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Lauma Kazusa, head of market analysis at SUEZ Trading Europe, discusses the changing landscape surrounding wood waste and its impact on the bioenergy sector. Market turbulence has been incredible over the last two years, affecting all sectors and products. Wood waste has not escaped this rollercoaster ride and is firmly set to continue with new twists and turns ahead. In 2019, many within…
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BTS Biogas has partnered with the University of Padua in Italy to develop a research project which aims to increase biogas yield by at least 10%. Achieving the sustainable disposal and valorisation of organic waste are two of the biggest challenges facing the world. Biogas reconciles these two needs; however, the seasonal nature of many of the by-products of the agricultural and livestock…
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Adista and Datafarm Energy are planning to commission a data centre powered exclusively by renewable energy from recycling agricultural biowaste in France. The project is a first in the data centre world, which is constantly seeking long-term renewable, low-carbon and secure energy solutions. Both companies are aiming for the first part to start operation in 2022 and intend to rapidly increase…
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Compost organisations globally have established the International Compost Alliance – a voluntary partnership to advance awareness and understanding of the benefits and use of compost on a global scale. The Alliance looks to offer solutions for climate change mitigation, soil health and food security, building on years of collaboration between organics recycling organisations. By pooling…
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Waga Energy (Waga) and Meridiam, an investment fund specialising in public infrastructure finance, have obtained a €10.4 million loan to refinance four WAGABOX biomethane units in France. The loan from BNP Paribas and Banque Populaire Grand Quest underpins Waga’s ability to rely on financial institutions to deploy its innovative WAGABOX gas-to-biomethane technology. The units are part…
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The Maharashtra State Power Generation Company (MAHAGENCO) in Maharashtra, India, has decided to use biomass briquettes in one of its power stations ‘on an experimental basis’. MAHAGENCO will use the briquettes in Parli thermal power station, according to recent reports. The State of Maharashtra has made it mandatory to use biomass briquettes in power generation projects, and MAHAGENCO has…
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In September, Bright Biomethane opened its first small-scale bio-CNG biogas upgrader to help agricultural businesses to ‘green’ their fleets. Over the past two years in Houffalize, Belgium, Bright Biomethane has been developing a unique project, upgrading biogas for use in agricultural transportation. The technology offers a cost-effective system for bio-CNG production through membrane…
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A new biogas plant has opened in Taiwan – the country’s first to use livestock manure as a feedstock. For the project in Hualien County on Taiwan’s east coast, the new Pushige Biomass Energy Centre features six of Landia’s externally-mounted GasMix systems, which have a verified track record of enhancing biogas yields. The 18.5 kW units, ordered by Fluid Power Co, are helping to…
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Drax aims to double its production and sales of biomass pellets by 2030, the company revealed. Drax announced a target to double its production of biomass pellets from 4 million tonnes per annum (tpa) to 8 million tpa by 2030. The company also aims to boost pellet sales to third parties, targeting 4 million tpa by 2030 – currently, sales are at 2 million tpa. Strategic capital investment is…
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The CMA CGM Group and Shell have performed a bio-LNG bunkering trial in Rotterdam. Containerships Aurora, a 1,400 twenty-foot equivalent units LNG-powered vessel was bunkered by Shell with a nearly 10% blend of low-carbon bio-LNG while calling at Rotterdam. The vessel received around 483 m3 of LNG, 44 m3 of which were bio-LNG. The operation was performed by the barge LNG London at the…
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bp has acquired a 28.57% stake in Gasrec, the UK’s largest dual provider of bio-LNG and bio-CNG to road transport. Gasrec builds, owns and operates biomethane refuelling stations, providing renewable solutions to the heavy goods vehicle industry. The company opened a CNG refuelling station for online supermarket Ocado in September. bp will supply Gasrec with renewable biomethane produced…
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Drax has denied risking workers’ health by exposing them to wood dust. In September, it was revealed that the owner of Drax Power Station in North Yorkshire has been accused of two breaches of health and safety legislation and facing criminal prosecution by the Health and Safety Executive. During a short hearing at Leeds Magistrates’ Court, the energy producer indicated it would plead…
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TotalEnergies and Clean Energy have started construction on their first biomethane production unit in Friona, Texas. Located on Del Rio Dairy farm, the facility will be fuelled by an onsite supply of livestock manure to produce more than 40 GWh of biomethane per year. The biomethane will be used as an alternative fuel for mobility, contributing to the decarbonisation of road…
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