read More]

Retrospective plans for a biogas power plant from Deal Farm Biogas that was branded an "abomination on the countryside" have been rejected, reported the BBC. South Norfolk councillors unanimously voted to refuse the latest proposals for the anaerobic digester in Bressingham, near Diss. The plant is already built but the company was accused of making alterations that... [Read More]

Vision RNG has announced a Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) agreement with the Laurel Ridge Landfill (a subsidiary of Waste Connections) in Corbin, Kentucky, US. The project will use produce 450,000 MMBtu of RNG annually that will be injected into a nearby natural gas transmission pipeline. This RNG will be used by various customers across the US for transportation fuel and... [Read More]

Danone has announced the commissioning of a biomass boiler at the company’s spray drying plant located at Balclutha, in the Otago region of New Zealand’s South Island. Combined with the use of 100% renewable electricity at the plant, CO2 emissionsare expected to be reduced by 95%, helping underpin Danone’s ambition to become a net-zero carbon company by 2050. Danone’s... [Read More]

Over 150 biogas digesters have been built across Zimbabwe to be used as a source of renewable energy, according to a senior government official. Public Service Commission (PSC) secretary Dr Tsitsi Choruma said the country will keep building biogas digesters because they are "cost effective and technologically smart" means of producing energy. "Green energy sources in... [Read More]

Renewable energy firm Acorn Bioenergy has unveiled proposals which, if given the green light by Moray Council planners, would see two plants built in Moray, one near Hill of Rathven by Buckie at the junction of March Road and the A98 and other at Longmorn, on the outskirts of Elgin, reported Grampian Online. The Buckie plant would occupy around seven hectares of land. The... [Read More]

The governments of Ontario and Canada are investing more than $11.3 million (€10.6m) to expand CHAR Technologies’ facility in Thorold to produce renewable natural gas (RNG) and biocarbon – creating the largest facility of its kind in Canada. It will be the only RNG facility in the country to exclusively use woody biomass. Expanding CHAR’s Thorold facility will... [Read More]

Construction on the third phase of a bioenergy recycling project in Shanghai, China, began on 11 December. With an investment of 1.65 billion yuan (€222 million), the third phase of the Shanghai bioenergy recycling centre will cover nearly 20 hectares in the Laogang ecological and environmental protection base in Pudong New Area. The project, scheduled for completion... [Read More]

Turkey's energy ministry has started the implementation of a micro project, which envisions farmer-obtained animal waste from three cows as being able to produce enough natural gas to eventually meet cooking needs. The project has been launched in 17 cities as a pilot study, and it aims to support farmers unable to access gas in rural areas. Turkish Electromechanic Industries... [Read More]