Oct 28, 2020
Brightmark partners with three NY dairy farms on RNG project
Biogas News
Oct 28, 2020
Finnish freight transport firm Posti is investing in biogas-powered trucks.
Working with Gasum, Posti will introduce the biogas trucks to reduce its transport emissions and create Finland’s largest biogas fleet operated by a logistics company.
Posti has acquired 10 liquefied biogas (LBG) trucks and already operates six liquefied natural gas (LNG) trucks.
The... [Read More]
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Oct 27, 2020
U.S. Gain has been chosen to supply renewable natural gas (RNG) to Rogue Valley Transportation District (RVTD) to fuel its bus fleet.
The agreement will support RVTD’s mission of providing quality public transport while reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
RVTD’s general manager, Julie Brown, said the company was excited about the new relationship. “Our leadership... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 26, 2020
Aemetis is producing dairy biogas from the first two dairies in a 17 dairy digester biogas project in California, US.
The below-zero carbon intensity gas is used to produce fuel ethanol at the Aemetis Advanced Fuels Keyes facility. Aemetis also produces high-grade sanitiser alcohol and various feed products at the plant.
Eric McAfee, chairman and CEO of Aemetis,... [Read More]
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Oct 23, 2020
Biogest has received its second order to build an agricultural biogas plant for Morevim, a financial service provider and a major energy investor in Turkey.
The project has been developed in partnership with Enerlinc. After successfully entering the Asian market with biogas plants in India and South Korea, this Biogest PowerRing plant represents further expansion for... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 23, 2020
The new Volkswagen Golf TGI is equipped with a 1.5-litre four-cylinder engine and three natural gas fuel tanks, which can utilise biomethane.
The tanks are integrated into the underbody and permit a range of approximately 400 kilometres in pure natural gas mode. The engine of the ‘quasi-monovalent’ drive system is powered primarily with compressed natural gas (CNG),... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 23, 2020
Landia and Cambi have helped to deliver a 25-30% increase in biogas production for Scottish Water.
South of Aberdeen, Scotland, improvements continue to be made at Scottish Water’s Sludge Treatment Centre (STC). Although the site has not yet reached its full potential, almost 1 MW per tonne of dry solids is being consistently produced.
Refurbishment of the STC... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 21, 2020
A report by Aarhus University for the Danish Energy Agency has concluded that the climate effect of biogas in the agricultural sector is greater than previously assumed.
Previous analyses have shown that the production of biogas can provide several benefits to the environment and for the climate. The Aarhus University report examines the climatic and environmental effects... [Read More]
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Oct 20, 2020
Hyliion, a firm specialising in electrified powertrain systems, has teamed up with American Natural Gas (ANG) to offer Hyliion customers discounted renewable natural gas (RNG) at ANG fuelling stations across the US.
For qualifying fleet customers, ANG has agreed to build new fuelling stations near Hyliion customer locations, with no upfront capital costs to customers.
The... [Read More]
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Oct 20, 2020
U.S. Gain has built an anaerobic digester at Deer Run Dairy in Appleton, Wisconsin, to transform animal waste into clean, low-carbon fuel for the transport sector.
Renewable natural gas (RNG) production offers Deer Run Dairy the opportunity to improve its manure management practices from its herd of 1,700 milking cows.
The RNG produced at Deer Run Dairy will be transported... [Read More]
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Oct 19, 2020
Dickinson’s College Farm in Philadelphia, US, is one of 12 recipients to receive a share of approximately $3 million (€2.55 million) of funding from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to explore anaerobic digestion (AD) and food waste opportunities.
The $300,000 (€255,000) grant was allocated to Dickinson to help reduce food loss and waste and to divert... [Read More]
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Oct 19, 2020
Logan City Council in Australia has successfully converted human waste into energy at Loganholme Wastewater Treatment Plant.
Working with gasification systems provider Pyrocal and Downer Group, the council has been trialling a process that sees sewage sludge (biosolids) baked in extreme temperatures to produce biogas. The biogas then used to heat the remaining biosolids,... [Read More]
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Oct 19, 2020
Welsh biotech company Genesis Biosciences has developed a new additive to help bolster the anaerobic digestion (AD) system.
The Cardiff-based company identified a novel mineral carrier with the correct parameters to bolster the most sensitive microbial components of the AD system and, through extensive laboratory genomic screening, it was found that if paired with non-pathogenic... [Read More]
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Oct 16, 2020
Norwegian liquefied biogas (LBG) company Biokraft, has chosen Andion Global as a key contractor for the construction of a new LBG production facility.
Andion is a major waste-to-energy company and will extend Biokraft’s LBG production capacity at the Skogn II facility in Trøndelag. The firm’s experience with proprietary design, optimisation, and deliver processes... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 15, 2020
Veolia and Waga Energy have partnered on one of the largest green gas projects in Europe.
The firms launched the construction of WAGABOX, a unit recovering biomethane from landfill waste. WAGABOX will be installed in Île-de-France at Veolia’s Claye-Souilly landfill to supply renewable gas to 20,000 homes in the Paris region from February 2022.
The Claye-Souilly... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 15, 2020
The European Biogas Association (EBA) has welcomed the “holistic approach” of the Methane Strategy to accelerate the reduction of methane emissions using biogas and biomethane.
The new EU strategy acknowledges the high potential of biogas to reduce methane emissions in agriculture and boost rural development.
The EBA described the Methane Strategy as a “fundamental... [Read More]
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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]
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Scotland’s Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action and Energy, Gillian Martin MSP, has visited BrewDog’s anaerobic digestion (AD) and biomethane facility in Ellon
Tuas Power has announced plans to convert its Tembusu Multi-Utilities Complex (TMUC) on Jurong Island to run entirely on renewable biomass by 2028 — 22 years ahead of Singapore’s national decarbonisation timeline
Egypt’s Ministry of Environment, through the Bioenergy Foundation for Sustainable Development, has signed a cooperation agreement with Italian energy company Eni to advance biogas production and support the country’s clean energy transition
