Apr 27, 2023
Scandinavian Biogas: Q1 ’23 profitability affected by fixed prices
Biogas News
Apr 27, 2023
BMW Manufacturing has extended its partnership with Amerisco Inc for an additional eight years. Amerisco constructed a 9.5-mile pipeline from the Palmetto Landfill to Plant Spartanburg in the US on behalf of the automotive firm.
Two decades ago, BMW Manufacturing began using recycled methane gas from a local landfill to provide electricity and hot water for the plant.
It... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 26, 2023
German company Wabio, provider of high-tech, large-scale plants, has commenced construction of the first biopower plant in Nova Crnja, Serbia, where waste biomass such as harvest residues will produce green energy, reported eKapija.
The 2.4 MW biogas plant will be built near the border between Nova Crnja in Serbia and Romania. Wabio's intention is to utilise the fields... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 26, 2023
Turkey's Agriculture and Forestry Ministry is working on projects aimed at utilising geothermal energy resources, particularly in urban agriculture, while officials are looking into ways to boost biomass production in rural areas, according to Daily News.
Specialised greenhouse-organised industrial zones based on geothermal heating (TDIOSB) are favoured by the ministry... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 25, 2023
Prague-based Energy Financial Group (EFG) has observed that biomethane production increased by 16% worldwide last year, and that its share is growing in the Czech Republic.
Although there are currently just three biomethane plants with the technology to supply biogas to the distribution network, EFG said this number could double this year - with three biomethane stations... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 25, 2023
Arla, the UK’s biggest dairy cooperative, is calling on the UK Government to help farmers utilise renewable energy sources like biogas, supporting the UK’s energy independence.
Last week it erected a replica Victorian Sewer Lamp near Parliament Square in Westminster, London, to draw attention to the untapped potential of biogas derived from cow excrement and food... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 24, 2023
Greenlane Renewables (Greenlane) has entered into a collaborative agreement with ZEG Biogás e Energia S.A. (ZEG Biogás), a company 50% owned by Vibra Energia S.A. (VIBRA), previously the fuel distribution unit of Petrobras, to locally produce, market and sell one of Greenlane’s largest and most popular biogas upgrading products in Brazil.
The terms of the agreement... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 21, 2023
Gasunie, the Dutch natural gas infrastructure and transportation company, has announced its decision to convert a 60-kilometre natural gas pipeline to transport regional biogas to its network from the beginning of 2024. The pipeline runs between Emmen and Ommen in the Netherlands.
The company expects the conversion to mitigate increased congestion in the regional networks,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 20, 2023
Wabio Investment Holding, the Serbian arm of Chinese renewable energy company Wabio Technology Holding, plans to begin the construction of a €20 million biogas plant next week, according to SeeNews.
The investment in the village of Nova Crnja, northern Serbia, will reportedly mark the start of an investment cycle in Serbia worth €400 million.
It would be the first... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 20, 2023
A partnership agreement between Nordion Energi, which specialies in energy infrastructure, and Nature Energy, a leader in biogas and renewable energy production from organic waste, will explore opportunities to increase the amount of biogas produced in Sweden.
The partnership will combine Nature Energy’s expertise in developing and operating large-scale biogas production... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 18, 2023
A biogas power facility has been inaugurated in South Tehran Wastewater Treatment Plant, reported Tehran Times. It commenced operation in the presence of Energy Minister Ali-Akbar Mehrabian today (18 April).
The plant can generate up to 15 million kilowatt hours of electricity with two combined heat and power (CHP) generators, which have a total nominal capacity of 2.4... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 17, 2023
Scandinavian Biogas has announced its decision to establish a subsidiary in the German market, having identified concrete investment opportunities to construct biogas plants in the "strategically important" German market.
The company added it has signed an agreement with project development firm German Biogas i Sverige AB, which has initiated the development of two production... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 14, 2023
Ukraine opened its first biomethane plant yesterday (13 April), with the first cubic metres of gas having been supplied to the gas distribution network. The plant will serve about 1,500 consumers each year.
According to Mykola Solskyi, Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food, Ukraine has great potential for biomethane production, and farmers are keenly interested in this... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 13, 2023
Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners (Quinbrook), a specialist investment manager focused exclusively on the infrastructure needed to drive the energy transition, has acquired US-based biogas firm PurposeEnergy.
PurposeEnergy is focused on waste solutions for the food and beverage industries. It has developed, owned and operated multiple projects that convert organic waste... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 13, 2023
A new programme to produce electricity from biogas derived from municipal schools' food waste was launched in Tendo, Yamagata Prefecture in Japan earlier this week, reported The Mainichi.
The city's 18 educational institutions generated about 140 kilograms of food waste per day during lunch over the 2022 academic year.
The leftovers had previously been incinerated, but... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 12, 2023
Waste-to-renewable-gas company Anaergia said it was honoured to be awarded the "Highly Commended" accolade in the Best Biogas Plant above 1MWE category at the global 2023 Anaerobic Digestion and Biogas Industry Awards.
Its Easy Energia Ambiente plant in Pontinia, Italy, took the gong.
The annual awards programme is organised by the Anaerobic Digestion and Bioresources... [Read More]
Biogas News
Apr 12, 2023
Egypt's Industrial Products company has signed a contract with the National Company for Animal Production of the National Service Projects Organization, to establish Egypt’s first factory to generate electricity from biogas in Sadat City, reported the Egypt Independent.
The factory will annually process 85,000 tons of cattle dung to produce one megawatt/hour of electricity... [Read More]
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