Oct 9, 2023
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Oct 3, 2023
AstraZeneca (AZN) and Vanguard Renewables have announced a partnership to enable the delivery of renewable natural gas (RNG) to all of AZN’s US sites by the end of 2026. Neil H. Smith, Vanguard Renewables’ CEO, tells Bioenergy Insight more.
From June this year, AZN began purchasing RNG produced by Vanguard Renewables for its Newark Campus in Delaware, where the company... [Read More]
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Sep 26, 2023
Sam Schutte, CEO of Synthica Energy, tells Bioenergy Insight how capital investment from Goldman Sachs will support the company’s long-term plans.
Synthica Energy is an energy transition platform aimed to design, build, own, and operate large-scale, contracted anaerobic digestion (AD) facilities to convert pre-consumer organic waste into renewable natural gas (RNG).
The... [Read More]
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Sep 19, 2023
Thorsten Holl was recently appointed managing director and chief executive officer of VORN Bioenergy, effective from 1 August. He tells Bioenergy Insight about his appointment and approach.
Holl brings over 20 years of multi-national senior executive experience from the energy and construction sectors. He joined VORN from Emerald Operating Partners, a strategic advisory... [Read More]
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Sep 11, 2023
In April this year, Scandinavian Biogas, now trading as Biokraft International AB, announced a €90 million investment for the construction of two biogas plants in Germany, alongside plans to establish a subsidiary in the German market. Matti Vikkula, president and CEO, explains why this is an important move.
Based in Sweden and Norway, Biokraft's home market is North... [Read More]
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Sep 4, 2023
Victoria Mustard, decarbonisation strategy lead at Xoserve, the Central Data Services Provider (CDSP) for the gas industry, explains how the UK can future-proof its energy system.
The ambition to deliver a sustainable future and move away from fossil fuels as an energy source is becoming ever more pressing. With our reliance on fossil fuels dramatically highlighted by... [Read More]
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Aug 29, 2023
Audun Sommerli Time, chief marketing officer at NextFuel AB, explains the company’s torrefaction technology to Bioenergy Insight.
Established in 2016, NextFuel is a clean-tech startup that is headquartered in Stockholm - with branches in Oslo and Vienna. The company’s roots originate in an international consortium established by Wild and Partner, Andritz Group and... [Read More]
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Aug 21, 2023
Patrick Pozzi, managing partner at Superior Pellet Mills, tells Bioenergy Insight about the company’s revamping, an altered business strategy and how the US government could provide thought-through subsidy programmes for smaller companies.
Superior Pellet Mills is based in Montana in the US, at a site that had previously been run by Eureka Pellet Mills — which started... [Read More]
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Aug 15, 2023
Acorn Bioenergy, acquired by Qualitas Energy in 2022, consists of an innovative team of professionals from the energy, engineering and agricultural sectors. The team works together to develop anaerobic digestion (AD) sites under the Non-Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive and the Green Gas Support Scheme.
With 15 sites currently under development, the company is a strong... [Read More]
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Aug 7, 2023
WM, the New York City Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) and Veriflux, a US EPA-funded technology platform, have demonstrated that food and organic waste can be tracked from restaurants, cafeterias and other sources to the point where it is used to offset the consumption of fossil fuels.
A four-month pilot project in 2022 overcame multiple data, logistic and... [Read More]
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Jul 31, 2023
Biogas and electric vehicles (EVs) should be crossing paths, rather than crossing wires. Callum Russell, EV expert and owner of Charging at Home, looks at the crossover potential.
As global efforts continue to decarbonise and transition towards sustainable energy, the potential of biogas as a renewable source stands out.
Meanwhile, EVs, another powerful tool for sustainable... [Read More]
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Jul 24, 2023
Quality control and the protection of the certification scheme's value remain key priorities, explains Dobromir Yankov, marketing manager at Bioenergy Europe, in the association's regular column for Bioenergy Insight.
When ENplus® was launched over a decade ago, the pellet market was in an early phase of development that lacked a specific set of requirements, quality... [Read More]
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Jul 18, 2023
ENORM BioFactory is set to expand its production of insect-based protein in 2023, resulting in an output of 11,000 tonnes of protein annually – as well as derived products such as insect oils and fertilisers – from its site in Hedensted Municipality, Denmark.
A new boiler plant is being built at the factory, in order for heat to be supplied to the 24,000 m2 insect... [Read More]
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Jul 10, 2023
ZwitterCo is a membrane technology company that enables the treatment and reuse of the world’s toughest wastewaters. Chris Drover, CTO and co-founder, tells Bioenergy Insight more.
ZwitterCo’s products enable water resiliency for its customers, so that they can continue to operate and expand without being constrained by available resources, Drover said. In many cases,... [Read More]
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Jul 1, 2023
Until recently, the emphasis in most biogas projects has been on utilising methane, its primary energy component, writes Tobias Eckhof, project engineer at Krieg & Fischer Ingenieure GmbH. With the increased use of biogas in the form of biomethane, carbon dioxide can now be effectively harnessed as a by-product of biogas upgrading.
Instead of being viewed as a waste... [Read More]
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