Biogas News

Towards making Hyderabad a self-sustainable city, the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC) has decided to generate wealth out of waste by setting up a 20-tonne capacity biogas plant at Khaitlapur Transfer Station located in the Kukatpally zone. Transfer stations are the points where the garbage collected from households and other places is dumped temporarily before it is transported to…
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Pilkington, one of the leading glass suppliers in the UK, is the latest company to join the Northwest Hydrogen Alliance (NWHA). Last year Pilkington completed a world first trial at its Greengate site in St Helens, Merseyside, where hydrogen was successfully used to produce float (sheet) glass as part of the ‘HyNet Industrial Fuel Switching’ project. Pilkington have a long history of…
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Indian Railways is taking a big step towards the conservation of energy. According to the Railway Ministry, a biogas plant has been set up by the Southeast Central Railway zone at Electric Loco Training Centre at Uslapur Adarsh railway station in the state of Chhattisgarh. Food is being prepared for the training staff by making biogas from waste through this plant at the Electric Loco Training…
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China Water Industry Group has reached a deal to acquire biomass energy group Taiyuan Yuantong Bioenergy for 13.6 million yuan ($2 million) to “strengthen its market position in the renewable energy industry”. Taiyuan Yuantong Bioenergy is mainly engaged in biomass energy project development, landfill gas utilisation and the sale of landfill gas products, according to a recent missive from…
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The four-day 2022 Biogas Americas conference kicked off on May 24 at the Red Rock Casino Resort & Spa in Las Vegas and is set to be the largest event yet for the US biogas and renewable natural gas (RNG) industry, with more than 1,000 attendees.  The annual conference and tradeshow is presented by the American Biogas Council (ABC) and provides an opportunity to meet and network with…
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German biogas tank producer Lipp has entered into a tie-up with Mapua University to research new feedstock for producing biogas. The German-Philippine Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GPCCI) said Lipp will donate biogas yield testing equipment to Mapua to support its research. “Close collaboration between industry and academia is a cornerstone of Germany’s higher and dual education,…
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A development team from CoorsTek Membrane Sciences, in collaboration with international research partners, have successfully used ceramic membrane technology to develop a scalable hydrogen generator that makes hydrogen from electricity and fuels including natural gas, biogas and ammonia with near zero energy loss. “Energy efficiency is key to the future of hydrogen as a clean fuel. Our…
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The European Commission has pledged €37 billion to increase biomethane production. The news was announced this week as part of the €300bmn RePowerEU plan to stop Russian energy imports and move to green energy by the end of the decade. Under the plans, a new biomethane action plan will see the development of biomethane industrial partnerships across the sector, as well as financial…
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California-based Kore has developed a new way to produce hydrogen from biogas. It claims the new method could potentially provide hydrogen for less than $2 per kg. “We produce biogas and biochar from biogenic feedstocks and the resulting biogas contains hydrogen, carbon monoxide, methane and carbon dioxide,” Kore's executive vice president of business development, Steve Wirtel, said.…
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A gasification pioneer aims to seal the UK’s low-carbon future after winning a government grant worth nearly £300,000 to develop waste-to-hydrogen production technology, innovation funding specialist Catax can reveal.  Compact Syngas Solutions (CSS), based in Deeside, Wales, has secured £299,886 from the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) with the help…
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Coca-Cola HBC Italia (CCHBC) has announced the creation of a consortium made up of its main hauliers Italtrans, Number1, Casilli Enterprise and Favaro Servizi, London-based energy transition adviser Ikigai Capital (IKIGAI) and green energy development company NVA, to decarbonise its road transport operations using biomethane and hydrogen as part of their 2040 net-zero objective.   Ikigai…
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Brazilian biogas producers and piped gas distributors are joining efforts to find ways to develop more biomethane supply and overcome obstacles to agreements with local distributors.Brazilian piped gas distributors association Abegás and Brazilian biogas producer's association Abiogas are jointly studying how to expand biomethane production and create conditions for gas distributors to procure…
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Aemetis Inc has released first quarter 2022 financial results, confirming that the company’s corn ethanol plant in Keyes, California, is operating at near capacity and discussing progress with the company’s biogas, renewable diesel, sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and carbon capture projects.  Andy Foster, president of Aemetis Advanced Fuels and Aemetis Biogas, said the company expects to…
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PT Pertamina (Persero), Indonesia’s state-owned energy company has signed a cooperation agreement with three Japanese gas companies to conduct a feasibility study on biogas production from palm oil mill effluent (POME) upgrading it to biomethane (renewable natural gas - RNG) and potentially liquefying it to bioLNG in Indonesia.  This project, which was signed at a virtual ceremony during…
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