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The European biomethane industry saw record-breaking production levels in 2021. Europe now has 1,023 production plants, a figure described by the European Biogas Association (EBA) and Gas Infrastructure Europe (GIE) as a “stepping stone” for the decarbonisation of the whole EU economy. “2021 has witnessed the most exponential deployment of biomethane plants in Europe,” said Boyana…
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Enviva is accelerating plans to double its production capacity over the next five years, from 6.2 million metric tonnes per year (MTPY) to around 13 million MTPY. In response to the “increasing pace and scale of commercial progress”, Enviva is broadening and deepening its development capabilities and leveraging relationships with key equipment suppliers and construction partners to enable…
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Anaergia has been chosen to build a renewable LNG plant for Societa’ Agricola Agriferr ss di Zagni Mattero & C (Agriferr), an Italian agricultural company. Under the contract, Anaergia will build Agriferr’s new plant using a range of proprietary systems, including its first-ever RNG liquefaction system. The company will also install its Triton digester, biogas upgrading system, and an…
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BioConstruct has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Cologne-based electricity trading company, Next Kraftwerke. Under the agreement, Next Kraftwerke will market 40,000 MWh of biogas electricity in the first quarter of this year. BioConstruct will deliver the electricity from its own biogas plants and its customers’ facilities. A total of 86 biogas CHPs are involved in the…
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UK firm Keenan Recycling has acquired the food waste bin collection arm of JNL Waste Services. This acquisition, including new trucks, will strengthen Keenan’s food waste collection service in the Midlands, Northamptonshire and East Anglia, introducing new customers to the company and enhancing its fleet. Against the backdrop of Brexit, Covid and HGV driver shortages, Keenan has invested…
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Veolia Carbon Clean is celebrating its first project milestone in India and a new corporate identity. The joint venture (JV) was established in December 2020 between carbon capture solutions firm Carbon Clean and resource management company Veolia. The JV aims to reduce industrial CO2 emissions and help India achieve its climate goals through the development of a series of carbon capture and…
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Valmet’s automation system will be installed at a pioneering biogas plant in the Baltics. The plant will be the first in the region to utilise household and commercial biowaste. Built by BioWOIMA Finland in the city of Tallinn, Estonia, the facility will produce biomethane for the natural gas network and fuel for CNG-powered vehicles. The resulting biofertiliser will be used for land…
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The Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA) has appointed Grant Budge as chief executive-elect. Budge will succeed Charlotte Morton, who will gradually withdraw from her ADBA chief executive role to focus on her position as the head of the World Biogas Association (WBA). Budge holds a MEng (Hons) from Imperial College London, an MBA from Leeds University and a Masters in…
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Action must be taken on energy bills after inflation rose by 5.4% in the UK, according to the Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology (REA). The REA recently published a six-point plan to help tackle the crisis, with the Joseph Rowntree Foundation warning that rising energy bills could ‘devastate’ the budgets of families on the lowest incomes. The Resolution Foundation says…
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Ag-Grid Energy has broken ground on its fourth biogas-to-electricity project in Connecticut. Hytone Ag-Grid, in partnership with Hytone Farms, would be Ag-Grid’s fourth dairy digester in the north-eastern US and will begin construction in March. The facility will be operational this autumn and will produce around 4.5 million kWh of renewable electricity annually, derived from manure and food…
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A project to install a biomass heating system at a hospital in British Columbia (BC) has received $400,000 (€280,200) in funding. The First Nations Clean Energy Business Fund (FNCEBF) is providing funding to projects in Indigenous communities throughout BC to work towards a low-carbon future. The fund helps to develop clean energy projects in areas such as biomass, solar, wind and ocean…
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Asia remains the strongest growth market in the global solid biomass-to-power industry, according to a new report. ecoprog, a German consultancy specialising in environmental and energy technology, shared the findings in the 12th edition of its annual Biomass to Power report. In 2021, the global biomass power plant asset increased by around 120 plants with a combined capacity of almost 2.9…
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Global energy and commodity intelligence company Argus has launched biomethane guarantee of origin price assessments. Biomethane can be used as an alternative or as a supplement to natural gas in industry, transport and heating. The new Argus Renewable Gas Guarantee of Origin (RGGO) prices cover biomethane from two types of feedstock – energy crops such as maize, wheat or sugar beet, and…
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Arla Foods is more than doubling its climate target for operations from 30 to 63% by 2030, with the help of biogas. The new target has been approved by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) as consistent with reductions required to keep global warming to 1.5oC. Arla said a clear plan to deliver its ambition to be a carbon net-zero company gave it the confidence to increase its…
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