Nov 3, 2015
UK study: Autoclaving municipal waste can improve biogas yields by 300%
Biogas News
Nov 3, 2015
Tamar Energy and Amey have signed a five-year deal that will see the anaerobic digestion (AD) operator convert approximately 5,000 tonnes per annum of municipal food waste from the Isle of Wight into a valuable biofertiliser and generate low carbon, baseload electricity.
Amey, a public services provider, will deliver the kerbside food waste collected on behalf of Isle... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 2, 2015
Balkanika Energy and Schmack Biogas, which is part of the Viessmann Group, are jointly implementing a biogas project in Velkovtski Village in the municipality of Gabrovo, Bulgaria.
The plant, with an electrical output of 500kW, will use liquid cow manure, fodder rest, straw, maize silage and whey from a cheese dairy as feedstock.
Construction on the plant is due to begin... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 30, 2015
The anaerobic digestion (AD) industry of Scotland has grown by almost 70% over the last year, new figures show.
According to the Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA), the country has now 27 operational AD project, which marks an increase of 69% from the situation year on.
Another 43 plants have been approved for construction and ADBA estimates that during... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 28, 2015
Schmack Carbotech, part of the Viessmann Group, has been awarded a contract to provide a gas upgrading plant at one of the world's largest underground wastewater treatment plants.
Through a process of purification, the facility will produce around 180 million kWh of natural gas quality biomethane annually from the metropolitan area of Stockholm's sewage, covering up to... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 27, 2015
Veolia Water Technologies has launched Package Exelys, a standard range of continuous thermal hydrolysis units for small to medium sludge digestion plants.
Thermal hydrolysis is a well proven pre-treatment technology for sludge digesters that increases digester throughput, pasteurises the sludge, enhances biogas production, and reduces the final biosolids volume for disposal.
Veolia’s... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 23, 2015
As part of Doosan's global sludge market strategy, Doosan Enpure has acquired the ownership of the intellectual property rights and know-how for the Ros Roca waste treatment processes relating to food waste anaerobic digestion.
Doosan Enpure acquired this intellectual property from the administrators of Imtech Water, Waste and Energy, which further strengthens Doosan's... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 20, 2015
Increasing energy efficiency through the adoption of readily available wastewater management technologies can slash related emissions by nearly half, according to a new study released today by Xylem, a global water technology company.
The analysis further concludes that 95% of the electricity-related emissions abatement can be achieved at negative or neutral cost.
Powering... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 20, 2015
Greenlane Biogas has signed a distribution agreement with Sysadvance, a Portuguese company specialising in advanced gas separation systems that utilise pressure swing adsorption (PSA) technology.
The agreement will allow Greenlane to distribute Sysadvance products in Canada, the US and Mexico, and will see the two companies work together to integrate their systems to offer... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 20, 2015
The Weltec Group has acquired two biomethane refineries in Hesse and Saxony-Anhalt in Germany.
One of the plants is located in Ebsdorfergrund, Hesse, and has been acquired within the framework of an asset deal.
Nordmethan Produktion Ebsdorfergrund, an affiliate of Weltec, is now responsible for the operation as the new owner, and for this purpose all employees have been... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 19, 2015
BMW South Africa's Rosslyn plant in Pretoria — where the car manufacturer’s 3 Series is built — has made a partial switch to renewable energy produced by the South African biogas company Bio2Watt.
The two companies signed a power purchasing agreement in 2014, which set the ground for the first project of this kind in South Africa.
According to the German... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 13, 2015
The global biogas upgrading market is expected to grow to $1.97 billion (€1.72bln) by 2022 at a compound annual growth rate of 28.65% from 2014-2022, according to a new market study.
Some of the key drivers of the market include strict government regulations, greenhouse gas emissions reductions, volatile fertiliser price, and demand for renewable energy and transportation... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 8, 2015
Agraferm Technologies has received three new orders for biogas plants in England.
Near Lincoln, in Metheringham, the company is building a new gas-to-grid biomethane plant. The plant will consist of one digester and a post digester yielding 400Nm3/h of biomethane and 500kW of electricity.
The Metheringham project will be one of Agraferm's smaller plants. As the company's... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 6, 2015
Greenlane Biogas has signed a contract with Promus Energy, a project development company focusing on renewable and sustainable technologies, to provide an integrated biogas upgrading solution for a dairy farm located in Yakima County, Washington.
Included in the solution is the supply of a Totara+ biogas upgrading unit and additional process equipment to deliver pipeline... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 29, 2015
Novozymes, Novo Nordisk, Dong Energy, and Bigadan are investigating the possibility of producing biomass-based biogas.
If the results from the pre-investigation, expected to last a year or more, confirm the preliminary analyses, the parties intend to go ahead and realise biogas production.
In Kalundborg, Denmark, Novo Nordisk and Novozymes have extensive factory facilities,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 23, 2015
The government of Estonia has passed a bill which will secure a large investment into the Baltic country’s biomethane market and infrastructure.
In the expansion project’s pilot phase, the Estonian state will support the re-commencement of the production of biomethane, building a filling station chain, and use the gas in public transport.
Economy and Infrastructure... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 18, 2015
Zebec Energy is set to start building an anaerobic digestion (AD) plant in Seacombe, UK, after the project was given the go-ahead by local authorities.
Once built, the plant will have the capacity to process 36,000 tonnes of waste feedstock a year to produce enough biomethane to power more than 4,300 homes.
Zebec also plans to construct a 1.4 mile pipeline to export surplus... [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
ADTechOptima’s technologies aim to solve two key problems: the underperformance of anaerobic digesters and the quality of the digestate produced as part of the process
