Jun 22, 2018
Renewi’s waste-to-biogas facility hits ‘full service’
Biogas News
Jun 19, 2018
Ørsted and Bigadan have finished construction on what they claim is Eastern Denmark’s biggest biogas plant.
The facility, located in Kalundborg, is co-owned by Ørsted, a major Danish power company, and Bigadan, a biogas plant constructor. It will process waste from Novo Nordisk and Novozymes factories in Kalundborg, converting it into biogas and fertilisers.
According... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 18, 2018
It is no secret within the anaerobic digestion (AD) industry that in some areas food waste is in short supply. However, if crops fail to perform as expected, on-farm agricultural AD plants will also feel the pinch.
Following this year’s cold snaps and prolonged dry periods in the UK and Northern Europe, arable farming is facing significant challenges. Most crops... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 18, 2018
Carbon Clean Solutions (CCS) is now processing 500,000m3 of biogas per day in Germany with its Methpure solvent, the company has announced.
A company statement says that this is the daily equivalent of powering 9,817 cars from Berlin to Munich (580km) on biomethane fuel.
CCS is a specialist in carbon dioxide separation technology. Its drop-in Methpure technology allows... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 11, 2018
US based company Freedom Motors has developed an engine which can use contaminated biogas to generate electricity.
The company manufactures the Rotapower engine, a rotary engine which it claims offers ‘incredible’ improvements over traditional piston engines “without any of the disadvantages historically attributed to rotary engines.”
Freedom Motors'... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 8, 2018
A food and drink manufacturer in the Finnish capital Helsinki has switched from natural gas to biogas in its ketchup production. The move aims to reduce the company’s environmental impact.
The Meira factory located in Vallila, a central neighbourhood of Helsinki, Finland, previously used natural gas – a fuel that does not result in particulate or sulphur dioxide... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 6, 2018
Effluent from the new Molson Coors Brewery in Fraser Valley, British Columbia, will be handled by a Global Water Engineering high wastewater pretreatment facility built by the City of Chilliwack.
Molson Coors new $CAD 200 million brewery will produce beverages from mountain fed water at the foot of the North Cascade Mountains. Wastewater from the new brewery will be pumped... [Read More]
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Jun 4, 2018
Major research in Malaga, Paris, Skopje and Zagreb claims to have made significant strides in the bid to implement food waste to biomethane initiatives.
Funded by the EU’s Horizon 2020 scheme, the Bin2Grid project aimed to implement waste-to-biofuel initiatives in the four cities with the goal of developing biomethane as a sustainable alternative to fossil fuels.... [Read More]
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Jun 4, 2018
Official statistics from the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) show recycling, composting and re-use of waste from ‘all sources’ has moved past 60% for the first time.
The new report covers 2016, and shows a trend towards increased recycling and re-use of waste, including through anaerobic digestion.
According to the SEPA statistics, 6.69 million... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 1, 2018
The Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, has endorsed calls for the city’s waste authorities to begin separate food waste collections.
In the newly published Environment Strategy, the Mayor lays out plans to ‘tackle the most urgent environmental challenges’ facing the city. According to the Mayor’s office, it’s the city’s first integrated environmental... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 31, 2018
Scientists from Ghent University in Belgium have found that burning biogas is the least cost-effective way to use the product. Instead, they propose using biogas as the raw material for the production of chemicals. This approach, according to the researchers, has advantages for businesses, governments and the environment.
"Combustion has always been the easy solution to... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 29, 2018
The collaboration will focus on the development of four small-scale liquefaction plants for natural gas and biomethane to make LNG and renewable bio-LNG more available for transport in Italy.
Snam and Baker Hughes have signed an agreement to develop micro-liquefaction infrastructure to boost sustainable mobility in heavy duty trucks and to promote sustainability in maritime... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 25, 2018
A report from the Press Association shows that the amount of waste food Parliament has sent to anaerobic digestion facilities has more than doubled over the last three years. Disposed wasted food reached 130 tonnes in 2016, rising to 282 in the last year.
Charlotte Morton, chief executive of the Anaerobic Digestion & Bioresources Association, says she agrees that the... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 24, 2018
Arcadis and the Government of Canada have partnered to develop a joint programme to help Chile achieve its climate change goals in the waste management sector. The Reciclo Orgánicos program is designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by optimising waste management processes across eight Chilean cities, cutting the amount of organic waste disposed in sanitary... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 24, 2018
Bristol Community Transport has invested in a fleet of 21 Scania biogas buses for its m1 Metrobus route , which will be operated by First West. Metrobus is a new rapid public transport system for the West of England region. The m1 connects south Bristol, the city centre and the Bristol campus of the University of the West of England.
The Scania buses, with bodywork by... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 23, 2018
The energy plant constructor ETW Energietechnik has announced the opening of its first biogas processing plant in France. The plant has been in continuous operation since mid-April. The facility uses a compact model of the ETW SmarCycle PSA biogas treatment system, which is designed to react automatically to flow fluctuations and changing raw gas qualities to prevent loss... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 22, 2018
Researchers have developed new technologies that can be used to convert industrial plants to produce fossil-free heat, electricity, fuel, chemicals and materials. They say the technical potential is enormous: using only Sweden's currently existing power plants, renewable fuels equivalent to 10% of the world's aviation fuel could be produced.
The study offers a chance to... [Read More]
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