Aug 24, 2023
Biokraft commissions world’s largest biomethane liquefaction unit
Biogas News
Aug 21, 2023
Severn Trent Green Power (STGP) has received the go-ahead from the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) to finalise its proposed acquisition of Andigestion Limited. The move follows a detailed Phase 1 investigation.
The acquisition will bring an additional 45GWh of energy generation output every year, according to STGP.
It will also give STGP new reach into Southwest... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 18, 2023
Gas distribution networks in Victoria, Australia, have been promoting renewable gas to residential customers, whilst adhering to financial plans that are at odds with this messaging, according to the Institute for Energy Economics & Financial Analysis (IEEFA).
This leaves consumers at risk, it added.
A new IEEFA report details how the gas distribution networks are... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 16, 2023
Montauk Renewables (Montauk) has signed a Renewable Energy Certificates (REC) Agreement with Duke Energy (Duke) for Montauk’s proposed waste-to-renewable energy facility in Sampson County, North Carolina in the US, which will expand Duke’s renewable energy efforts in the state.
Montauk is constructing the Turkey Creek facility, which will use its patented near-zero... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 16, 2023
JBS, one of the largest food companies in the world, has announced it will supply Swift stores with electricity produced by biogas generators, in partnership with Âmbar Energia, J&F Investimentos' energy solutions company.
Ten Swift stores in the state of São Paulo will be supplied with biogas, adding to over 150 establishments that already utilise solar energy.
The... [Read More]
Biomass News
Aug 15, 2023
Southern California Gas Co. (SoCalGas) has filed an application with the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to support the development of a pilot project that would utilise organic waste such as chipped wood, along with nut shells, and convert it into renewable natural gas (RNG).
If approved, the project would be the largest RNG project in the state of California,... [Read More]
Policy News
Aug 11, 2023
India's central government has so far commissioned six compressed natural gas (BioCNG) plants and 11,143 small biogas plants under National Bioenergy Programme (NBP) which was notified in November 2022.
RK Singh, Union Minister for New and Renewable Energy, informed India's lower parliamentary house Lok Sabha of the number in a written reply to a question.
Of the six... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 9, 2023
Brazil’s Energisa has acquired 83.3% of Agric Adubos e Gestão de Resíduos Industriais e Comerciais, a Santa Catarina state company that composts industrial organic waste to produce biofertiliser, reported BNAmericas.
The operation involved the payment of R$6.5 million (€1.2 million) and a capital contribution to the company of R$53.5 million (€9.9 million).
The... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 8, 2023
Synthica Energy, an energy transition platform that designs, builds, owns and operates large-scale, contracted anaerobic digestion facilities to convert pre-consumer organic waste into renewable natural gas (RNG), has closed on a large equity investment from the Infrastructure Business within Goldman Sachs Asset Management (Goldman Sachs).
The new capital will help grow... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 8, 2023
A team of researchers at Michigan State University (MSU) is studying ways to generate renewable energy from dairy farm waste to charge electric vehicles.
Wei Liao, a professor in MSU’s Department of Biosystems and Agricultural Engineering (BAE) and the director of MSU’s Anaerobic Digestion Research and Education Center (ADREC), led a demonstration workshop on 19 July... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 8, 2023
BioEnergy, a German company that provides technology and engineering design for biomass-based gas plants, has entered the Indian market in partnership with a Noida-based start-up, Gruner Renewable Energy (GRE).
A welcome & greetings ceremony was held in Nagpur, India, on 5 August, which invited partners, attendees, media representatives and guests.
The ceremony commenced... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 7, 2023
Insolvency proceedings for biogas trader bmp greengas were initiated on 1 August, with a restructuring plan to occur "due to the dramatic change in the procurement situation" - as a result of market shifts and the fall-out from Russia's invasion of Ukraine. This meant that the firm was unable to meet its obligations to its customers.
The Association of Municipal Companies... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 4, 2023
Renewable energy company Sunview Group Bhd has aborted plans to venture into the biogas renewable energy industry after it terminated the proposed acquisition of Provectus Bioenergy Sdn Bhd.
Provectus Bioenergy is engaged in the operation of generation facilities that produce electric energy.
In a bourse filing on 3 August, Sunview stated that the termination was a result... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 4, 2023
Global sustainable energy producer EDL and key project stakeholders Republic Services, NW Natural Renewables and Pennant Midwest have commenced operations at the Limestone Renewable Natural Gas Facility (RNG) near Youngstown, Ohio in the US.
EDL has upgraded an existing landfill gas-to-energy (LFGTE) power plant to an RNG facility near Republic Services’ Carbon Limestone... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 3, 2023
UGI Energy Services, has acquired GHI Energy (GHI), a Houston-based renewable natural gas company.
GHI is a leading renewable natural gas (RNG) marketer in California, a state with one of the most robust carbon credit trading programmes in the US.
GHI is primarily focused on providing vehicle fleets with RNG by coordinating supply from a portfolio of sources across the... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 2, 2023
Enerdyne Power Systems, a Landfill Group Company based in Charlotte, North Carolina in the US, commenced operation of a project collecting and upgrading landfill gas into pipeline quality renewable natural gas (RNG) at the Twin Chimneys Landfill in Honea Path, SC on 31 March 31,.
The Twin Chimneys Power Producers (TCPP) project is the first RNG project to reach commercial... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 1, 2023
The Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas (RNG Coalition) has announced that North America now has 300 operational renewable natural gas (RNG) facilities, up from just over 30 facilities in 2011, when RNG Coalition was founded.
The organisation said this is a landmark achievement, and that the growth reflects the RNG industry's commitment to mitigating climate change, fostering... [Read More]
CONNECT WITH US
Germany's Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) has awarded a total of 187.3 megawatts (MW) to 244 biomass projects in the latest round of its competitive tendering process
Veolia and Waga Energy have inaugurated a renewable natural gas (RNG) facility at the Granges landfill site in Burgundy, eastern France
Repsol is preparing to begin producing biomethane and hydrogen at its industrial complex in Sines, Portugal, with operations expected to start in 2026
