Jul 30, 2020
ORLEN Południe signs LOI for 20 biogas plants
Biogas News
Jul 29, 2020
TerraX, an Italian developer of renewable gas projects, has entered into a joint venture with the SWEN Impact Fund for Transition (SWEN), managed by SWEN Capital Partners, to invest in biomethane.
TerraX is led by biogas expert Michael Niederbacher, who has designed and built more than 220 units in 12 countries worldwide. SWEN is the first European impact fund entirely... [Read More]
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Jul 29, 2020
Bright Biomethane’s biogas upgrading plant in Murrow, Cambridgeshire, UK, is now operational.
The plant delivers biomethane directly to the UK’s high-pressure National Transmission System (NTS) gas pipeline. According to the company, the UK’s gas grid is becoming “greener and greener”, thanks to its upgrading systems.
The company turn-key supplied the biogas... [Read More]
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Jul 28, 2020
Scientists at the German Biomass Research Centre (Deutsches Biomassforschungzentrum gemeinnützige, or DBFZ) have launched the organisation’s largest foreign project to date in Togo, West Africa.
Under the ‘LabTogo’ project, a biogas laboratory will be set up at the Togolese University of Lomé, and pyrolysis burners on a ceramic basis developed at the DBFZ are... [Read More]
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Jul 24, 2020
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board’s (AHDB) potato trade portal will now host non-human consumption customers, such as those who operate anaerobic digestion (AD plants).
As of 23 July, the AHDB opened its portal, which helps to put potato growers and wholesale buyers in touch with each other, to AD operators, to find ways of utilising waste. In a statement,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 24, 2020
Enagás has received EU support for the development of 16 vehicle supply points for biogas, liquefied natural gas (LNG) and hydrogen.
The refuelling stations will be developed under the company’s ECO-net Project, will be supported by Scale Gas, a start-up developed under Enagás’ corporate venturing programme. The ECO-net Project has received support from firms... [Read More]
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Jul 24, 2020
Malaby Biogas, the UK-based operator of Bore Hill Farm Biodigester has confirmed the significant carbon negativity of its operations following a six-month lifecycle assessment (LCA).
The company said the findings “drive home” the vital role that small-scale anaerobic digestion (AD) plants could play as part of the UK Government’s legally binding commitment to... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 23, 2020
Global investment firm Meridiam and Sevana Bioenergy have agreed to develop an existing biodigester project in the US state of Idaho.
The project is the first of its kind in the US for Meridiam, which is a European leader in the recovery of household organics, industrial or agricultural waste to transform into renewable energy and natural fertilisers.
Sevana Bioenergy... [Read More]
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Jul 23, 2020
American Biogas Council (ABC) director Bryan Sievers will testify in front of the House Committee on Agriculture on 23 July about the benefits of biogas for farmers as part of the ‘On-Farm Energy Production: Impacts on Farm Income and Rural Communities’ hearing.
An Iowa farmer, Sievers is the owner and operator of Sievers Family Farms and the award-winning AgriReNew... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 23, 2020
This year’s World Biogas Summit and Expo will be hosted entirely online for the first time, due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The event, run by the Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA) and the World Biogas Association (WBA), will take place on 6-8 October.
ADBA and the WBA will host the event on an interactive platform that will match attendees with... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 22, 2020
UK food waste recycler Warrens Group has been shortlisted for a top award recognising the innovative way it is driving change in the sector.
The County Durham-based anaerobic digestion firm, a wholly-owned subsidiary of BioCapital, has been shortlisted for the ‘Net Zero Now’ award in the ‘Decarbonisation Strategy of the Year’ category in the BusinessGreen Leader... [Read More]
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Jul 22, 2020
A new US federal grant will allow a research team led by Iowa State University, Penn State and Roeslein Alternative Energy (RAE) to develop new methods of turning biomass and manure into fuel.
The five-year, $10 million (€8.68 million) grant from the US Department of Agriculture’s National Institute for Food and Agricultural will power the Consortium for Cultivating... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 21, 2020
Greenlane Renewables has signed a definitive joint venture with SWEN Impact Fund for Transition (SWEN), to provide biogas upgrading as a service to developers and owners of renewable natural gas (RNG) projects in Europe.
The joint venture with SWEN, a European fund dedicated to renewable gases, managed by SWEN Capital Partners, is called Greenlane Biogas Finance B.V.... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 21, 2020
Southern California Gas Co (SoCalGas) has started powering two of its largest Los Angeles-area facilities with Bloom Energy solid oxide fuel cells.
The switch to fuel cells will reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, air pollutants and the cost of power, in addition to providing reliable electricity independent of the power grid.
To produce electricity, Bloom Energy’s... [Read More]
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Jul 15, 2020
Northumbrian Water will use gas generated from the sewage it treats to help power one of its largest sites via a £9.5 million (€10.4 million) gas-to-grid plant.
The firm’s new plant at Bran Sands Regional Effluent Treatment Works in Teesside will significantly reduce the site’s running costs and see enough biomethane to fuel 5,000 homes injected back into the... [Read More]
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Jul 14, 2020
An Australian water company has received one of the highest innovation accolades in the country’s water sector for its waste-to-energy plant ‘ReWaste’.
Yarra Valley Water received the award at the Australian Water Association National Awards for its food waste anaerobic digestion facility, which was the first of its kind in Victoria when it opened in 2017.
Since... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 14, 2020
Börger’s pumps have been used at a food waste-to-energy facility in London.
Arjun Infrastructures’ facility, which was developed and is now managed by low-carbon energy firm 2OC, generates 17 MW of renewable energy from food waste and also utilises fats, oils and greases.
Built by J. Murphy and Sons, the plant sees 75 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of electricity sold... [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
