Biogas News

UK Green Investment Bank (GIB) and Foresight Group have committed £1.7 million (€2.3m) to the construction of a £3.4m anaerobic digestion plant in Armagh, Northern Ireland. The investment is being made through the Foresight-managed Recycling and Waste LP (RAW) fund, in which GIB is a cornerstone investor. SQN Capital Management will also invest £1.7m in the 0.5MW plant,…
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Ireland-based manufacturer Stream BioEnergy will build two identical anaerobic digestion (AD) plants in Cork and Dublin by 2017. The AD firm has secured planning permission for both plants. The facilities worth, €50m, will create 100 jobs, according to the company. The plants will convert food waste into fertilisers and biogas, which will generate electricity and heat. Both developments will…
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Blue Sphere Corp., a waste-to-energy deveoper, has completed the acquisition of four operating biogas facilities in Italy. Blue Sphere has acquired 100% of the stock of Agricerere, Agrielektra, Agrisorse, and Gefa. Individually, each fully operational facility generates 1MW/h of electricity which is sold to Gestore del Servizi Energetici GSE, a state-owned company that promotes and supports…
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Two green companies, Abutec and Roeslein Alternative Energy, are teaming up with Smithfield Foods to convert gas from animal waste into renewable energy. Roeslein's partner, food producer Smithfield, houses nearly two million pigs through nine facilities, and they produce enough manure to make 2.2 billion cubic feet of natural gas. Renewable energy specialist Roeslein has a supplier/manufacturer…
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Utility kit specialist Fulcrum has become of the first independent utility infrastructure providers to enter the renewables market with a new biogas service. Utilising its extensive experience and expertise in the delivery of gas, electricity and water infrastructure across Britain, Fulcrum is entering the renewables sector to provide pipelines that connect biogas plants to the UK gas…
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Clean energy firm Hawaii Gas is looking to replace most of its current fuel base with renewable natural gas. According to Pacific Business News, the company, which is owned by US-based infrastructure specialist Macquarie Infrastructure Corporation, has issued a request for proposals to purchase raw biogas and, or, bio-methane, also referred to as renewable natural gas, in Hawaii or…
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Asia Biogas, an Irish-Singaporean-owned bioenergy developer, has begun commercial operation at 12,300MWh per year biogas plant in Thailand. Krabi Waste to Energy Co., a subsidiary of Asia Biogas, will operate first phase the plant, which is located in the tourist region of Krabi. The project generates electricity using two CAT CG170-12 engines, supplied by Metro Machinery, which run on biogas…
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Macedonia’s Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Water Economy has opened the country’s first anaerobic digestion facility. Minister Mihail Cvetkov cut the ribbon at the €20 million Pelagonija AD facility, located at a cattle farm in the city of Bitola. “I hope there will be similar investments in agriculture in the future with funds provided by the budget,” said…
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Covanta, a US waste management firm, has signed a new waste supply contract for Dublin's energy-from-waste (EfW) plant with Panda — an Irish waste and recycling collection company. To date, 60% of the facility's waste processing capacity has been secured under long-term contract. "We are pleased to have made significant progress in securing waste contracts on terms consistent with our…
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The Australian state of Victoria is investing AUS$300,000 (€188,145) in anaerobic digestion (AD) projects to keep organic waste out of landfill and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. The funding will support local government and businesses to install small-scale on-site or precinct-scale AD technology for organics recovery and as an alternative energy source. With the investment the state…
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Weltec Biopower's subsidiary Nordmethan has acquired a decommissioned biogas plant in Germany. The German biogas plant manufacturer will invest €2 million in the renovation of the combined heat and power (CHP) facility, which is located in Falkenhagen, Brandenburg and will use mainly maize silage and pig manure. The company hopes that the plant, which has power generation capacity of 3.3MW,…
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The Renewable Energy Association (REA), a UK-based renewable energy trade body, has issued a new report calling on the UK government to support on-site anaerobic digestion (AD). In its new report, entitled 'REA paper on support for small scale AD Feb 2016', the REA states that AD can provide supplementary income for hard pressed dairy farmers and help to decarbonise the UK's food supply chain. In…
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DONG Energy, a Denmark-headquartered energy firm, has unveiled plans to build a bio plant which turns unsorted household waste into energy in the UK. The plant, which the company will finance, build and operate, will use an enzyme technology it calls REnescience. DONG claims that "it will be the first bio plant in the world to handle unsorted household waste, without prior treatment, using…
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In Finland, Taaleri and Gasum have completed an arrangement to transfer the ownership of the Biotehdas group to Gasum. The nationwide Biotehdas group, owned by Taaleritehdas Biotehdas I Private Equity Fund, is the market leader in the biogas sector in Finland. It comprises operational biogas plants in Huittinen, Kuopio, Oulu, and Honkajoki, and a plant to be completed in summer 2016 in…
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