Jun 30, 2017
DuPont and Bock team up on biogas enzyme technology distribution
Biogas News
Jun 30, 2017
The American Biogas Council (ABC), the trade association for the US biogas industry, has welcomed the recent introduction of the Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Act, House companion legislation to Senate Bill 988.
Introduced in early May, the Act will increase agricultural viability by helping to deploy nutrient recovery and biogas systems that recycle organic material... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 29, 2017
Using waste and biomass for gasification can produce low carbon power efficiently, potentially reducing the cost of meeting the UK’s 2050 carbon targets by more than 1% of GDP, according to a new report from the Energy Technologies Institute (ETI).
Titled ‘Targeting new and cleaner uses for wastes and biomass using gasification,’ the ETI report sets out... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 28, 2017
The Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage Commission has approved a revised 20-year agreement with Waste Management to use biogas from the company’s Metro landfill in Franklin, Wisconsin, according to the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
An $11 million gas treatment plant will be built at the landfill site by the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District (MMSD). Waste Management... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 27, 2017
FCC, the Spanish environmental services, infrastructure and water management group, has helped celebrate 25 years of the EU’s LIFE Programme with a demonstration of MethaMorphosis at Ecoparc 2 in Barcelona, a project co-financed by the programme that converts waste treatment plants into bioenergy facilities.
As part of the ceremony, presentations were made by Gloria... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 26, 2017
TTcogen, a 50/50 joint venture of combined heat and power (CHP) experts Tecogen and TEDOM, has announced its expansion into the US wastewater treatment facility biogas CHP market.
The joint venture already has experience with several hundred wastewater treatment facilities in Europe via TEDOM. Now, TTcogen hopes to be able to transfer and apply that experience to the US... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 22, 2017
ERDF Flanders and Bio Base Europe Pilot Plant (BBEPP) have signed an agreement for an investment of €9.36 million as part of a project to build up a new research infrastructure specifically for gas fermentation and down-stream processing. The initiative comes under the framework of the IMPACT project.
Financing for the investment has come from the European Regional... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 21, 2017
Netherlands based Frames Renewable Energy Solutions has completed work on a biogas upgrading plant for a manure processing specialist.
The upgrade installation, at the Groot Zevert Vergisting facility in the Dutch city of Beltrum, has recently started production. According to a statement from Frames, the upgrade will facilitate the delivery of 8 million cubic metres of... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 21, 2017
The American Biogas Council (ABC) is joining forces with the Water Environment Federation (WEF) to expand the conversion of organic waste into renewable energy and valuable soil products at facilities throughout the US.
There are 2,200 biogas facilities throughout the US, with about 1,300 of those at water resource recovery facilities. However, at present there are close... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 20, 2017
In the US, eight national business groups representing a diverse range of renewable technologies, from wind and solar to biomass, biogas and waste-to-energy, have released a joint statement outlining a positive vision for the future of the US’ power grid.
Titled “A Shared Vision of the Twenty First Century Grid”, the groups advocate mutual support for... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 15, 2017
Most community biogas plants in Thiruvananthapuram are ‘dysfunctional’, according to an article from the Times of India.
Eight out of 14 biogas plants in the city are currently not operational, according to a newly released report from the city’s health committee. The report also claims that the city’s corporation has failed to frame annual maintenance... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 15, 2017
A new biogas power plant is to be built in the Turkish city of Gaziantep.
Gaziantep Metropolitan Municipality will use the new facility to produce electricity for the city’s rail system, claims Turkish news site Milliyet, who cited Gaziantep’s mayor, Fatima Sahin.
According to Renewables Now, the electricity produced by the facility is estimated to satisfy... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 14, 2017
Geopolitical complexities are often connected to issues of energy security, and according to a new statement from the Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA), developments in the Middle-East could be bad news for the UK.
Several Gulf countries have recently cut their ties with Qatar, accusing it of destabilising the region by supporting Islamist groups.... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 12, 2017
Biogas Products, a UK-based biogas technology maker, has developed a biogas upgrading plant which will enable farms with existing anaerobic digestion (AD) plants to generate biogas to help heat buildings or produce fuel for vehicles.
According to the West Midlands-headquarted company, the plant uses an enhanced water scrubbing technology, eliminating the need for tall... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 12, 2017
Biogest is set to build its fifth gas-to-grid biogas plant in the UK. The company, which is already supporting eighteen plants in the UK with its biological and technical service, is also expanding the network of service contracts it has in the country.
When completed, the new plant will have an output of 1,400 standard cubic metres of biogas per hour, corresponding to... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 8, 2017
Danish biogas plant specialists Xergi are set to build their largest biogas plant yet, supplying Danish dairy company Arla Foods with green energy for the production of milk powder in Videbaek in western Denmark.
Once completed, the new plant will supply Arla Food’s milk powder production with green energy in the form of biogas, which is converted to electricity... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 6, 2017
A company hoping to build an anaerobic digestion (AD) plant in Norfolk, UK, has submitted a new bid after its first application was blocked on a technicality, according to the Eastern Daily Press.
The planning application submitted by The Planning Group, on behalf of developer Mikram, outlines the company’s intentions to build two digesters, two storage tanks, a... [Read More]
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