Dec 21, 2020
SoCalGas praises US Green Building Council for incorporating RNG in rating system
Biogas News
Dec 21, 2020
More than 4,400 homes in Southern Adelaide, Australia, will soon be powered by a new renewable energy hub that utilises biogas and solar power. The hub includes the state’s first solar farm built on landfill that is sealed to prevent harmful emissions leaking into the atmosphere. The 1,780 solar panels at the Southern Region Waste Resource Authority’s (SRWRA) Seaford... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 18, 2020
On 17 December, the California Public Utilities Commission approved SoCalGas and San Diego Gas & Electric’s request to offer a voluntary Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) Tariff. The programme will allow households and businesses to purchase RNG from the utilities. “The approval of the RNG Tariff is an important step in achieving California’s climate goals,”... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 18, 2020
Compostable food waste collection bags deliver the biggest benefits, according to a recent study. The Bio-based and Biodegradable Industries Association (BBIA) and associated member companies commissioned Sancroft International to undergo a detailed cost analysis of the implications of different food waste caddy liners. The research was commissioned because of the... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 18, 2020
Gasum performed its first ship-to-ship liquefied natural gas (LNG)-liquefied biogas (LBG) bunkering to a cargo vessel. The bunkering was conducted by Gasum’s LNG bunker vessel Coralius at anchorage outside the Port of Gothenburg, Sweden. A fuel blend consisting of LNG and 10% renewable LBG was supplied to M/V Auto Energy, a dual fuel LNG pure car, truck carrier... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 18, 2020
Clean energy solutions provider Xebec has agreed to acquire Inmatec, a German manufacturer of on-site nitrogen and oxygen generators. Xebec will acquire all issued and outstanding shares of Inmatec Gase Technologie, Inmatec, and Inmatec Gas Technology FZC RAK, in the United Arab Emirates. With this acquisition, Xebec will be entering the German hydrogen and renewable... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 17, 2020
Republic Services and Aria Energy have expanded the landfill gas-to-energy (LFGTE) project at County Line Landfill in Indiana. The facility, which began operating in 2014, has expanded to 7.6 MW from 6 MW, increasing its biogas use by 25%. Aria developed, owns, and operates the LFGTE project at Republic Services’ County Line Landfill. Electricity generated from... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 17, 2020
Carbon Clean, a UK firm focused on low-cost carbon capture and separation technology, has joined forces with Veolia to develop multiple green projects in India. The newly established joint venture, Veolia Carbon Clean, will first develop two carbon capture utilisation and storage (CCUS) and compressed biogas (CBG) projects in India, utilising Carbon Clean’s patented... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 15, 2020
Clean Energy Fuels Corp has announced new and extended contracts for more than 58 million gallons of its Redeem renewable natural gas (RNG). The new contracts represent continued demand for sustainable fuels in the heavy-duty trucking, solid waste, and public transit sectors. “Our customers have continued to operate their essential businesses at a very high level,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 14, 2020
Investment firm Fortistar has partnered with the New River Solid Waste Association (NRSWA) in Florida to build a landfill methane-to-renewable natural gas (RNG) facility. The new facility will capture and convert approximately 1,900 dekatherams (1.899 Btu) per day of landfill methane to RNG – enough to offset emissions from 7,500 passenger cars. The New River RNG... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 11, 2020
Gasum has partnered with HKScan to switch to manure-based feedstock at its Huittinen biogas plant in Finland. The plant would use mainly pig and cattle manure to produce biogas. As one of HKScan’s contract partners, contract pig meat producer Emomylly Oy has committed to the project. The proposed plant would be Finland’s first industrial-scale biogas facility... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 11, 2020
Gasum has received €30 million from Klimatklivet to establish two new biogas plants in Sweden. Klimatklivet, or Climate Leap, is a programme for investment grants from the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency. The two biogas plants will be built in Dalarna and Kalmar Counties. The Borlänge, Dalarna plant will produce liquefied biogas (LBG) mainly from manure... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 10, 2020
UK supermarket giant ASDA is taking delivery of 202 Volvo FH LNG tractor units in the run-up to Christmas. The order is believed to be the single largest ever placed in the UK for heavy trucks running on renewable fuels. ASDA has ambitions to transition its core fleet of 1,000 tractor units from diesel to gas by 2024, after in-house trials showed running on biomethane... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 10, 2020
Cambi and Slovenian engineering firm Riko have been awarded a €31.5 million contract to build a thermal hydrolysis sludge processing plant in the city of Lviv, Ukraine. The new sludge treatment facility will incorporate biogas production, based on Cambi’s thermal hydrolysis process, followed by advanced anaerobic digestion. “This project will make sewage sludge... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 10, 2020
The new Smart and Sustainable Mobility Strategy is a “major setback” for the decarbonisation of transport at an acceptable cost, according to the European Biogas Association (EBA). The transport sector today releases 20% of the EU’s greenhouse gas emissions. Cost-effective and swift decarbonisation will only be feasible with the deployment of all renewable energies... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 10, 2020
Unilever, Starbucks, and the Dairy Farmers of America have joined forces with Vanguard Renewables to repurpose food waste via anaerobic digestion. The major food industry leaders have teamed up to launch the Farm Powered Strategic Alliance (FPSA), pledging to avoid or eliminate food waste first and repurpose what cannot be eliminated into renewable energy using Vanguard... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 10, 2020
Smithfield Foods and Dominion Energy have completed the first RNG project through their joint venture, Align Renewable Natural Gas. Located in Milford, Utah, the project is now producing RNG from a network of 26 family farms that raise pigs under contract with Smithfield. The project is the first large-scale effort in Utah to capture methane from pig farming operations... [Read More]
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