Feb 23, 2021
BioStar’s California food waste project to power 3,000 homes
Biogas News
Feb 23, 2021
BrewDog has signed off on a £14 million (€16.2 million) investment into an anaerobic digestion (AD) facility at its headquarters in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. According to a LinkedIn post by BrewDog’s CEO and co-founder, James Watt, the AD plant will convert BrewDog’s organic process waste to site-generated biomethane, replacing all of its grid gas, and reduce... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 22, 2021
ORLEN Południe has revealed plans to build a biomethane production facility in Poland. The plant will manufacture around 7 million m3 of biogas annually. Daniel Obajtek, president of the management board of PKN ORLEN, said: “We are pursuing innovative business, which will allow the ORLEN Group and the Polish economy to develop in a sustainable manner. “As the... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 19, 2021
Clean Energy Fuels has opened an RNG fuelling station in Whittier, California. The station is owned by the Los Angeles County Sanitation Districts (LACSD) and Clean Energy designed, constructed, and will operate it. The firm will provide RNG to fuel heavy-duty trucks and other medium-duty vehicles in the region, including LACSD’s vehicles. Chad Lindholm, vice-president... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 19, 2021
Italian firm BTS Biogas is expanding into the US, launching newly-formed subsidiary BTS North America (BTS NA). BTS NA will serve as the official technology provider to Bioenergy Devco (BDC). Together, the companies will facilitate the finance, design, engineering, construction, and operation of sustainable, resilient anaerobic digestion (AD) projects across the US. BTS... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 19, 2021
UGI Utilities, a subsidiary of UGI Corporation, has signed an agreement with Archaea Energy to bring RNG into its distribution system. The RNG will come from the Keystone Landfill in Dunmore, Pennsylvania and be injected into UGI Utilities’ high-pressure natural gas pipeline, serving its distribution system in Lackawanna County. This is the first RNG supply interconnect... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 19, 2021
Granville Ecopark has introduced two new CNG-powered trucks to its operations, the first of their kind in Northern Ireland. The new IVECO Stralis NP trucks will be fuelled by food waste-derived biomethane, produced through anaerobic digestion. Dubbed their ‘Smart Loop Lorries’, Granville Ecopark’s new vehicles and AD technology create a circular economy, where... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 18, 2021
Brightmark and Chevron U.S.A have expanded their previously announced joint venture, Brightmark RNG Holdings, to own projects across the US to produce and market dairy biomethane (RNG). Brightmark RNG Holdings’ subsidiaries currently own RNG projects in Western New York, Western Michigan, Central Florida, and South Dakota. Additional equity investments by each... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 18, 2021
NGVAmerica has released its Fuel a Greener Future report, outlining the significant benefits of RNG-fuelled fleets. RNG-fuelled medium and heavy-duty vehicles are commercially available, proven, and affordable, the organisation said. Depending on the feedstock, they can be carbon-free or carbon-negative. Commercial pickups and vans, refuse trucks, transit buses,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 18, 2021
Greenlane Renewables’ wholly-owned subsidiary, Greenlane Biogas North America, has signed two RNG contracts for $2.8 million (€2.3 million). The first contract involves a project in the mid-western US for upgrading biogas to RNG from dairy operations. The Brazilian contract win marks the fifth contract for Greenlane for the supply of biogas upgrading equipment in... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 17, 2021
Bright Biomethane will construct a biomethane plant for Dutch waste management company Twence. At a former landfill site in the east of the Netherlands, 250,000 tons of pig manure will be converted into biogas and raw materials in a manure biogas plant. In the final step, the biogas will be upgraded to biomethane in Bright’s biogas upgrading system with a capacity... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 17, 2021
Plans have been approved for a new renewable natural gas (RNG) plant in Illinois, US. On 10 February, officials in Will County, Illinois approved the construction of a $45 million (€37 million) RNG plant at the county-owned Prairie View landfill. The project labour agreement, signed by Will County, Harbour Contractors, Will & Grundy Counties Buildings Trade... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 17, 2021
Schmack Biogas, based in Italy, and SWEN Capital Partners, through its impact fund SWIFT, have invested €30 million in biomethane projects. The two companies have formed a joint venture, Biomethane Invest, to invest in Europe in the biomethane sector. The joint venture looks at Italy as the first market to approach, targeting some 10+ biomethane projects to invest... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 17, 2021
Ceres Energy has acquired a stake in Barrow Shipping, a major shipper of biomethane in the UK. Ceres will contribute its knowledge and experience of gas market operations, trading, and marketing acquired in the conventional gas market to Barrow, strengthening the company’s position as a green gas shipper and supplier. Barrow, with Ceres, will be well placed to... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 16, 2021
PowerTap Hydrogen Fueling Corp’s (PowerTap) third generation on-site hydrogen production unit has been enhanced for blue hydrogen classification via Advanced Carbon Capture, using RNG as its main feedstock. PowerTap, based in California, has set out to build North America’s largest hydrogen fuelling network. Clean Power Capital invested in PowerTap in October 2020. Most... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 16, 2021
BayoTech, which specialises in hydrogen production using biogas, has joined the European Biogas Association (EBA). Steve Jones, vice-president of BayoTech Europe, said: “Renewable gases will play a key role in supporting the EU’s commitment to achieving carbon neutrality by 2050. Biogas represents an important pathway to hydrogen production that makes carbon neutral,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 16, 2021
Genesis Biosciences, based in Wales, UK, has been chosen to take part in United Utilities’ exclusive Innovation Lab, which provides successful applicants the chance to test their products in a live environment before going to market. The firm will be trialling its Evogen Biogas Additive – a powdered product that combines a novel mineral carrier with an application-specific,... [Read More]
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