
Nov 28, 2024
Two deaths recorded after accident at Denmark biogas plant
Biogas News
Nov 27, 2024
CalBioGas Hilmar, a joint investment between Chevron U.S.A., a subsidiary of Chevron Corporation and California Bioenergy LLC (CalBio), have completed the central processing facility for their dairy biomethane project in Merced County, California.
CalBio brings technology and expertise to help local dairy farmers capture methane from dairy manure in anaerobic digesters... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 26, 2024
The Régie des matières résiduelles du Lac-Saint-Jean (RWM) and Waga Energy have announced the signing of an agreement to implement an RNG production project at the Hébertville-Station engineered landfill site (ELS) in Quebec.
Waga Energy will collaborate with the RWM, which manages the ELS serving 50 municipalities and the Mashteuiatsh community.
This partnership... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 25, 2024
Guildford Borough Council in Surrey, England, is expanding its food waste collection services to residents today (25 November).
The local authority is working with the Surrey Environment Partnership, in line with the UK government's 'Simpler Recycling' legislation.
From April 2025, all waste collection authorities in England must have a weekly collection of food waste... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 22, 2024
Itaipu Binacional's renewable energy superintendent, Rogério Meneghetti, participated in a COP 29 panel called Accelerating Circular Economy and Industry Decarbonisation in Brazil.
The event was organised in partnership with the Ministry of Development, Industry, Commerce, and Services and the Brazilian Agency for Industrial Development, and highlighted how practices... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 22, 2024
A new partnership will see the development of a biogas plant at Paradeep Municipality, District Jagatsinghpur, Odisha in India.
The project is a partnership between Tecnimont (MAIRE’s Integrated E&C Solutions)'s Indian subsidiary Tecnimont Private Limited (TCMPL), Paradeep Municipality and National Institute of Technology, Karnataka – Surathkal (NITK).
The biogas... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 21, 2024
Willand Biogas' plant by the Somerset border has entered administration, having failed to secure funds to rescue its operation.
Accounts for 2022 showed it was more than £23 million in debt, as well as subject to a £38.75 million loan.
Administrators at London-based restructuring and recovery specialists Moorfields Advisory Ltd are attempting to sell the leasehold... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 21, 2024
BASF signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Shenergy Group (Shenergy) through its subsidiaries Shanghai Gas Co., Ltd (Shanghai Gas) and Shanghai Shenji Environmental Technology Co., Ltd. (Shenji).
This strategic partnership aims to foster long-term collaboration among the three parties in the commercialisation and international certification of biomethane, promoting... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 21, 2024
Divert, an impact technology company on a mission to Protect the Value of Food™, and Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) have announced a first-of-its-kind interconnection in the state of California to address the wasted food crisis.
Divert’s facility in Turlock, California is now processing unsold food products into carbon-negative renewable energy, which... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 18, 2024
Simon Scott, export sales director at Balmoral Tanks, outlines why the time is ripe to grasp AD opportunities.
A mix of federal and state incentives are creating a powerful argument to invest in anaerobic digestion (AD) capacity in the United States. Yet, today we see only a fraction of the potential uptake materialise.
At first glance, this doesn’t seem to be a problem;... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 18, 2024
Following consultation with the local community, ENGIE has submitted plans to East Riding of Yorkshire Council to develop an agricultural anaerobic digestion facility to the east of Long Lane near High Catton.
The facility – which will sit alongside new woodland and hedgerow planting – will take agricultural feedstocks and wastes from local farms and turn it into... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 18, 2024
Nordic energy company Gasum is expanding its biogas production portfolio with the acquisition of all shares in the Danish company Hærup Biogas ApS, which owns and operates a biogas plant in the northern part of mainland Denmark.
Currently the plant mainly uses manure to produce approximately 40 GWh biogas which is used for power and heat production at the biogas plant... [Read More]
Policy News
Nov 15, 2024
The vast majority of bio-waste (garden and food waste), which could be a valuable feedstock for the bio-based industries and biomanufacturing is currently unused, representing a missed opportunity, according to a new report by the Bio-based Industries Consortium (BIC).
As of 1 January this year, it is mandatory for EU Member States to separately collect bio-waste. But... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 11, 2024
Fre-Energy doesn’t rest on its laurels when it comes to biogas innovation. But that doesn’t mean it ignores the fundamentals of anaerobic digestion. The innovative AD plant designer and builder has worked in the biogas industry for over 15 years, building 14 plants and upgrading many more.
In that time, its co-founder, Chris Morris, has seen the good, the bad, and... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 8, 2024
SMD3 and Waga Energy have signed a contract to produce renewable natural gas (RNG) at Saint-Laurent-des-Hommes landfill (Dordogne department, Southwestern France).
SMD3, a public authority in charge of waste management in the department of Dordogne, has signed a contract with Waga Energy, a global expert in the production of RNG from landfills, to produce RNG at Saint-Laurent-des-Hommes... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 8, 2024
Wärtsilä Gas Solutions, part of technology group Wärtsilä, will supply Nordic energy company Gasum with biogas upgrading and liquefaction solutions for their new bioLNG plant.
The plant will produce high-quality bioLNG from agricultural and organic household waste. The order was booked by Wärtsilä in Q4 2024.
When operational, the Wärtsilä offering will be capable... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 7, 2024
First Renewables has confirmed production has begun at its biogas upgrade facility at the Ecogas Reporoa Organics Processing Facility in Broadlands, New Zealand.
James Irvine, general manager of Future Fuels at Clarus hailed this as a historic milestone for the country’s gas pipeline infrastructure.
“We are thrilled to confirm that renewable gas is now flowing through... [Read More]