Jun 5, 2017
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Biogas News
Jun 5, 2017
The ‘first’ plant in Brazil to make biomethane for fuelling vehicles has been opened in the city of Foz do Iguaçu, in the state of Paraná.
Brazilian company Intaipu Binacional, the ‘world’s largest’ generator of renewable clean energy, opened its new biomethane facility on 2 June 2017. It will see non-polluting biomethane, which... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 1, 2017
A new study has demonstrated the viability of using anaerobic digestion in a low-temperature (20°C) environment to convert solid food waste into renewable energy and organic fertiliser.
Researchers from Concordia’s Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering (BCEE) in collaboration with Bio-Terre Systems Inc. have been using ‘cold-loving’... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 31, 2017
Ontario, Canada’s Environmental Commissioner Dianne Saxe has called for more investment to create biogas from human and food waste, particularly highlighting the potential for anaerobic digestion (AD) in the province’s wastewater treatment sector.
“Most Ontario wastewater treatment plants do not use anaerobic digestion. Of those that do, the majority... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 26, 2017
The UK has hit a biogas milestone, with independent biomethane certification registry Green Gas Trading issuing its 500,000th biomethane certificate to an end user.
According to the company, they are the first UK biomethane registry to sell over 500,000MWh worth of biomethane certificates.
Grant Ashton, founder of Green Gas Trading, said in a statement: “May 2017... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 26, 2017
DTE Biomass Energy has announced the acquisition of two landfill gas-to-energy projects in Texas. The Ann Arbor, Michigan based company has purchased both the operating Fort Bend Power Producers facility just outside of Rosenberg, and the Seabreeze landfill gas development project in Angleton. Construction on the Seabreeze plant is expected to break ground next month.
The... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 25, 2017
The UK’s Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association has scaled down its expectations for biomethane growth for 2017, but expects a rebound in 2018.
Previously, ADBA projected between ten and 25 new biomethane plants to be commissioned in 2017. Now, according to a statement, that figure has been revised down to between eight and 20.
Delays in reforming the Renewable... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 22, 2017
Waste management firm Veolia, through its subsidiary Proactiva Medio Ambiente Mexico S.A. de C.V., has won a contract to build and operate what it describes as the first waste-to-energy facility in Latin America.
In a statement, it said that it won the public call for tenders published by the government of Mexico City to build the facility.
With a capacity twice that of... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 22, 2017
The Indian Biogas Association (IBA) has launched a campaign calling for the government to remove taxes on biogas products in the country.
A nationwide association of biogas operators, manufacturers and plant planners, IBA has just launched an online petition calling on the government to exempt biogas from Goods and Services Tax (GST).
“According to the Government... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 22, 2017
The UK’s Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA) has called for greater government support for low carbon transport fuels such as biomethane, following the recent launch of Nottingham City Transport’s (NCT) £17 million (€19.8 million) double-deck ‘Bio-Gas’ bus fleet.
Running on biomethane produced from anaerobic digestion,... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 22, 2017
UK newspaper The Mail on Sunday has once again criticised the anaerobic digestion (AD) process in an article published yesterday (21 May, 2017).
In an article written by journalist David Rose, entitled ‘This green and poisoned land’, the newspaper describes how an AD operator in Tregaron, Wales, caused a “serious pollution incident”.
The article... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 22, 2017
Seawater in Egypt could be turned into drinking water using biomass energy as a source of heat in a new collaborative project from academics at the UK-based University of Sheffield UK and Egypt-based Port Said University.
The two year project will see academics from the world-leading Energy 2050 Institute partner with Egyptian experts to develop a system that could provide... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 16, 2017
UK trade body Renewable Energy Agency has set up a group to cater for the landfill gas sector, in response to demand from its members.
Whilst landfill gas is a declining renewable resource, it still generates enough electricity to meet the annual needs of more than one million households - more than enough for a city the size of Glasgow.
Landfill gas is produced naturally... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 16, 2017
Finland-based energy group Fortum will acquire the Swedish VG Power Turbo’s and VG Power Tools's generator businesses. Both companies operate in Västerås, Sweden and the company’s areas of expertise in turbo generators include maintenance, modernisation and balancing of all brands of generators.
The value of the acquisition will not be disclosed... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 15, 2017
Spain-headquartered renewable energy developer Norvento has claimed that heat-only anaerobic digestion (AD) technology may present a more viable opportunity for some UK landowners and rural industries than designs incorporating combined heat and power (CHP) systems to produce electricity.
Amid the revision of Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) tariffs, would-be independent... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 15, 2017
The UK has around 500 anaerobic digestion (AD) developments in the pipeline and this will potentially double or triple the size of the sector between 2014 and 2019, a Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) report has found.
From its origins in 2004 with just a handful of plants, AD had become an established industry by 2014. The report prepared by WRAP observes... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 12, 2017
UK-based gasification company Advanced Plasma Power (APP) has announced the appointment of Sir John Parker as its chairman.
This news comes hot on the heels of the appointment to the Board of David Parkin, Director of Network Strategy for Cadent (formerly National Grid Gas Distribution), signalling a real intent on the part of the company to position itself for rapid... [Read More]
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