Feb 13, 2018
Map of over 500 European biomethane facilities released
Biogas News
Feb 12, 2018
Local press is reporting that the NGO, Biogas Taita, is working with the community to reduce fuel costs and increase the use of the cleaner burning fuel.
The system uses anaerobic digestion to generate the gas, which is then used for cooking and heating in households. The project suffered from poor availability of information about biogas, with some families fearing that... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 9, 2018
The trade association for the US biogas industry, the American Biogas Council, has responded to the passing of the Bipartisan Budget Act of 2018.
Passed on 9 February, the legislation only includes a one year retroactive extension of the Production Tax Credit for biogas and biomass through 2017. However, similar credits for other renewable technologies, such as solar and... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 9, 2018
Denmark’s biogas industry has the potential to create 20,000 new jobs and generate 16 billion kroner (€2.1 billion) of exports, according to new analysis.
Exports of biogas technology from Denmark are expected to reach growth of at least 100% by 2035, but could exceed expectations and rise to as much as 900%, The Local reports. The analysis was performed by... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 8, 2018
Reforms to the UK’s Renewable Heat Incentive have finally been laid before Parliament, ending months of indecision and confusion. The RHI is a government scheme designed to incentivise the generation of heat from renewable sources. It directly affects the UK’s anaerobic digestion (AD) industry.
According to a statement from the UK’s Anaerobic Digestion... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 7, 2018
Biogen has announced the acquisition of Tamar Energy, one of the largest anaerobic digestion owners and operators in the UK. According to a statement from Biogen, the acquisition has created one of the largest independent anaerobic digestion platforms in the country.
The combined group operates 13 AD plants and six composting sites across England, Scotland and Wales, combining... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 5, 2018
An anaerobic digester and biogas treatment plant at an Australian abattoir has commenced commercial production.
According to a statement from ReNu Energy, the independent power producer who’ll operate the facility, revenue flow from the Goulburn Bioenergy Project has commenced and will ‘ramp up’ as biogas production increases.
Located at the Southern... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 5, 2018
German company EnviTec has commenced work on a new biogas facility in Shanxi, 500km southwest of Beijing. The recent ground-breaking ceremony marked the beginning of EnviTec’s fifth biogas project in China.
Shanxi Shenmu New Energy will be responsible for operating the 1,570Nm3 biogas plant following its completion at the end of 2018, and will also handle all construction... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 31, 2018
Construction is underway on a new waste to biogas facility in Yabu City, Japan.
The new facility will use anaerobic digestion to convert both farm and food waste into renewable energy. Toyo Energy Solution, which has invested in the facility, will also build it, and operate it once completed. It will utilise ‘advanced solid waste processing wastewater treatment equipment’... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 30, 2018
At the annual get-together, the biogas industry looked for ways to strengthen in the political and public consciousness how it can help in the transition to clean energy.
Held in Antwerp, the yearly conference for the European Biogas Association had added consequence on a backdrop of the EU’s impending Renewable Energy Directive for 2020-2030 (RED II) and Brexit.
The... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 29, 2018
The UK’s Environment Agency has closed the consultation on its proposed Strategic Review of Charges, a series of revisions which could have significant consequences for the country’s anaerobic digestion industry according to the Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA).
“We are significantly simplifying the way customers work out their... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 22, 2018
A Northern Irish waste-to-energy anaerobic digestion plant has been certified under the Anaerobic Digestion Certification Scheme (ADCS) just six weeks after its launch.
Granville Ecopark, an enhanced AD facility in Northern Ireland, treats organic waste to produce renewable energy.
The ACDS was launched at the Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association’s (ADBA)... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 22, 2018
Southern California Gas (SoCalGas), San Diego Gas & Electric, the Pacific Gas and Electric Company and Southwest Gas have jointly issued a draft solicitation for dairy biomethane pilot projects.
The solicitation is issued under California Senate Bill 1383, and projects proposed must demonstrate the ability to capture and process biogas from cows to produce renewable... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 15, 2018
A newly launched certification scheme could be a breath of fresh air for the UK’s anaerobic digestion (AD) and biogas industries, according to Duncan McPherson, finance director at CooperOstlund.
As 2017 drew to a close, the UK’s Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA) launched a new AD certification scheme, the first of its kind in the UK, designed... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 9, 2018
Independent private equity investment management firm Foresight has boosted its waste processing portfolio to over 2 million tonnes per annum with the acquisition of two large scale anaerobic digestion (AD facilities) and seven composting assets. The fee for the transaction has not been disclosed.
The two facilities are located across East Anglia and the Midlands in the... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 9, 2018
The designer of ‘the world’s largest’ downdraft gasification plant has announced the issuing of approximately $21.4 million (€17.9 million) of new equity.
In addition, Nashville, Tennessee based Aries Clean Energy has received additional commitments from Boston based private equity firm Spring Lane Capital of $25 million for equity in future gasification... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 8, 2018
In a paper by Texas A&M scientists, biochar shows potential for increasing efficiency of the anaerobic digestion of animal manure.
Biochar is a charcoal material composed of agricultural by-products, including manure, crop residues and grasses. The substance can be used as a fertiliser and as a filter to remove contaminants from water and wastewater, including antibiotics,... [Read More]
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