Biogas News

Clarkson University in New York has received a $20,000 (€17,700) grant to convert food waste into energy. The grant was allocated by Constellation, an Exelon Company which provides power, natural gas, renewable energy and energy products and services for US homes and businesses. The project, ‘Food-to-Energy, Forging New Partnerships: Promoting Resource Recovery in Schools and Community…
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Gasum will supply 250 tons of liquefied biogas (LBG) to Uddeholms, a major manufacturer of tool steel for industrial tools. The LBG will be delivered to Uddeholms’ plant in Hagfors, Sweden, and used for its sustainability week in mid-December. Steel production in Hagfors uses a lot of energy, which comes from a range of sources such as LNG and electricity. During Uddeholms’…
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Gasum and Metsä Fibre have teamed up to produce biogas at Metsä Fibre’s Äänekoski bioproduct mill in Finland. Under the agreement, Metsä Fibre will be responsible for the plant’s overall operations while Gasum will take care of daily remote operation and maintenance of biogas processing. Gasum will buy the biogas produced at Metsä Fibre’s plant for use as a road transport fuel in…
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CleanBay Renewables has secured investment from AVG Group (AVG), a Luxembourg-based asset manager. AVG’s investment will help fund CleanBay’s development portfolio of bioconversion facilities across the US, recycling poultry litter and repurposing it into RNG and natural, controlled-release fertiliser. The capital will also allow the company to explore additional capabilities for its…
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The Restaurant Group (TRG) has signed a green gas contract with TotalEnergies Gas & Power. The contract between TRG, a major player in the UK casual dining market, and TotalEnergies, means all TRG’s directly controlled supplies of electricity, gas and LPG used in its Wagamama, Pubs and Leisure (Frankie & Benny’s and Chiquito) divisions will be from renewable sources. All sites…
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A new project producing biogas from sewage discharged by cargo ships is underway in Finland. The Baltic Sea Action Group (BSAG) is collaborating with multiple companies, including Gasum, on the new Ship/t Waste Action project. The initiative turns sewage into biogas that will be used as fuel by the heavy-duty transport sector. The Ship/t Waste Action cooperation develops waste value chains…
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Scirocco Energy’s subsidiary, SEUK, has signed an exclusivity agreement with sustainability technology provider, SEM Energy Limited (SEM), for a nutrient recovery system. It is anticipated that SEM will provide SEUK’s investee company, Energy Acquisitions Group (EAG), with digestate management and nutrient recovery technology, known as the H2OPE System. The system processes digestate, a…
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UK-based spaceflight company Orbex and Calor, a major UK LNG supplier, have entered into an agreement that will see Calor supply ultra-low carbon fuel to launch the Orbex Prime rocket. Under the terms of the new deal, Calor will supply Orbex with its bio-LPG solution, a clean-burning propane produced from renewable feedstocks such as plant and vegetable waste material. This reduces CO2…
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Green Gas Trading’s Biomethane Certification Scheme (BMCS) is one of only two Approved Certification Schemes for evidencing green gas supply in the UK’s upcoming Green Gas Levy. The Green Gas Levy, first announced in the March 2020 Budget, will fund the Green Gas Support Scheme (GGSS) which is designed to support the deployment of new anaerobic digestion (AD) and biomethane plants. The…
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The US Environmental Protection (EPA) has proposed a package of actions setting biofuel volumes for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) programme for 2020, 2021, and 2022. However, the American Biogas Council has the volumes to not accurately reflect biogas' contribution. Under the RFS, the biogas industry produces gaseous and liquefied RNG, renewable electricity, renewable hydrogen, and can…
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The first US industrial-scale RNG facility using agricultural residues as a feedstock has started operations in the city of Nevada, Iowa. Following two-and-a-half years of construction and transformation of VERBIO’s Nevada plant, Greg Faith, the company’s president and general manager, announced the facility is now injecting pipeline-quality natural gas into Alliant Energy’s gas…
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SEA-LNG said it fully supports the objectives of the European Commission to create a common regulatory framework to address maritime greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in line with EU Green Deal objectives. SEA-LNG, an industry coalition demonstrating the benefits of LNG as a marine fuel, said the proposed policy measures are goal-based and technology-neutral, which will help the shipping industry…
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BTS Biogas has partnered with the University of Padua in Italy to develop a research project which aims to increase biogas yield by at least 10%. Achieving the sustainable disposal and valorisation of organic waste are two of the biggest challenges facing the world. Biogas reconciles these two needs; however, the seasonal nature of many of the by-products of the agricultural and livestock…
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Adista and Datafarm Energy are planning to commission a data centre powered exclusively by renewable energy from recycling agricultural biowaste in France. The project is a first in the data centre world, which is constantly seeking long-term renewable, low-carbon and secure energy solutions. Both companies are aiming for the first part to start operation in 2022 and intend to rapidly increase…
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