Oct 5, 2020
Former WWTP transformed into bioenergy park in Bundaberg, Australia
Biogas News
Oct 5, 2020
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has selected 12 organisations and projects to receive around $3 million (€2.55 million) in funding to help reduce food loss and waste and divert food waste from landfills by expanding anaerobic digestion (AD) capacity in the US.
The project types chosen for funding include feasibility studies, demonstration projects, and... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 1, 2020
IVECO, a brand of CNH Industrial N.V., has won a record order to deliver 100 Stralis Natural Power trucks powered by compressed natural gas (CNG) to NRG Argentina, a supplier to the oil and gas industry. The order represents the largest of its kind in South America.
NRG Argentina has also purchased 100 maintenance contracts for the trucks, which will enable IVECO to... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 1, 2020
Two researchers at Illinois State University have received a $150,000 (€127,800) grant to research the energy potential and feasibility of incorporating anaerobic digestion (AD) of plant wastes into small-to-medium-sized conventional and organic farming composting operations.
Dr David Kopsell, professor of horticulture, and Dr. LC Yang, assistant professor of environmental... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 1, 2020
The Orange County Sanitation District (OCSD) in California, US, has contracted engineering and consulting firm Brown and Caldwell and Kansas-based engineering company Black & Veatch to design a new temperature-phased anaerobic digestion (AD) facility at its Plant No.2 in Huntington Beach.
With the sixth-largest wastewater collection, treatment, and recycling infrastructure... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 1, 2020
Privilege Finance has released an updated renewable energy from waste manifesto, following a series of “monumental changes” that have impacted the industry in 2020.
Chris Winward, chief commercial officer at Privilege, said the manifesto reviews the industry’s progress from social, economic, and environmental perspectives, and shared his thoughts on the effect... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 30, 2020
Renewable natural gas (RNG) is now available at Piedmont Natural Gas’s fuelling station in Nashville, Tennessee.
By fuelling with RNG at Piedmont’s compressed natural gas (CNG) station, fleets and organisations can further reduce their emissions footprint, helping to decarbonise transportation in the state.
Bluesource, an environmental action partner based in... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 29, 2020
Construction is underway on two EnviTec Biogas projects in China.
The two plants, in the Chinese provinces of Henan and Qinxian, were slightly delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic, but are now firmly back on track.
Jörg Fischer, the board member with responsibility for China at EnviTec Biogas, said: “For us, these are already our sixth and seventh projects in China,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 29, 2020
A major UK food and garden recycling business has invested almost £4.5 million (€4.9 million) into its vehicle fleet to further grow its market share in England.
Keenan Recycling, headquartered in Aberdeen, Scotland, reduces the amount of waste going to landfill by collecting and recycling organic material. The firm acquired 39 new vehicles worth around £115,000... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 28, 2020
Food waste recycler Warrens Group has welcomed the UK Government’s plans to increase biomethane production to heat around 230,000 homes.
On 22 September, the government launched a consultation on a Green Gas Levy, as part of its plans to scale-up biomethane, reduce emissions from the gas grid and help the UK reach its net-zero target.
Kevin Quigley, commercial... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 28, 2020
CalBioGas, a joint venture between California Bioenergy, Chevron U.S.A., and local dairy farmers, successfully produced its first renewable natural gas (RNG) from dairy farms in Kern County.
CalBioGas brings technology and operational experience to help build digesters and methane capture projects to convert methane into RNG. CalBioGas, dairy farmers, and Chevron are... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 23, 2020
Weltec Biopower is building a 7 MW biogas plant in South Korea.
The plant is being constructed in the province of Gyeonggi-do, 60 kilometres north of the capital, Seoul, and will convert biogas into heat via an integrated gas boiler.
It is hoped the plant will go live in spring 2021 and digest up to 93,000 tons of food waste annually, some of which will come from... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 23, 2020
Volvo Trucks is seeing an increased interest in gas as an alternative to diesel for heavy-duty truck operations in Europe.
Hauliers and transport buyers are increasingly interested in reducing their carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and costs through the use of refrigerated liquefied gas as a fuel. As a result, the new Volvo FH and Volvo FM trucks will have engines that... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 22, 2020
Privately-owned investment firm Fortistar and Rumpke Waste & Recycling have partnered on the Noble Road Landfill Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) Project, a $33 million (€28 million) transportation decarbonisation project in Ohio, US.
The project will extract and capture waste methane from the Noble Road landfill in Shiloh, Ohio, and transform it into RNG. The RNG... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 22, 2020
The UK Government is planning to scale-up green gas (biomethane) production to heat around 230,000 homes, with more biomethane plants built as a result.
Supported by the new Green Gas Levy, the UK Government is helping people across the UK to ‘go green’ on their energy supplies.
With the potential to prevent as much as 21.6 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2)... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 22, 2020
Environmental engineering, wastewater treatment and renewable energy solutions firm BiON has acquired two biogas power plants from its associate firm Megagreen Energy (MGE).
The acquisition of the two biogas plants, Nasarudin and Seberang Perak (both in Malaysia), increase BiON’s installed capacity to 7 MW. The plants were acquired for MYR45.99m (€9.46 million).
Commercial... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 17, 2020
The Environmental Protection Authority Victoria (EPA) in Australia has granted a works approval for a second biogas facility at Melbourne Regional Landfill.
The facility will double the site’s capacity to destroy captured landfill gas generated by the decomposition of waste in the landfill, by burning it to generate around 68,000 MWh of electricity every year.
It... [Read More]
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The funding, worth €76 million, was arranged through their joint venture QGM with the backing of a banking consortium comprising BNL BNP Paribas, Banco BPM and Mediocredito Centrale
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
