Biogas News

Norwegian liquefied biogas (LBG) company Biokraft, has chosen Andion Global as a key contractor for the construction of a new LBG production facility. Andion is a major waste-to-energy company and will extend Biokraft’s LBG production capacity at the Skogn II facility in Trøndelag. The firm’s experience with proprietary design, optimisation, and deliver processes of anaerobic digestion…
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The European Biogas Association (EBA) has welcomed the “holistic approach” of the Methane Strategy to accelerate the reduction of methane emissions using biogas and biomethane. The new EU strategy acknowledges the high potential of biogas to reduce methane emissions in agriculture and boost rural development. The EBA described the Methane Strategy as a “fundamental step” to ensure…
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Veolia and Waga Energy have partnered on one of the largest green gas projects in Europe. The firms launched the construction of WAGABOX, a unit recovering biomethane from landfill waste. WAGABOX will be installed in Île-de-France at Veolia’s Claye-Souilly landfill to supply renewable gas to 20,000 homes in the Paris region from February 2022. The Claye-Souilly non-hazardous waste…
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Honeywell announced the installation of its 100th biomethane grid injection to France’s primary gas distribution operator, GRDF. Honeywell’s grid injection stations act as a gatekeeper to the gas network. The stations measure flow and gas compositions and check them for compliance, add an odour to the gas to help with leak detection, and collect and transmit operating data to GRDF for…
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Eco Verde Energy (EVE) has added three UK anaerobic digestion (AD) plants to its portfolio. Attleborough Eco Electric and Ellough AD are owned by Privilege Investments, which is also the co-owner of Holton, and will be taken over from 1 December. Chris Brown, operations director at EVE, said the firm was “very pleased” to be bringing the three plants into its portfolio. “Once we…
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CleanBay Renewables has chosen Evoqua Water Technologies as a key partner for its Westover, Maryland bio-refinery. Evoqua and CleanBay are currently in negotiations for Evoqua to provide its field-proven anaerobic digestion (AD) and water treatment technology for the Westover facility. The plant is expected to recycle more than 150,000 tons of chicken litter annually and convert it into…
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The Energy Networks Association’s (ENA) Gas Goes Green Customer Forum will meet for the first time to discuss delivering a biomethane boost in the UK. The Forum will bring together all five of the UK’s gas networks – Cadent, Northern Gas Networks, National Grid, Southern Gas Networks, Wales & West Utilities – and leading representatives of the biomethane industry, including the…
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A major renewable natural gas (RNG) facility in Niagara Falls, Canada is soon to open. Expected to generate enough clean renewable energy from landfill waste to heat 8,750 homes across the country, the Niagara Falls RNG facility will be the largest of its kind in Ontario. It is hoped the plant will reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 48,000 tonnes. The $42 million (€27.1 million)…
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UK industrial cleaning service company New Wave Marine has formed an international partnership with BioConstruct NewEnergy to clean biogas tanks. BioConstruct was formed in Germany in 2000 and specialises in the construction and operation of anaerobic digestion (AD) plants. Over the last 15 years, the firm was built and commissioned more than 300 AD plants. Danny Husband, senior manager at…
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The winners of the AD and Biogas Industry Awards have been revealed. On the third and final day of the World Biogas Expo & Summit, technical support manager at the Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA) hosted the awards from home in a tuxedo, in a first for the organisation, which usually hosts a grand ceremony (in person) to celebrate the best in the AD and biogas…
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Greenlane Renewables’ wholly-owned subsidiary, Greenlane Biogas North America, has signed a $7.7 million (€4.94 million) contract for a new renewable natural gas (RNG) project developed by Brightmark. The multiple-site dairy farm project in Florida, US, will use Greenlane’s pressure swing adsorption biogas upgrading systems. Greenlane’s systems will be used in Brightmark’s Sobek…
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Wärtsilä has been awarded a major contract to supply and construct a plant for the production of carbon-neutral liquid transport fuels. The plant will liquefy gas from the natural gas grid to produce carbon-neutral LNG/bio-LNG. It will have a capacity of approximately 100,000 tons per year and will be built in Cologne, Germany. “It’s an honour to have been awarded this order for a…
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Chevron USA and Brightmark have formed a joint venture, Brightmark RNG Holdings, to own projects across the US to produce and market dairy biomethane. Equity investments by each company in the new venture will fund the construction of infrastructure and commercial operation of dairy biomethane projects in multiple states. Chevron will purchase RNG produced from these projects and market the…
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SWEN Capital Partners has announced the final closing of its SWEN Impact Fund for Transition (SWIFT), Europe’s first infrastructure fund dedicated to renewable gases. The fund raised €175 million, exceeding its target amount of €120 million. SWIFT is SWEN Capital Partners’ first impact fund and invests directly in methanation, renewable hydrogen, and gas and liquefied natural gas (LNG)…
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