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Energy supplier Vattenfall has cancelled its plans for a biomass plant in Diemen, Netherlands. Instead, the Swedish government-owned entity is looking to other options. These include geothermal energy and residual warmth, according a cooperation agreement between Vattenfall and several municipalities - as well as the provinces of  Noord-Holland and Flevoland. Project development plans for the…
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Mitsubishi Power, a power solutions brand of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), has completed the construction of a 50-megawatt (MW) class woody biomass-fired power plant in the city of Hyuga, in Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan. The Hyuga biomass plant, developed by a consortium led by MHI as part of a full turnkey solution for engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC), will be operated…
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ENGIE continues to increase its biomethane production capacity in Europe with the acquisition of a new unit in Belgium, the Group's first biomethane production facility in the country. Following on from its recent acquisitions in the Netherlands and England, this strategic purchase from the Schelfhout family is in line with the Group's objective of building a European production platform to…
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Nordic energy company Gasum has opened a biogas filling station west of Oslo, significantly expanding its biogas infrastructure in Norway. The biogas filling station, built in cooperation with landowner Eiendomsspar, offers compressed and liquefied biogas in response to an increased demand for sustainable fuels in Norway. The Skui station is Gasum's seventh LBG filling station in Norway and the…
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Asda is investing in two new bio-LNG (liquefied natural gas) refuelling facilities, as the retailer aims to continue reducing overall carbon emissions. Working closely with Gasrec – a fuel provider for commercial vehicles in the UK – the new refuelling facilities in Warrington and Dartford in England now mean Asda has 13 fully operational bio-LNG stations strategically located across the…
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Toyota Motor Manufacturing UK (TMUK) has hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for the construction of an anaerobic digester (AD) at its engine plant in Deeside, North Wales (TMUK-D). Construction will start on the new waste-to-energy plant next month and when complete will supply TMUK-D with green electricity and gas directly via underground cabling and piping, replacing the current grid power…
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The New York Stock Exchange will delist Enviva’s stock by October 22, reported Lesprom. This marks the company's decline, following a 2022 market valuation of almost $6 billion. Enviva's financial difficulties emerged from a failed bet on pellet prices, which ultimately caused its bankruptcy and wipted out shareholders. Initially, the company had offered shareholders a 5% equity stake in a…
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Bioenergy Insight learns more about the recently announced partnership to develop four RNG projects in the US. Bright Renewables is a global technology provider for biogas upgrading systems, CO2 liquefaction plants, and Bio LNG & Bio CNG solutions. Its US head office is located in Vancouver, Washington, and it has sold around 35 biogas upgrading units in the country. It is poised to add…
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Repsol has started supplying liquefied biomethane (bio-LNG) to Brittany Ferries’ LNG-fuelled vessels Salamanca and Santoña at the LNG-bunkering terminal in Santander (Spain). This is the first test of its kind for the two companies, consisting of the supply three truck-loads, totalling 60 tons of bio-LNG, and it is the first supply of its kind in Spain. The use of bioLNG can reduce the…
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Finland's Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment has granted a total of €44,546,484 in investment aid to 12 projects under the national Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP). Moreover, by a decision supported by the Ministerial Finance Committee on 3 October, €28,048,200 was granted to Nordic Ren-Gas Oy for a large demonstration project on new energy technology. "It is great that clean…
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Erex held a ground-breaking ceremony for its biomass plants in Yen Bai and Tuyen Quang, Vietnam on 4 October. The biomass plants were identified as priority projects in Vietnam's 8th National Power Development Plan, with their implementation being approved in April. Each plant will possess 50MW of generation capacity. They will process around 500,000 t/yr of wood residue, which will be sourced…
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Qemetica Soda Polska, a soda ash producer company, has secured funding to convert a coal-fired boiler to biomass at its Inowrocław plant in Poland. The funding is coming from Poland's National Fund for Environmental Protection and Water Management. The conversion is one of the main elements of the company's strategy in energy transformation and will allow the reduction of coal consumption by…
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The World Biogas Association BRAZIL Congress 2024, organised by the World Biogas Association (WBA) on 1 October, emphasised Brazil’s position as a leader in the global energy transition, focusing on the immense biogas potential yet to be explored. The event represented a historic milestone for the Brazilian biogas industry and marked the start of the development of a National Biogas Roadmap…
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CycleØ Group, an end-to-end biomethane platform that builds, owns and operates plants across Europe has announced its intention to make a significant investment in new biomethane plants in Ireland. The group, which has a portfolio of hundreds of biogas/biomethane installations in more than 40 countries globally, stated its intention to initially build four new agri-based plants across…
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