Apr 15, 2021
Tamoil Italia, Snam4Mobility open new CNG refuelling station
Biogas News
Apr 13, 2021
CMA CGM Group, a major shipping and logistics firm, has launched a low-carbon shipping offer utilising biomethane.
The company has supported the production of 12,000 tonnes of biomethane – equivalent to a year’s fuel consumption by two 1,400 twenty-foot-equivalent (TEU) ships. The green gas is produced in part by the methanation of European-sourced organic and plant... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 13, 2021
A new paper released by the European Biogas Association (EBA) shows the high potential of biogas production from industrial wastewater.
The results show that biogas has huge potential to mitigate methane emissions from wastewater while generating renewable energy. This will reduce energy consumption at wastewater treatment (WWT) installations, provide a solution for... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 12, 2021
Hydrogen technology company BayoTech has partnered with BIOVIC to promote the use of green hydrogen in Spain.
BIOVIC, a Valencian firm recently acquired by FACSA, Grupo Gimeno, specialises in biogas, biomethane, and green hydrogen plants, as well as in environmental consulting, waste recovery, and renewable energies. It is already carrying out multiple green hydrogen... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 12, 2021
Weltec Biopower is building two agricultural biogas plants for one of Japan’s major milk producers.
One of the two 250 kW plants is being set up in Urahoro on the Japanese island of Hokkaido; the second is being built in Sakata in the country’s Yamagato prefecture, on the island of Honshu.
Biogas enjoys a good reputation in Japan, according to Weltec. Among the... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 9, 2021
The World Biogas Summit will take place virtually on 6-8 July, the organisers have confirmed.
Covering all elements of methane, organic waste, recovery, and recycling, the event, hosted by the World Biogas Association (WBA), will explore the vast potential of biogas.
The summit will delve into how to efficiently capture the 105 billion tonnes of organic wastes produced... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 9, 2021
Gasrec has completed the acquisition of five bio-LNG refuelling stations and four cryogenic trailers, following the withdrawal of another supplier in the UK LNG road transport market.
The five bio-LNG refuelling stations – similar in size to the skid-mounted facility Gasrec installed at Gregory Distribution’s depot in Cullompton, Devon, earlier this year – will... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 8, 2021
Archaea Energy has agreed to join forces with Aria Energy, led by Rice Acquisition Corporation (RAC), to create the ‘leading’ US renewable natural gas (RNG) platform.
The new combined company, to be called Archaea Energy, will be dedicated to reducing carbon emissions through landfill gas conversion, CO2 sequestration, and green hydrogen.
“Archaea was founded... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 7, 2021
Enbridge Gas has introduced a new voluntary renewable natural gas (RNG) programme for its customers to help reduce emissions from Ontario’s gas supply.
The company’s new OptUp programme will offer residential and small business customers who buy their gas from the utility the option to contribute $2 (€1.68) a month to help offset the increased costs to acquire... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 7, 2021
Gasum has started biogas test deliveries for the Finnish Border Guard.
The purpose of these deliveries is to test logistics and practicalities on board, as well as demonstrate biogas as a renewable energy source in maritime transport.
The deliveries from Gasum’s plant in Risavika, Norway and the biogas plant in Turku, Finland, to Helsinki will demonstrate liquefied... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 6, 2021
Canada’s government has invested in renewable natural gas (RNG) buses as part of a public transport infrastructure initiative.
The Government of Canada and the Government of British Columbia are investing in two projects through the Public Transport Infrastructure Stream, part of the Investing in Canada Plan. Part of the funding will be used to acquire around 15 medium-duty... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 6, 2021
Gasrec doubled the sales of biomethane across its commercial vehicle refuelling network in the first quarter of 2021 compared to the same period in 2020.
The growth continues a major spike in demand for gas over the past two years, with Gasrec now supplying around seven times more biomethane to the road transport sector than at the start of 2019.
“Demand is growing... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 1, 2021
EnviTec Biogas’s French subsidiary has received the ‘Qualimétha’ quality mark.
Launched in 2019 on the initiative of ATEE Club Biogaz France, the quality mark aims to achieve structural improvements in the country’s rapidly growing biogas sector and develop a quality management system tailored to this market. The mark primarily certifies project and construction... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 1, 2021
Evergaz and Meridiam have raised €51 million to invest in biogas facilities in France.
The funding will go towards the construction of new projects and the optimisation of the operational performance of their nine power stations in France. This innovative funding in the anaerobic digestion (AD) sector will benefit the French platform of projects jointly held by Evergaz... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 1, 2021
Researchers in Missouri are exploring technology that would allow biogas to pumped directly into vehicles.
Dr Fateme Rezaei, associate professor of chemical and biochemical engineering at Missouri University of Science and Technology is working on technology that would allow low-pressure storage as well as gas separation through adsorption in the same fuel tank. A porous... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 1, 2021
A new advanced anaerobic digestion (AAD) facility at a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) in Wales has moved a step closer towards completion.
Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water has invested more than £50 million (€58 million) to create a new energy generating facility at its Cog Moors WWTP. The state-of-the-art AAD facility, which will recover energy from waste processed at... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 31, 2021
U.S. Gain has partnered with AJR Trucking to build a renewable natural gas (RNG) fuelling station in Compton, California.
The station in Compton, near the port of Long Beach, will help AJR and its sister company, MDB Transportation, reduce emissions in the areas of California that need it most.
Since transitioning to natural gas, AJR Trucking has replaced more than... [Read More]
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Germany's Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) has awarded a total of 187.3 megawatts (MW) to 244 biomass projects in the latest round of its competitive tendering process
Veolia and Waga Energy have inaugurated a renewable natural gas (RNG) facility at the Granges landfill site in Burgundy, eastern France
Repsol is preparing to begin producing biomethane and hydrogen at its industrial complex in Sines, Portugal, with operations expected to start in 2026
