Nov 26, 2018
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Biogas News
Nov 21, 2018
According to the Manila Standard, Metro Pacific Investments has earmarked PHP 1 billion (€16.7 million) to develop biogas facilities for Dole Philippines in Mindanao.
Metro Pacific is to work with Surallah Biogas Ventures to design, construct and operate the facilities for the fresh fruit producer.
The new facilities aim to complement Dole Philippines’ existing... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 19, 2018
Norway-based cruise operator Hurtigruten announced that it will be the ‘first’ cruise company to power its ships with liquefied biogas fuel (LBG) from 2021, Cruise and Ferry reports.
“What others see as a problem, we see as a resource and a solution,” said Daniel Skjeldam, Hurtigruten CEO.
“While competitors are running on cheap, polluting... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 19, 2018
Headquarted in Israel and founded in 2012, HomeBiogas is a company that specialises in the manufacturing of small-scale biogas systems that convert organic waste into renewable cooling fuel. And on the 19th of November it announced the launch of its new product, The Bio-Toilet.
The Bio-Toilet can be attached to HomeBiogas’ biogas system which then enables the human... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 16, 2018
According to local news outlet The Herald, Harare City Council is going to revive the Mbare biogas project as the city attempts to become smarter and greener. A new investor is required for the construction of the proposed $100 million (€87.7 million) waste-to-energy plant at the Pomona Dumpsite in Zimbabwe.
Kudzai Kadzombe, Harare’s Environment Management Committee... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 12, 2018
In a press release, global energy and services group ENGIE announced that it is beginning the process of mobilising €800 million to develop biogases over the next five years, with estimations of a total of €2 billion to be invested by 2030.
The objective of the investment is to support the sector’s goals to reduce costs by roughly 30 to 40% by 2030 and... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 8, 2018
Specialist investor in low carbon infrastructure, Iona Capital (“Iona”) has announced it is funding the construction and operation of a new 8.8MWth anaerobic digestion plant. The plant will be located in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.
The plant’s principle feedstock will be waste slurries that have been generated from local beef and dairy farming... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 7, 2018
According to the North Devon Gazette, 60 tonnes of food waste collected in North Devon will no longer be sent to landfill. Instead, North Devon Council (NDC) will be sending all the food waste that households put into kitchen caddies to an anaerobic digestion plant in Holsworthy. Once at the AD plant, the waste is to be turned into electricity and fertiliser.
The local... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 1, 2018
Energy firm Fluence has been awarded a €1.7 million contract to develop a waste-to-energy contract in Argentina, according to a statement.
According to the release, the system will be built for an existing customer, Arrebeef Energia, described as a prominent beef producer in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
This is Fluence’s first system to be constructed in Argentina.
The... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 1, 2018
In a press release, ‘Europe’s largest’ biogas producer Nature Energy announced that it has acquired fellow Danish biogas plant designer Xergi.
“Denmark has unique expertise when it comes to circular economy, and biogas production is circular economy at its best,” said Peter Gæmelke, chairman of Nature Energy’s board of directors.
“We're... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 29, 2018
The European Commission has approved a €45 million, six year extension of an aid scheme to support biogas production in Luxembourg.
According to a statement from the European Commission, the goal of the scheme is to ensure a stable remuneration for plants which produce biogas from biomass and inject it into the natural gas network.
The prolongation of the scheme was... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 29, 2018
A new study from the European Federation for Transport and Environment has claimed that biomethane will have a ‘limited’ role in the EU’s bid to lower greenhouse gas emissions from vehicles and shipping.
Titled CNG and LNG for vehicles and ships – the facts, the study “compiles the latest evidence on the environmental impacts of using gas... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 19, 2018
Promising new jobs and energy sources, energy firm GESS International (GESS) announced in a press release that a $35 million biogas plant is planned to be built in the Robeson County town of Orrum, North Carolina (NC).
GESS described Robeson County as ‘hard hit’ by Hurricane Florence, and in their promise, they claim that the biogas plant will be providing... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 18, 2018
48 new biomethane plants are set to be built in the UK, equalling an investment of ‘up to’ €455m – according to a press release by Cadent, ‘UK’s biggest’ gas network.
The announcement of the surge comes from the chief executive of the Anaerobic Digestion & Bioresources Association (ADBA), Charlotte Morton, who says that this... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 16, 2018
Renewable energy firm Nature Energy announced in a press release that it had entered into a partnership with biogas producer Strandmøllen A/S where both will collaborate to recycle excess CO2 from the ‘world’s largest’ biogas plant in Esbjerg, Denmark.
CO2 emissions from the plant will be reduced by 70% compared with a conventional biogas plant.
According... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 8, 2018
Four biogas plants, which will produce energy from more than half a million tonnes of food waste, are set to be built in Oman, local media are reporting.
According to the Times of Oman, the cost of the project, is OMR50 million. Oman Environmental Holdings, also known as Be’ah, is building the biogas plants.
The Times of Oman article notes that the country generates... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 5, 2018
The new offices of North Lincolnshire, UK’s Birch Solutions are powered 100% by renewable energy produced from onsite biogas plants, the company has announced.
Founded in 1815, Singleton Birch has since diversified into a number of sectors while keeping the global supply of chalk and lime as its core business. Birch Solutions was formed after Singleton Birch bought... [Read More]
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