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Lightweight railcars powered by biomethane derived from human, farm, and food waste could be introduced in the UK.
Ultra Light Rail Partners has received a £60,000 (€66,700) Innovate UK grant to develop a feasibility study and design for a 120-passenger biomethane-powered lightweight railcar for introduction in the West Midlands. The design will focus on COVID-19 safety, as well as…
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TP Renewable Microgrid (TPRMG), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Tata Power, has inaugurated its first 5 kW biogas plant in Bihar, India.
TPRMG constructed the plant in association with Grassroots Energy and commenced operations on National Energy Conservation Day on 14 December 2020.
The facility utilises cow manure procured from nearby villages, which is then processed through a bio-digester…
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Austrian bank Kommunalkredit is refinancing Green Genius's biogas plants in Lithuania.
Together with its debt fund, Fidelio, the bank provided a €23 million senior team loan to refinance the existing debt of the 11 Green Genius biogas plants in Lithuania.
Green Genius’ biogas plants have a total capacity of 10.8 MW. The portfolio includes one of the fist biodegradable waste recycling…
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Bright Biomethane has finalised a biomethane project in the Netherlands, transforming faeces and sewage sludge into biogas.
The project at a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) in Sleeuwijk sees waste from people in the region of Altena in the province of North-Brabant processed into biomethane.
Bright Biomethane supplied the biogas upgrading system for the project. The first renewable gas…
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UK supermarket giant ASDA has contracted Air Liquide to install and operate six biomethane (bio-NGV) distribution stations to refuel trucks on its sites.
ASDA will commission more than 300 new bio-NGV trucks in 2021 to reduce the environmental footprint of its transport activities. The six new stations will refuel both ASDA trucks and those of some partners.
Due to be operational by the…
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Renewable natural gas (RNG) capacity and production across the US is rapidly expanding, according to a new study.
Sustainable energy firm Energy Vision released its most recent joint assessment of the US RNG industry, performed on behalf of the US Department of Energy’s Argonne National Laboratory.
The study found the total number of RNG production facilities in the US that are…
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Clean Energy Fuels will develop, own, and operate renewable natural gas (RNG) facilities at dairies and other agricultural facilities for BP Products North America, a subsidiary of bp.
Bp will provide $50 million (€40.9 million) for the development and construction of the facilities.
Carbon emissions captured from dairies and turned into a transport fuel reduce the impact of climate…
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McCarthy Building Companies has completed a $170 million (€140 million) Phase III expansion project at a water reclamation facility in Arizona.
The project at Greenfield Water Reclamation Plant represents a 14 million gallon per day (MGD) expansion of liquids and solids treatment that allows the facility to treat up to 30 MGD of liquids and 38 MGD of solids on an annual average flow basis,…
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SoCalGas has praised the US Green Building Council (USGBC) for including the use of RNG in the latest beta version of its Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) green building rating system.
LEED, a certification programme created by USGBC, provides a framework for healthy, highly-efficient, and cost-saving green building.
With the new system, a project may utilise RNG to earn…
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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 Heights site can…
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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,” the company said in a…
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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 mandate for all councils…
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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 (PCTC) operated by United…
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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 natural gas (RNG)…
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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 the project is sold to…
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