
Oct 31, 2014
Landfill gas-to-energy project opens in North Carolina
Biogas News
Oct 28, 2014
Viridor, a UK-based renewable energy, waste management and recycling company, says it backs a House of Commons select committee calls to alter the UK's waste policy if the nation is to avoid missed recycling targets and the loss of energy resources.
The firm is currently investing over £1 billion (€1.25 billion) in 'next generation' recycling and energy recovery... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 27, 2014
ZooShare has raised over $1 million (€790,000) for what is soon to be the first zoo-based biogas plant in North America. The plant will have a capacity of 500kW when it comes online in December 2015.
ZooShare bonds, which are being used to build the biogas plant, pay a return of 7% each year for seven years. The facility will convert animal manure from the Toronto... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 20, 2014
A new anaerobic digestion (AD) research plant has been officially opened at Cranfield University in the UK.
The plant, part funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and supported by Shanks Waste Management, will divert up to 10 tonnes a year of food waste from landfill. It will also save up to 5 tonnes of CO2 and produce up to 8 tonnes of biofertiliser.
At... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 20, 2014
In the US, infrastructure and support services firm AECOM has been awarded a design-build contract from National Grid, in partnership with the New York City Department of Environmental Protection, to provide engineering, procurement and construction services for the Newtown Creek Renewable Natural Gas Project in New York City.
The project will consist of injecting pipeline-quality... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 20, 2014
UK lime works company Singleton Birch has opened its 1.5MW biogas plant in North Lincolnshire, England.
The new plant will generate 40% of Singleton Birch's power requirements, with four local farmers providing 30,000 tonnes of feedstock annually. This includes manure, slurry, maize and sugar beet, as well as grass from the Humberside Airport.
PlanET Biogas UK was responsible... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 20, 2014
In the UK, Willen Biogas is developing a 27,000 tonne per year biogas plant at Cattlegate Farm in Enfield, London.
Willen Biogas is owned by the investment funds Foresight Environmental Fund (FEF) and UK Waste Resources and Energy Investments fund (UKWREI), with both funds managed by Foresight Group, and by Adrian Williams, Howard Williams, Brian Williams and Mark Lennon.
'This... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 14, 2014
Japan-based company Renagen has signed a contract with EnviTec Biogas for the construction of a 250kW biogas plant near the Japanese city of Osaka. The plant is scheduled to go online in spring next year.
In a statement, EnviTec says that energy generation from waste material in Japan marks an important step towards the attainment of the country's climate objectives. While... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 14, 2014
Sunshine Gas Producers, a joint venture between DTE Biomass Energy and EIF Renewable Energy Holdings through its subsidiary Landfill Energy Systems, has started generating electricity from landfill gas at its recently built renewable energy facility at the Sunshine Canyon Landfill in Sylmar.
DTE Biomass Energy developed and will also operate the plant, which has the capacity... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 10, 2014
Wärtsilä has signed a joint development agreement with two Indonesian partners to develop the first biogas liquefaction (bio-LNG) plant in Indonesia.
The co-signers of the agreement with Wärtsilä are national energy company PT Pertamina (Persero) and PT Godang Tua Jaya (GTJ), a waste utilisation sector specialist company.
Wärtsilä Oil and... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 7, 2014
In the US, the Victor Valley Wastewater Reclamation Authority (VVWRA) marked the official start-up of its new Omnivore biogas production system with a ribbon cutting ceremony at the end of September.
Omnivore was provided by technology supplier Anaergia and funded in part by the California Energy Commission's (CEC) Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) programme.
The... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 30, 2014
In the UK, the West Country's first biogas filling station has been officially opened and will supply low emission road transportation fuel.
The new open access filling station, located at Bridgwater, is part of a national network of biogas stations being developed by Gasrec. The facility, along with others across the UK, allows HGV fleet operators to cut fuel and pollution... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 30, 2014
UK biogas investment firm Iona Capital has completed its investment in a Charlesfield, Scotland-based anaerobic digestion (AD) plant.
The plant will process a mixture of farm generated waste and inject biomethane directly into the local gas grid.
This project follows Iona's first Scottish project, located in Perth, which is expected to start its commissioning process shortly.... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 25, 2014
Pressure Technologies has acquired the business and certain assets of New Zealand-based biogas-to-grid technology developer and supplier, Greenland Biogas Holdings.
The deal was announced following the completion of detailed due diligence and once Pressure Technologies agreed to the terms of the acquisition.
Greenlane's applications are used to capture biogas released... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 23, 2014
NPG Energy, a subsidiary of Enovos Luxembourg, has inaugurated its NPG BIO II biogas plant at the Deurganckdok at Antwerp Port. Inauguration of this renewable facility is the first of three openings to come over the coming year.
Speaking about the plant, which took 10 months to build, NPG Energy CEO and co-founder André Jurres says: 'The plant is primarily fuelled... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 22, 2014
The GwyriAD anaerobic digestion (AD) plant near Caernarfon, developed and operated by Biogen, is the first in Wales to achieve certification under REAL's not-for-profit Biofertiliser Certification Scheme (BCS).
The plant converts food waste into renewable electricity and a co-product called digestate, otherwise known as certified biofertiliser.
The plant, which will turn... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 15, 2014
New Zealand biogas company, Greenlane Biogas Technologies, is commissioning the world's biggest biomethane production plant in Montreal, Canada.
The project's estimated value stands at NZ $50 million (€32 million) and will produce up to 16,000 m3 per hour of biomethane.
This facility follows the commissioning of a smaller plant in the city of São Pedro da Aldei,... [Read More]