Aug 9, 2017
Food fuelled biogas bus ready to set-off in Bristol
Biogas News
Aug 8, 2017
A company operating an anaerobic digestion (AD) plant in Plaistow, West Sussex has gone into administration, according to the West Sussex County Times.
Crouchlands Biogas, based in Dunsfold, Surrey, will continue to trade the business and retain its 11 staff as it seeks new investment and ownership, administrators FRP Advisory told the West Sussex County Times.
Since 2010,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 8, 2017
The Bioenergy Insight Conference, a world-leading bioenergy event, will be held in Edinburgh, Scotland, on 4 and 5 October 2017, covering the whole bioenergy supply chain.
The show will focus on all the new developments and the latest challenges.
Topics covered in the seminars include the global biomass market, financing bioenergy projects and ensuring sustainability... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 8, 2017
Recently released research shows that a shift to biogas in southern India helped revive some of the region’s forests.
Published in July’s edition of the journal Global Ecology and Conservation, the new study describes how forests in south India that had become degraded due to excessive fuelwood extraction recovered after villagers living nearby switched to... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 7, 2017
North London-based football club Arsenal has switched to 100% green energy after extending its partnership with renewables provider Octopus Energy.
Octopus, which has been the club's official energy partner since October 2016, will now provide 100% power to the club's 60,000 capacity Emirates Stadium in North London under a contract signed on 3 August, 2017.
Power... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 4, 2017
A ground-breaking ceremony has been carried out for EnviTec’s first biogas project in the Philippines.
The German biogas specialist, headquartered in Lower Saxony, will construct a 1.2 MW biogas plant in Candelaria, Quezon province.
“In addition to this project under construction we are planning to develop and replicate more projects to help the local farmers... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 3, 2017
Tamar Energy, an organic waste management company, has earnt a key industry certification across all of its UK anaerobic digestion (AD) network, as well as achieving a range of business quality standards.
All five of the UK based company’s AD plants now meet PAS 110, a key industry standard backed by WRAP and the British Standards Institute, demonstrating the highest... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 1, 2017
As the primary component of natural gas, methane is a common, problematic by product of oil drilling.
A greenhouse gas 34 times more potent than carbon dioxide over the course of a century, methane is a costly challenge for the energy industry. Piping it from remote areas is expensive, so companies burn off about a third of the gas they produce in bright flares that can... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 31, 2017
Germany-headquartered EEW Energy from Waste has been awarded a contract to build and operate an energy-from-waste plant in the Polish city of Gdansk by the city’s publicly-owned waste management company, Zaklad Utylizacyjny (ZUT).
Bernard M. Kemper, CEO of Chinese-owned German firm, EEW, described the successful participation in the tender process as a milestone... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 31, 2017
The Centre for Process Innovation (CPI), the UK’s technology innovation provider for process manufacturing, announced that the SeaGas collaboration has successfully harvested a 20-tonne batch of seaweed, the largest harvest of farmed seaweed in the UK to date.
The SeaGas project, funded jointly between Innovate UK and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 31, 2017
The Straus Family Creamery in Marin County, California, has announced the launch of the ‘first’ full-scale electric truck powered by biomethane created from cow manure.
California dairy farmer Straus Family is a pioneer in organic dairy and sustainable agriculture. The new truck is the next step in the dairy’s quest to show that it can be carbon positive,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 28, 2017
The US Environmental Protection Agency has invited the San Francisco Public Utility Commission (SFPUC) to apply for a $625 million Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) loan.
SFPUC’s project focuses on wastewater treatment system upgrades. San Francisco’s 60-year-old solids treatment facility will be replaced with upgraded infrastructure that... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 27, 2017
Lorries using the UK’s first gas filling station emitted 84% less carbon dioxide (CO2) than equivalent diesel vehicles, a newly released study claims.
The UK’s biggest gas network, Cadent, commissioned independent analysis of the first 14 months of operation of the fuelling station, operated by CNG Fuels at Leyland, Lancashire. The first station on the high... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 27, 2017
The Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA) has called for the UK government to make buses and heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) fuelled by biomethane central to its Clean Air Strategy, joining a growing push for biomethane to become a key part of the UKs drive to clean up its fuel sources.
The call comes as the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 26, 2017
Recycling food waste through anaerobic digestion could help save a single county millions of pounds a year, it’s been claimed.
If all residents in the county of Surrey, UK, put their food waste in their separate recycling bin instead of the general waste, the county would save more than £3 million.
The council claims that it costs half as much to recycle food... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 26, 2017
Biomethane must be included in the UK government’s Renewable Transport Fuels Obligation (RTFO), according to Clearfleau.
An article on the anaerobic digestion specialist’s website argues that bioenergy has a “key” role to play in the further decarbonisation of the UK’s food and beverage sector. It calls for the previously “non-committal”... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 21, 2017
Canada-based biogas upgrading company Greenlane Biogas has extended its biogas upgrading equipment line-up.
In a statement, the company said that it had expanded its Kauri upgrading system to help provide solutions for large-scale projects.
With the capacity to treat up to 3,000 standard cubic feet per minute (SCFM) of biogas, the ‘Kauri’ will enable biogas... [Read More]
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Moeve has announced a €600 million investment plan for the construction of up to 30 new biomethane plants by 2030
During the signing ceremony, Sweden’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Maria Malmer Stenergard, announced a donation of USD 1.5 million for prefeasibility and detailed engineering studies
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