Nov 23, 2015
Japanese city to build biogas plant to increase power supply
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]
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]
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Scotland’s Cabinet Secretary for Climate Action and Energy, Gillian Martin MSP, has visited BrewDog’s anaerobic digestion (AD) and biomethane facility in Ellon
Tuas Power has announced plans to convert its Tembusu Multi-Utilities Complex (TMUC) on Jurong Island to run entirely on renewable biomass by 2028 — 22 years ahead of Singapore’s national decarbonisation timeline
Egypt’s Ministry of Environment, through the Bioenergy Foundation for Sustainable Development, has signed a cooperation agreement with Italian energy company Eni to advance biogas production and support the country’s clean energy transition
