Nov 14, 2017
Dutch biogas plant Wabico receives ISCC certification
Biogas News
Nov 14, 2017
German plant manufacturer Weltec Biopower recently signed a contract for a biogas plant extension of milk powder producer Estancias del Lago (EDL) in Uruguay. From late 208, the plant with its eight digesters will generate a rated thermal input of more than 6MW from cattle manure and fodder leftovers.
The company will use the biogas for drying and steam generation purposes... [Read More]
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Nov 14, 2017
A Spanish scheme supporting combined heat and power (CHP) and renewable energy has been approved by the European Commission’s Competition Authority.
The European Commission has found the Spanish scheme supporting electricity generation from renewable energy sources, high efficiency cogeneration of heat and power and waste to be in line with EU State aid rules. The... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 10, 2017
UK-based waste-to-energy start-up 4NEW has won a $25 million (€21m) investment from a major US private equity company just eight days after the company's launch.
The investment will be used to fund the purchase of 4NEW's first waste-to-energy site in the UK, which is expected to cost about £60m in total.
According to 4 NEW, these funds will be allocated towards... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 10, 2017
The council of Chilliwack, a city in British Columbia, Canada, has approved a major study to look for alternatives to flaring biogas from it wastewater treatment plant, according to The Chilliwack Progress.
At present, three anaerobic digesters at the wastewater plant emit a substantial amount of biogas – including major greenhouse gases carbon dioxide and methane.... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 10, 2017
Suppliers have now sold enough renewable gas through the Green Gas Certification Scheme (GGCS) to cover the annual consumption of 83,000 homes, cook 300 million Sunday roasts, or fry four billion eggs.
The scheme is announcing today that sales of its certificates have now hit 1 TWh.
Increasing numbers of consumers are becoming aware that, just as they can buy... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 7, 2017
The UK-based Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA) has sent a number of policy requests to Exchequer Secretary Andrew Jones MP, ahead of the Budget, which takes place on 22 November.
As the government looks ahead to the publication of the Industrial Strategy White Paper, ADBA has highlighted the strong business case for the proposed agri-tech and bioeconomy... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 6, 2017
A new research programme in New York involving students from Clarkson University, Potsdam, New York, will convert one ton (US ton) of waste per day into renewable energy, according to a report by the Watertown Daily Times.
According to the media report, the project is a joint venture between Clarkson and One World Clean Energy, an energy provider with the goal... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 1, 2017
The American Biogas Council (ABC) has welcomed the introduction of a new bill in Congress which would extend the renewable electricity tax credit to include anaerobic digestion (AD) and biogas technology.
Congresswoman Elise Stefanik’s bill, labelled the Renewable Electricity Tax Credit Equalisation Act (HR 4137), would see tax credit applied to open and closed-loop... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 27, 2017
Clearfleau, a major provider of on-site bioenergy plants for food and beverage processing sites, has written to the UK government calling for action on the proposed Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI).
The UK government has recently published its Clean Growth Strategy, setting out clear goals to cut the country’s carbon emissions while boosting its economy. Cleafleau... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 26, 2017
UK-based Whites Concrete has assisted with the installation of two new Sealwall tanks for a farm-based anaerobic digestion (AD) plant in the West Midlands.
Whites Concrete is a manufacturer of pre-stressed and pre-cast concrete panels, retaining walls and tanks.
The first, a circular tank of almost 36m in diameter and a height of 4.3m, was built using 94... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 25, 2017
Biogas plants in Germany are saving 20 million tonnes of CO2 emissions a year, according to the president of the German Biogas Association.
Recently released figures from the German Biogas Association show that 205 new biogas plants were connected to the grid in 2016, more than the 150 expected by the association. The figures also show that ten biogas plants were decommissioned.... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 25, 2017
A backlog in the UK parliament is threatening the country’s climate goals, according to the chief executive of the Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA).
Recently, the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) confirmed that the tabling of legislation to reform the UK’s Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) will be pushed back... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 20, 2017
Gas made from domestic waste, energy crops, agricultural waste, food waste and sewage could heat up to 15 million homes in the UK every year by 2050, according to a new study just published by Britain’s largest gas distribution network.
Titled The Bioenergy Review, the report was commissioned by Cadent to estimate how much of the UK’s energy demand could be... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 19, 2017
A new membrane has been developed that makes more effective the process of separating methane from CO2. This process is crucial in making natural gas and biogas suitable for use
Methane is never found in its pure form. Natural gas, for instance, always contains a large amount of carbon dioxide. Industry generally uses membranes that act as molecular sieves to purify this... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 18, 2017
Resource management company GENeco has launched a vehicle called the Bio-Bee that collects commercial food waste and runs on the same material in Bristol, UK.
With Bristol among 40 places in the UK that consistently exceeds air quality limits for nitrogen dioxide, the Bio-Bee demonstrates a real alternative to diesel RCVs and HGVs by running on clean biomethane,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 16, 2017
Hong-Kong based China Everbright International has signed a supplementary concession agreement with the Public Utility Management Bureau of Yixing City, Jiangsu Province, to invest in and construct a waste-to-energy plant worth around RMB780 million (€100m).
The development, entitled Yixing waste-to-energy project phase II, will be constructed on a build-operate-transfer... [Read More]
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