Munich Airport has received the Association of German Gas Industry’s Innovation Prize in the ‘Mobility & Transport’ category for testing a passenger bus using renewable fuel. The airport conducted a pilot test, running its passenger bus on liquid methane. In future, the bus will be fuelled with biomethane. The project was developed in cooperation with start-up... [Read More]

Eco Sustainable Solutions has secured a multi-million-pound waste handling contract with Bournemouth, Christchurch, and Poole Council (BCP) in the UK. The four-year contract – with an option to extend up to 10 years – will see Eco Sustainable Solutions processing all organic waste generated in the BCP region, including food waste, garden waste, and wood waste. The... [Read More]

Host has hailed its collaboration with Dutch dairy firm FrieslandCampina’s ‘Jumpstart’ cooperative a “great success”. Under the partnership, Host is building five of its Microferm manure digesters at dairy farms in the Netherlands, with two already complete. The five Microferms are being built at farms in Overijssel, Friesland, Leeuwarden, Limburg, and... [Read More]

Dutch firm Stirling Cryogenics, part of the HYSYTECH group, has partnered with Italian firm AB on the design, construction, installation, and maintenance of liquid biomethane production plants with cryogenerators. The technology developed by Stirling is based on a consolidated process, already used worldwide in over 3,000 cryogenic installations, employing a ‘proven... [Read More]

Gasum has acquired a biogas plant from Torran Gas Holding in Sweden. With the right feedstock, the Skövde Biogas plant could produce up to 40 GWh. The plant, along with Gasum’s biogas plants in Lidköping and Vadsbo (50% ownership) and a planned facility in Götene, will allow the company to boost its biogas production capacity. The acquisition will also enable... [Read More]

US power and energy infrastructure firm LS Power has invested in a portfolio of renewable natural gas (RNG) projects. LS Power partnered with The Landfill Group, a North Carolina-based developer and operator of landfill gas projects, to jointly develop a portfolio of landfill-gas-to-RNG projects throughout the US. The firm has also acquired an interest in a landfill-gas-to-RNG... [Read More]

The Des Moines Metropolitan Wastewater Reclamation Authority (WRA) is now producing renewable natural gas (RNG) at one of its wastewater treatment plants (WWTP). The WRA has spent several years and millions of dollars upgrading its facilities to create RNG from one of its wastewater treatment processes. The facility takes a gas produced from a biological process, cleans... [Read More]

Southern California Gas (SoCalGas) has dispensed California-produced renewable natural gas (RNG) for the first time at many of the natural gas fuelling stations it operates across the state. The company recently began purchasing RNG from Calgren Dairy Fuels in Pixley, California, which captures dairy manure from farms to produce renewable fuel. Calgren’s facility... [Read More]

FGV Holdings Berhad’s (FGV) recently installed biogas plant at a palm oil mill in Kuala Lumpur is now fully operational. The 2.4 MW plant in at FGV’s Triang palm oil mill (POM) in Pahang is FGV’s biggest biogas plant to date and was successfully commissioned after receiving the Feed-in-Tariff Completion Date from the Malaysia Sustainable Energy Development Authority... [Read More]

Food waste recycler Warrens Group says more than 10 tonnes of perfectly edible pumpkins are likely to end up at its facility in County Durham, UK. The firm will recycle the pumpkins to fuel its growing fleet of collection vehicles and heat peoples’ homes. Environmental charity Hubbub predicts an estimated 12.8 million pumpkins will be wasted in the UK this year.... [Read More]

Brightmark has partnered with three New York dairy farms on a new renewable natural gas (RNG) project. The Helios Project is part of the recently announced joint venture, Brightmark RNG Holdings, between Brightmark and Chevron U.S.A. Gardeau Crest Farms, in western New York, and Lawnhurst Farms and Willet Dairy, in New York’s Finger Lakes region, have signed supply... [Read More]

Finnish freight transport firm Posti is investing in biogas-powered trucks. Working with Gasum, Posti will introduce the biogas trucks to reduce its transport emissions and create Finland’s largest biogas fleet operated by a logistics company. Posti has acquired 10 liquefied biogas (LBG) trucks and already operates six liquefied natural gas (LNG) trucks. The... [Read More]

U.S. Gain has been chosen to supply renewable natural gas (RNG) to Rogue Valley Transportation District (RVTD) to fuel its bus fleet. The agreement will support RVTD’s mission of providing quality public transport while reducing greenhouse gas emissions. RVTD’s general manager, Julie Brown, said the company was excited about the new relationship. “Our leadership... [Read More]

Aemetis is producing dairy biogas from the first two dairies in a 17 dairy digester biogas project in California, US. The below-zero carbon intensity gas is used to produce fuel ethanol at the Aemetis Advanced Fuels Keyes facility. Aemetis also produces high-grade sanitiser alcohol and various feed products at the plant. Eric McAfee, chairman and CEO of Aemetis,... [Read More]

Biogest has received its second order to build an agricultural biogas plant for Morevim, a financial service provider and a major energy investor in Turkey. The project has been developed in partnership with Enerlinc. After successfully entering the Asian market with biogas plants in India and South Korea, this Biogest PowerRing plant represents further expansion for... [Read More]