Dec 8, 2015
Weltec begins construction of 450kW biogas plant in South Korea
Biogas News
Dec 4, 2015
The announced £1.15 billion allocation for the Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) budget by 2021 could quadruple the number of UK biomethane plants.
The forecast, released by the Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA), says that the Chancellor George Osborne’s spending review could support the construction of an additional 140 biomethane plants.
These... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 25, 2015
Full Circle Generation, a UK green investment consortium, is planning to build a major waste-to-energy farm in Northern Ireland.
The Belfast Waste for Energy site, to be located at aerospace company Bombardier’s factory, is set to become one of, if not the largest waste energy facility in Northern Ireland at an annual capacity of 61GWh, enough to power 14,500 homes.
An... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 25, 2015
Sierra Energy has chosen Andy Egan as its engineering and procurement partner in delivering renewable energy solutions to the US Army and California Energy Commission.
Andy Egan’s first mission will be to design and fabricate the FastOx gasification system at Fort Hunter Liggett, a US Army garrison in California.
FastOx gasification will assist the Army in achieving... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 23, 2015
Constellation, a subsidiary of Exelon Corp., and LA Sanitation have begun the construction of a 25MW biogas-fueled cogeneration plant.
The facility will supply 100% of the steam and electricity produced to power LA Sanitation’s Hyperion Water Reclamation Plant in Los Angeles, US.
Commercial operation of the Hyperion cogeneration plant is scheduled for the end... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 23, 2015
The city of Toyohashi in the Aichi Prefecture, Japan, is planning to set up a combined biomass power generation facility.
The Toyohashi plant, projected to be finished in 2017, will base its operations on collecting biodegradable waste from the city’s population of 380,000.
To fund the scheme, Toyohashi Municipal Government is reaching out to private finance initiatives.
‘This... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 17, 2015
When upgrading one of Europe’s largest sewers, which currently serves 3.5 million people, increasing its capacity by 60%, and taking into account a predicted population increase of 10% by 2021, it is understandable why such a system is regarded as a ‘super sewer’.
These are the scale of the upgrades being undertaken by Thames Water at their Beckton and... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 16, 2015
Agraferm Technologies, a German manufacturer of biogas, biomethane, and waste recycling plants, is expanding its internationalisation strategy to the Asian market.
The company has chosen Seoul, South Korea, as the location for the subsidiary AF Biogas, which is currently in the process of being founded and will enter operation later in 2015.
Environmentally friendly manure... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 16, 2015
The operators of a UK combined heat and power (CHP) biogas plant report they have manage to reduce the plant’s power consumption by half.
The Agrigen-Siemens plant in Suffolk has been fitted with Siemens automation technology, including a controller, distributed I/O, and visualisation software.
The plant’s height, pressure, and temperature measurements are... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 12, 2015
An anaerobic digestion (AD) facility built in South Kirkby, West Yorkshire, UK, has been hit with a four-month delay in becoming fully operational.
The hold-up could add several millions of pounds to the commissioning budget at the plant that has already had £750 million (€1.06bln) invested to it.
Shanks, the UK waste-to-product company responsible for running... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 9, 2015
Plymouth University is working with New Generation Biogas, a Devon, UK, company, to hone the design of its anaerobic digestion (AD) system.
By giving New Generation Biogas (NGB) access to its facilities and expertise, Plymouth University (PU) has helped the Totnes-based firm observe the microbes that transform waste close-up and understand what makes them thrive.
NGB used... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 6, 2015
Weltec Biopower, a German bioenergy producer, and Aquatec Maxcon are building a 1MW anaerobic digestion (AD) biogas plant in Melbourne, Australia.
Construction of the plant, first of its kind in Australia, began in October and will be finished by the end of 2016.
The plant was ordered by water supply and sewage services company Yarra Valley Water, which with the construction... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 6, 2015
The Association of Anaerobic Digestion Operators (AADO) has secured confirmation of the Partial Harmonisation methodology, proposed by the European Commission for the management of digestate.
The confirmation comes prior to the announcement of the amendment to the EU Fertilisers Regulation due under the Circular Economy review later this year.
Since autumn 2014, concerns... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 4, 2015
Barenbrug, one of the largest grass seed producers in the UK, has released initial observations from a research trial assessing the suitability of different grass varieties and mixtures as feedstocks for anaerobic digestion (AD) plants.
At its 15-acre Cropvale trial site in Worcestershire, Barenbrug is mid-way through a two-year programme evaluating the AD potential of... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 3, 2015
Pretreating municipal solid waste (MSW) in an autoclave before sending it to anaerobic digestion (AD) could increase methane generation by over 300% and substantially reduce the amount of material requiring disposal, research by Aerothermal Group says.
As part of the research, Dr. Zhengjian Wang and Dr. Nigel Baily conducted experiments in triplicate on two waste streams... [Read More]
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]
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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
