Aug 3, 2015
40% rise in UK biogas power production
Biogas News
Jul 31, 2015
France is set to increase its feed-in tariffs for biogas installations and small photovoltaic (PV) systems, says the Ministry of Ecology, Sustainable Development and Energy.
The feed-in tariff for electricity produced by cogeneration installations running on biogas will be raised for both new and existing installations.
On a project basis, depending on individual size... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 30, 2015
Viaspace has completed the engineering and design work for a 2MW biogas power plant in Papua New Guinea for Clean Energy Solutions Pacific (CES).
CES, based in Salt Lake City, US, is an independent power producer focused on developing power for frontier and emerging markets with experience in project development and management, engineering, and construction of power plants.
The... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 28, 2015
Greenlane Biogas, global supplier of integrated full system solutions to upgrade biogas released from organic waste to biomethane, has partnered with China Agricultural University (CAU) to install a biogas upgrading system to facilitate research in the generation of renewable natural gas (RNG).
The top academic institution in China for agricultural studies, CAU will use... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 28, 2015
Alkcon Corp., a developer of natural gas processing equipment, has entered into an exclusivity agreement and a letter of intent with Flogas Group of Leicestershire, England.
The agreement grants Flogas the exclusive right to market and sell the company's proprietary methane-to-propane gas conversion technology in the UK, Ireland, France, Norway, Sweden, Netherlands and... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 24, 2015
Local authorities have greenlighted an application to build an anaerobic digester and associated infrastructure at Deal Farm in Bressingham, UK.
The plant will be constructed by Envitec, a Germany-based biogas constructor and solutions provider, who will also supply the necessary technology.
The system will convert pig and chicken manure and locally grown maize silage... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 23, 2015
Geomembrane Technologies (GTI) has announced it is now the exclusive distributor of double-membrane gasholders, manufactured by VSO Biogas Technologies, in the United States and Canada.
The Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, based company’s cover experts can deliver, install, and commission these gasholders, and provide advice on how to maximize the use... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 21, 2015
UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) and Equitix have announced a commitment to fund the construction of a £30 million (€43 million) energy facility in Sheffield.
The Equitix managed fund Energy Savings Investments (ESI), in which GIB is a cornerstone investor, is investing £14.6 million in the project. An additional £15 million of private capital has... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 16, 2015
In the US, the California Department of Food and Agriculture has announced that the AgPower Visalia project in Tulare County has been awarded a $3 million (€2.7 million) dairy digester R&D grant.
The project, developed by Camco Clean Energy, will be built by Regenis at the Moonlight Dairy in Visalia, the heart of California's largest in the nation dairy industry,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 16, 2015
Norske Skog is planning to build a biogas plant at the site of one of its mills in Norway, which will use bio-waste from the paper production process as feedstock.
The company will invest NOK150 million (€17 million) in the project.
'We are planning to commercialise bio-waste from raw material into gas at our mills. Despite challenging markets, we believe that our... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 16, 2015
HoSt, a specialist in bioenergy systems, has received an order from Ataro Clima to construct a 1.5MWe biogas plant in Tsalapitsa, Bulgaria.
This is the third such plant which HoSt will build in Bulgaria, and the second which will be able to handle large amounts of straw due to the addition of a straw input line.
The need to digest these large amounts of straw instead of... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 7, 2015
The University of Aarhus has revealed findings from an extensive study into the performance of Landia's externally-mounted GasMix system, showing that it increases methane production by almost 11% in a digester treating agricultural residues.
The study also showed that viscosity was decreased by more than 31% when Landia's GasMix was used in a heat exchange tank treating... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 7, 2015
UK-based Clearfleau, a provider of on-site AD-based treatment solutions for the food and beverage sector, has finished the first stage in a major sustainability project for First Milk, at one of the UK's largest cheese creameries. Once operational, the plant will feed biomethane into the gas grid – the first dairy processing site in Europe to do so.
Lake District... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 29, 2015
Tamar Energy, operators and developers of commercial anaerobic digestion (AD) plants in the UK, has announced that two of its AD sites have achieved a key industry quality standard.
The company's AD plants at Retford, Nottinghamshire and Holbeach, Lincolnshire have been awarded PAS 110 certificates – a standard backed by WRAP and the British Standards Institute to... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 23, 2015
Wastech, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Belkorp Environmental Services, has officially opened its Landfill Gas Utilization Plant at the Cache Creek Landfill in British Columbia, Canada.
The plant will generate electricity at a rate of 4.8MW – enough to power more than 2,500 homes. The project uses technology to trap gas that is naturally generated from the landfilling... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 23, 2015
In New York, US, BioFerm Energy Systems/Viessmann Group has been selected as the anaerobic digester technology provider for a community organic diversion project expected to begin this year.
An estimated 900 tonnes of organic waste from nearby residences, restaurants and grocery stores are currently sent to area landfills in North Elba each year. Once the BioFerm technology... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 9, 2015
Blue Sphere Corp., a clean energy company that develops, manages and owns waste-to-energy projects, has broken ground on its waste-to-energy project in Johnston, Rhode Island in the US.
The plant will produce 3.2MW of clean energy from uneaten food that would normally end up in local landfills. That electricity will then be sold to the national grid to provide power to... [Read More]
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The conference was opened by Swedish MEP Emma Wiesner (Renew Europe), who underlined bioenergy’s key role in achieving Europe’s energy and climate ambitions
Gasum, in partnership with REMA Distribution, has today inaugurated a new biogas filling station for liquefied biogas (LBG) at REMA Distribution’s facility in Vinterbro, south of Oslo
The agreement, concluded under Singapore’s new 'biomethane sandbox' launched by the Energy Market Authority and the Economic Development Board on 27 October, is designed to pilot biomethane imports for power generation and industrial use
