Aug 13, 2020
Food waste collection service review shows poor uptake in Glasgow
Biogas News
Aug 13, 2020
Multi-utility infrastructure and services provider Fulcrum is supporting a major new renewable energy project with the installation of a 2.3-kilometre gas main, which will power an expanding food waste recycling plant.
Secured through its client, energy consultant Excel Utilities, the contract will provide a new gas supply to the site, which is owned and operated by... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 13, 2020
Biomethane was connected to the UK’s Gas National Transmission System (NTS) from a Cambridgeshire farm for the first time at the end of July.
Murrow anaerobic digestion plant, operated by Biocow, produces renewable gas made from cow manure and straw. The pipeline will support flows of up to 15,000 standard cubic metres per hour, enough for the annual gas consumption... [Read More]
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Aug 12, 2020
Xebec Adsorption's (Xebec) wholly-owned subsidiary, Xebec Holding USA, has agreed to acquire all the outstanding securities of Enerphase Industrial Solutions (Air Flow) to support its renewable natural gas (RNG) growth.
Air Flow is a distributor and service provider of compressed air equipment in North Carolina. Established in 1981, the firm’s focus is on preventative... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 12, 2020
UK biogas firms are urging the UK’s Minister for Business, Energy, and Clean Growth, Kwasi Kwarteng MP, to “take urgent action” and include all eligible renewable heat projects in the extension of the non-domestic renewable heat incentive (RHI), announced in the March 2020 budget.
Agri-food renewable energy projects have been excluded from the RHI extension, despite... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 11, 2020
The Indian government is considering blending biogas with natural gas to boost the domestic availability of biofuels and reduce reliance on imports.
According to a report by the New Indian Express, Oil Secretary Tarun Kapoor said the gas distribution sector is rapidly expanding and a portion must come from bio-sources. During a World Biofuel Day webinar, Kapoor said:... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 11, 2020
WELTEC BIOPOWER and Nordmethan will now operate under a single name.
For many years, the two German companies have been working under the same group. Weltec builds biogas and biomethane plants and Nordmethan supplements the portfolio with the operation of energy plants. Both companies will now operate under the name Weltec Biopower.
Jens Albartus, director of the... [Read More]
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Aug 11, 2020
DBC Invest, formed of agri-food company Vestjyllands Andel, Jysk Energi and loan and venture capital firm Langfristet Erhvervsfinansiering, is making its first investment in a Danish biogas plant.
DBC Invest was established in spring 2020 with DKK 215 million (€28.8 million) reserved to invest in biogas facilities. The joint investment firm has become the majority... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 10, 2020
Construction is set to begin on New Zealand’s first large-scale food waste to energy facility in Reporoa.
The new facility on New Zealand’s North Island is expected to remove up to 10,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2), equivalent to planting 218,400 trees every year.
According to a report by NZ Herald, after the blessing of the land by Ngati Tahu-Ngati Whaoa... [Read More]
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Aug 6, 2020
Replacing old iron gas pipes with hydrogen and biomethane-ready plastic pipes will cut carbon emissions and deliver the world’s first zero-carbon gas grid, according to the Energy Networks Association (ENA).
The UK’s homes and businesses will benefit from an emissions reduction ‘bonanza’ over the next 12 years as a result of gas network company investment, according... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 5, 2020
Australian firm Hazer Group has made its final investment decision to proceed with the $17 million (€10.3 million) Hazer Commercial Demonstration Plant (CDP) project.
The project will be built at the Western Australian Water Corporation’s Woodman Point Wastewater Treatment Plant and produce up to 100 tonnes of low-emissions hydrogen annually, using biogas collected... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 4, 2020
Duke Energy, headquartered in North Carolina, US, has partnered with SustainRNG to harness renewable natural gas (RNG) on dairy farms.
Sustain RNG, an RNG developer in the agriculture sector also based in Charlotte, North Carolina, will engineer, finance, construct, and operate RNG sites in collaboration with dairy farmers. By capturing and processing methane from farms... [Read More]
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Aug 4, 2020
US-based Enviro-tech company CleanBay Renewables has partnered with Kiewit Corporation, a major engineering and construction firm.
Through the partnership, Kiewit will design, engineer and build CleanBay’s Westover bio-refinery, which will recycle more than 150,000 tons of chicken litter annually using anaerobic digestion (AD) to create renewable natural gas (RNG).
Without... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 4, 2020
Millions of litres of beer that expired during Australia’s COVID-19 lockdown has helped to boost renewable energy production at a wastewater treatment plant.
Digesters at SA Water’s Glenelg Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) in South Australia boosted production to 654 megawatt-hours in a single month. The unused beer from local breweries was repurposed on-site and... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 3, 2020
Dominion Energy Utah and the Utah Inland Port Authority (UIPA) have signed a joint cooperation statement aimed at reducing air pollution and improving energy efficiency.
The partnership will explore the use and development of “innovative programs and technologies” associated with natural gas development, including renewable natural gas (RNG), alternative fuels,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 3, 2020
EnviTec Biogas has received a new order for a 1 MW biogas plant in Greece.
The new plant in Agios Athanasios in the Thessaloniki regional area will use silage, food waste, and wet manure. The facility is the second project in Greece for the German biogas firm.
EnviTec Biogas, along with the future plant owner - a logistics firm in the food industry – designed the... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 31, 2020
Gasum’s operating profit was 21% down year on year, according to the company’s second-quarter report, but demand for biogas is increasing.
The firm’s operating profit was reported at €17.5 million compared to €22.1 million in 2019. Its operating profit margin in the reporting period H1 was up by 1.6% to 5.8%, compared to 4.2% in 2019. Gasum Group said that... [Read More]
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The company behind a biomass energy facility near Hull, England has gone into administration, though a successful sale of its land and equipment has safeguarded jobs and maximised returns for creditors
The plant will convert agro-industrial waste into high-quality biomethane. The facility will recover residues from the AZPO – Azeites de Portugal olive oil plant
The upturn is being driven in part by growing access to Bio-LNG, a renewable form of biogas that enables up to 100% CO₂ reductions compared to conventional diesel
