Biogas News

Finnish gas company Gasum announced that it is expanding the processing chain at its plant in the city of Turku. Sludge from the Turku region wastewater service provider is processed at Gasum’s Topinoja biogas plant, converting the waste feedstock into biogas and recycled nutrients. Following the completion of the expansion project, the Topinoja biogas plant will produce a yearly total of…
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The American Biogas Council (ABC) has released a statement addressing the results of the fourth National Climate Assessment. The report outlines how climate change could affect the US. It highlighted how climate change could transform the region and impose demanding costs, potentially posing a threat to the health of American citizens. “The Climate Assessment’s conclusions are…
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Lithuanian renewables company Modus Energy has completed four biogas projects in Belarus with investment totalling €17.6 million, according to a report by The Baltic Times. This new investment marks a stepping stone in Modus Energy’s investment focus on Belarus, as well as Poland and Spain. Funds were partially provided by the Modus Group, an international conglomerate that controls…
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Charlotte Morton, Chief Executive of the Anaerobic Digestion & Bioresources Association (ADBA), sets out how the UK’s anaerobic digestion (AD) industry can thrive despite the uncertainties of Brexit and climate change The real test of a resilient and sustainable industry is its ability to survive through tough times – and goodness knows we’re living through some turbulent…
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According to the North Devon Gazette, 60 tonnes of food waste collected in North Devon will no longer be sent to landfill. Instead, North Devon Council (NDC) will be sending all the food waste that households put into kitchen caddies to an anaerobic digestion plant in Holsworthy. Once at the AD plant, the waste is to be turned into electricity and fertiliser. The local news outlet reports that…
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Specialist investor in low carbon infrastructure, Iona Capital (“Iona”) has announced it is funding the construction and operation of a new 8.8MWth anaerobic digestion plant. The plant will be located in Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.   The plant’s principle feedstock will be waste slurries that have been generated from local beef and dairy farming operations. This will…
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In a press release, global energy and services group ENGIE announced that it is beginning the process of mobilising €800 million to develop biogases over the next five years, with estimations of a total of €2 billion to be invested by 2030. The objective of the investment is to support the sector’s goals to reduce costs by roughly 30 to 40% by 2030 and achieve cost parity with…
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Headquarted in Israel and founded in 2012, HomeBiogas is a company that specialises in the manufacturing of small-scale biogas systems that convert organic waste into renewable cooling fuel. And on the 19th of November it announced the launch of its new product, The Bio-Toilet. The Bio-Toilet can be attached to HomeBiogas’ biogas system which then enables the human waste from the toilet to…
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According to local news outlet The Herald, Harare City Council is going to revive the Mbare biogas project as the city attempts to become smarter and greener. A new investor is required for the construction of the proposed $100 million (€87.7 million) waste-to-energy plant at the Pomona Dumpsite in Zimbabwe. Kudzai Kadzombe, Harare’s Environment Management Committee chairperson told…
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Norway-based cruise operator Hurtigruten announced that it will be the ‘first’ cruise company to power its ships with liquefied biogas fuel (LBG) from 2021, Cruise and Ferry reports. “What others see as a problem, we see as a resource and a solution,” said Daniel Skjeldam, Hurtigruten CEO. “While competitors are running on cheap, polluting heavy fuel oil, our ships…
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According to the Manila Standard, Metro Pacific Investments has earmarked PHP 1 billion (€16.7 million) to develop biogas facilities for Dole Philippines in Mindanao. Metro Pacific is to work with Surallah Biogas Ventures to design, construct and operate the facilities for the fresh fruit producer. The new facilities aim to complement Dole Philippines’ existing operation by processing…
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Energy firm Fluence has been awarded a €1.7 million contract to develop a waste-to-energy contract in Argentina, according to a statement. According to the release, the system will be built for an existing customer, Arrebeef Energia, described as a prominent beef producer in Buenos Aires, Argentina. This is Fluence’s first system to be constructed in Argentina. The system itself will…
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Renewable energy firm Nature Energy announced in a press release that it had entered into a partnership with biogas producer Strandmøllen A/S where both will collaborate to recycle excess CO2 from the ‘world’s largest’ biogas plant in Esbjerg, Denmark. CO2 emissions from the plant will be reduced by 70% compared with a conventional biogas plant. According to the release,…
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48 new biomethane plants are set to be built in the UK, equalling an investment of ‘up to’ €455m – according to a press release by Cadent, ‘UK’s biggest’ gas network. The announcement of the surge comes from the chief executive of the Anaerobic Digestion & Bioresources Association (ADBA), Charlotte Morton, who says that this will take the UK’s…
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