Apr 15, 2016
Clearfleau commissions first European AD plant using cheese by-products
Biogas News
Apr 13, 2016
Foresight Group, an independent UK infrastructure and private equity investment manager, will invest £3.5 million (€4.4m) from Foresight AD EIS Fund to construct an anaerobic digestion (AD) plant on the Mapledurham Estate, near Reading in Berkshire, UK.
The 499kW plant will generate approximately 3,600 MWh of renewable electricity per annum, enough to power... [Read More]
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Apr 7, 2016
Clean Energy Technologies (CET) will deliver an innovative waste-to-energy system set for completion in Tennessee, US, later this year that will provide renewable electricity to a municipal wastewater treatment plant.
The Tennessee project will mark the second commercial collaboration utilising the Clean Cycle Generator from CET.
CET's equipment will generate over... [Read More]
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Apr 6, 2016
Technical operator SudWasser has commissioned the biogas plant manufacturer Weltec Biopower as the general contractor for the setup of an anaerobic digestion unit and the utilisation of sewage gas at a wastewater plant in Burgebrach in Bavaria, Germany.
The collected gas will be used for the generation of energy in the combined heat and power (CHP) plant for the existing... [Read More]
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Apr 4, 2016
US energy firm Bowerman Power has opened a new green energy plant in California.
The plant, based in Orange County, will turn landfill gas into electricity. According to Bowerman, the facility will provide enough electricity to power 26,000 homes.
With Bowerman, a subsidiary of Montauk Energy, joining the Olinda Landfill in Brea and the Prima Deshecha Landfill in San Juan... [Read More]
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Apr 4, 2016
UK-based food waste recycler ReFood has started construction work on its £32m (€39m) anaerobic digestion (AD) plant in Dagenham, south east London.
Once complete, the facility, which will be located at the London Sustainable Industries Park (SIP) in Dagenham Dock, will be the company's third UK plant adding to its existing sites in Doncaster and Widnes.
Being... [Read More]
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Mar 24, 2016
California’s energy policy and planning agency, California Energy Commission, has approved $4.3 million in grants for projects to increase the efficiency of natural gas technology used in industrial, agriculture and water processes. The Gas Technology Institute, a US-based research and development organisation that focuses on natural gas, received... [Read More]
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Mar 22, 2016
North Carolina, US-based Duke Energy will buy swine and poultry waste output to use as feedstock for a planned biogas facility to generate renewable electricity at four power stations.
Carbon Cycle Energy will build and own the plant whose location has not been announced, but is expected to be in eastern North Carolina.
"It is encouraging to see the technological... [Read More]
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Mar 21, 2016
Recycling and renewable energy firm Viridor has opened a state-of-the-art energy recovery facility (ERF) in Peterborough, UK.
The ERF enables the City of Peterborough to divert 85,000 tonnes of residual waste from landfill each year, recovering vital energy, and also offering the city another important step towards a decentralised energy network.
The plant has a... [Read More]
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Mar 21, 2016
US aerospace giant Lockheed Martin and gasification technology firm Concord Blue are to begin phase two of a new 5 MW waste-to-energy project in Herten, Germany.
As part of phase two, Lockheed Martin Energy has secured a $43 million contract from Concord Blue to carry out the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of the 5MW plant.
The plans to build the... [Read More]
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Mar 17, 2016
Finnish energy solutions provider Wärtsilä has been awarded an order to supply the largest biogas liquefaction plant in the Nordic Countries to produce fuel for public transport vehicles.
The supply contract was signed in December 2015, and is with Purac Puregas, based in Kalmar, Sweden.
The Wärtsilä plant will be installed at the paper mill in Skogn,... [Read More]
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Mar 16, 2016
CNG Fuels, in partnership with the national grid, has unveiled a new filling station in the UK allowing vehicles to fill up on renewable compressed natural gas (CNG) directly from the high-pressure local transmission system.
The new facility is the first of its kind in the UK, according to CNG Fuels, and boasts a high-pressure connection delivered by national grid.
The... [Read More]
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Mar 8, 2016
A new £23 million (€29.6) anaerobic digestion (AD) plant is being planned in Northern Ireland to process 25,000 tonnes of poultry litter a year.
The Northern Ireland Executive, the devolved government of Northern Ireland, has pledged to loan £9.3 million to Connective Energy Holdings, who have hired Williams Industrial Services to construct the plant at... [Read More]
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Mar 7, 2016
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) has confirmed a $11 million (€10m) loan to Minnesota-based waste-to-energy company Novus Energy to build a new biorefinery.
The planned plant, worth a total of $22 million and to be located at Boardman, Oregon, will convert non-food-based organic material into renewable natural gas and organic fertiliser.
The Novus Pacific facility,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 2, 2016
Greenlane Biogas has received a contract from Orgaworld Canada, part of Shanks Group, to supply a biogas upgrading system and a CO2 recovery unit.
The equipment will be delivered for Orgaworld’s organic biofuel facility in the city of Surrey in British Columbia, Canada.
The facility is currently under construction and will have the capacity to process up to... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 1, 2016
Almost 150 farmers joined around 90 Members of Parliament (MP) and Peers the UK’s House of Commons today to champion the anaerobic digestion (AD) industry.
Farming representatives from across the UK will join the farming themed event to raise awareness about the technology's value to their businesses and the rural economy.
They will also petition politicians for... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 29, 2016
In Finland, Taaleri and Gasum have completed an arrangement to transfer the ownership of the Biotehdas group to Gasum.
The nationwide Biotehdas group, owned by Taaleritehdas Biotehdas I Private Equity Fund, is the market leader in the biogas sector in Finland.
It comprises operational biogas plants in Huittinen, Kuopio, Oulu, and Honkajoki, and a plant to be completed... [Read More]
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Moeve has announced a €600 million investment plan for the construction of up to 30 new biomethane plants by 2030
During the signing ceremony, Sweden’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Maria Malmer Stenergard, announced a donation of USD 1.5 million for prefeasibility and detailed engineering studies
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