Nov 27, 2017
UK’s anaerobic digestion industry sees encouraging signs from government
Biogas News
Nov 24, 2017
Canadian biowaste and organic company Lystek International has been awarded a $1.5 million (€1.26m)-plus grant from the California Energy Commission’s Electric Program Investment Charge (EPIC) Program.
The mandate of the EPIC Program focuses on funding for the creating of new energy solutions, fostering regional innovation, and bringing clean energy ideas to... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 22, 2017
A college in Vermont, US, is aiming to reduce its carbon footprint by producing renewable natural gas from food waste and manure.
Middlebury College has entered into a partnership with Goodrich Family Farm in Salisbury, Vermont, Vanguard Renewables of Wellesley, Massachusetts and Vermont Gas.
The new agreement will see Vanguard Renewables construct, own and operate a facility... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 21, 2017
US-headquartered package delivery company UPS announced an agreement with Big Ox Energy (a wholly- owned subsidiary of Environmental Energy Capital) to purchase 10 million gallon equivalents of biomethane, also known as renewable natural gas (RNG) per year.
This is the largest investment in RNG to date for the company, and the agreement runs through 2024.
Use of RNG yields... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 20, 2017
Ethiopia is pressing ahead with its waste-to-energy project in Addis Ababa, according to media reports.
Around 97% of the “civil work of the project” is currently completed, UK-based Cambridge Industries Human Resource director Ermias Alemayehu told the Ethiopian Herald.
According to Allafrica.com, the total budget of the project is $120 million.
In a statement... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 20, 2017
Oil giant Total has teamed up with NGO GoodPlanet Foundation to ink an agreement for a project to deploy 8,400 biodiegesters in Telangana State, India, to improve the lives of 45,000 people and contribute to tackling climate change.
Yann Arthus-Bertrand, President of the GoodPlanet Foundation, and Patrick Pouyanné, chairman and CEO of Total, signed the agreement... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 15, 2017
Bioenergy Infrastructure Group, a UK-based biomass and waste-to-energy investor specialist, has announced the addition of the Hertfordshire-based Hoddesdon waste-to-energy facility to its portfolio of bioenergy assets.
Hoddesdon is a 10MW advanced conversion technology (ACT) plant that uses refuse-derived fuel (RDF) to generate renewable electricity for the national grid.
Situated... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 14, 2017
Dutch biomethane specialist Wabico (Waalwijkse Biomass Combination) has received an International Sustainability and Carbon Certificate (ISCC EU) certification.
“This certification confirms that Wabico meets high ecological and sustainability requirements in the whole process of producing bioenergy from biomass,” said Marcel te Braak, technical director of... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 14, 2017
German plant manufacturer Weltec Biopower recently signed a contract for a biogas plant extension of milk powder producer Estancias del Lago (EDL) in Uruguay. From late 208, the plant with its eight digesters will generate a rated thermal input of more than 6MW from cattle manure and fodder leftovers.
The company will use the biogas for drying and steam generation purposes... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 14, 2017
A Spanish scheme supporting combined heat and power (CHP) and renewable energy has been approved by the European Commission’s Competition Authority.
The European Commission has found the Spanish scheme supporting electricity generation from renewable energy sources, high efficiency cogeneration of heat and power and waste to be in line with EU State aid rules. The... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 10, 2017
UK-based waste-to-energy start-up 4NEW has won a $25 million (€21m) investment from a major US private equity company just eight days after the company's launch.
The investment will be used to fund the purchase of 4NEW's first waste-to-energy site in the UK, which is expected to cost about £60m in total.
According to 4 NEW, these funds will be allocated towards... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 10, 2017
The council of Chilliwack, a city in British Columbia, Canada, has approved a major study to look for alternatives to flaring biogas from it wastewater treatment plant, according to The Chilliwack Progress.
At present, three anaerobic digesters at the wastewater plant emit a substantial amount of biogas – including major greenhouse gases carbon dioxide and methane.... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 10, 2017
Suppliers have now sold enough renewable gas through the Green Gas Certification Scheme (GGCS) to cover the annual consumption of 83,000 homes, cook 300 million Sunday roasts, or fry four billion eggs.
The scheme is announcing today that sales of its certificates have now hit 1 TWh.
Increasing numbers of consumers are becoming aware that, just as they can buy... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 7, 2017
The UK-based Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA) has sent a number of policy requests to Exchequer Secretary Andrew Jones MP, ahead of the Budget, which takes place on 22 November.
As the government looks ahead to the publication of the Industrial Strategy White Paper, ADBA has highlighted the strong business case for the proposed agri-tech and bioeconomy... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 6, 2017
A new research programme in New York involving students from Clarkson University, Potsdam, New York, will convert one ton (US ton) of waste per day into renewable energy, according to a report by the Watertown Daily Times.
According to the media report, the project is a joint venture between Clarkson and One World Clean Energy, an energy provider with the goal... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 1, 2017
The American Biogas Council (ABC) has welcomed the introduction of a new bill in Congress which would extend the renewable electricity tax credit to include anaerobic digestion (AD) and biogas technology.
Congresswoman Elise Stefanik’s bill, labelled the Renewable Electricity Tax Credit Equalisation Act (HR 4137), would see tax credit applied to open and closed-loop... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 27, 2017
Clearfleau, a major provider of on-site bioenergy plants for food and beverage processing sites, has written to the UK government calling for action on the proposed Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI).
The UK government has recently published its Clean Growth Strategy, setting out clear goals to cut the country’s carbon emissions while boosting its economy. Cleafleau... [Read More]
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Germany's Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) has awarded a total of 187.3 megawatts (MW) to 244 biomass projects in the latest round of its competitive tendering process
Veolia and Waga Energy have inaugurated a renewable natural gas (RNG) facility at the Granges landfill site in Burgundy, eastern France
Repsol is preparing to begin producing biomethane and hydrogen at its industrial complex in Sines, Portugal, with operations expected to start in 2026
