Biogas News

Dr APJ Abdul Kalam Technical University (AKTU) has requested the state government help them adopt a couple of gaushalas so  they can use the waste to produce compressed biogas using advanced technology that can be used for multiple purposes, according to Hindustan Times. Addressing a press conference on Friday, AKTU vice chancellor Prof Pradeep Kumar Mishra said the request has been sent to…
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Germany is intending to focus on developing more biogas production to enhance domestic energy supplies, according to Dr Patrick Graichen, state secretary of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action. Speaking to ENERGIETAGE in a live interview on 24 August, Graichen outlined the foundations of the German federal government's crisis strategy, and announced several new…
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The City Armed Reserve (CAR) campus in Adugodi has become the first in the city's police department to have a waste management facility, according to the New Indian Express. The biogas generated through wet waste will soon be used to cook food for its huge dog squad here. Hasiru Dala, a social impact organisation that works for the welfare of waste pickers, has installed the apparatus comprising…
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Energy company St1 has made an investment decision to build a plant for upgrading and liquefaction of biogas at Sobacken in Borås, Sweden.  A prerequisite for the investment decision is a long-term agreement for the purchase of raw biogas, which St1 has signed with Borås Energi och Miljö. As part of the agreement, Bor å s Energi and Milj ös will transfer both gas filling stations for…
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Circular biotechnology company specialising in biogas and organic fertilisers Ductor Biogas Sweden AB, has joined forces with Swedish egg production company CA Cedergren to create a circular farming model. The project site is located approximately 1km from Cedergren's operations, and will be used to build and operate a Ductor biogas and fertiliser plant. In July 2022, the companies officially…
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Toowomba Regional Council (TRC) will reduce its methane emissions by around three million cubic metres a year and produce about $3 million worth of carbon credits over seven years when the biogas electricity generating plant at Wetaller Water Reclamation Facility begins operating in mid-September, according to Country Caller. In a first for Queensland, methane recovered from the 40 hectare…
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A new report from The Centre for Agriculture and Food Systems (CAFS) at Vermont Law and Graduate School entitled “Rethinking Manure Biogas: Policy Considerations to Promote Equity and Protect the Climate and Environment” analyses the utilisation of manure anaerobic digesters to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions from animal agriculture operations. "Manure biogas systems might seem like an…
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The American Biogas Council (ABC) has welcomed the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act by the Senate and the US House of Representatives - it passed the latter on 12 August with a majority of 13 (220-207). All Democrats voted in favour and all Republicans opposed the act, and it will be heading to president Joe Biden for signature. The bill's passage would provide new and expanded tax…
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Punjab’s New and Renewable Energy Sources Minister Aman Arora has said Asia's largest compressed biogas (CBG) plant - which was commissioned in April this year - has started commercial production in Sangrur, India, according to The Hindu. Anora said the plant - which has a total capacity of 33.23 tonne CBG per day - had started production of CBG, which it will supply to Indian…
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The installation of a Fluid Motions' Solution (part of NOV) "Mono Muncher" at a Spanish biogas plant has helped increase gas yields by eight percent, according to the company. The Mono Muncher is designed for the homogenisation of sludge in digestion, feeding and recirculation, and the firm said the inline machine's tearing, shearing and crushing action has removed a bottleneck in the system.…
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French micro-turbomachinery expert ENOGIA has announced a €6.5 million contract for the supply of ORC modules and associated services to a client in Germany. The sale means it will provide 40 ORC modules to "a major German player in biogas". ENOGIA's ORC modules will be installed in the world's largest anaerobic digestion plant, which will become Europe's largest ORC site, and the…
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Oil giant British Petroleum and US commodities trader Bunge have put their Brazilian sugar and ethanol joint venture BP Bunge Bioenergia up for sale, according to newspaper Valor Economico. It said investment firm Mubadala, based in Abu Dhabi, and Brazilian energy company Raizen (a joint venture between oil giant Shell and bioethanol producer Cosan), were interested in buying the company,…
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The UK government's planning inspectorate could give the go-ahead to controversial plans for a biogas plant in Keynsham, Somerset, after plans were rejected by the local council, according to the Bristol Post. Bath and North East Somerset Council (BANES) turned down plans from Resourceful Energy Anaerobic (REA) to build a 92,000 tonne anaerobic digester facility on green belt land in March…
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Skyline Clean Energy Fund has acquired a biogas facility located in Lethbridge, Alberta through the purchase of 100% of the units in Lethbridge Biogas and the shares in Lethbridge Biogas General Partner. The Lethbridge facility is expected to convert 120,000 tonnes of organic waste into renewable natural gas annually. The facility generates revenue primarily through intake of organic waste and…
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