Mar 30, 2017
BioHiTech Global acquires minority interest in US’ ‘first’ MBT municipal solid waste resource recovery facility
Biogas News
Mar 29, 2017
A new research project has been set up to investigate how Germany’s biogas plants will operate after 2030, when the majority of the country’s 9,000 facilities are going to stop receiving state subsidies.
Germany’s federal environment agency has commissioned the German biomass research centre (DBFZ) to carry out the research. DBFZ claims that Germany’s... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 28, 2017
Waste to energy firm Hitachi Zosen Inova (HZI) will build a 33,000 tonne per year dry anaerobic digestion facility in San Luis Obispo, California. The project is being financed by a Design, Build, Finance, Own Operate deal from the Japan Bank for International Cooperation.
HZI say that the new plant is set to be the first Kompogas project in the US. It will be completed... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 24, 2017
London Gatwick has become the first airport in the world to turn waste into energy onsite
The new waste management plant, formally opened by Gatwick Airport and DHL Supply Chain, will turn airport waste such as food and packaging into energy onsite. The airport aims to achieve an 85% recycling rate, the best of any UK airport, in turn saving £1,000 per day in energy... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 23, 2017
A biogas surplus capable of generating 375kW of power every month is being wasted in Goa, according to a report in The Economic Times.
The waste is apparently due to government complacency, with the documentation needed to approve the export of surplus power to the state electricity department waiting to be processed.
Located on the Calangute-Saligao plateau, the garbage... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 23, 2017
US gasification company PHG Energy has rebranded with a new name – Aries Clean Energy.
In a statement, the company said it was revamping its name to “introduce the continuing evolution of our clean energy and sustainable waste disposal company”.
“The old name, PHG Energy, worked well for us when we basically offered industrial fuel gas conversion... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 22, 2017
China Everbright International has signed a concession agreement for a household waste-to-energy project with the People's Government of Leshan City in Sichuan province, to invest and construct the development.
It has invested around RMB650 million (€87.4m) in the project.
The Leshan project is jointly invested by Everbright International and Leshan State-owned Assets... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 21, 2017
Feminine hygiene products, incontinence pads and millions of nappies currently sent to landfill by commercial organisations and public bodies could now be turned into clean energy by a new mechanical process called Lifecycle unveiled earlier this week.
Hygiene product waste is one of the largest contributors to UK landfill.
According to hygiene waste disposal company PHS... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 20, 2017
Italy-based FCA Research Centre has announced that it is testing the use of sewage-based biomethane in a Fiat Panda car.
The road test will take several months over 80,000km.
The car was delivered to the Cap Group, a company managing water supply, sewerage and wastewater treatment for the Metropolitan City of Milan, to assess - with the participation of the FCA Research... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 20, 2017
Finland-based energy group Fortum has announced that a joint venture to build an energy-from-waste, combined heat and power (CHP) plant in Lithuania is moving forward and construction will start in the autumn.
The €160 million project, based in Kaunas, will have electricity generation capacity of 24MW and thermal capacity of about 70MW. It is a joint venture between... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 14, 2017
Hong Kong-based China Everbright International has announced that the group has signed a concession agreement for a household waste-to-energy project with the People's Government of Siyang County in Jiangsu Province, and will invest and construct the Siyang waste-to-energy project. Siyang Project will be invested and constructed on a BOT (Build-Operate-Transfer)... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 13, 2017
A 20MW energy from waste (EfW) plant is to be constructed in Tehran, Iran following the signing of a deal between Iranian Deputy Energy Minister for Electricity and Energy Affairs Houshang Falahatian and Chairman of Czech Parliament's Energy and Commerce Committee Milan Šarapatka in Tehran.
According to a report by the Fars News Agency the plant... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 13, 2017
The UK Treasury has announced that from 1 April 2018 landfill tax will be set at £88.95 per tonne for standard rate material and £2.80 per tonne for lower rate material.
The rate of landfill tax will this year rise from £84.40 to £86.10 per tonne for the standard rate and £2.65 to £2.70 per tonne for the lower rate from 1 April, 2017.
The... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 10, 2017
Schmack Biogas, a Viessmann Group company, has been awarded a further contract for the construction of a biomethane plant in Sourdun in northern France.
In mid-December, the French government adopted a new feed-in tariff for electricity from biogas. France is the biggest country in the EU and uses a much larger area for agriculture than Germany. The potential for biogas... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 10, 2017
UK-based food waste recycling firm ReFood, is expanding its Widnes biogas facility by 33% with the construction of a new anaerobic digestion (AD) tank.
The expansion will take the site’s processing capacity to 160,000 tonnes of food waste each year, making it one of the largest AD plants in Europe.
The plant is situated between the major cities of Liverpool and Manchester... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 10, 2017
German waste to energy equipment manufacturer Steinmüller Babcock Environment has secured a contract to build the boiler and furnace unit for a new energy from waste plant in northwest Stockholm, Sweden.
The company secured the deal from the Swedish subsidiary of the German utility E.ON, to supply the single-line waste to energy plant.
According to Steinmüller,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 10, 2017
Mandy Stoker, director at E4 Environment, gives her views on the media’s coverage of the anaerobic digestion sector.
In the waste and renewable energy sector, there is little more frustrating than the careless language used in relation to green technology. No matter how beneficial renewable energy systems are to the environment, there is a sense of suspicion surrounding... [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
