Nov 8, 2024
Adapting to the evolving European biomethane landscape
Features
Nov 5, 2024
BE&E examines how to maximise a pellet mill’s profitability.
Warren Buffett is quoted as saying: ‘Price is what you pay. Value is what you get’. Never a truer statement, said BE&E. Its conveyors aren’t cheap. To which its customer replied: ‘I can’t afford cheap’. After decades in the business, this mill owner had learned that cheap costs more than... [Read More]
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Oct 29, 2024
Colin Ley analyses the market in Canada.
Bioenergy use in Canada could more than double in step with the country’s drive towards net-zero by 2050 according to market projections compiled by the Canada Energy Regulator (CER).
Growth for bioenergy from its current 7% share of the country’s energy mix is forecast to be more rapid when viewed from a Canada net-zero... [Read More]
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Oct 21, 2024
Vogelsang outlines some of its innovative machines that enable effective recycling.
The circular economy is growing in the UK. As people and businesses consciously step away from a linear manufacturing process to a circular model, considerably less waste is being disposed of at the end of its life.
Rather than being a fad or ‘greenwashing’, companies and local authorities... [Read More]
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Oct 7, 2024
In 2021, Berkes acquires Burmeister & Wain Energy (BWE), a company with almost 180 years of history and solid experience in the design and manufacturing of steam boilers. This acquisition has represented a turning point for Berkes, enabling the company to enter new markets and expand its footprint across Europe and other strategic regions.
The acquisition of BWE has... [Read More]
Features
Oct 1, 2024
Yaniv Scherson, Anaergia Services’ chief operating officer, expands upon the organisation’s recently announced partnership with the City of Riverside, California.
Anaergia Technologies has entered into a technology supply contract with the City of Riverside, California, to upgrade anaerobic digestion wastewater infrastructure at the Riverside Water Quality Control... [Read More]
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Sep 24, 2024
Tom Ferencevic president and CEO of Fitec Biogas tells Bioenergy Insight about the company’s innovative projects.
Fitec Biogas performs process design work and supplies process equipment to clients that own and operate anaerobic digestion (AD) facilities. Its client base is primarily in the agricultural, agri-food and urban organic waste markets.
The organisation provides... [Read More]
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Sep 13, 2024
Bioenergy Europe outlines what to expect at this year’s European Bioenergy Future (EBF) conference.
On November 20-21, the bioenergy community will convene at BluePoint Brussels for the European Bioenergy Future (EBF) conference, a cornerstone event in the renewable energy sector organised by Bioenergy Europe.
The 2024 edition arrives at a pivotal time, just months... [Read More]
Features
Sep 9, 2024
ReFood’s commercial director, Philip Simpson, outlines some of the company’s innovative work, as well as the climate in the UK.
ReFood is a food waste recycler that operates across Europe. In the UK it provides collection and disposal services to hundreds of businesses operating across the food supply chain, recycling 480,000 tonnes of food waste every year at our... [Read More]
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Sep 3, 2024
Jim Thomson, vice chair & US power, utilities and renewables leader at Deloitte delves into the organisation’s recent report A ripe time for municipal gas and waste renewable natural gas partnerships
Deloitte recently released a new report that highlights how renewable natural gas (RNG) can revolutionise the landscape for public gas utilities.
Over a year ago,... [Read More]
Features
Aug 27, 2024
Colin Ley gives an overview of the sector in Scandinavia.
Sweden, Denmark and Finland head the latest global energy transition league published by the World Economic Forum (WEF), with Norway and Estonia also listed as top-10 performers.
The new table, released in late June, highlights Scandinavia and the Baltic countries continuing drive towards the creation of national... [Read More]
Features
Aug 20, 2024
With a new sawmill, Tschopp is tripling its wood processing in the medium term. Vecoplan supplied the perfect technology to prepare the chips for disposal.
Tschopp manufacturers shuttering panels, and uses its wood residues for pellet production – although its plant capacities had long reached their limit. Its previous sawmill, which was designed to process 30,000 cubic... [Read More]
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Aug 13, 2024
Modern briquetting remains straightforward, but this simplicity is due to the know-how that briquetting press manufacturers have developed over time, according to C.F. Nielsen and RUF Briquetting Systems. The company manufactures mechanical, hydraulic and screw extruder briquetting lines.
C.F. Nielsen began developing consumer briquetting solutions at the start of the... [Read More]
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Aug 6, 2024
Sam Launchbury, CEO of SDL Solutions, delves into the company’s new wood pellet production line.
SDL Solutions is focused on developing renewable energy sources, encouraging people away from fossil fuels. The company’s diverse expertise includes site clearance, harvesting, sawmill operations, CHP biomass, wood pellet production, a reliable transport fleet and even... [Read More]
Features
Jul 30, 2024
VORN Bioenergy, a leading project developer and biomethane producer, announced the launch of VORN Bioenergy Italia earlier this year. We hear more from Christof Erckert, managing director of VORN Bioenergia Italia.
The launch of VORN Bioenergy Italia follows VORN’s acquisition and full integration of Alvus srl (Alvus), a Bolzano-based project developer in the biomethane... [Read More]