Biogas News

The US House of Representatives’ has been presented with a bill to increase the number of biogas application that qualify for the federal Section 45 investment tax credit. Currently only biogas-based electricity projects are eligible for the 30% tax credit, but the bill – titled the Agriculture Environmental Stewardship Act or H.R. 5489 – would see other biogas application, such…
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The global organic biogas market was worth more than $19.5 billion (€17.2bn) in 2015 and is forecast to exceed $32 billion by 2023, growing at more than 6% CAGR from 2016 to 2023, a new report says. According to market analyst Global Market Insights (GMI), in terms of volume, organic biogas market demand was more than 22 kilotonnes in 2015 and is likely to surpass 36 kilotonnes by 2023,…
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A UK biogas company has been ordered to pay £20,000 (€23,859) for poor management of a facility and polluting waterways. The UK Environment Agency said Trinity Hall Biogas poorly managed its anaerobic digestion (AD) plant in Hockliffe, Bedfordshire, which led to watercourses being polluted, the Energy Live News reports. Luton Magistrates’ Court heard water quality was chronically…
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Danish biogas plant builder Xergi won the category for “Best international agricultural plant” at the AD & Biogas Industry Awards last week. The award, given to the company for its Nature Energy Holsted biogas plant in Denmark, which was commissioned in 2015, was handed out at the AD & Biogas show in Birmingham, UK, on 6-7 July. Jørgen Ballermann, CEO at Xergi, said he…
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The UK anaerobic digestion (AD) market has expanded with a new player when a new company called Amur launched at the UK AD & Biogas show in Birmingham. The business, part of AB Agri, an Associated British Foods subsidiary, will work with agricultural and waste-fed AD operators to supply them with high quality feedstocks and additives to improve plant performance. Nigel Lee, who will lead…
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DuPont Industrial Biosciences has launched Optimash AD-100, an innovative new enzyme product to help biomethane producers improve biogas yields and process robustness. Optimash AD-100 represents DuPont Industrial Biosciences’ entry into the growing biogas sector, with an enzyme that has been shown to produce up to a 13% increase in biogas yields in anaerobic digesters. The enzyme breaks…
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Almost a third more biogas energy is being produced in the UK compared to this time last year, according to new figures from industry trade body Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA). The AD Market Report, published at UK AD & Biogas 2016 trade show, shows that the UK now has 617MWe of biogas capacity, enough to power the equivalent of 800,000 homes. However, the report also…
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The Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources Association (ADBA), a representative of the UK AD industry, has called for “more ambition” for anaerobic digestion from the government in its response to the Feed-in Tariff (FiT) consultation, which was submitted today. The consultation, which considers tariff levels and scheme rules from 2017, proposed to leave “caps” on annual…
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Home furnishings giant IKEA has announced that it has completed installation of its fourth biogas-powered fuel cell system at its San Diego store. Furthering the Swedish retailer’s investment in fuel cell technology, this project complements the company’s focus on other renewable energies such as solar and wind. IKEA already owns three fuel cell systems at stores in California, with…
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US solid waste management company Republic Services said it will build landfill gas-to-energy facilities at three area landfills, located in the state of Georgia, with the help of clean energy specialist Mas Energy. Together, these facilities are capable of generating 24.1MW of electricity, or enough renewable energy to power 15,665 households. The plants will be located in the cities of Buford,…
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UK-based waste management company Urbaser Balfour Beatty (UBB) has begun site preparation works at its Gloucestershire energy-from-waste (EfW) plant, despite concerns over the site’s effects on public health. To be located at Javelin Park, Gloucestershire, UBB hopes to have the construction work begin in earnest in September 2016. The company has signed a contract with Gloucestershire…
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French resource management company Veolia has signed a five-year contract with Lowell Energy AD for the operations and maintenance of its Lowell Energy Anaerobic Digester. Under the contract, Veolia is charged with improving performance of the anaerobic digestion (AD) system to increase biogas and power output.  Commissioned in 2015, the Lowell Energy biogas-to-electricity facility has…
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UK-based food and agri company Saria’s Doncaster site is now running completely off-grid and using 100% renewable energy, the company says. Recycling more than 160,000 tonnes of food waste annually in a ReFood anaerobic digestion (AD) plant, the state-of-the-art facility generates 5MWh of electricity via combined heat and power (CHP), alongside hot water and heat. A sustainable…
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A new greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions calculator has been launched by sustainability consultancy Ricardo Energy & Environment to help UK anaerobic digestion (AD) plant operators report their biomethane emissions and secure Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) payments. Since the 5 October 2015 UK operators looking to claim RHI from producing renewable energy, biofuels and bioliquids have had to…
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