Biogas News

International industrial gas and services provider Air Liquide has released its 2018 financial results. The company highlights the development of its biomethane sector in the 2018 report, with five new production units being developed. The units were located in the United States, France, and the United Kingdom. Air Liquide also developed new biomethane investment decisions in Northern Europe and…
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Both US-based natural gas provider Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) and biogas producer Calgren announced that renewable natural gas (RNG) from Calgren’s dairy anaerobic digester is being injected into SoCalGas’ pipeline network. According to the release, the project marks the ‘first’ time that carbon-negative RNG produced from cow manure has been injected directly…
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Future Biogas has announced that an anaerobic digestion plant is to be built and ran by the company to power over 95% of the RAF Marham military base in Norfolk. The green energy partnership signals the UK military’s transition away from using fossil fuels as the Norfolk AD plant will be one of the first to power a military base. The plant will be fuelled by locally grown crops. The plant,…
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A proposal could potentially double the production capacity of an anaerobic digestion plant within King’s Lynn (Lynn), Norfolk in the UK, local news outlet Lynn News reports. The original construction plans were permitted for the plant in 2017, which has a current capacity of 19,500 tonnes of biomass. However, new plans are awaiting permission from local councillors to increase the capacity…
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Aberdeen City Council has appointed a contractor to build an anaerobic digestion (AD) gas to grid plant at the site of the city’s new, multimillion pound TECA arena, conference centre and exhibition building. The plant will use Aberdeen’s food waste as well as fuel crops and agricultural wastes as feedstocks. This will be used to produce biogas, which will upgraded to biomethane…
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Netherlands-based liquefied biomethane (BioLNG) technology and production firm Nordsol announced that it has acquired oil supermajor Shell as a strategic investor. Shell will be represented by its private equity and investment division, Shell Ventures. “The Nordsol/Shell partnership offers a unique end-to-end BioLNG solution for biogas producers,” said Mattijs Slee, Shell Ventures…
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US-based biotechnology company Aemetis announced that it has initiated the construction process of its multi-dairy renewable biomethane digester cluster. In July 2018, the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) awarded two grants totalling $3 million (€2.64 million) to build two biomethane digesters at the first two dairies in Aemetis’ biogas project. “The $3…
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UK-based Nottingham City Transport (NCT) announced a plan to more than double the size of its fleet of 53 biogas double deck buses this year, with an additional 67 buses in the works. The total investment made by NCT into its fleet will total £20 million (€22.86 million). In April, the first of the 67 buses will enter service, with the expectation that all 120 biogas buses will be…
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Charlotte Morton, chief executive of the Anaerobic Digestion & Bioresources Association (ADBA), sets out the role that AD can play in helping Scotland meet its climate-change and waste targets. On my occasional forays north of the border, I’m always struck by two things: Scotland’s incredible natural beauty and the sheer determination of its people to play their part in tackling…
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Advanced renewable fuels and biochemicals company, Aemetis has announced that its subsidiary, Aemetis Biogas, has closed a $30 million (€26 million) equity investment without any dilutive stock insurances by Aemetis. The investment is for a project that will allow Aemetis Biogas to build, own and operate dairy biomethane digesters, pipelines and gas clean-up and compression facilities…
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Michigan-based biofuel producer and manufacturer Verbio North America (VNA) announced that it has moved the target site for its renewable natural gas (RNG) facility. The 144-acre site is within the 3-mile zoning jurisdiction of the city of Wellington, Kansas. Currently, the zoning is for commercial development but is used for agricultural and an application for heavy industrial zoning is being…
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UK-based environmental monitoring equipment manufacturer QED Environmental Systems announced in a press release that it has formed a strategic partnership with German gas measuring firm Siegrist. According to the release, Siegrist has expertise in the design and distribution of products related to anaerobic digestion, landfill and biogas specifically. “Our partnership with Siegrist brings…
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AD plants can now viably maximise biomethane production, benefitting from the highest Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) tariff and “top up” with additional Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation (RTFO) payments, as part of a government incentivised policy for decarbonising the transport sector. This industry update follows the latest 15% degression from 1 January 2019 for RHI…
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Finland-based shipbuilding firm Rauma Marine Constructions (RMC) has signed a letter of intent to build a car and passenger ferry which will predominantly use liquefied natural gas (LNG) through its operation course between Vassa, Finland and Umeå, Sweden. The vessel order is approximated to be valued at €120 million. “RMC won the public international tender thanks to our expert…
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