Oct 5, 2016
Biogen opens seventh UK food waste AD plant
Biogas News
Oct 4, 2016
US technology juggernaut Apple has entered into an agreement with the University of Aarhus in Denmark to establish a biogas research and development programme.
The venture, along with a €1.7 billion investment, comes after Apple in February 2015 announced it was planning to build two data centres powered entirely by renewable energy in Europe.
The facilities will... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 29, 2016
Swedish renewable energy producer OX2 has received a 22 million krona (€2.3m) grant to build a new food waste-to-biogas processing facility in Sweden.
OX2 is also investing 18 million krona of its own capital in the plant, which will be located in the city of Helsingborg in southern Sweden.
The company already operates NSR’s biogas plant in Filborna, for which... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 27, 2016
FCC, a Spanish environmental services, construction, and water management group, is participating in a project to convert waste treatment plants into bioenergy factories.
Co-financed by the EU’s LIFE Programme, the Methamorphosis project is headed by FCC Aqualia in partnership with Area Metropolitana de Barcelona (AMB), FCC Environment (FCC’s environmental... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 22, 2016
Global security and aerospace company Lockheed Martin has opened a new bioenergy facility in Owego, New York, using Concord Blue’s advanced technology that will convert waste into clean, renewable energy.
Prior to ribbon cutting, Lockheed Martin successfully demonstrated the end-to-end capability of the new system.
The demonstration validated its ability to... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 9, 2016
A £72 million (€85m) new state-of the-art sludge treatment and anaerobic digestion (AD) facility in the centre of Leeds, UK, has been given the go-ahead.
Yorkshire Water’s planning proposal for a bioenergy facility at the company’s Knostrop works was approved by Leeds City Council’s planning committee and the contract has been awarded to Black... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 8, 2016
Ecomaine, a Maine, US-based recycling service provider, has officially opened its new food waste recovery service utilising anaerobic digestion (AD) for biogas production.
The company says the addition of food waste recovery to its portfolio of services will help its member communities reach the statewide recycling goal of 50% by 2021.
“Recent studies have shown... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 8, 2016
FuelCell Energy, a power plant developer, has completed the construction and begun commercial operation of a megawatt-class fuel cell power plant in California.
The Riverside Regional Water Quality Control Plant is structured so that the City of Riverside pays for power produced, achieving immediate operating cost savings without any capital outlay and in a manner that... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 1, 2016
PlanET Biogas UK has been contracted as technology provider for a 500kWel anaerobic digestion (AD) plant in Shropshire, UK.
The Bitterley Biogas AD plant, to be situated near the town of Ludlow, will be fed predominantly cattle manure from surrounding farms.
Excavation and concrete works for the digester have been completed and commissioning is planned at the end of September... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 30, 2016
German plant manufacturer Weltec Biopower has constructed and brought online a biogas plant at a Croatian pig farm, contributing to the country’s EU climate targets.
The 250kW plant, which went live in Varazdin on a farm owned Dalibor Vrček, suits the farm‘s cycle of food production, liquid manure utilisation, and energy production in the form of power, heat... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 12, 2016
German waste management equipment manufacturer, Eggersmann Group, has acquired batch-biogas plant specialist, Bekon Holding.
Located in the city of Marienfeld, the Eggersmann Group is one of the most rapidly expanding plant manufacturers worldwide with decades of experience in mechanical and biological waste treatment, according to the group.
“The integration of... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 5, 2016
A new greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions calculator has been launched by sustainability consultancy Ricardo Energy & Environment to help UK anaerobic digestion (AD) plant operators report their biomethane emissions and secure Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) payments.
Since the 5 October 2015 UK operators looking to claim RHI from producing renewable energy, biofuels and... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 4, 2016
UK-based food and agri company Saria’s Doncaster site is now running completely off-grid and using 100% renewable energy, the company says.
Recycling more than 160,000 tonnes of food waste annually in a ReFood anaerobic digestion (AD) plant, the state-of-the-art facility generates 5MWh of electricity via combined heat and power (CHP), alongside hot water and heat.
A... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 3, 2016
Wheelabrator Technologies, a US-based energy-from-waste (EfW) specialist, has reached financial close on a new 550,000 tonnes per year EfW facility at Kemsley in Kent, UK.
“To achieve financial close is a significant milestone and I’m very proud of our team for making this possible, and excited to welcome a second facility in the UK to our fleet,” said... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 3, 2016
Hawaii Gas, the state’s only regulated gas utility, has won a contract to capture and process biogas from the City and County of Honolulu’s Honouliuli wastewater treatment plant.
The City and County of Honolulu is a consolidated city–county located in the US state of Hawaii.
“This is a great example of how our administration... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 28, 2016
New official UK figures show 40% more renewable electricity was produced from biogas from waste and farms in 2015 compared to 2014.
The UK government’s annual Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DUKES), published today [28 July], also reflects growth in biomethane to grid with the generation of heat from anaerobic digestion more than doubling.
Key figures include: AD... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 27, 2016
US solid waste management company Republic Services said it will build landfill gas-to-energy facilities at three area landfills, located in the state of Georgia, with the help of clean energy specialist Mas Energy.
Together, these facilities are capable of generating 24.1MW of electricity, or enough renewable energy to power 15,665 households. The plants will be located... [Read More]
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