Feb 9, 2017
Swinerton’s waste-to-energy arm breaks ground on US’ largest biogas facility
Biogas News
Feb 8, 2017
The Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA) is calling on the government to put forward a new policy on support for anaerobic digestion (AD) on farms and using wastes, in the light of the UK government announcing its decision to continue limiting anaerobic digestion deployment in the Feed-in Tariff (FIT).
Commenting on the announcement, ADBA Chief Executive... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 7, 2017
Union Bank, a US-based banking company, has announced that 11 of its San Francisco Bay Area offices have enrolled in MCE’s Deep Green electricity service enabling these locations to switch to 100% renewable energy.
Union Bank is the first financial institution within MCE’s service area to commit to Deep Green, and now operates 100% carbon-free in Marin County... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 6, 2017
US power company NRG Energy (NRG) and its subsidiary Reliant, a well-known retail electricity provider in Texas, have teamed up with the NFL to provide 100% green-e certified renewable energy to NRG Stadium, site of Super Bowl LI, and the George R. Brown Convention Center, location of the NFL Experience and other NFL celebrations in Houston.
“Reducing the environmental... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 6, 2017
The Hawaii County Planning Department has given the green light for an energy-from-waste (EfW) plant to be built in Waikoloa.
The Planning Department found no significant environmental impact from the proposed facility that will be built with private equity, according to the Hawaii Tribune Herald.
“The County of Hawaii Planning Department has reviewed the comments... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 2, 2017
Pentair announced that it has completed the acquisition of Union Engineering, headquartered in Fredericia, Denmark.Union Engineering specialises in sustainable technologies for capturing, recovering and purification of carbon dioxide.
As an established leader in carbon dioxide management and recovery with its Haffmans brand, the addition of Union Engineering’s technologies... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 2, 2017
UK-based food waste recycler ReFood (UK) has appointed Britcon to deliver an extension to its £24 million (€28m) plant in Widnes.
Lincolnshire-based construction and development business Britcon is building a new £1.2 million digester tank on the site which processes food waste into gas for the National Grid.
The appointment follows Britcons successful... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 1, 2017
The Austrian Energy Agency (AEA) and the European Biomass Association, AEBIOM, have teamed up together to launch a new ‘Bioheat Profitability Assessment tool’.
The tool is part of a European Union’s H2020 Bioenergy4Business project. It has been developed for the examination and comparison of investments in biomass-heating and equivalent fossil fuelled... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 31, 2017
The World Biogas Association (WBA) has agreed to partner with the Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA) to showcase the global biogas industry at ADBA’s leading AD & Biogas trade show, which last year was attended by participants from over 50 countries.
UK AD & Biogas and World Biogas Expo 2017 will take place on the 5-6 July at the NEC... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 30, 2017
GE’s Water & Process Technologies is collaborating with a Canadian university on a research initiative to maximise renewable energy generation and simultaneously produce a pathogen-free biosolids fertiliser.
The new pilot is located at the Southern Ontario Water Consortium (SOWC) wastewater demonstration facility adjacent to the city of Guelph wastewater... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 27, 2017
DuPont Industrial Biosciences has been awarded a grant from the European Commission to demonstrate high-efficiency enzyme production to increase biogas yields.
The grant comes as part of the DEMETER project, funded from the Bio-Based Industries Joint Undertaking under the EU’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme.
Enzyme technology has been... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 26, 2017
A special elliptical tank made from precast panels by Whites Concrete (part of the Naylor Group) has been installed for a new anaerobic digestion (AD) plant in Lincolnshire, UK.
One of an increasing number of successful biogas plants operated by a leading multi-disciplinary construction, engineering and operating group, Whites Concrete has also provided a circular Sealwall... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 26, 2017
Renewable company New Horizons and gas firm Afrox have opened an energy-from-waste (EfW) plant in Athlone, near Cape Town, South Africa.
The new EfW plant will focus on converting organic waste into useable biomethane which will be used to create products such as liquid carbon dioxide, organic fertiliser and compressed biomethane.
The gas will be marketed as an alternative... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 24, 2017
Ghana-based Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology (KNUST) has unveiled a project to develop a simple, efficient and sustainable electricity generation technology for use in rural and urban communities.
According to Ghana Business News, the study focuses on developing microbial fuel cell technology to generate electricity and support wastewater treatment.
The... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 23, 2017
Air Liquide and Puregas Solutions signed an agreement to access their respective biogas upgrading technologies. This collaboration allows the two experts to provide biogas upgrading solutions that meet customers' needs and projects’ characteristics.
The agreement uses the synergies of Air Liquide and Puregas Solutions and is complementary to the offers of both companies... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 18, 2017
Home furnishings giant IKEA has announced that it has completed installation of its fourth biogas-powered fuel cell system at its San Diego store.
Furthering the Swedish retailer’s investment in fuel cell technology, this project complements the company’s focus on other renewable energies such as solar and wind. IKEA already owns three fuel cell systems at... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jan 11, 2017
Africa’s first biogas-powered electricity producer to sell surplus electricity to a national grid has come online at a Kenyan commercial farm.
The Gorge Farm Energy Park, located in the market town of Naivasha, produces 2MW of electricity and heat to cultivate 1,740 acres of vegetables and flowers, with enough surplus power to feed 5,000-6,000 rural homes.
The farm,... [Read More]
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