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A development team from CoorsTek Membrane Sciences, in collaboration with international research partners, have successfully used ceramic membrane technology to develop a scalable hydrogen generator that makes hydrogen from electricity and fuels including natural gas, biogas and ammonia with near zero energy loss. “Energy efficiency is key to the future of hydrogen as a clean fuel. Our…
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The European Commission has pledged €37 billion to increase biomethane production. The news was announced this week as part of the €300bmn RePowerEU plan to stop Russian energy imports and move to green energy by the end of the decade. Under the plans, a new biomethane action plan will see the development of biomethane industrial partnerships across the sector, as well as financial…
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California-based Kore has developed a new way to produce hydrogen from biogas. It claims the new method could potentially provide hydrogen for less than $2 per kg. “We produce biogas and biochar from biogenic feedstocks and the resulting biogas contains hydrogen, carbon monoxide, methane and carbon dioxide,” Kore's executive vice president of business development, Steve Wirtel, said.…
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East African Breweries Ltd (EABL) has invested more than Sh5 billion in a biomass plant as part of its transition to renewable energy. EABL managing director - Jane Karuku said the biomass plant would help the brewer achieve a net-zero status and reduce its carbon emission by 48,000 tonnes annually. A net-zero status is a balance between the amount of greenhouse gas emissions produced and…
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A gasification pioneer aims to seal the UK’s low-carbon future after winning a government grant worth nearly £300,000 to develop waste-to-hydrogen production technology, innovation funding specialist Catax can reveal.  Compact Syngas Solutions (CSS), based in Deeside, Wales, has secured £299,886 from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) with the help…
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The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) recently released data showing that US manufacturers produced approximately 790,000 tons of densified biomass fuel in January, with sales reaching 740,000 tons. The data was released as part of the EIA's Monthly Densified Biomass Fuels Report, which contains data for January. The EIA collected data from 80 operating manufacturers of densified…
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Coca-Cola HBC Italia (CCHBC) has announced the creation of a consortium made up of its main hauliers Italtrans, Number1, Casilli Enterprise and Favaro Servizi, London-based energy transition adviser Ikigai Capital (IKIGAI) and green energy development company NVA, to decarbonise its road transport operations using biomethane and hydrogen as part of their 2040 net-zero objective.   Ikigai…
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US-headquartered Anaergia has announced that its Rialto Bioenergy Facility in Rialto, California, received the Distinction Award for Wastewater Project of the Year at the Global Water Awards 2022, one of the industry’s most prominent international awards programmes. The award was presented at a ceremony in Madrid, Spain.  The Rialto Bioenergy Facility is a $185 million project built,…
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Researchers and lecturers from the University of Canterbury (UC) in Christchurch, New Zealand have been talking about the potential of New Zealand to be a world leader in decarbonisation efforts through the use of geothermal technology.  Higher carbon emissions is one of the more difficult to avoid consequences of massive economic growth. This calls for technology that can both generate…
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Two cooperatives in the Davao region have received cacao post-harvest and biomass production facilities to boost farmers’ income from the high-value crop that is being developed as a major export commodity.  In Davao Occidental, the Southern Davao Multipurpose Cooperative was recently given P3.9-million worth of facilities for cacao drying, storage, and fermentation, according to the…
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Biomass power company Drax Group plans to excavate part of a Scottish mountain to house a new hydropower station that will double the capacity of its plant there.  Drax is applying for permission to build a new underground pumped storage station that would increase total capacity of its existing hydro site to over one gigawatt, the company said in a statement. Construction work could start…
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Brazilian biogas producers and piped gas distributors are joining efforts to find ways to develop more biomethane supply and overcome obstacles to agreements with local distributors.Brazilian piped gas distributors association Abegás and Brazilian biogas producer's association Abiogas are jointly studying how to expand biomethane production and create conditions for gas distributors to procure…
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Bioenergy Insight speaks to Philipp Lukas, CEO of Future Biogas, in this exclusive Q&A. Where were you educated, and what was your first job? I trained as a solicitor with Travers Smith Braithwaite in London but left in the lull after the ‘dotcom’ boom to join my father in a bioethanol technology start-up. What interested you about becoming involved in the biogas industry?…
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Aemetis Inc has released first quarter 2022 financial results, confirming that the company’s corn ethanol plant in Keyes, California, is operating at near capacity and discussing progress with the company’s biogas, renewable diesel, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and carbon capture projects.  Andy Foster, president of Aemetis Advanced Fuels and Aemetis Biogas, said the company expects to…
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