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Jul 3, 2024
UK AD firm wins opportunity to collaborate with Shimizu Corporation
Biogas News
Jul 3, 2024
Tesco Ireland has taken delivery of 50 biomethane fuelled trucks which will operate across its country-wide distribution network.
The new biomethane trucks are coming on stream as part of Tesco's strategy to reduce its carbon footprint and enhance the environmental sustainability of its operations.
The trucks will replace 50 diesel units, cutting down tailpipe carbon... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 2, 2024
Suzuki Motor Corporation's Indian subsidiary, Maruti Suzuki India Ltd. (MSIL), has installed a pilot plant for biogas generation & purification at its Manesar Plant in Haryana, India.
The plant started operations in June this year.
This facility is a functioning pilot plant, generating biogas from Napier grass, a perennial grass of the Poaceae family, cultivated... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 2, 2024
The European Commission (EC) has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €3 billion (SEK 36 billion) Swedish scheme to support carbon capture and storage (CCS) aimed at reducing carbon dioxide released during the combustion or processing of biomass (biogenic CO2).
The measure will contribute to the achievement of Sweden's climate targets and the EU's strategic objectives... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 2, 2024
A 7.5MW biomass plant in Iitate village, Fukushima prefecture, Japan, has completed construction and is set to begin commercial operations in mid-July, the operating company has announced.
The biomass facility will process 95,000 tons per year of unused wood and wood bark sourced from various areas in Fukushima prefecture, including those affected by a nuclear disaster,... [Read More]
Features
Jul 2, 2024
UK-based Anaero Technology, an anaerobic digestion (AD) research company, outlines its globally focused work.
Anaerobic digestion of degradable matter such as food waste, agricultural by-products, energy crops, wastewater sludge and food processing waste is currently the most sustainable treatment route to recover energy and fertilisers.
With treatment and environmental... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 1, 2024
VALPLAST - a strategic project consisting of a consortium of members, and funded by the European Union - will aim to recover biodegradable plastic waste through anaerobic co-digestion treatment with sludge from sewage treatment plants (STP).
This will obtain a biogas stream that can be used as an energy vector and a digestate for agriculture.
The VALPLAST consortium... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 1, 2024
Encirc’s sustainability director, Fiacre O’Donnell has said that the “only way to achieve a truly Net Zero future is to adopt new sustainable fuel sources at scale”.
Fiacre was speaking in the wake of Economy Minister Deirdre Hargey announcing a three-month Call for Evidence seeking information and views from key stakeholders on developing a sustainable biomethane... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 1, 2024
In a push to ‘waste to wealth’ drive of the government, the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) in India has planned to produce biomass briquettes by processing the green waste generated in the capital city separately.
The civic body also plans to set up a processing unit for flower waste generated in temples to be used in marketable products.
The proposals have... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 28, 2024
Copersucar and Geo bio gas&carbon have signed a memorandum of understanding with the aim of developing technology for converting biogas into sustainable aviation fuel (SAF).
The agreement will aim to ake large-scale SAF production feasible in Brazil in the coming years by drawing on the scale of Copersucar - a giant in the sugar and ethanol sector - and Geo's biogas/biomethane... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 27, 2024
EverGen has announced the execution of a 20-year offtake agreement with FortisBC Energy Inc (FortisBC) through its wholly owned subsidiary Fraser Valley Biogas Ltd. (FVB), subject to the acceptance by the British Columbia Utilities Commission in Canada.
Under the terms of the agreement, FortisBC will purchase renewable natural gas (RNG) from FVB for injection into its... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 27, 2024
Vertus Energy, a Waste-to-X industrial biotech startup specialising in advanced control of bacteria behaviour, has closed an €8.75 million seed funding round, reported EU Startups.
The funding, led by Energy Capital Ventures and joined by Blackbird, the Amadeus APEX Technology Fund and Aussie Angels, alongside all their existing investors, will be used to scale the... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 27, 2024
Aemetis, a renewable natural gas (RNG) and renewable fuels company focused on low and negative carbon intensity products, has announced that its Aemetis Biogas subsidiary completed a key milestone of constructing and operating dairy digesters with a capacity to produce more than 300,000 MMBtu of renewable natural gas (RNG) per year.
Additionally, the planned construction... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 26, 2024
Companhia Paranaense de Gás (Compagas) will invest 505 million reais (€86.6 million) over the next five years, between 2024 and 2029.
The investment plan was announced on 24 June by governor Carlos Massa Ratinho Junior and includes actions and projects to expand the company's operations to other regions of the State, especially to the municipalities of Londrina, Maringá... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jun 26, 2024
CM Biomass has released its results for 2023/24, which, with an EBT of €41 million, represent its best results yet.
Having for the past two years added production to CM Biomass’ portfolio of trading and expanded on logistics and sourcing solutions, CM Biomass said it has shown the strength of combining production and trading as a flexible provider.
The past financial... [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
