Feb 27, 2023
Japan plans to implement “clean energy” biogas certificates
Biogas News
Feb 27, 2023
Essar Group has announced the formation of Essar Energy Transition (EET) to help drive the creation of the UK's leading energy transition hub in North West England.
The company said it will invest a total of $3.6 billion (€3.4bn) in developing a portfolio of low carbon energy transition projects over the next five years. Of this, $2.4bn (€2.2bn) will be invested... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 24, 2023
Bio Capital has announced its East London Biogas plant (ELBL) has won a tender to process 50,000 tonnes of local food waste in 2023, with plans to increase this to 60,000 tonnes in 2024. This agreement sees ELBL building on its extant partnership with Essex County Council.
The arrangement will save 45,000 tonnes of CO2-equivalent emissions per year through the production... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 24, 2023
EnviTec Biogas has announced the completion of a new 1,800 sqm production building for its EnviThan containers at its site in Saerbeck, Germany - doubling its production capacity.
In the recently opened building, up to six more plants can be manufactured simultaneously, in addition to the six existing manufacturing bays.
According to Jürgen Tenbrink, chief technical... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 23, 2023
Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has acquired biogas project Envio Biogas in Tønder, Denmark, from Anaergia - the Canada-based company that develops large-scale facilities to convert organic waste into renewable energy.
The transaction was completed through CIP's CI Advanced Bioenergy Fund I (CI ABF I) - marking the fund's first investment. CIP said this is a... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 23, 2023
SUEZ has received the go-ahead to build an anaerobic digestion (AD) facility in the North West of England, after Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council's Planning and Highways Committee approved the plans last week.
Part of a network of proposed facilities, the Darwen Anaerobic Digestion Facility would turn food waste into green energy, could create jobs in the town... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 21, 2023
Shell Petroleum NV, a wholly owned subsidiary of Shell plc (Shell), has completed the acquisition of 100% of the shares of Nature Energy Biogas A/S (Nature Energy).
The acquisition was announced last November.
By purchasing the shares in Nature Energy, Shell has acquired the largest producer of renewable natural gas (RNG) in Europe, its portfolio of operating... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 21, 2023
Denmark's Eurowind Energy has thus far been primarily dedicated to supplying local and global renewable needs for renewable energy with electricity generated by wind turbines and solar PV. But the company said there is still a need for gas in industries that cannot be electrified.
It is therefore including biogas within its remit, as a new competence centre has been established,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 20, 2023
India's National Dairy Development Board (NDDB) signed an MoU with Mexico-based Sistema Bio on 17 February to supply 15,000 biogas plants to farmers in Surat, Kolhapur and Pune, reported The Indian Express.
Farmers owning two or three cows or buffaloes will be offered biomass plants at the subsidised rate of Rs 5,990.
“The actual cost of these plants is around Rs... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 17, 2023
Irish ministers announced a €3 million investment in an integrated anaerobic digestion and green biorefining demonstration initiative on 14 February.
Minister for agriculture, food and the marine Charlie McConalogue, and minister of state with special responsibility for research and innovation, Martin Heydon, said the funding has been jointly awarded to two institutions... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 17, 2023
Canada’s ambassador to Chile recently led the inauguration of the country’s first biogas plant in Osorno, Los Lagos Region, reported Nation World News. It will eliminate emissions of greenhouse gases of about 700,000 tons of CO2 and inject two megawatts into the central interconnected system.
The Ecoprial plant is located 7km from Osorno along a route to its coastal... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 16, 2023
Global resource management company Veolia announced it has passed a new milestone for delivering net zero power by delivering more than six times the renewable electricity to the grid than it uses across its 400 offices and sites across the UK.
The firm said it generates 856 GWh of electricity - using a combination of biomass, landfill gas, biogas and Energy Recovery... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 16, 2023
Northern Ireland's gas grids will see the injection of biomethane into the SGN Natural Gas network this year, via a unique collaboration with Granville Eco Park, part of the Bio Capital Group and based in Dungannon.
Biomethane can be used as a direct replacement for traditional natural gas in the existing gas network infrastructure, which allows for a seamless transition... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 14, 2023
Ukraine could receive at least five biomethane plants in 2023, said the head of the board of the Bioenergy Association of Ukraine (BAU), Heorhiy Heletukha.
"The topic of biomethane is developing very positively. Last year, we managed to adopt a basic bill (No. 5464 of 21 October 2021). Natural gas has also risen in price, and now it is more profitable to make biomethane... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 14, 2023
WELTEC BIOPOWER has extended the successful cooperation with its service partner, Gordons Technical Service Ltd (GTS) from Northern Ireland, until the end of 2026.
The German biogas plant manufacturer's agreement with GTS has been in place since 2017, and applies to WELTEC customers from Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland. Both companies have years of experience... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 14, 2023
A new report from the European Biogas Association (EBA) shows that, in 2030, the whole-system benefits of biomethane production in the EU27 and the UK could range from €38-78 billion per year, rising to €133-283bn by 2050. These figures are comparable to the GDPs of Luxembourg and Finland in 2021 respectively. Values represented are likely an underestimate, as not... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 13, 2023
The city of Waterloo in Iowa, US, is preparing to convert its wastewater into natural gas, reported The Courier.
Its City Council unanimously approved a resolution last week to request approvals for the development of renewable natural gas (RNG) projects - achieved by breaking down waste from its wastewater treatment plant and the Tyson Fresh Meats wastewater lagoon.
Waterloo... [Read More]
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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
