Biogas News

The Municipality of Bar in Montenegro plans to build a plant for the production of electricity from biogas from the Možura regional landfill, reported Balkan Green Energy News. It has presented a feasibility study for converting biogas into electricity at the Možura sanitary regional landfill. Preliminary analysis showed that a facility of one megawatt (MW) could be installed. The local…
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The developer behind plans for a biogas plant on the outskirts of Keynsham in the UK has withdrawn its appeal, reported Keynsham Voice. The proposal for an anaerobic digester facility on the Queen Charlton Quarry site was unanimously rejected by Bath and North East Somerset Council planning committee in March 2022. Resourceful Energy Aerobic Limited (REAL) proceeded to announce its plans to…
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Logan City Council in south-east Queensland, Australia, has opened a $28 million (€18.9m) biosolids gasification facility, with backing from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA). Logan City Council aims to turn waste human sewage into renewable energy and a money-spinning fertiliser and building product, whilst taking a step towards its target of carbon emissions neutrality. ARENA…
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The City of Omaha in Nebraska, US is moving forward with a plan to turn human waste into green energy, and expects to make millions of dollars in the process, according to Omaha World Herald. With a $20 million investment approved last month, one of the city’s wastewater treatment plants will increase its ability to turn the waste into renewable natural gas, also known as biogas. The project…
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Technology group Wärtsilä has signed a two-year tailored Service Agreement with Denmark-based Nature Energy, a leading operator of biogas upgrading facilities. The agreement covers six existing biogas plants in various parts of Denmark, all of which feature Wärtsilä biogas upgrading technology (Puregas). Special features of the agreement include an annual safety check, a know-how service…
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Chris Huhne, former Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change and current chairman of the Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA), has written an open letter to the government. It urges the incoming administration to recognise the value of AD and biogas as shorter-term solutions to the sizeable challenges facing the new government. “Biogas derived from organic wastes can…
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BIOGEST America has received a US order to build an agricultural biogas plant in South Dakota, it announced on 6 September. The plant has a thermal output of 156,000 MMBTU per annum and operates on 224,000t of cow manure per year. During the process, the manure is transformed into high-quality organic fertiliser that acts as a substitute for chemical products. After the project is complete,…
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The state of Ohio has filed for a contempt motion against bioenergy company Renergy, which operates a local biodigester facility, citing violations at the company’s other site in Morrow County, according to Dayton Daily News. The Morrow County Common Pleas Court filing alleges that Emerald Bioenergy in Morrow County is improperly storing nearly 1.5 million gallons of untreated organic waste in…
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Liz Truss was officially appointed as prime minister of the UK on 6 September. Her ascension to the role pits her against a cost-of-living crisis - perhaps most prominently fuelled by soaring gas costs, as Russia responds to western sanctions imposed upon it following its invasion of Ukraine. Truss, who has been described as a political chameleon due to changing allegiances over the years - as a…
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A Michoacán company that is already using the nopal, or prickly pear cactus, to produce biogas is now planning to do the same with sargassum, a genus of seaweed that washes up on Caribbean coast beaches in large quantities, reported Mexico News Daily. Nopalimex, a Zitácuaro-based firm that in 2019 opened Mexico’s first nopal biogas plant, has already proved that sargassum can be converted…
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A biomass heating plant has replaced a 40-year-old oil-based system in the Kosovar district of Gjakova and is now generating clean, green energy around the clock, according to DW. The biomass heating plant recently began generating heat and a limited supply of power for 2,000 private households, public institutions and businesses. The unit runs entire on one of the region's most plentiful…
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Japanese automobile giant Suzuki Motor Corporation (SMC) announced on 1 September that it has signed a memorandum of India's National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) to initiate a biogas demonstration project designed to accelerate carbon neutrality in the nation. In establishing the joint endeavour, Suzuki and NDDB will undertake joint studies to evaluate the business model for the future…
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The Irish Bioenergy Association (IrBEA) launched the bioenergy factsheet series on 1 September 2022. The aim of the factsheet series is to provide information to a wide range of stakeholders on the various forms and aspects of this form of renewable energy. The titles in the series to date are: - Bioenergy – An Overview; -Wood and Solid Biomass Fuels; -Biogas; - Biofuels; - Biochar; -…
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Clarke Energy USA has secured a project to supply renewable energy firm Peaks Renewables with a new natural gas fired combined heat and power (CHP) system, as well as a KOHLER back-up gas-fuelled generator. Peaks Renewables is partnering with Maine's dairy industry to develop locally produced renewable natural gas at an anaerobic digestion facility in Clinton, Maine. Cow manure will be…
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