Jun 22, 2017
€9.36 million investment for gas fermentation research facility
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]
Biogas News
Jun 5, 2017
NexSteppe, a US feedstock provider for the bio-based industries, has announced the launch of a new product line.
The new product line is called Metano Alto.
Metano Alto Industrial Sorghums are bred to deliver both high crop yields in the field and high biogas and biomethane yields in a digester.
”We are seeing a significant level of interest from our customers in... [Read More]
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]
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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
