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Biogas News
Dec 18, 2014
The European Biogas Association (EBA) has released its Biogas Report 2014, which found there are now more than 14,500 biogas plants in Europe and this figure is still growing.
In central Europe, countries such as Hungary, Slovakia, Poland and the Czech Republic experienced an 18% increase in the number of biogas plants. Other key producing countries included the UK, France... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 18, 2014
GoBiGas, the world's first demonstration plant for large-scale production of biogas through the gasification of forest residues, is now operational.
The plant has been supplying biogas to the Swedish natural gas grid since 15 December.
'After intensive work with the commissioning of the plant over the past year, we have now reached an important milestone,' says project... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 16, 2014
Hungarian energy firm Ormánsági Zöldenergia is reported to be investing HUF950 million (€3 million) into a new biogas plant in Vajszló in the southwest of the country.
Using waste products sourced from nearby farms, the plant will have a capacity to generate 4.5GWh of electricity when it comes online in Q2 2015.
In addition to Ormánsági... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 16, 2014
Via its subsidiary Sita, Suez Environment has been awarded a €150 million operating contract for the Amétyst anaerobic digestion plant in Montpellier, France, for a period of 10 years.
Sita has operated the Amétyst plant since 2008, which will benefit from a €10 million investment programme funded by Sita. This investment will increase its electricity... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 2, 2014
Last year, around 51,000 hectares of UK agricultural land were utilised for bioenergy crops – around 0.8% of all arable land in the nation. This is according to a new report, Areas of Crops Grown for Bioenergy in England and the UK: 2008-2013, released by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA).
Of this 51,000 hectares of land used for bioenergy,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 2, 2014
The quantity of biomethane being injected into the UK's gas grid will more than quadruple by the end of this year. This is according to data compiled by the Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA).
Having analysed information shared by the UK's four Gas Distribution Networks (GDNs), ADBA's results show that the number of biomethane upgrading plants has... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 11, 2014
Microsoft and the University of Wyoming (UW) have officially opened their zero emission green data centre that is fuelled by methane biogas and allows the university to run computing and modelling applications from the Laramie campus.
A cable-cutting ceremony for the Cheyenne Biogas Power Plant, which is located at the Dry Creek Water Reclamation Facility, was scheduled... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 3, 2014
A new £319.5 million (€409 million) waste treatment plant in North Yorkshire, UK is to receive a £33.1 million investment from the UK Green Investment Bank (GIB).
The project is expected to process up to 320,000 tonnes of household, commercial and industrial waste per year. It will divert more than 7 million tonnes of waste from landfill over its lifetime... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 31, 2014
In the US, DTE Biomass Energy has completed its 9.6MW landfill gas-to-energy project at the Uwharrie Environmental Landfill in Mt. Gilead, North Carolina.
The landfill site at which it is located is owned and operated by Republic Services of North Carolina.DTE Biomass Energy started operating the facility in September. Landfill gas at the site is used to generate renewable... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 28, 2014
Viridor, a UK-based renewable energy, waste management and recycling company, says it backs a House of Commons select committee calls to alter the UK's waste policy if the nation is to avoid missed recycling targets and the loss of energy resources.
The firm is currently investing over £1 billion (€1.25 billion) in 'next generation' recycling and energy recovery... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 27, 2014
ZooShare has raised over $1 million (€790,000) for what is soon to be the first zoo-based biogas plant in North America. The plant will have a capacity of 500kW when it comes online in December 2015.
ZooShare bonds, which are being used to build the biogas plant, pay a return of 7% each year for seven years. The facility will convert animal manure from the Toronto... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 20, 2014
A new anaerobic digestion (AD) research plant has been officially opened at Cranfield University in the UK.
The plant, part funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and supported by Shanks Waste Management, will divert up to 10 tonnes a year of food waste from landfill. It will also save up to 5 tonnes of CO2 and produce up to 8 tonnes of biofertiliser.
At... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 20, 2014
In the US, infrastructure and support services firm AECOM has been awarded a design-build contract from National Grid, in partnership with the New York City Department of Environmental Protection, to provide engineering, procurement and construction services for the Newtown Creek Renewable Natural Gas Project in New York City.
The project will consist of injecting pipeline-quality... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 20, 2014
UK lime works company Singleton Birch has opened its 1.5MW biogas plant in North Lincolnshire, England.
The new plant will generate 40% of Singleton Birch's power requirements, with four local farmers providing 30,000 tonnes of feedstock annually. This includes manure, slurry, maize and sugar beet, as well as grass from the Humberside Airport.
PlanET Biogas UK was responsible... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 20, 2014
In the UK, Willen Biogas is developing a 27,000 tonne per year biogas plant at Cattlegate Farm in Enfield, London.
Willen Biogas is owned by the investment funds Foresight Environmental Fund (FEF) and UK Waste Resources and Energy Investments fund (UKWREI), with both funds managed by Foresight Group, and by Adrian Williams, Howard Williams, Brian Williams and Mark Lennon.
'This... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 14, 2014
Japan-based company Renagen has signed a contract with EnviTec Biogas for the construction of a 250kW biogas plant near the Japanese city of Osaka. The plant is scheduled to go online in spring next year.
In a statement, EnviTec says that energy generation from waste material in Japan marks an important step towards the attainment of the country's climate objectives. While... [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
