Oct 14, 2014
Sunshine Gas Producers begins renewable energy production in California
Biogas News
Oct 10, 2014
Wärtsilä has signed a joint development agreement with two Indonesian partners to develop the first biogas liquefaction (bio-LNG) plant in Indonesia.
The co-signers of the agreement with Wärtsilä are national energy company PT Pertamina (Persero) and PT Godang Tua Jaya (GTJ), a waste utilisation sector specialist company.
Wärtsilä Oil and... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 7, 2014
In the US, the Victor Valley Wastewater Reclamation Authority (VVWRA) marked the official start-up of its new Omnivore biogas production system with a ribbon cutting ceremony at the end of September.
Omnivore was provided by technology supplier Anaergia and funded in part by the California Energy Commission's (CEC) Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) programme.
The... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 30, 2014
In the UK, the West Country's first biogas filling station has been officially opened and will supply low emission road transportation fuel.
The new open access filling station, located at Bridgwater, is part of a national network of biogas stations being developed by Gasrec. The facility, along with others across the UK, allows HGV fleet operators to cut fuel and pollution... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 30, 2014
UK biogas investment firm Iona Capital has completed its investment in a Charlesfield, Scotland-based anaerobic digestion (AD) plant.
The plant will process a mixture of farm generated waste and inject biomethane directly into the local gas grid.
This project follows Iona's first Scottish project, located in Perth, which is expected to start its commissioning process shortly.... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 25, 2014
Pressure Technologies has acquired the business and certain assets of New Zealand-based biogas-to-grid technology developer and supplier, Greenland Biogas Holdings.
The deal was announced following the completion of detailed due diligence and once Pressure Technologies agreed to the terms of the acquisition.
Greenlane's applications are used to capture biogas released... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 23, 2014
NPG Energy, a subsidiary of Enovos Luxembourg, has inaugurated its NPG BIO II biogas plant at the Deurganckdok at Antwerp Port. Inauguration of this renewable facility is the first of three openings to come over the coming year.
Speaking about the plant, which took 10 months to build, NPG Energy CEO and co-founder André Jurres says: 'The plant is primarily fuelled... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 22, 2014
The GwyriAD anaerobic digestion (AD) plant near Caernarfon, developed and operated by Biogen, is the first in Wales to achieve certification under REAL's not-for-profit Biofertiliser Certification Scheme (BCS).
The plant converts food waste into renewable electricity and a co-product called digestate, otherwise known as certified biofertiliser.
The plant, which will turn... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 15, 2014
New Zealand biogas company, Greenlane Biogas Technologies, is commissioning the world's biggest biomethane production plant in Montreal, Canada.
The project's estimated value stands at NZ $50 million (€32 million) and will produce up to 16,000 m3 per hour of biomethane.
This facility follows the commissioning of a smaller plant in the city of São Pedro da Aldei,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 9, 2014
UK supermarket Marks & Spencer (M&S) has purchased the majority of Biomethane Certificates (BMCs) from the green gas being produced at Future Biogas's £8 million (€10 million) biomethane plant in Doncaster.
The BMCs, registered with Green Gas Trading (GGT) in the name of Future Biogas, represent the green (bio) element of the biomethane produced at the... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 9, 2014
Construction work on ReFood's new £20 million (€25 million) anaerobic digestion (AD) plant in Widnes, UK has been completed by building and civil engineering contractor Britcon. The project has now been officially handed over.
The plant is the largest gas-to-grid AD facility in the UK and the second plant for the ReFood brand in the UK. It will recycle some... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 2, 2014
MT-Energie UK, a provider of anaerobic digestion plants in the UK, will build and integrate additional digesters for two existing AD operations in the UK: on the Apsley Estate in Hampshire, and at Clayton Hall Farm, West Yorkshire.
In both cases MT-Energie has been chosen to assess and carry out all works relating to the plant expansion, in some cases replacing components... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 2, 2014
Eco Sustainable Solutions, the owner of a food waste AD plant in Dorset, UK, is expanding the facility with the addition of a further 1.1MW of food waste processing capacity.
The expansion contract has been awarded to Weltec Biopower UK, which built the original Eco-Dorset AD plant and commissioned it in 2012. The extension will be completed by the end of this year.
The... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 2, 2014
The UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) is investing £64 million (€80.8 million) into a new energy from waste plant in Derby.
The project is being developed by Derby City and Derbyshire County Councils, alongside sponsors Interserve and Shanks Group. GIB will provide long-term loan financing alongside Germany's Bayerische Landesbank and Japan's Sumitomo Mitsui Banking,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 27, 2014
Clean energy company Bluesphere has announced it is pursuing a strategy to work in partnership with landfill owners to convert harmful methane gas emissions from landfills into electricity.
The process is based in readily available technology that is already being used in various parts of the US and other parts of the world.
Methane can be converted into energy by drilling... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 15, 2014
Installation and construction is almost complete on an anaerobic digestion plant scheduled to open at Calgren Renewable Fuels at the end of September in California, US.
DVO is behind project, which will be fitted with its Two-Stage Mixed Plug Flow AD technology. It is the company's first installation in California, and the state's only next-generation anaerobic digester.
The... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 13, 2014
Roeslein Alternative Energy (REA), a producer of renewable natural gas, and Murphy-Brown, the livestock production subsidiary of Smithfield Foods, have started building an $80 million (€60 million) biogas plant in Missouri, US.
The biogas will be extracted from hog manure, sourced from Murphy-Brown's hog 'finishing farms', in 88 lagoons using anaerobic digestion technology... [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
