Biogas News

Clean Energy Systems (CES) has raised $15 million (€12.9 million) in a Series A funding round led by Carbon Direct Capital Management to support a carbon-negative power project. The funding will accelerate the first commercial-scale deployment of CES technology at the carbon-negative power project in Mendota, California. Carbon Direct will join Clean Energy Systems’ board of…
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Australian firm Yarra Valley Water is among the first water utilities in the world to sign the global Pledge to Net Zero. The utility is halfway towards achieving its goal of generating 100% renewable energy by 2025, through projects like its food waste-to-energy facility. The plant at its site in Wollert converts around 30,000 tonnes of food scraps into more than 7 million kWh of clean energy…
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Vision Ridge Partners, an investor in sustainable assets, has committed $100 million (€86 million) to support the establishment and build-out of Vision RNG. Vision RNG is a full service developer and operator of landfill gas infrastructure to capture the gas and convert it into sustainable RNG. The company will partner with landfill owners to develop, design, build, own and operate…
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A new AD plant built by BioConstruct will convert approximately 95,000 tons of food waste annually into biomethane in Somerset, UK. The AD facility at Evercreech Junction will generate enough RNG to power around 5,500 homes as part of Adapt Biogas’ (formerly Biocow) ambitions to increase renewable energy production across the UK. The project had been in development for a ‘significant’…
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Shell Oil Products US, a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell, is now producing RNG at its first US biomethane facility – Shell New Energies Junction City in Oregon. The facility utilises locally sourced cow manure and excess agricultural residues to produce around 736,000 MMBtu a year of RNG. This milestone is part of a growing portfolio of developing RNG production and distribution assets…
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Enbridge will purchase upwards of 2 billion cubic feet of RNG annually from Vanguard Renewables’ anaerobic digesters, under a new partnership. The RNG will come from digesters that Vanguard will invest $200 million (€147 million) to build in the US northeast, southeast and midwest. Enbridge will invest approximately $100 million (€73 million) in RNG upgrading equipment to convert the…
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Creating a network of CO2 supply sources from biogas plants could be the answer to preventing future shortages, according to UK-based BioCarbonics. Established in June 2018, BioCarbonics works with AD operators/biogas producers to help them recover and monetise their waste CO2, providing a dedicated channel to market for biogenic ‘green’ CO2 from renewable energy sources. Earlier this…
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JAX LNG, a small-scale LNG facility in Jacksonville, Florida, recently completed the first fuelling of a marine vessel in the US with a blend of LNG and renewable LNG. JAX LNG is a joint venture between NorthStar Midstream and Pivotal LNG. The company loaded the fuel into the Clean Jacksonville bunker barge to fuel the Isla Bella – the world’s first LNG-powered container ship, put into…
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MAKEEN Energy and biogas supplier Nature Energy will build and operate the first Danish biogas liquefaction plant in Frederikshavn, Denmark. The two companies have come together to form a joint company, NORDLIQ (Nordic Liquefaction), to build and operate the first Danish LBG plant. The facility will initially be able to produce 20,000 tonnes of LBG every year. The CO2-neutral fuel is…
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Gasum has opened a new gas filling station in Trondheim, Norway in partnership with cooperative retail chain, Coop. The facility offers both liquefied and compressed gas, responding to the growing demand for low emission fuel solutions in Norway. The station will also be used to supply Coop with renewable biogas for its transport partners. The station is well located in the middle of a…
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Axens and French technical solutions firm Arol Energy have signed a license agreement for Axens’ Connect’In® technology, designed to support biomethane producers. Connect’In is a digital solution developed by Axens - a group providing solutions for the conversion of oil and biomass to cleaner fuels - and until now, made available exclusively to its customers. By collecting and…
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Water company Aqualia is now producing biogas at the Guijuelo wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) in Spain. The new biofactory project in Salamanca, north-western Spain, transforms waste generated by the agri-food industry, together with sludge from the WWTP, into energy, biofuels, bioplastics and biofertilisers. The 3,000 tons of biowaste treated at the facility, originating from local…
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Industry associations and businesses in the UK anaerobic digestion (AD) sector have written to COP26 President Alok Sharma, urging him to support the industry. Organisations including ADBA, CNG Fuels, the National Farmers’ Union, Severn Trent and the Energy Networks Association are among the signatories of the letter, which highlights AD’s potential in achieving net zero. Industry…
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Keenan Recycling has celebrated full national waste collection coverage in the UK, despite nationwide driver shortages. The waste management firm, which reduces the amount of waste going to landfill by collecting and recycling organic material, has invested over £4 million in new trucks in the last 12 months, adding six new depots, and recruiting around 25% more drivers. Following this…
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