
Jun 14, 2023
US government invests $43m “to expand innovative uses of wood”
Other News
Jun 14, 2023
The European Biogas Association (EBA), in collaboration with biogas experts, is launching a white paper on the sustainability, affordability and accessibility of biohydrogen to support its production and use in Europe.
Biohydrogen - alongside biogas and biomethane - will play a key role in fulfilling the energy needs of various sectors, and in supporting Europe's climate... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jun 14, 2023
A delegation of officials from the British Embassy in Tokyo and Japanese industry have been welcomed to Drax Power Station in Yorkshire - the UK's single-largest generator of renewable electricity.
The group included the British Embassy in Tokyo’s Counsellor on Energy and Infrastructure, as well as a delegation of Japanese supply chain partners, customers and industry... [Read More]
Features
Jun 13, 2023
Transforming an underperforming anaerobic digestion (AD) plant and increasing production by 30% within eight weeks is all down to experience, according to Eco Verde Energy’s (EVE) operations director, Chris Brown.
Lying just off the Kent coast in South East England, the Isle of Sheppey is a 36 square-mile island renowned for seaside holidays, blue-flag beaches, fossils... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 13, 2023
Gasum inaugurated its new biogas filling station on 9 June in Ålesund municipality, on the western coast of Norway. The new gas filling station saw Gasum collaborate with the Norwegian postal service Posten and ÅRIM, a waste management company. It is Gasum's fourth LBG filling station in Norway.
The new station caters to logistics companies operating in the region as... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 13, 2023
Global private markets firm Partners Group has agreed to acquire a leading biogas and biomethane energy platform in Germany from Energiedenker Group.
The Platform operates a 60 MW portfolio of 35 biogas plants and 10 biomethane plants across Northeast Germany.
The Platform has strong infrastructure characteristics and benefits from a large asset base with high barriers... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jun 13, 2023
Enterra has secured €35m project financing from UniCredit for a biomass plant in Italy.
Located in Foggia in the southern region of Apulia, the 13 MW plant produces electric and thermal energy from biomass.
A unit to remove alcohol byproduct will be installed to extract the distilled alcohol produced during the biomass process.
This alcohol will then be sold to other... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 13, 2023
AstraZeneca (AZN) is partnering with Vanguard Renewables to enable the delivery of renewable natural gas (RNG) to all of its sites in the United States by the end of 2026, in a first-of-its-kind collaboration.
From June 2023, AstraZeneca will begin purchasing RNG produced by Vanguard Renewables for its Newark Campus in Delaware, where the company packages 26 medicines... [Read More]
Other News
Jun 12, 2023
Biofuels avoided nearly 2 million barrels of oil being used in 2022.
The International Energy Agency (IEA) highlighted this information during a webinar which it hosted on June 9.
The IEA also revealed how Brazil, Indonesia and India were all accelerating biofuels deployment in the past year – helping to drive two-thirds of demand growth in emerging economies.
The... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 9, 2023
The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has signed a contract with the Mahanagar Gas Limited (MGL) to establish a biogas plant that will treat 1,000 metric tonnes of municipal waste per day in Mumbai, India.
Civic officials said the plant would be set up in Deonar in around two years, adding that the proposal for setting it up originated from the petroleum and natural... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 9, 2023
Waga Energy, a European specialist in upgrading landfill gas (LFG) to renewable natural gas (RNG), has been awarded ISCC EU certification for its facility that is under construction at the PreZero site in Els Hostalets de Pierola (Catalonia, Spain).
The International Sustainability & Carbon Certification (ISCC) programme has been developed within the European Union,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 9, 2023
SUEZ has acquired a 60% stake of Anaerobic Power Biogas Power Benešov (APBB), a pioneer in methanisation in Czechia, which will allow it to convert waste into biogas. The move sees Suez expanding the scope of its activities in the country.
CAYAN Holdings Limited (CAYAN), which currently holds 100% of the shares, will retain the remaining 40% stake in the company.
Founded... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 8, 2023
PepsiCo Inc opened its fifth production plant in Swiatem near Sroda Slsska, Poland on 31 May, which it said is "the most environmentally sustainable, technologically advanced and innovative PepsiCo facility in the European Union”.
The 1bn Polish zloty (€222.6m) facility consists of three technologically advanced, energy-efficient production lines, according to PepsiCo,... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jun 8, 2023
New Zealand's government is starting to cultivate a more sustainable forestry industry with investments into a bioenergy plant, research into biomass and better forestry practices, announced forestry minister Peeni Henare.
“The Ministerial Inquiry into Land Use recognised current forest harvest practices are not sustainable. In some parts of the country, like Tairāwhiti,... [Read More]
Other News
Jun 8, 2023
The REA (Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology) has released the full list of finalists for the British Renewable Energy Awards (BREA’s). Now in their 18th edition, the awards are designed to honour those producing outstanding work in the industry.
An unprecedented number of nominations from individuals and organisations across all sectors were received,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 7, 2023
BIOFerm, a leader in the field of anaerobic digestion and gas upgrading, has been selected as the EPC partner for a renewable natural gas (RNG) facility near the Jack Daniel Distillery in Lynchburg, Tennessee in the US. 3 River Energy Partners is spearheading the project.
The project will convert spent stillage, a byproduct from the whiskey distillation process, into... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 7, 2023
Sistema.bio, a global social enterprise specialising in innovative biogas technology, has unveiled the world's largest manufacturing facility for biogas plants in India.
The facility spans 130,000 square feet, and boasts an annual production capacity of 100,000 biodigesters, and received investment to the tune of USD $1.8 million (€1.6m). The company said it will impact... [Read More]