EverGen Infrastructure Corporation, Canada’s renewable natural gas (RNG) infrastructure platform, has completed the acquisition of a 67 percent interest in Alberta’s Grow the Energy Circle Ltd.  GrowTEC, located on the Perry Family farm near Lethbridge, Alberta, is a multi-faceted bioenergy venture of sustainable agriculture, integrating responsible best practices... [Read More]

Taiwan’s government aims for a climate-neutral economy by 2050 Together with its Asian partner Melchers Taiwan, the manufacturer WELTEC BIOPOWER is building a biogas plant in the south west of the island state. For the 360-kilowatt plant, the German biogas specialist is supplying a proven turnkey solution based on high-quality stainless steel technologies. WELTEC... [Read More]

Rengo Company Ltd, will install a new biomass boiler for power generation at Tonegawa Division in Japan to promote alternative fuel sources, one of the measures toward CO2 reduction Rengo has stated is an environmental target. With operations scheduled to commence in October 2022, this will be Rengo’s second biomass boiler, following the one in Yashio Mill. Comprising... [Read More]

Charoen Pokphand Foods Public Company Limited (CP Foods) is promoting its Greenfarm practice among its own pig farms and contracted swine farmers, to harness energy from biogas and solar power in the quest to make the business more environmentally-friendly. All pig farms of CP Foods have installed biogas systems, and solar farms have been erected at some farms to ensure... [Read More]

The development of a circular economy in Malaysia, in line with its status as the world's second-largest exporter of palm oil, could make the country a biomass hub, according to prime minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob. Opening the Malaysian International Agri-Commodity Expo and Summit 2022 (MIACES) on 26 July, he said that focus should be placed upon using raw... [Read More]

The Indian government stated in a press release that it has set a target to raise the share of natural gas in the energy mix to 15 percent by 2030, from 6.3 percent currently. Rameswar Teli, minister of state for Petroleum and Natural Gas, said that several initiatives had been taken, including: Expansion of National Gas Grid to circa 33,500 km from the current... [Read More]

Although biomass is sometimes seen as an "old technology" because it's been around for a long time, the sector has not reached its potential in Ireland, according to Paddy Phelan of 3 Counties Energy and the Irish BioEnergy Association. Addressing the recent Energy and Farm Business Show in County Tipperary, Ireland, he observed that biomass can be used "for combined... [Read More]

Drax has announced it is accelerating its investment in renewable energy generation as it commissions new biomass pellet production plants in the US. The company said: "We are accelerating our investment in renewable generation, having recently submitted planning applications for the development of BECCS at Drax Power Station and for the expansion of Cruachan Pumped... [Read More]

On Friday, July 22, US senator Catherine Cortez Masto visited Fulcrum BioEnergy’s new Sierra BioFuels Plant in Storey County.  For years, governmental red tape prevented this plant from launching operations, but as a result of advocacy by Senator Cortez Masto with both the Trump and Biden administrations, the plant will soon begin production. Cortez Masto’s... [Read More]

There are fertile conditions for obtaining bioenergy from hazelnut residues in Azerbaijan, according to reports from FAO Azerbaijan. FAO Azerbaijan wrote on its official Twitter page that: “There are fertile conditions for bioenergy from hazelnut residues in Azerbaijan. We presented preliminary results of sustainable bioenergy options in the hazelnut value chain within... [Read More]

Palisade Real Assets has announced the acquisition of Eco2 Management Services Limited (EMSL), a UK-based renewable energy asset management and development company. The acquisition accelerates Palisade Real Assets’ energy transition investment ambitions in the United Kingdom and Europe and will underpin a dedicated Bioenergy Platform focused on anaerobic digestion... [Read More]

The Chennai Corporation in India is planning to set up an integrated solid waste management plant at the Kodungaiyur dump yard.  It will have facilities such as a waste-to-energy plant, bio-CNG plant and material recovery centre. This will be done to process and reduce the fresh waste arriving at the dump yard on a daily basis, said, corporation officials. At present,... [Read More]

The Davao Oriental provincial government is pursuing partnerships to speed up electrification in remote communities and possibly create a biomass facility for cheaper power rates.    In a statement, the local government said that Governor Corazon Malanyaon met with officials of Davao Oriental Electric Cooperative (DORECO), the province’s sole distributor, to discuss... [Read More]

ENEOS Corporation, Suzuki Motor Corporation, Subaru Corporation, Daihatsu Motor Company, Toyota Motor Corporation and Toyota Tsusho Corporation established the Research Association of Biomass Innovation for Next Generation Automobile Fuels on July 1, 2022, to study ways to optimise the process of producing fuel. It is crucial to provide diverse energy options to meet... [Read More]

A Pennsylvania farm has partnered with a nearby microbrewery to create an alternative fuel produced with brewer’s waste and organic matter. The Dickinson College Farm in Pennsylvania joined with Molly Pitcher Brewing Company and other local farms to create large quantities of sustainable biogas from materials that would otherwise be discarded. Matt Steiman, the... [Read More]

Simon Dawkins BEc, director, Oil Mallee Association, on the future of bioenergy in Western Australia. Western Australia (WA) is a the largest of the Australian States and has a 20-million-hectare wheatbelt. Most of the grain is exported including a million tonnes of canola to Europe for biofuel. However, it is the recent promotion of lignocellulosic biomass to produce... [Read More]