Apr 25, 2017
Dog waste anaerobic digestion scheme for Waterloo, Canada
Biogas News
Apr 21, 2017
Plans to build the UK’s biggest anaerobic digestion plant have been put on hold following a series of protests and campaigns against it.
FD Bird & Sons wants to build an anaerobic digestion plant near Beverley in East Yorkshire. The plant would create biogas through the anaerobic digestion of organic materials, turning up to 50,000 tons of food waste destined... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 20, 2017
A new state aid scheme to support investments in ‘less exploited’ renewable resources, such as biogas, biomass and geothermal energy, has been approved in Romania.
The new support scheme from the Romanian government applies until 2020, and has a total budget of over EUR 100,000 ($107,000). 85% of the budget comes from the European fund for regional development,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 20, 2017
Macquarie Bank has bought the UK’s Green Investment Bank for £2.3 billion (€2.74bn).
The Green Investment Bank was set up by the UK government five years.
The Treasury secures £1.7 billion through the process, with a further £600m of liabilities taken on by the Australia-based business lender.
The bank was set up to fund renewable and low-carbon... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 13, 2017
Carrefour has taken a big step in its biomethane initiative, opening its first bioNGV service station. The new facility will play a part in allowing the French multinational retailer to expand its fleet of vehicles running on biomethane.
By the end of 2017, Carrefour aims to have nine bioNGV service stations throughout France, enabling 200 lorries to make clean, silent... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 12, 2017
SEaB Energy has won a contract to supply the State of California Energy Commission with Flexibuster, an innovative waste-to-energy system.
The agreement comes as part of a four year research programme into sustainable energy generation from food waste. The project aims to “demonstrate and evaluate environmentally and economically sustainable food waste biomass to... [Read More]
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Apr 10, 2017
UK-based waste management company Viridor has appointed CNIM S.A. and Clugston Construction to build a new £252 million, 34MW waste-to-energy plant on an industrial site in Avonmouth on the outskirts of Bristol.
Viridor, a part of the Pennon Group (LSE: PNN) said that industrial engineering contractor CNIM will provide the established technology for the... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 7, 2017
BioDynamic UK has received £1.5 million in funding for a new anaerobic digestion plant in Nottinghamshire, UK, through peer to peer investment.
After being rejected 25 times in attempts to secure funding for the construction of the plant, BioDynamic UK turned to peer-to-peer funding specialists F&P for support. Within two weeks the renewable energy project had... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 7, 2017
New government funding to help develop clean and efficient heating systems has been awarded to 13 local authorities across England, Climate Change and Industry Minister Nick Hurd announced.
The £24 million (€28m) is spread across projects from Sheffield to Somers Town, which will soon help warm homes and businesses with low-carbon energy.
This is the first round... [Read More]
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Apr 6, 2017
A UK-based renewables company has completed work on its new combined heat and power (CHP) plant, with support of an £8.5 million (9.94m) finance facility from HSBC.
Dorset-based Eco Sustainable Solutions, which reprocesses wood waste and organic materials into soils, composts and turf products for clients across the south coast, has used an equipment finance facility... [Read More]
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Apr 5, 2017
Waste management firm Powerday has commenced a new contract with Northern European waste-to-energy company Geminor for the export of 170,000 tonnes of refuse derived fuel (RDF) to Sweden.
The company produces RDF at its Old Oak Sidings and Enfield Materials Recycling Facilities and then loads them for transfer.
Under the contract with Geminor, the material is taken to... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 5, 2017
UK anaerobic digestion (AD) company Agrivert has supported a group of tiny bananas that took over Oxfordshire-based Blenheim Palace in a bid to raise awareness about how local food waste is being turned into renewable energy and biofertiliser.
Pupils from an Oxfordshire Primary School donned banana costumes and roamed the Palace grounds, learning how UK households... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 3, 2017
A company in Kolkata, India, has launched a new bus that runs on biogas produced from cow dung.
Phoenix India Research (PIR), the company behind the new bus, claims it’s the first biogas fuelled bus to be launched in south-east Asia. Four more biogas buses are set to enter service in Kolkata over the next month, with a further ten planned by the end of the year.
The... [Read More]
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Mar 31, 2017
Europe is receiving biomethane from the UK for the first time, green gas shipper Barrow Green Gas announced.
It is being sent from the UK to Europe via the interconnector pipeline to Essent in the Netherlands.
Essent, the largest energy company in the Netherlands, is importing green gas to meet growing demand in the Netherlands which cannot all be met locally.
The green,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 30, 2017
Malaysia-headquarted renewable energy group Green & Smart Holding saw a 181% increase in net profit for the year ended 30 September 2016, helped by the group maintaining and increasing its biogas contracts.
Net profit increased 181% to RM9.9m (€2.08m) last year, compared to RM3.5m the year before.
Revenue increased 260% to RM67.38m, compared to RM18.70m the... [Read More]
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Mar 30, 2017
Finnish technology group Wärtsilä will supply a 28MW combined heat and power (CHP) plant to the Meliadine Gold Mine project in Canada, owned by Agnico Eagle Mines.
The order includes five Wärtsilä 34DF dual-fuel engines running on light fuel oil (LFO) or natural gas. Wärtsilä's scope includes the power generation and CHP equipment supply,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 30, 2017
US based landfill gas industry O & M contractor and engineering company ENERGYneering Solutions Inc. (ESI) have signed a supply and service contract for Topsoe’s proprietary HiPerFuel landfill gas conditioning solutions. The HiPerFuel unit will deliver high-purity fuel gas for an ESI landfill gas power plant in Washington State.
The contract is the first deal... [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
