Oct 15, 2020
EBA welcomes biogas focus in EU Methane Strategy
Biogas News
Oct 14, 2020
Honeywell announced the installation of its 100th biomethane grid injection to France’s primary gas distribution operator, GRDF.
Honeywell’s grid injection stations act as a gatekeeper to the gas network. The stations measure flow and gas compositions and check them for compliance, add an odour to the gas to help with leak detection, and collect and transmit operating... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 13, 2020
A major renewable natural gas (RNG) facility in Niagara Falls, Canada is soon to open.
Expected to generate enough clean renewable energy from landfill waste to heat 8,750 homes across the country, the Niagara Falls RNG facility will be the largest of its kind in Ontario. It is hoped the plant will reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 48,000 tonnes.
The $42 million... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 13, 2020
The Energy Networks Association’s (ENA) Gas Goes Green Customer Forum will meet for the first time to discuss delivering a biomethane boost in the UK.
The Forum will bring together all five of the UK’s gas networks – Cadent, Northern Gas Networks, National Grid, Southern Gas Networks, Wales & West Utilities – and leading representatives of the biomethane... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 13, 2020
CleanBay Renewables has chosen Evoqua Water Technologies as a key partner for its Westover, Maryland bio-refinery.
Evoqua and CleanBay are currently in negotiations for Evoqua to provide its field-proven anaerobic digestion (AD) and water treatment technology for the Westover facility.
The plant is expected to recycle more than 150,000 tons of chicken litter annually... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 13, 2020
Eco Verde Energy (EVE) has added three UK anaerobic digestion (AD) plants to its portfolio.
Attleborough Eco Electric and Ellough AD are owned by Privilege Investments, which is also the co-owner of Holton, and will be taken over from 1 December.
Chris Brown, operations director at EVE, said the firm was “very pleased” to be bringing the three plants into its... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 9, 2020
UK industrial cleaning service company New Wave Marine has formed an international partnership with BioConstruct NewEnergy to clean biogas tanks.
BioConstruct was formed in Germany in 2000 and specialises in the construction and operation of anaerobic digestion (AD) plants. Over the last 15 years, the firm was built and commissioned more than 300 AD plants.
Danny... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 8, 2020
Wärtsilä has been awarded a major contract to supply and construct a plant for the production of carbon-neutral liquid transport fuels.
The plant will liquefy gas from the natural gas grid to produce carbon-neutral LNG/bio-LNG. It will have a capacity of approximately 100,000 tons per year and will be built in Cologne, Germany.
“It’s an honour to have been... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 8, 2020
Greenlane Renewables’ wholly-owned subsidiary, Greenlane Biogas North America, has signed a $7.7 million (€4.94 million) contract for a new renewable natural gas (RNG) project developed by Brightmark.
The multiple-site dairy farm project in Florida, US, will use Greenlane’s pressure swing adsorption biogas upgrading systems.
Greenlane’s systems will be used... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 8, 2020
The winners of the AD and Biogas Industry Awards have been revealed.
On the third and final day of the World Biogas Expo & Summit, technical support manager at the Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA) hosted the awards from home in a tuxedo, in a first for the organisation, which usually hosts a grand ceremony (in person) to celebrate the best... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 7, 2020
ESL Shipping has become the first in Finland to use 100% renewable liquefied biogas (LBG) in maritime transport.
The major carrier of dry bulk cargo in the Baltic region announced that its vessel m/s Viikki was fuelled in Raahe, Finland, with 100% renewable LBG to transport iron ore for the Swedish steel company SSAB. The biogas was supplied by Gasum.
“This marks... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 7, 2020
Finnish-Swiss biotech firm Ductor has closed funding from BW Group to develop 200 new biogas and sustainable organic fertiliser projects over three years.
Ductor will develop the projects in the EU and North America after receiving a significant investment from BW Group, a major maritime group in the tanker, gas, and offshore segments.
The new projects, such as biogas... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 7, 2020
SWEN Capital Partners has announced the final closing of its SWEN Impact Fund for Transition (SWIFT), Europe’s first infrastructure fund dedicated to renewable gases.
The fund raised €175 million, exceeding its target amount of €120 million. SWIFT is SWEN Capital Partners’ first impact fund and invests directly in methanation, renewable hydrogen, and gas and... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 7, 2020
Chevron USA and Brightmark have formed a joint venture, Brightmark RNG Holdings, to own projects across the US to produce and market dairy biomethane.
Equity investments by each company in the new venture will fund the construction of infrastructure and commercial operation of dairy biomethane projects in multiple states.
Chevron will purchase RNG produced from these... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 6, 2020
UK biogas producer Biocow has relaunched as Adapt Biogas, unveiling a new logo, website, and brand to support its UK expansion plans.
Since 2012, Adapt Biogas has pioneered the use of agricultural waste at scale in the UK energy sector through anaerobic digestion (AD). The firm currently operates four plants across Murrow, Ellough, Attleborough, and Holton, with a combined... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 6, 2020
Major Danish biogas producer Nature Energy has started construction on a large-scale biogas plant near Aabenraa, southern Denmark.
The biogas plant, Nature Energy Kværs, is expected to be ready to produce large quantities of climate-friendly biogas by April 2022. The project will take place in collaboration with the local supplier association, BioenergiSyd, which will... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 5, 2020
Major dairy cooperative Arla is transforming cow manure into vehicle-friendly fuel in a major new trial in Buckinghamshire, UK.
Arla’s initiative will see farmers send their cows’ waste to a nearby anaerobic digestion (AD) plant, where it will be broken down into clean biomethane and converted into fuel.
The trial makes Arla the first UK business to use the waste... [Read More]
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Egypt is pressing ahead with a new biogas initiative in Beni Suef Governorate aimed at converting agricultural and animal waste into renewable energy
Indonesia’s transition towards environmentally friendly, zero-emission energy took centre stage this week as experts from seven countries convened at IPB University for high-level discussions on biomass and bioenergy
