May 21, 2019
Biogas filling stations for heavy-duty vehicles in Sweden
Biogas News
May 21, 2019
Capstone Turbine Corporation announces that Capstone and Green Energy Sustainable Solutions, Inc. (GESS) have entered into a joint marketing agreement to further the awareness of biogas and renewable natural gas (RNG) as the fuel of the future at the 103rd Indianapolis 500.
Capstone has agreed to join GESS in their partnership with Harding Steinbrenner Racing in a multi-race... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 17, 2019
As the largest biogas producer in the Nordics, Gasum aims to strengthen the availability of biogas ther. Under the transaction completed on 17 May, Gasum has acquired the Mäkikylä biogas plant from water company Kouvolan Vesi Oy. The transaction will allow investments to significantly grow production capacity at the plant. Biogas production must increase in order... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 15, 2019
HAM Group has designed, installed and commissioned its third Hamikro refueling station, which allows the refuelling of biomethane obtained from wastewater treatment. The facility, owned by Aqualia, is located in the municipal water service facilities that the company has in Lleida and is formed by a fuel compression system, using a low flow compressor, a... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 8, 2019
Sustainable energy solutions provider US Gain has completed its sixth renewable natural gas (RNG) landfill development project, located in Tennessee.
The Carter Valley Landfill, owned by Republic Services and located in Church Hill, is now able to capture and clean methane gas, which is then converted to RNG and sold to the transport fuel sector.
The project was achieved... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 7, 2019
Australian energy innovator 1414 Degrees has announced the start-up of its patented thermal energy storage system (TESS), powered by biogas.
On 1 May, the company’s first commercial pilot site – SA Water’s Glenelg Wastewater Treatment Plant – began operations, with the release of biogas from wastewater digesters.
“This marks a pivotal phase... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 2, 2019
Responding to the publication of the new Committee on Climate Change (CCC) report, calling for the UK to set a net-zero target for 2050, Charlotte Morton, chief executive of the Anaerobic Digestion & Bioresources Association, said, “The UK's anaerobic digestion industry fully supports the Committee on Climate Change's call for net zero emissions by 2050, which... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 25, 2019
Alternative fuel systems provider Quantum Fuel Systems has partnered with Quantitative BioSciences (QBI) on a new dairy biogas project in Modesto, California.
Under the agreement, QBI will purchase Quantum’s newest ten Virtual Pipeline trailers for use in the biogas facility, which has received funding from the California Energy Commission.
The project is being developed... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 24, 2019
British Columbia’s Regional District of Fraser-Fort George (RDFFG) has announced approval in principal for an agreement under which FortisBC will purify and inject landfill gas into its distribution network as renewable natural gas (RNG).
FortisBC will purchase landfill gas from the Foothills Boulevard Regional Landfill in Prince George. The facility currently generates... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 17, 2019
The start-up created by Spanish pipeline company Enagás, BioEnGas, announced that it has signed an agreement with independent investment manager Suma Capital to develop biogas from efficient waste recovery.
According to the release, the objective of the joint agreement is to develop and construct a group of biogas plants in Spain.
Over ten projects in various locations... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 17, 2019
Canadian provider of water and wastewater treatment technology Ovivo has announced the acquisition of Westech Industrial, which operates as Varec Biogas.
Based in Stafford, Texas and Huntington Beach, California, Varec Biogas designs, services and distributes biogas safety and handling equipment for municipal waste management and other industrial applications.
“We... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 17, 2019
Nottingham City Transport (NCT) has announced that the first of its 67 new biogas double decker buses entered service on 15 April.
NCT has invested £20 million (€23 million) in the new biogas vehicles, while an additional £1.12 million (€1.29 million) from the Office of Low Emission Vehicles will be used to expand the biomethane refuelling station... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 16, 2019
Malaby Biogas will celebrate the 7th anniversary of operations at its Bore Hill Farm biodigester in Warminster, UK in May 2019.
In 2018, the biodigester became the first English anaerobic digestion (AD) plant to gain approval under the new AD Certification Scheme (ADCS), which recognises high levels of operational, environmental, and health and safety performance.
Since... [Read More]
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Apr 15, 2019
Case Construction Equipment has revealed the world’s first biomethane-powered wheel loader at this year’s Bauma event in Munich, Germany.
Known as ProjectTETRA, the wheel loader runs entirely on alternative and renewable fuel, described by the company as a ‘pragmatic solution for the construction industry’.
The biomethane-powered engine, which has... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 12, 2019
San Francisco-based waste and energy development company Brightmark Energy has launched a dairy waste to biogas project in Washington, US.
Located in Yakima County, the project will convert 150,000 gallons per day of dairy waste from 7,000 cows into 160,000 MMBtu of renewable natural gas (RNG), according to the company.
The project is being developed by Augean Renewable... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 10, 2019
Car manufacturer Seat announced that it will be launching a project converting organic waste into biomethane in Barcelona.
According to the release, the Life Methamorphosis project uses five steps: recycling, transforming, refining and compressing, refuelling, and ‘driving off’.
“With all the organic waste that is generated we can produce enough biomethane... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 9, 2019
US firm Symbion Power has announced engine-based power plant specialist Clarke Energy as the preferred bidder for two power plants in Rwanda which will generate biogas from beneath Lake Kivu.
According to the release, Clarke Energy will deliver approximately 25 of General Electric’s (GE) 3MW gas engines to Symbion Power’s Kivu 56 and KP1 power plants which... [Read More]
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The company behind a biomass energy facility near Hull, England has gone into administration, though a successful sale of its land and equipment has safeguarded jobs and maximised returns for creditors
The plant will convert agro-industrial waste into high-quality biomethane. The facility will recover residues from the AZPO – Azeites de Portugal olive oil plant
The upturn is being driven in part by growing access to Bio-LNG, a renewable form of biogas that enables up to 100% CO₂ reductions compared to conventional diesel
