Biogas News

Southern California Gas Co (SoCalGas) has created a proposed plan to offer renewable natural gas (RNG) to its customers.  The proposal, which was agreed on with SoCalGas’ stakeholders, has been filed with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC). Consumer advocate groups, a national environmental organisation and various industry groups were involved in the proposal.  The…
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California, US-based Clean Energy Fuels has launched an online cost calculator to estimate the cost of transitioning an individual vehicle or an entire fleet from diesel to natural gas. The natural gas Cost Calculator also includes an estimated carbon emissions reduction. It can be customised for specific types of natural gas vehicles, including heavy-duty trucks, shuttle and transit buses and…
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A joint survey matching organic waste producers to their nearest anaerobic digestion (AD) operators has been launched in the UK. The Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA) and the Renewable Energy Association (REA) created the survey in response to the increase in organic waste surpluses, caused by the COVID-19 lockdown. According to the organisations, one of the main…
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Balmoral Tanks has introduced a range of glass fused to steel (GFS) liquid storage tanks and hopes to support the 'green energy revolution'. The Aberdeen, Scotland-based company manufactures storage tanks for the water, wastewater, anaerobic digestion (AD) and processing sectors. Its new tanks provide "a new level of excellence" in glass enamel coating technology, according to the company's…
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Large-scale production of biomethane and green and blue hydrogen is important to achieve 55% emissions reductions by 2030, according to a new study. The Gas for Climate consortium published the Gas Decarbonisation Pathway 2020-2050 study by Guidehouse (formerly Navigant), analysing the transition towards the lowest-cost climate-neutral system by 2050. The study highlights that additional…
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A multicrusher supplied by Borger is being used at an award-winning waste-to-energy project in the Outer Hebrides, Scotland. The Creed Integrated Waste Management Facility on the Isle of Lewis processes salmon waste into biogas using anaerobic digestion. The facility manages waste from the island's 22,000 inhabitants and has grown to include a combined heat and power plant, electric boiler and…
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The use of biomethane as a transportation fuel has increased by 291% in the US since 2015, according to recent figures. Natural Gas Vehicles for America (NGVAmerica) and the Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas (RNG Coalition) said RNG, which is captured above ground from organic material in agricultural, wastewater, landfill or food waste, produces carbon-neutral and even carbon-negative…
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The Port of Seattle Commission has approved a 10-year supply contract with U.S. Gain for renewable natural gas (RNG). The move will enable the port to reach its 2030 goal to reduce carbon emissions by 50% almost a decade early. The 'long-sought major milestone' was voted on at the Commission meeting on 14 April. The $23 million (€21.1 million) contract allows the port to purchase enough fuel…
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U.S. Gain has completed a renewable natural gas (RNG) facility at Clover Hill Dairy in Campbellsport, Wisconsin. The new gas processing plant uses anaerobic digestion to generate biogas from dairy waste. Once extracted, the non-methane components of the biogas are removed so the methane can be used as a fuel or energy source. The Clover Hill project improves access to RNG for the…
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Capstone Turbine Corporation (Capstone), a clean technology manufacturer of microturbine energy systems, has received an order for its 800 kW C800 Signature Series for a biogas project in Japan. The project in the city of Handa in Aichi Prefecture will utilise agricultural and animal waste to generate clean energy for the Biokursix Handa biogas power generation facility. Kanamoto, Capstone's…
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Biogest has received an order to build an agricultural biogas plant near Ankara, Turkey. The project in Akyurt is the company's first biogas plant in Turkey and was developed in cooperation with Enerlinc. After successfully entering the Asian market with biogas plants built in India and South Korea, this new Biogest PowerRing biogas facility is another milestone for the company's projects in…
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Orbital Gas Systems, a wholly-owned subsidiary of CUI Global, has been awarded a contract to design, produce and commission its first-ever biomethane-to-grid plants for the UK water industry. Orbital received the contract from a major UK energy provider. The agreement covers the provision of an initial biomethane grid entry unit (GEU) followed by a second unit, both valued at around $550,000…
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Clean, low-carbon gas-powered heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) have overtaken fossil-powered trucks, according to the Gas Vehicle Network (GVN). GVN's 2018 statistics show that 55.5% of gas for transport fuel was biomethane; the organisation expects this to rise again in the 2019 figures. Foster said: Mike Foster, head of GVN, said renewable gas-powered vehicles are an "obvious, sustainable choice…
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The UK Government has granted planning permission for Cory Energy's Riverside Energy Park development near London. The Energy Park will be situated next to Cory Energy's existing energy recovery facility in Belvedere, on the banks of the River Thames. It will feature an additional energy recovery facility, as well as an anaerobic digestion (AD) facility for food and green waste, solar power…
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