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Aug 15, 2024
India's prime minister, Narenda Modi, has approved extension of a modified Pradhan Mantri JI-VAN scheme until 2028-29. The scheme provides financial support for integrated bio-ethanol projects in setting up second generation (2G) ethanol projects in the country using lignocellulosic biomass and other renewable feedstocks. The total financial outlay for the scheme is Rs. 1969.50 crore for the…
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Aug 14, 2024
The Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas (RNG Coalition) has welcomed proposed modifications to California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) offered by the California Air Resources Board (CARB). They included an increase in near-term programme ambition and other changes that should enable increased methane capture and greater diversity of clean fuels in the state. "RNG Coalition applauds CARB…
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Aug 14, 2024
The Czech company, Energy financial group (EFG), has engaged in the energy processing of biodegradable waste and biomethane production. It plans to increase the biomethane production capacity of its facilities to 100 GWh per year next year, and expects to spend hundreds of millions of crowns on this, it told the Czech News Agency. By 2030, EFG wants to produce up to 500 GWh of biomethane from a…
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Aug 14, 2024
Vietnam exported 2.6 million tons of wood pellets, worth $345.5 million, in the first six months of the year, figures from the Forest Trends Organization show. The figures represent a year-on-year increase of 25.9% in volume and 4.6% in value. Japan and South Korea are Vietnam’s two major export markets, accounting for 92% and 89.9% of the total quantity and revenue, respectively. Wood…
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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 21st century, as consumers…
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Aug 13, 2024
Electrochaea, one of the world's leading providers of Power-to-X technology, has been awarded the AD and Biogas Industry Award in Birmingham, UK. The award, presented by the World Biogas Association in collaboration with the Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA), recognises global excellence and innovation in the anaerobic digestion and biogas sector. Electrochaea received the…
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Aug 13, 2024
British energy giant Drax Global has disclosed to the state of Louisiana in the US that its wood pellet production facilities emit hazardous air pollutants above their permitted limits. Drax operates seven wood pellet production facilities across four states and paid out $2.5 million in fines for violating air emissions limits in Mississippi in 2020 and $3.2 million pollution-related…
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Aug 13, 2024
Greenlane Renewables' wholly-owned subsidiary Airdep S.r.l. has signed a multi-unit purchase agreement with a repeat customer in Europe valued at €1.3 million for biogas desulphurisation equipment. These units are engineered to remove hydrogen sulphide (H2S) from raw biogas to protect downstream equipment. Greenlane manufactures biogas desulphurisation equipment for a variety of end uses…
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Aug 9, 2024
The Barry County Chamber of Commerce & Economic Development and Ecostrat have announced the issue of an investment grade BDO Zone ‘A’ Rating. The Barry County BDO Zone is the first rating in the State of Michigan for woody biomass and extends a 75-mile drive distance from the center point in Hastings, MI. Barry County’s ‘A’ rating denotes high prospective viability of feedstock…
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Aug 9, 2024
A new annual ranking of official data shows Drax power station is 'by far the largest emitter of CO2 in the country, emitting more than the next four largest power stations combined', according to think tank Ember. This report collates official data from the UK Emissions Trading Scheme registry and company annual reports to produce an annual ranking of emitters by specific asset, and by company,…
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Aug 9, 2024
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 Plant (RWQCP) with Anaergia technology that will produce RNG from organic waste and sewage sludge. The technology supply contract, valued at approximately C$13 million over its term, is…
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Aug 8, 2024
A new RNG production facility is under construction at the Burlington County Resource Recovery Complex solid waste landfill in Florence Township, New Jersey in the US. It is a joint venture between South Jersey Industries (SJI), an energy infrastructure holding company, and OPAL Fuels, a vertically integrated leader in the capture and conversion of biogas into low carbon intensity renewable…
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Aug 8, 2024
Clean Energy Fuels has completed its latest renewable natural gas (RNG) production facility at Ash Grove Dairy in Lake Benton, Minnesota. Now producing pipeline quality RNG and injecting it into the interstate natural gas pipeline grid, the facility is projected to supply up to 480,000 gasoline gallon equivalent (GGEs) of negative carbon-intensity RNG annually when at full capacity and will…
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Aug 8, 2024
Enviva Inc. and its affiliates are seeking approval from the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia to appoint Hilco Valuation Services, LLC as machinery, equipment, and real property appraiser, reported TCR. Hilco will be paid a flat fee of $345,000 consisting in part of a retainer of $172,500 plus normal, customary, and reasonable and documented travel expenses. Eric W.…
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Aug 7, 2024
Construction of a 5-megawatt biomass plant near Dobbins in Yuba County in California can move forward with the help of a $7 million (€6.4 million) grant and $8.3 million (€7.6 million) low-interest loan to the Camptonville Community Partnership, approved by Yuba Water Agency. The facility will process woody material from forest restoration projects in the Yuba River watershed, increasing the…
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