Biogas News

Weber GreenTech will become an operating partner of and an investor in Renergon International, a Swiss biogas technology company. The merger between Renergon and Weber GreenTech, owned by the Marksdorf-based Weber entrepreneur family, will create a new major player in the construction and operation of organic waste processing plants, as well as in the field of healthy soils in the European…
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Host is building an anaerobic digestion (AD) plant at Charlton Park Estate in Wiltshire, UK, developed by Raw Energy. Once complete, the facility will produce five million Nm3 of biomethane from 50,000 tonnes of agricultural and food waste, enough to supply gas to 2,500 homes. “To say that we are proud of this large order would be an understatement,” said Sjaak Klein Gunnewiek, sales…
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CHAR Technologies will develop a high-temperature pyrolysis-to-green hydrogen system at Hitachi Zosen Inova’s (HZI) anaerobic digestion (AD) facility in California. The test project at HZI’s San Luis Obispo (SLO) facility will see CHAR’s high-temperature pyrolysis system process 18,000 tonnes per year of solid anaerobic digestate into 1,320 tonnes of green hydrogen annually, and 2,800…
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Bipartisan legislation has been introduced by US Senators to encourage investment in biodigester and nutrient recovery systems while establishing a new market for farmers. The Agricultural Environmental Stewardship Act, a bill brought forward by US Senators John Thune and Sherrod Brown, will help expand the market for renewable biogas by providing a 30% investment tax credit to help offset the…
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CIM Group has made a ‘significant investment’ in MAS Energy, a privately held Atlanta, Georgia-based owner, developer, and operator of RNG production assets and biogas to power facilities. CIM Group and MAS CanAm, the holding company for all RNG activities undertaken by MAS Energy, will partner on investments in future RNG projects, advancing CanAm’s position as a leading RNG platform in…
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Vanguard Renewables’ anaerobic digester in Vermont – the largest in the north-eastern US – is now producing gas. Representatives from Middlebury College, Vanguard Renewables, Vermont Gas Systems (VGS), Goodrich Family Farm and the state of Vermont, all celebrated the start of gas production at the facility on 21 July, at an event on the dairy farm in Salisbury. The anaerobic digester…
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MSC Mediterranean Shipping Company MSC) has agreed to work with Shell to accelerate the decarbonisation of the global shipping sector. The long-term memorandum of understanding will help MSC and Shell to play ‘enhanced roles’ in the energy transformation of shipping, developing innovative technologies and fuel solutions. The companies plan to develop a range of safe, sustainable and…
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DHL Supply Chain is expanding its fleet of environmentally friendly LNG gas trucks, transporting car parts from the Czech Republic to Germany. The three new tractor units running on LNG put into operation in October 2020 will now be followed by eight more low-emission trucks. This step will enable DHL Supply Chain to reduce CO2 emissions by 187 tonnes per year. The company is also set to…
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Nicor Gas’ renewable gas interconnection pilot received approval from the Illinois Commerce Commission on 8 July. The pilot aims to encourage the development of RNG production facilities within Nicor Gas’ service territory and allows the firm to determine how RNG can be effectively integrated into its natural gas distribution system as a safe, reliable clean energy source for…
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Glasgow Scottish Event Campus (SEC), the host of COP26, has announced its new food strategy, which includes anaerobic digestion (AD). The venue’s new strategy will ensure that “sustainable, responsible, and healthier choices” sit at the core of its events. The renewed approach has been developed over two years with its official catering and hospitality partner Levy UK + I, the sports and…
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Passenger shipping company Destination Gotland will increase its biogas fuel blend from 1% to 10% in its gas-powered ships. Destination Gotland operates one of the most popular holiday routes in Sweden, with over 1.8 million passengers annually from mainland Sweden, in the ports of Nynäshamn and Oskarshamn, to the island of Gotland. By increasing its use of biogas, supplied by Gasum, the firm…
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Kinder Morgan has agreed to acquire Kinetrex Energy, a supplier of LNG and a growing player in producing and supplying RNG to the transport industry, from Parallel49 Equity for $310 million (€263 million). Kinetrex has a 50% interest in the largest RNG facility in Indiana, as well as signed commercial agreements to begin construction on three additional landfill-based RNG facilities. Once…
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SDCL Energy Efficiency Income Trust (SEEIT) will invest around €31 million in a large-scale green gas-to-grid project in Indiana, US. The investment by SEEIT, the first UK-listed company of its kind to invest exclusively in the energy efficiency sector, involves the acquisition of an operating renewable power facility in Reynolds and the expansion of the facility to enable the project to…
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Serbian sugar producer Sunoko, a member of MK Group, has opened an on-site biogas plant to produce electricity. With an investment of over €9 million, the plant produces around 2.4 MW of electricity per hour and provides enough annual power for around 5,000 households. The plant in the town of Vrbas uses technology from Wabio Technologie, a German company that has been creating advanced…
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