Jun 7, 2021
Liquind, EnviTec Biogas sign bio-LNG supply agreement
Biogas News
Jun 4, 2021
California fleets with bio-CNG achieved carbon negativity in 2020, according to Natural Gas Vehicles for America (NGVAmerica) and the Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas (RNG Coalition).
Ninety-two percent of all on-road fuel used in natural gas vehicles in California last year was RNG. According to data from the California Air Resources Board, the annual average carbon... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 4, 2021
New South Wales (NSW) gas customers will soon have access to verified and accredited renewable gas, such as biomethane and hydrogen.
The new Australian-first Renewable Gas Certification Pilot will drive ongoing investment in new sources of green has. Energy infrastructure firm Jemena, NSW Government-managed renewable energy accreditor Green Power, and industry association... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 4, 2021
The European Biogas Association (EBA) has launched the ‘Smart CO2 standards for negative emissions mobility’ report, highlighting recommendations for the use biomethane in transport.
Launched in the framework of the EU Green Week 2021, the report includes three key recommendations to ensure the deployment of biomethane in transport and consequently achieve a fast,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 3, 2021
Major US convenience store brand Circle K has partnered with Musket and Trillium to expand sustainable trucking options in California, using RNG.
A 2020 supply partnership between Circle K and Musket, which specialises in commodity supply, trading and logistics, created a joint purchasing agreement and allowed Circle K to rapidly grow its fleet, maximising fuel sourcing... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 3, 2021
Nordsol and DBG Bio Energy have signed an agreement to collaborate on a new bio-LNG installation in the Netherlands.
The installation will be established and owned by DBG while Nordsol will supply the bio-LNG installation and provide its expertise on bio-LNG permitting processes and the bio-LNG and bioCO2 supply chain, and process calculations to support DBG in developing... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 3, 2021
Bright Biomethane has partnered with Australian company Eneraque to build a biogas upgrading facility.
The project will represent Bright’s first biogas upgrader build in Australia and will be constructed for energy company Jemena at the Sydney Malabar wastewater treatment (WWT) site.
Biogas from Sydney Water will be purified into biomethane for distribution through... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 2, 2021
Biogest has received orders to build two biomethane (RNG) plants using agricultural waste and by-products from chicken farms in western France.
Biomethane (RNG) production from animal, agricultural and food waste is one of the most rapidly expanding sectors of renewable energy, said Biogest.
The first project Enerfées is located close to Rennes, jointly run by the... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 2, 2021
Pioneer Point Partners has confirmed its first two investments in an Irish biogas platform and a renewables platform in Spain.
From its maiden institutional fund, Pioneer Infrastructure Partners, the fund is committing €120 million to the two platforms.
Stream BioEnergy, a developer and operator of anaerobic digestion plants in Northern Ireland and the Republic... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 2, 2021
Macquarie Asset Management has agreed to acquire Beauparc Utilities, a recycling and processing-led waste-to-resource business based in Ireland.
Through the Macquarie European Infrastructure Fund 6, Macquarie will acquire Beauparc from founder Eamon Waters and Blackstone Tactical Opportunities Fund.
Beauparc holds a market-leading position across Ireland and a significant... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 2, 2021
Gasum’s biogas plant in Lohja, Finland has officially been opened by Jari Leppä, the Minister of Agriculture and Forestry.
The Lohja facility uses biodegradable waste from the Helsinki region to produce renewable biogas and organic recycled fertiliser, suitable for organic farming. Demand for renewable biogas is constantly growing and with it the need for organic... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 1, 2021
Wärtsilä has been selected to supply a biogas liquefaction plant to Norway-based Biokraft.
The plant for Biokraft, a subsidiary of the Scandinavian Biogas Group, will have a 25 tons-per-day (tpd) capacity and will extend an existing bio-LNG production plant in Skogn, also supplied by Wärtsilä, to a combined total of 50 tpd. This makes it the largest facility of... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 1, 2021
Estes Express Lines, a major US freight carrier, has ordered a further 50 natural gas-powered trucks from Hexagon Agility.
The trucks use Hexagon’s 175 diesel gallon equivalent (DGE) ProCab CNG/RNG fuel systems. Estes’s new trucks will be equipped with Cummins-Westport near-zero-emissions natural gas engines and Hexagon’s integrated Blue iQ system.
Estes has... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 1, 2021
Toronto Zoo’s biogas plant is now operational, transforming manure and food waste into bioenergy and fertiliser.
ZooShare, a community cooperative led by Daniel Bida, pitched its proposal to zoo officials in October 2010. The concept had already been introduced in Munich but had not yet been trialled in North America.
According to Toronto.com, getting ZooShare’s... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 28, 2021
Volvo Cars’s manufacturing facility in Torslanda, Sweden, is now ‘climate-neutral’.
Volvo Cars counts a manufacturing site as fully climate-neutral when it registers no net increase in the emission of greenhouse gases (GHGs) into the atmosphere as a result of the electricity and heating used by the plant.
The Torslanda facility, the company’s oldest site,... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 28, 2021
Gasrec is celebrating a milestone achievement after collecting the 10,000th tanker load of LNG from the National Grid facility on the Isle of Grain (Grain LNG), east of London.
Demand for LNG in the road transport sector has rocketed in recent years as operators continue to seek out environmentally-friendly alternatives to diesel. The off-grid industrial sector has... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 28, 2021
EnviTec Biogas and Liqvis have signed an agreement for the supply of bio-LNG.
EnviTec Bioenergie Güstrow, a wholly-owned subsidiary of EnviTec Biogas, will start supplying Liqvis with bio-LNG from the third quarter of next year.
From autumn 2022, bio-LNG will be produced at the biogas plant in Güstrow. To date, this plant has been used to produce biomethane and... [Read More]
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The funding, worth €76 million, was arranged through their joint venture QGM with the backing of a banking consortium comprising BNL BNP Paribas, Banco BPM and Mediocredito Centrale
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