Jul 7, 2017
Green Gas Trading achieves ISO14065 standard for its biomethane certification scheme
Biogas News
Jul 6, 2017
Anaerobic digestion (AD) experts have gathered at the Anaerobic Digestion & Bioresources Association (ADBA) conference to outline the future challenges and opportunities the sector faces.
The conference took place between 5th and 6th July at the NEC in Birmingham, UK.
UK-based ADBA announced the launch of its best practice scheme at the show. The new scheme aims improve... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 6, 2017
Aberdeen-headquartered Balmoral Tanks has invested more than £10m (€11.3m) in a purpose designed factory in South Yorkshire and an upgrade to its manufacturing processes for its range of epoxy coated and concrete tanks.
Balmoral Tanks, which has design and production operations in Llantrisant, South Wales, and Barnsley, South Yorkshire, is recognised as being... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 6, 2017
The anaerobic digestion (AD) industry celebrated the life of AD pioneer Hugh Vaughan at its annual AD & Biogas and Industry Awards last night (Wednesday 5 July).
Hugh Vaughan, who was UK director at pump and mixer manufacturer Landia, tragically passed away earlier this year with his wife in a road accident whilst on holiday in Mauritius. Hugh had been at Landia UK... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 5, 2017
Construction work has begun on Vietnam’s first waste-to-energy project.
Hong Kong based Everbright International won the tender for the Can Tho Project in July 2016 on a Build-Operate-Own model, signing a project investment agreement with the Can Tho Construction Department of Vietnam. The project will be invested in, built and operated by Everbright.
When completed,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 4, 2017
An expanded, 8.5 megawatt biogas plant in Brandenburg, Germany, is now operational.
Located in Vettin, in the Groß Pankow municipality, the plant runs on input materials such as slurry, solid manure and maize silage. Flensburg based planning office Greenline is the general planner of the plant, which is operated by the technical contractors Osters & Voss from... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 4, 2017
Swedish company Malmberg will supply the first biogas upgrading plant in the Baltic states, in Estonia.
The move comes as Estonian industry responds to government targets to increase the usage and production of renewable fuels.
Estonian biofuels producer GreenGas OÜ has signed a long term agreement with pulp producer Estonian Cell to purchase their biogas and upgrade... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 3, 2017
ADBA will launch the pilot of a pioneering new scheme to improve the environmental, operational and safety performance of the AD industry this week (5-6 July) at its global tradeshow UK AD & Biogas and World Biogas Expo 2017.
The UK-based organisation has also announced a new partnership with insurance brokers Jelf Group to reward AD operators certifying under... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 3, 2017
Germany-headquartered biogas equipment and pump technology specialist Hugo Vogelsang Maschinenbau has announced that it has founded a spin-off company entitled Vogelsang.
With this step, the Essen/Oldenburg-based machine construction company transferred all operational business areas to the newly-created company.
Harald Vogelsang, CEO of Vogelsang, said: “We decided... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 3, 2017
China Everbright International has announced that it has officially commenced construction on its Can Tho waste-to-energy project in Vietnam.
Everbright International won the bid for the Can Tho project in July of 2016 on a BOO (Build-Operate-Own) model, and signed a project investment agreement with the Can Tho Construction Department of Vietnam in December 2016.
The... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 30, 2017
DuPont Industrial Biosciences and silage storage specialists Bock UK have announced a strategic partnership which will see Bock demonstrate DuPont’s biogas enzyme technology at commercial scale in the UK market.
The new collaboration will expand the distribution footprint of biogas enzymes. Bock UK are a silage storage supplier working with over 50 AD plants in the... [Read More]
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]
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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]
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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]
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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
