Jul 19, 2016
Preparation work begins at UK EfW site amid concerns for public health
Biogas News
Jul 15, 2016
French resource management company Veolia has signed a five-year contract with Lowell Energy AD for the operations and maintenance of its Lowell Energy Anaerobic Digester.
Under the contract, Veolia is charged with improving performance of the anaerobic digestion (AD) system to increase biogas and power output.
Commissioned in 2015, the Lowell Energy biogas-to-electricity... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 14, 2016
The Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA), a representative of the UK AD industry, has called for “more ambition” for anaerobic digestion from the government in its response to the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) consultation, which was submitted today.
The consultation, which considers tariff levels and scheme rules from 2017, proposed to leave “caps”... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 14, 2016
A UK biogas company has been ordered to pay £20,000 (€23,859) for poor management of a facility and polluting waterways.
The UK Environment Agency said Trinity Hall Biogas poorly managed its anaerobic digestion (AD) plant in Hockliffe, Bedfordshire, which led to watercourses being polluted, the Energy Live News reports.
Luton Magistrates’ Court heard water... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 11, 2016
Danish biogas plant builder Xergi won the category for “Best international agricultural plant” at the AD & Biogas Industry Awards last week.
The award, given to the company for its Nature Energy Holsted biogas plant in Denmark, which was commissioned in 2015, was handed out at the AD & Biogas show in Birmingham, UK, on 6-7 July.
Jørgen Ballermann,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 7, 2016
The UK anaerobic digestion (AD) market has expanded with a new player when a new company called Amur launched at the UK AD & Biogas show in Birmingham.
The business, part of AB Agri, an Associated British Foods subsidiary, will work with agricultural and waste-fed AD operators to supply them with high quality feedstocks and additives to improve plant performance.
Nigel... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 7, 2016
DuPont Industrial Biosciences has launched Optimash AD-100, an innovative new enzyme product to help biomethane producers improve biogas yields and process robustness.
Optimash AD-100 represents DuPont Industrial Biosciences’ entry into the growing biogas sector, with an enzyme that has been shown to produce up to a 13% increase in biogas yields in anaerobic digesters.
The... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 6, 2016
Almost a third more biogas energy is being produced in the UK compared to this time last year, according to new figures from industry trade body Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA).
The AD Market Report, published at UK AD & Biogas 2016 trade show, shows that the UK now has 617MWe of biogas capacity, enough to power the equivalent of 800,000 homes.
However,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 4, 2016
Anaerobic digestion (AD) plant developer JFS & Associates and fund manager Iona Capital have launched a food waste-based AD plant in the UK.
The Leeming Biogas facility in North Yorkshire is one of the largest AD plants in the country to feed gas directly into the national grid.
The £18 million (€21.4m) investment will see food waste from local businesses... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 29, 2016
Novozymes, a Denmark-based biotechnology company, has announced that it will deliver the enzymes for Dong Energy’s enzyme-enabled bioplant in the UK.
The plant, which is in the process of being built by Danish energy firm Dong Energy, is based in Northwich in the north west of England and is called REnescience.
According to Dong Energy, it will be the first full-scale... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 28, 2016
German carmaker Volkswagen has showcased its algae biogas-powered vehicle at a biogas project based in El Torno Chiclana, a town in south-west Spain.
The presentation of the test vehicle was unveiled at a biogas development named ‘All-gas biogas project’, which is run by Aqualia, a water management subsidiary of FCC Group.
The demonstration at the wastewater... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 27, 2016
Raw Biogas, a UK anaerobic digestion (AD) plant developer, has submitted a planning application for an £8 million biogas plant in Northamptonshire.
But the project, to be located at Wormslade Farm and projected to process 46,000 tonnes of manure and crops annually to power 2,500 homes, is facing local resistance, BBC reports.
Clipston Parish Council – smallest... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 22, 2016
The US House of Representatives’ has been presented with a bill to increase the number of biogas application that qualify for the federal Section 45 investment tax credit.
Currently only biogas-based electricity projects are eligible for the 30% tax credit, but the bill – titled the Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Act or H.R. 5489 – would see other... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 21, 2016
The global organic biogas market was worth more than $19.5 billion (€17.2bn) in 2015 and is forecast to exceed $32 billion by 2023, growing at more than 6% CAGR from 2016 to 2023, a new report says.
According to market analyst Global Market Insights (GMI), in terms of volume, organic biogas market demand was more than 22 kilotonnes in 2015 and is likely to surpass... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 20, 2016
Ireland-based renewable energy developer Stream BioEnergy has commenced construction in Northern Ireland on a new biogas plant that will process large volumes of chicken litter.
The plant, to be located just outside the town of Ballymena, will generate 3MW of renewable electricity from up to 40,000 tonnes of chicken litter each year, enough to 4,000 homes.
The capital... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 20, 2016
A lightning strike caused a large fireball to flare out from a UK biogas plant last week as the facility’s storm protection systems were overwhelmed.
Organic waste recycler Agrivert’s Wallingford plant in Oxfordshire became the target of nature’s wrath on June 16 when a lightning ignited methane gas stored in the facility’s waste digester.
The gas... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jun 17, 2016
The American Biogas Council (ABC), the trade association for the US biogas industry, supports a newly introduced bill to provide increases tax credits to biogas producers.
The Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Act (HR 5489), introduced by Representatives Tom Reed (R-NY) and Ron Kind (D-WI), provides a 30% investment tax credit (ITC) for qualifying biogas and nutrient... [Read More]
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