Jun 1, 2016
Veolia becomes first UK operator to achieve R1 standard for all of its energy recovery plants
Biogas News
Jun 1, 2016
US gas and electricity provider Duke Energy said it has finalised a second deal in 2016 to buy captured methane gas derived from swine waste.
The planned project will use the anaerobic digestion process and be located at farms in Kenansville, North Carolina.
The system will use captured methane gas to generate carbon-neutral renewable electricity at two power stations.
Optima... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 27, 2016
The UK Government has proposed severe cuts to incentives for new anaerobic digestion (AD) plants from January 2017. The Renewable Energy Association, a UK-based trade body, said this measure is likely to end many new AD projects planned in the UK.
The Department for Energy and Climate Change (DECC) plans to cut the feed-in tariffs (FiT) for large plants over 500kW... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 17, 2016
Florida-based technology company MagneGas has narrowed its first quarter loss for the period ended 31 March, 2016, to $1.6 million (€1.4 million), compared to a net loss of $2.1 million a year earlier.
The firm’s quarterly revenue for the period was $665,663, compared to $545,648 for the same period last year.
Revenue from the industrial... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 11, 2016
Potrero Hills Energy Producers, a partnership between DTE Biomass Energy and Pacolet Milliken Enterprises, has started generating electricity from landfill gas.
This clean source of electricity comes from a newly constructed renewable energy facility at the Potrero Hills Landfill in Suisun City, California.
DTE Biomass Energy, the developer and operator of the project,... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 10, 2016
Canadian ethanol producer Calgren Renewable Fuels has invested in key co-products to sell in addition to its 58 million gpy ethanol output.
The Calgren plant, located in Pixley, California, was the state’s first when it was built in 2009.
Today, the company also sells 400,000 tpy of distiller’s grain for use as animal feed to local dairies and feedlots as well... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 6, 2016
Ten per cent of Sainsbury’s annual national gas consumption is being provided by a partnership processing its own food waste, the UK supermarket giant said.
Sainsbury’s has linked up with UK-based food waste recycler ReFood to turn inedible food waste from two of its depots into gas, heat and fertiliser through anaerobic digestion (AD).
Nearly 50 million kilowatt... [Read More]
Biogas News
May 5, 2016
Canadian waste management company Progressive Waste Solutions (PWS) is planning to construct a biogas plant at the Ridge Landfill in Ontario.
The planned facility will convert landfill gas into pipeline-quality natural gas at approximately the same scale as PWS’ standing biogas plant at the Lachenaie Landfill in Montreal.
The Lachenaie plant is the largest biogas... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 28, 2016
A UK anaerobic digestion (AD) energy farm in Hampshire has secured £13 million (€16.7m) of funding from the HSBC bank to expand.
Andover-based Yelspa of Apsley Farms will use the HSBC funding to expand its AD plant, which will capture CO2 to use in the food and beverage industry.
Yelpsa comprises of a 1,050ac farming operation in the heart of Hampshire and,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 27, 2016
Weltec Biopower, a bioenergy developer from Germany, is working to complete two anaerobic digestion projects in the UK, one in Northern Ireland and one England.
Weltec is currently building a 500kW plant for an agricultural enterprise near Strabane, Northern Ireland.
The plant's two stainless steel digesters (3,573m³ and 4,903m³) will be fed with 24,500 tonnes... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 26, 2016
Xylem, a water technology company, has launched a new biogas support system – the Flygt BIS 1 biogas support system - specially adapted for the wall-mounting of submersible mixers in biogas digesters.
“Biogas digesters have a sealed cover which means accessing the tank to change the mixer position is difficult,” said Eilert Balssen, market manager Biogas... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 21, 2016
Waste management firm Veolia has unveiled a new technology to help wastewater treatment sites increase the amount of biogas output they produce through the anaerobic digestion (AD) process.
Wastewater treatment plants process large amounts of sludge through anaerobic digestion, AD, with the resulting biogas used to generate electricity using combined heat and power, CHP,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 21, 2016
The UK has the potential to increase its production of biomethane in the future and improve resource efficiency, according to a report published by the Renewable Energy Association (REA).
In the report, the trade body said that the UK could produce the equivalent of more than 45 liquified natural gas (LNG) by tankers' worth of biomethane, or 40 TWh, per year by 2035.
By... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 20, 2016
Malaysian waste management company Cenviro will be using DONG Energy’s waste-to-energy technology after signing an agreement with the Danish firm.
DONG Energy’s technology is called REnescienece. This uses enzymes to convert food waste and organics household waste constituents into biogas.
Thomas Dalsgaard, executive vice president in DONG Energy, said: "Malaysia... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 19, 2016
French industrial gas group Air Liquide has announced the commissioning of 12 biogas purification units in the last 12 months in Europe.
With these new units, Air Liquide triples its biogas purification capacity on the European continent.
Overall, Air Liquide has designed and deployed worldwide 50 biogas purification units in order to transform biogas into biomethane and... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 19, 2016
Two anaerobic digestion (AD) businesses, based in West Midlands of England, have showcased their technology to local MP, Rt Hon Jeremy Wright QC.
On a recent visit to Stoneleigh, the Kenilworth and Southam MP learnt how the businesses were supporting the local economy and jobs.
By building and supplying AD technology to British farmers across the UK, Stoneleigh Park-based... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 18, 2016
Green Energy UK, an independent energy supplier, has become the first energy firm in Britain to supply only renewable green gas to its customers.
In a statement, Green Energy said it will now only supply its customers with gas from biomethane from anaerobic digestion plants.
Doug Stewart, chief executive of Green Energy UK, said: “Supplying 100% renewable gas and... [Read More]
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