Biogas News

Certarus has entered into a five-year contract with RNG Moovers, a project under the joint venture between BP Products North America and Aria Energy. Under the agreement, Certarus will deliver RNG from several dairy farms in California to gas pipeline injection points, where it will help to meet the increasing demand for lower carbon intensity fuel. “Each of the partners involved in the…
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U.S. Gain has partnered with AJR Trucking to build a renewable natural gas (RNG) fuelling station in Compton, California. The station in Compton, near the port of Long Beach, will help AJR and its sister company, MDB Transportation, reduce emissions in the areas of California that need it most. Since transitioning to natural gas, AJR Trucking has replaced more than one million gallons of…
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Veolia Water Technologies Italia has been awarded a contract to engineer and procure a new wastewater treatment plant (WWTP). Riso Scotti, a major Italian rice production company, commissioned the plant for its factory in Pavia, Milan. Biogas produced during the treatment process will be reused within a ‘circular and integrated production cycle’. With a treatment capacity of 900 cubic…
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SFP Group and SWEN Capital Partners, through its renewable gas impact fund, have jointly acquired a biomethane plant in the Netherlands. The two companies have established a long-term partnership to pursue investments in large-scale biomethane projects across the Netherlands, starting with the 2,200 normal cubic metres per hour (nm3/h) facility in Westdorpe, owned by Aben Green…
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Green gas heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) hold the key to decarbonising UK roads, but the transition must start now to achieve net-zero by 2050, according to a new report. The Future Role of Gas in Transport sets out a clear pathway showing how the UK’s heavy goods sector can start to achieve a major reduction in emissions in the next few years, with the use of hydrogen being labelled…
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EverGen, Canada’s renewable natural gas (RNG) infrastructure platform, has completed raising an additional $17 million (€11.4 million) to address a ‘significant gap’ in renewable infrastructure across the country. The drive focused specifically on acquiring and building RNG and sustainable waste-to-energy projects. EverGen has raised $8 million (€5.3 million) in equity capital and…
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UK food waste recycler Andigestion has been awarded an eight-year contract by Gloucestershire County Council to process around 24,000 tonnes per year of household food waste. The waste will be taken via kerbside collection to Andigestion’s Bishops Cleeve site, where it will help generate 31,000,000 kWh of renewable energy annually – enough to power 2,500 homes. Andigestion operates two…
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Resource management, recycling, and energy recovery firm Cory has deployed Infor enterprise asset management (EAM) to support expansion plans, including a new anaerobic digestion (AD) facility. Already live at its main facility in Belvedere, London, with transfer stations and other sections of the business to follow, the platform created by business cloud software firm, Infor, is set to…
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CNG Fuels has started building Scotland’s first public access renewable biomethane refuelling station for heavy goods vehicles (HGVs). The new station, near Glasgow, will allow fleet operators to run their vehicles on low-carbon fuel, support net-zero plans, and save money. It will refuel up to 450 lorries per day when it opens in November, enabling HGVs to make low-carbon deliveries across…
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Seville’s iconic oranges are being transformed into biogas under a new initiative. Emasesa, a public water company, is running a pilot project to generate clean energy from the bitter oranges the city is famous for, at its wastewater treatment plant (WWTP). Currently, the streets of Seville are home to around 50,000 orange trees and the forecast for the orange harvesting campaign this…
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Gasum has delivered the first liquefied biogas (LBG) shipment to its customer Essity, a Swedish hygiene and health company. Already a liquefied natural gas (LNG) customer, Essity will now test renewable LBG to make its operations and products completely fossil-free. By replacing natural gas with biogas, Essity’s tissue production facility in Lilla Edet will become emission-free during normal…
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JLEN Environmental Assets Group has acquired a 100% equity stake in Rainworth Energy (REL). REL holds the rights and operational assets that make up the Rainworth anaerobic digestion (AD) plant, a 2.2 MW electrical facility based in Nottinghamshire, UK, close to an existing AD plant held by JLEN – Biogas Meden. The plant has been operational since 2016 and supplies both heat and power to…
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The Heineken Brewery in Manchester, UK is turning wasted beer into biogas. The British Beer and Pub Association (BBPA) predicts around 87 million pints will have been thrown away as a result of pub closures during the pandemic, equivalent to almost £331 million (€384 million) worth of beer. As part of its ‘Brewing A Better World’ sustainability strategy, Heineken looked to alleviate…
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Weltec Biopower recently commissioned a biogas plant near Turku in south-western Finland. The 250 kW plant runs entirely on liquid manure from nearby livestock farms and belongs to a group of three pig farmers. Weltec partnered with its long-standing Finnish partner, Doranova, on the project. Both the farm structure and the location of the pig farms present an ideal setting for the new…
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