Biogas News
Jun 2, 2023
India's Union Minister for Jal Shakti, Shri Gajendra Singh Shekhawat, has launched a Unified Registration Portal, which acts as a one-stop repository for users to assess investment and participation in biogas at a pan-Indian level.
The portal is named "Galvanizing Organic Bio-Agro Resources Dhan" (GOBARdhan), and also streamlines the process of setting up biogas and... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jun 2, 2023
The US Department of Energy’s (DOE) Bioenergy Technologies Office (BETO) has launched a new, comprehensive web page dedicated to one of its priority subprograms, Renewable Carbon Resources (RCR), which helps develop RCR technologies and creates strategies for bioenergy and bioproducts production.
RCR is designed to support applied research and pilot-scale projects for... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 2, 2023
NOVA Infrastructure (NOVA), a middle-market infrastructure investment firm, has partnered with Nopetro Energy (Nopetro) to create a renewable energy platform focused on renewable natural gas (RNG) and biofuels called Nopetro Renewables.
As part of the transaction, Nopetro Renewables will construct one of Florida’s first landfill-gas-to-RNG facilities in Vero Beach,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 1, 2023
Gasum has begun work on building a new gas filling station in the municipality of Keminmaa in northern Finland, with construction set to take around six months - with a goal for the station to be open by the end of this year.
When completed, it will be the first gas filling station in Finnish Lapland, Gasum's northernmost filling station, and and the northernmost liquefied... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 1, 2023
JBS, the world’s largest meat processing company, is installing biodigesters to produce biogas from the methane emitted in its operations.
The project will commence with nine Friboi units throughout Brazil this month, with the company claiming it would represent a 24.6% decrease in scope 1 emissions from all JBS activities in Brazil. Some Brazil units have been using... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 1, 2023
Germany has held its first oversubscribed auction for bioenergy plants, in which bids for a capacity of 532 megawatts (MW) significantly exceeded the auctioned volume of 300 MW, according to the country’s Federal Network Agency (BNetzA).
“Never before have there been more bids in a single auction,” said Klaus Müller, head of BNetzA, adding that most bids were applying... [Read More]
Other News
Jun 1, 2023
Global renewable capacity additions are predicted to soar by 107 gigawatts (GW), the largest absolute increase ever, to more than 440 GW in 2023, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA)'s recently published Renewable Energy Market Update Outlook for 2023 and 2024.
This unprecedented growth is being driven by expanding policy support, growing... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 31, 2023
Tree Energy Solutions (TES) has announced it is partnering with TotalEnergies to study and develop a large-scale production unit in the US for e-natural gas (e-NG) - a synthetic gas produced from renewable hydrogen and CO2.
The project, which is expected to produce 100,000 to 200,000 metric tonnes of e-NG per year, will be equally owned by the partners and operated by... [Read More]
Other News
May 31, 2023
Investment in clean energy technologies is significantly outpacing spending on fossil fuels as affordability and security concerns triggered by the global energy crisis strengthen the momentum behind more sustainable options, according to the International Energy Agency's (IEA) latest World Energy Investment report. .
About $2.8 trillion (€2.6 trillion) is set to be... [Read More]
Biomass News
May 31, 2023
Last month, Ofgem commissioned a probe into Drax's adherence to sustainability rules. The UK energy regulator tasked US consultants with examining the firm over its use of biomass, having launched an investigation into Drax in 2022, according to documents procured via a Freedom of Information application.
Ofgem is "investigating whether Drax Power Limited is in breach... [Read More]