Biogas News

Scientists in Canada are working on technology to produce renewable natural gas from manure. This gas could be used for heating homes and powering industries, while also eliminating harmful gases released by decomposing manure spread on farm fields and used as fertiliser. According to the University of Waterloo researchers involved in the new study, this renewable natural gas could also reduce…
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Nature Energy, Denmark’s ‘biggest’ biogas producer, has submitted an application to the Municipality of Kolding to construct a new biogas facility. The Mayor of the Municipality, which is located in the south east of the country, on the Jutland peninsula, has lauded the positive impact the development will have for the local area. “Biogas has been a declared goal for the…
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Audi Brussels has been awarded a CO2 neutral certificate by the Belgian testing company Vinçotte. According to a statement, the award means Audi Brussels is operating the world’s first certified CO2 neutral high volume production plant in the premium segment. The German car maker’s Belgian facility covers all production processes and all other emissions generated at the plant…
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Construction of a biomethane production and injection plant has begun in Marseille, France. The facility will produce the renewable gas from the wastewater treatment process. On 8 March Suez, through its subsidiary SERAMM (Service d’Assainissement Marseille Metropole), officially commenced construction on the new facility. Aix-Marseille-Provence metropolitan area, Suez, the French Water…
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The mayor of the Canadian city of Surrey, British Columbia, has welcomed a new organic waste to biomethane facility in the Port Kells industrial area. Waste-to-product specialist Renewi has officially opened what it claims to be the first closed-loop organics waste management system in Canada. The facility converts organic waste into renewable biomethane gas. The new Organics Biofuels Processing…
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A new anaerobic digestion plant has started operation in Roscommon, Ireland. Designed to produce heat and electricity from sewage sludge and ‘other waste materials’, the new plant is the result of a collaboration between German plant construction company BioConstruct, and Irish company BioCore Environmental. “We are happy that after a long period of project development, the…
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The London Assembly’s Environment Committee has published a new report looking at waste and recycling in the British capital. Among its recommendations, the report calls on the Mayor, Sadiq Khan, to ‘facilitate the use, and if necessary the construction of anaerobic digestion facilities’. It also finds that burning waste to recover energy is not preferable to recycling or…
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Bright Biomethane has been chosen to supply the biogas upgrading system for the Energy Conversion Facility in the Belgian municipality of Beerse. As well as marking Bright Biomethane’s first project in Belgium, it is also the ‘first’ biomethane installation in the country. The biogas upgrade is being carried out for IOK Afvalbeheer, an organisation responsible for waste…
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On 22 March, the India’s Ministry of New and Renewable Energy said that it is going to promote the use of tens of thousands of household biogas plants in an effort to replace the burning of biomass for cooking and light. The National Biogas and Manure Management Programme (NBMMP) is aiming to see the adoption of 65,180 family-sized biogas plants over the next year to provide a cleaner…
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The international waste-to-product company is selling the loss-making anaerobic digestion (AD) plant as part of a strategy to improve margins and returns. The price of the plant, now Olleco’s third, was not disclosed. This is Renewi’s second sale this year and follows the company’s assessment of its UK Municipal Division. The company said in early March it was looking to exit…
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An innovative power plant in Charlotte, North Carolina, is taking renewable biogas from hog farms in the state and using it to generate electricity. According to a statement, it is the first time the technology has been applied from in-state farms. The Optima KV project, in Duplin County, is capturing methane gas from the hog waste of five local farms, and transporting it through more than 42,000…
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British company SEaB Energy has launched a Kickstarter campaign to help bring anaerobic digestion (AD) technology to rural India. Southampton based SEaB Energy has patented turnkey AD installations that operate in shipping containers in a bid to make the technology compact and easy to install. The aim is to decentralise waste management while also delivering power and water “to where…
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Following a constant stream of debate, legal battles and licensing issues since its inception in 2015, the stakeholders of a US anaerobic digester plant have elected to sell all of the facility’s equipment through an online auction. The nearly $6.5 million (€5.2 million) Lowell Energy facility was built in 2015, in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The facility housing the anaerobic digester uses…
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If Europe is to reduce it greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by the middle of the century, renewable gas used in existing gas infrastructure could play an important role, according to a newly published study. To comply with the Paris Agreement to keep global warming below 2°C, Europe must meet this net zero GHG goal. The new study, published by the Gas for Climate initiative, aims to set…
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