Nov 8, 2018
Iona Capital finances new AD plant
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]
Biogas News
Sep 26, 2018
As reported by local news outlet, The Glamorgan Gem, Dwr Cymru Welsh Water is set to begin a €53.7 million ($63.1 million) investment scheme to improve the ‘green energy’ output at one of its facilities.
Named Cog Moors, the wastewater treatment works is in the town of Sully in southern Wales. The plant in question was built in the 1990s and assists in... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 21, 2018
The Philadelphia Inquirer reported that renewable methane producer RNG Energy Solutions had formed a joint venture with Philadelphia Energy Solutions to build a $120 million (€102 million) anaerobic digester.
The report claims that the project, named the Point Breeze Renewable Energy Project, will be able to covert upwards of 1,100 tons of food waste into methane... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 18, 2018
In a press release, the Anaerobic Digestion & Bioresources Association (ADBA) announced that it is calling for the UK government to ‘do the right thing’ and enable separate food waste collection in England, as is the case in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.
Separate food waste collection is only available to 25% of households in England.
The National... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 17, 2018
A part of the technology group Wärtsilä, Puregas solutions has been contracted to supply a turnkey biogas upgrading plant to the USA. The plant is set to upgrade an existing anaerobic digester (AD) to produce biomethane. It has been ordered by a leader in sustainable agricultural practices, located in the state of Oregon.
The Puregas solution will process 3100cfm... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 17, 2018
In a press release, the Anaerobic Digestion & Bioresources Association (ADBA) responded to the new post-Brexit agriculture bill designed to subsidise farmers for producing clean energy.
The bill, introduced on the 12 September, outlines the UK government’s intentions to reward the production of cleaner energy as part of delivering a ‘Green Brexit’.
A... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 11, 2018
California-based Bloom Energy has announced its intention to hold a preview outlining a high-efficiency solution for generating clean electricity from waste biogas.
The preview will take place at the Bay Area Air Quality Management District Climate Tech Marketplace, which is an affiliate event of the Global Climate Action Summit in San Francisco on September 13.
According... [Read More]
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The funding, worth €76 million, was arranged through their joint venture QGM with the backing of a banking consortium comprising BNL BNP Paribas, Banco BPM and Mediocredito Centrale
Egypt is pressing ahead with a new biogas initiative in Beni Suef Governorate aimed at converting agricultural and animal waste into renewable energy
Indonesia’s transition towards environmentally friendly, zero-emission energy took centre stage this week as experts from seven countries convened at IPB University for high-level discussions on biomass and bioenergy
