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Aug 19, 2024
Latvian firm Virsi plans biomethane plant
Biomass News
Aug 19, 2024
Germany's Federal Economics Minister Robert Habeck has announced a 'comprehensive biomass package' for the country.
He told the German Press Agency that biogas can continue to play an important role in the future energy system.
"On the one hand, plants are part of heating or building networks. On the other hand, biogas can be used flexibly. In other words, precisely... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 16, 2024
GTT Strategic Ventures, the GTT Group investment fund dedicated to supporting sustainable tech champions, has participated in a €4 million financing round to support the development of CryoCollect, a French engineering company specialised in gas handling technologies.
This investment was made alongside Engie New Ventures, Engie’s investment fund for innovative startups... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 16, 2024
Viking Line plans to power two vessels solely by biogas for an entire week from 29 August until 4 September, reducing emissions by 90%.
The move is in celebration of Baltic Sea Day, and introduces the first green corridor ever on the Baltic Sea, between Turku and Stockholm.
Viking Glory and Viking Grace will only use liquefied biogas (LBG), instead of standard liquefied... [Read More]
Biomass News
Aug 16, 2024
Flagstaff County, Ecostrat, and the BDO Zone Initiative have announced the issue of an investment grade BDO Zone ‘A’ Rating for Flagstaff County for 450,000 oven dry tons per year of wheat straw.
The Flagstaff County BDO Zone is the first rating in the Province of Alberta for Wheat Straw and extends a 120-km drive distance from the centre point in Forestburg, AB.
Flagstaff... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 16, 2024
Munich-based biomethane trader Landwärme is at the start of insolvency proceedings under its own management.
The company announced that business operations in Berlin and Munich - including all 140 employees - will continue until further notice.
Landwärme managing director Zoltan Elek will remain in charge during the upcoming reorganisation phase.
Lawyer Katharina... [Read More]
Biomass News
Aug 15, 2024
India's prime minister, Narenda Modi, has approved extension of a modified Pradhan Mantri JI-VAN scheme until 2028-29.
The scheme provides financial support for integrated bio-ethanol projects in setting up second generation (2G) ethanol projects in the country using lignocellulosic biomass and other renewable feedstocks.
The total financial outlay for the scheme is... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 15, 2024
Future Biogas has agreed to acquire 51% of a portfolio of six gas-to-grid AD facilities, with a combined gas output of 333GWh, from JLEN Environmental Assets Group Limited (JLEN) for £68.1 million.
£30 million will be funded by 3i Infrastructure, with the balance funded by Future Biogas from committed debt facilities.
Future Biogas is familiar with these assets, having... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 15, 2024
Burnham RNG has been selected by Milton Regional Sewer Authority (MRSA) to implement a project to transform MRSA’s wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) into a Resource Recovery Center.
Burnham will utilise Milton’s excess capacity to accept food waste from regional businesses and biosolids from regional wastewater treatment plants.
The project will capture biogas generated... [Read More]
Biomass News
Aug 14, 2024
Vietnam exported 2.6 million tons of wood pellets, worth $345.5 million, in the first six months of the year, figures from the Forest Trends Organization show.
The figures represent a year-on-year increase of 25.9% in volume and 4.6% in value.
Japan and South Korea are Vietnam’s two major export markets, accounting for 92% and 89.9% of the total quantity and revenue,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 14, 2024
The Czech company, Energy financial group (EFG), has engaged in the energy processing of biodegradable waste and biomethane production.
It plans to increase the biomethane production capacity of its facilities to 100 GWh per year next year, and expects to spend hundreds of millions of crowns on this, it told the Czech News Agency.
By 2030, EFG wants to produce up to... [Read More]
Policy News
Aug 14, 2024
The Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas (RNG Coalition) has welcomed proposed modifications to California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) offered by the California Air Resources Board (CARB).
They included an increase in near-term programme ambition and other changes that should enable increased methane capture and greater diversity of clean fuels in the state.
"RNG... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 13, 2024
Greenlane Renewables' wholly-owned subsidiary Airdep S.r.l. has signed a multi-unit purchase agreement with a repeat customer in Europe valued at €1.3 million for biogas desulphurisation equipment.
These units are engineered to remove hydrogen sulphide (H2S) from raw biogas to protect downstream equipment.
Greenlane manufactures biogas desulphurisation equipment for... [Read More]
Biomass News
Aug 13, 2024
British energy giant Drax Global has disclosed to the state of Louisiana in the US that its wood pellet production facilities emit hazardous air pollutants above their permitted limits.
Drax operates seven wood pellet production facilities across four states and paid out $2.5 million in fines for violating air emissions limits in Mississippi in 2020 and $3.2 million... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 13, 2024
Electrochaea, one of the world's leading providers of Power-to-X technology, has been awarded the AD and Biogas Industry Award in Birmingham, UK.
The award, presented by the World Biogas Association in collaboration with the Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA), recognises global excellence and innovation in the anaerobic digestion and biogas sector.
Electrochaea... [Read More]
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The Régie des matières résiduelles du Lac-Saint-Jean (RWM) and Waga Energy have announced the signing of an agreement to implement an RNG production project at the Hébertville-Station engineered landfill site (ELS) in Quebec
Waste-to-hydrogen producer Compact Syngas Solutions (CSS) will be creating 200kg of hydrogen from waste to power a 40-day sea trial of a zero-emission marine hydrogen engine
