At the official opening in March of Richgro’s newanaerobic digestion (AD) plant in Western Australia, managing director Geoff Richards looked out with immense pride and satisfaction. In the company’s...

Anaerobic digestion is a proven technology which can help play an important role in diverting waste from landfill. The renewable energy and recycling company Agrivert will deliver its seventh food waste...

The anaerobic digestion (AD)sector has gone from strength to strength in recent years. Growth has ultimately been driven by renewable energy incentives, making the investment into AD economical and financially...

Gask Farm Biogas Plant, near Turriff in Aberdeenshire, UK,is an arable and pig farm run by John Rennie & Sons (Farmers), one of the few UK companies using an anaerobic digestion(AD) system to dispose...

The city of Vechta in Germany is separated from Melbourne inAustralia by around16,000 kilometres. Currently one of the largest anaerobic digestion (AD )biogas plants using organic waste is being built...

Bioenergy progress across Scandinavia continues to be impressive as the different Nordic countries set increasingly ambitious targets for reducing their dependence on fossil fuels in their desire to limit...

Over the past few months, tense debates on the sustainability of biomass used for energy production have arisen. Most stakeholders seem to agree on one point:an EU policy to ensure the sustainability of...

The existing European waste legislation is in need of a significant revision.The EU’s CircularEconomy Package with a coming revision of the Waste Framework Directive, Landfill Directive and the Directive...

A new massive biomass-fired combined heatand power (CHP) plant is an important step towards 100%renewable district heating in Stockholm, Sweden. The new plant, inaugurated in May and expected to commence...

In 2010, US-based company Astec began aggressively moving toward participating in the wood pellet industry as a manufacturer and supplier of wood pellet plantsand related equipment. At that time, the growth...

Packaging is a necessary part of almost all products sold today. Laminate packaging is a very popular choice for its protective and lightweight attributes, but the multiple layers mean that there is no...

Canada is a country of abundant biomass from agriculture and forestry as well as municipal solidwaste (MSW). The country is seeing companies like biofuels producer Enerkem focus on MSW with a facility...

When one thinks of biomass energy, grass doesn’t automatically spring to mind. Images of burning wood or sugarcane bagasse normally permeate the brain. In fact, in most of the world, biomass...

Since Enviva was founded in 2004, it has had a clear, unchanging purpose.The company works to provide a cleaner energy alternative to coal. Enviva’s core product is, and always has been, sustainability....