Feb 17, 2021
Bright Biomethane to build plant for Dutch waste management firm
Biogas News
Feb 17, 2021
Plans have been approved for a new renewable natural gas (RNG) plant in Illinois, US.
On 10 February, officials in Will County, Illinois approved the construction of a $45 million (€37 million) RNG plant at the county-owned Prairie View landfill.
The project labour agreement, signed by Will County, Harbour Contractors, Will & Grundy Counties Buildings Trade... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 17, 2021
Schmack Biogas, based in Italy, and SWEN Capital Partners, through its impact fund SWIFT, have invested €30 million in biomethane projects.
The two companies have formed a joint venture, Biomethane Invest, to invest in Europe in the biomethane sector. The joint venture looks at Italy as the first market to approach, targeting some 10+ biomethane projects to invest... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 17, 2021
Ceres Energy has acquired a stake in Barrow Shipping, a major shipper of biomethane in the UK.
Ceres will contribute its knowledge and experience of gas market operations, trading, and marketing acquired in the conventional gas market to Barrow, strengthening the company’s position as a green gas shipper and supplier.
Barrow, with Ceres, will be well placed to... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 16, 2021
PowerTap Hydrogen Fueling Corp’s (PowerTap) third generation on-site hydrogen production unit has been enhanced for blue hydrogen classification via Advanced Carbon Capture, using RNG as its main feedstock.
PowerTap, based in California, has set out to build North America’s largest hydrogen fuelling network. Clean Power Capital invested in PowerTap in October 2020.
Most... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 16, 2021
BayoTech, which specialises in hydrogen production using biogas, has joined the European Biogas Association (EBA).
Steve Jones, vice-president of BayoTech Europe, said: “Renewable gases will play a key role in supporting the EU’s commitment to achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. Biogas represents an important pathway to hydrogen production that makes carbon neutral,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 16, 2021
Genesis Biosciences, based in Wales, UK, has been chosen to take part in United Utilities’ exclusive Innovation Lab, which provides successful applicants the chance to test their products in a live environment before going to market.
The firm will be trialling its Evogen Biogas Additive – a powdered product that combines a novel mineral carrier with an application-specific,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 12, 2021
Gregory Distribution has installed a bio-LNG facility to fuel its latest batch of Volvo gas trucks.
The UK logistics company continued its drive towards a more sustainable and environmentally friendly operation by installing its first bio-LNG refuelling station by Gasrec.
In 2020, the company began a trial to test the sustainability of bio-LNG to replace diesel in... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 12, 2021
Kent County Council (KCC) in the UK has announced all food waste in the county will be recycled in Kent.
Around 45,000 tonnes of food waste collected annually from local households will be turned into biogas through a new anaerobic digester at Blaise Farm Quarry. The biogas will be fed directly into the National Grid as well as powering the plant itself, and creating... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 12, 2021
EnviTec’s gas upgrading has seen a performance boost from improved membranes, increasing separation capacity.
The company now has 49 gas upgrading plants in operation in six countries around the world, with a further 15 under construction. EnviTec said this is all part of the EnviThan success story for efficient and environmentally-friendly gas upgrading technology.
“In... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 10, 2021
Renewable energy investment platform Bio Capital has completed the debt financing on its portfolio of UK anaerobic digestion (AD) assets.
Independent law firm Burges Salmon advised the firm on the £85 million (€96 million) debt financing on assets across England, Scotland, and Northern Ireland.
Bio Capital was founded in 2018 by Helois Energy Investments and Equitix... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 10, 2021
WELTEC BIOPOWER has joined the American Biogas Council (ABC), which has campaigned for the interests of the US biogas industry since 2010.
Based in Germany, Weltec Biopower specialises in the field of stainless-steel biogas plant construction; it has developed and built anaerobic digestion (AD) plants since 2001.
“We look forward to our commitment in the US and... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 10, 2021
Compact Membrane Systems (CMS), a firm specialising in separation technology, has completed the first pilot demonstration of Optiperm™ biogas.
The latest addition to the CMS portfolio is aimed at enabling the clean energy transition underway in the biogas sector, a market valued at $55 billion (€45 billion), according to CMS.
Optiperm biogas holds the potential... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 10, 2021
One million UK homes are now being powered by green gas as a result of anaerobic digestion (AD) projects funded by Privilege Finance.
The projects generate a total of more than 1.3 terawatts of energy per year, meaning each day they generate 3.5 GW, translating to approximately 1 million homes powered based on average household energy usage.
Chris Winward, chief... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 9, 2021
Rosetti Marino, an Italian company providing integrated services to industrial sectors, has purchased 60% of Green Methane, an Italian firm specialising in the conversion of biogas into biomethane.
Green Methane’s facilities purify biogas from CO2 and produce green methane with characteristics suitable for injecting into the gas distribution network, and for transport.
The... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 9, 2021
ENGIE has produced renewable gas from non-recyclable waste in a ‘world-first’ project.
Located in the heart of the ‘Chemical Valley’ in Saint-Fons, France, the GAYA semi-industrial research and development (R&D) platform took a ‘historic step forward’ in the production of renewable gas on 17 November.
Supported by French agency for ecological transition... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 8, 2021
A new resource launched by the Canadian Biogas Association (CBA) aims to help farmers interested in learning more about agricultural biogas.
FarmingBiogas.ca is a new website forming part of an educational campaign to help farmers explore biogas production as an opportunity for their farm.
“We get a lot of questions from farmers who want to know more about the... [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
