Biogas News

Rose Hill Recycling has awarded a contract to Veolia to design and manage a 520kWe biogas-fired waste-based CHP energy plant in the UK. The CHP plant, in Gloucestershire, is fueled by the biogas derived from mixed food waste collected from across the Cotswolds and will save around 1750 tonnes of CO2 emissions each year. With a focus on sustainability, the new CHP will increase the use of…
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EnviTec Biogas has opened its second laboratory to provide precise biogas analysis with ultramodern equipment and a full range of services from a single site. Specialists at the Lohne, Germany, laboratory utilise methods compliant with certification standards that are to be used in other major lab setups. “Our service management operations are naturally focused on minimising outages while…
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Waste recycling company Asticom K reports that construction is underway on a biogas plant in Kenya on a five acre plot of land donated by a local housing co-operative. The plant is being built with $12.7 million (€11.9m) funding from the multi-donor Climate Technology Initiative, according to the African Review. Asticom CEO Leah Tsuma revealed that the plant will be the first in Africa to…
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French industrial gas manufacturer Air Liquide has completed its acquisition of ENN Clean Energy UK, subsidiary of China’s largest privately-owned energy company ENN Group. Air Liquide did not disclose the value of the transaction. ENN Clean Energy's natural gas stations in Wellingborough, Portbury, and Huntingdon in the United Kingdom, will now become part of Air Liquide's European network…
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Shares in UK-based construction firm Interserve have fallen by a third after the board announced that the costs of quitting the energy-from-waste (EfW) business are more than double those originally expected. The construction firm announced in August that it was leaving the EfW field after issues arose with its six contracts in the sector, noting that the ‘unique challenges’ of the…
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California-based construction company Swinerton Builders has announced that it has broken ground on the largest utility-scale biogas facility in the US, a plant that transforms animal and food waste into clean energy. Swinerton's newly formed waste-to-energy group has partnered with Carbon Cycle Energy (C2e) to build this plant, which is the first construction assignment of this type…
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David Newman, president of the World Biogas Association (WBA), gives his views on the year ahead. Whilst biogas is already a renewable industry player in developed nations, such as the UK, its potential in less developed countries has still to be realised. Indeed, the recognition of what the anaerobic digestion and biogas industry can contribute globally is really low. Hence, the establishment of…
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The Hawaii County Planning Department has given the green light for an energy-from-waste (EfW) plant to be built in Waikoloa. The Planning Department found no significant environmental impact from the proposed facility that will be built with private equity, according to the Hawaii Tribune Herald.  “The County of Hawaii Planning Department has reviewed the comments received during the…
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US power company NRG Energy (NRG) and its subsidiary Reliant,  a well-known retail electricity provider in Texas, have teamed up with the NFL to provide 100% green-e certified renewable energy to NRG Stadium, site of Super Bowl LI, and the George R. Brown Convention Center, location of the NFL Experience and other NFL celebrations in Houston. “Reducing the environmental impact of our…
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Union Bank, a US-based banking company, has announced that 11 of its San Francisco Bay Area offices have enrolled in MCE’s Deep Green electricity service enabling these locations to switch to 100% renewable energy. Union Bank is the first financial institution within MCE’s service area to commit to Deep Green, and now operates 100% carbon-free in Marin County and Walnut Creek. MCE is…
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The Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA) is calling on the government to put forward a new policy on support for anaerobic digestion (AD) on farms and using wastes, in the light of the UK government announcing its decision to continue limiting anaerobic digestion deployment in the Feed-in Tariff (FIT). Commenting on the announcement, ADBA Chief Executive Charlotte Morton said:…
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Renewable company New Horizons and gas firm Afrox have opened an energy-from-waste (EfW) plant in Athlone, near Cape Town, South Africa. The new EfW plant will focus on converting organic waste into useable biomethane which will be used to create products such as liquid carbon dioxide, organic fertiliser and compressed biomethane. The gas will be marketed as an alternative to LPG and diesel, and…
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A special elliptical tank made from precast panels by Whites Concrete (part of the Naylor Group) has been installed for a new anaerobic digestion (AD) plant in Lincolnshire, UK. One of an increasing number of successful biogas plants operated by a leading multi-disciplinary construction, engineering and operating group, Whites Concrete has also provided a circular Sealwall tank for the farm,…
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DuPont Industrial Biosciences has been awarded a grant from the European Commission to demonstrate high-efficiency enzyme production to increase biogas yields. The grant comes as part of the DEMETER project, funded from the Bio-Based Industries Joint Undertaking under the EU’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation programme. Enzyme technology has been proven to improve biogas…
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