CNG Fuels has opened the world’s largest public access biomethane refuelling station in Avonmouth near Bristol, UK. The site will meet the growing demand from major brands such as Amazon and Royal Mail to cut emissions from haulage and save money while supporting the decarbonisation of the UK’s road haulage sector, which is responsible for 18% of total UK road transport... [Read More]

An Bord Pleanala, Ireland’s national independent planning body, has approved the development of a large anaerobic digestion (AD) plant in County Offaly. Once operational, the facility will be fed with approximately 50,000 tonnes of feedstock primarily sourced from local farms within 10 kilometres of the site, the Irish Farmers Journal reported. The proposed development... [Read More]

Frigoscandia, a temperate food logistics company in Sweden, has ordered 73 biogas vehicles from Scania. In total, Frigoscandia ordered 112 new trucks, representing the largest order of gas-powered heavy trucks in Sweden. The vehicles will be distributed between Frigoscandia’s subsidary, Svebol Logistics, which mainly has transport operations in Stockholm area and... [Read More]

A researcher from the University of Saskatchewan (USask) is working with Tidewater Renewables to develop a novel integrated process to produce RNG from crop and forestry residues. With Saskatchewan’s north home to a boreal forest that is larger than Germany, and its south making up nearly half of Canada’s cropland, the province’s agriculture and lumber industries... [Read More]

Global sustainable energy producer EDL and key stakeholders bp, Consumers Energy and Granger Waste Services have welcomed the start of operations at a new landfill gas-to-RNG facility. The Wood Road RNG Facility is the first of its kind in Lansing, Michigan. The RNG produced will be added to Consumers Energy’s existing pipeline network for delivery to end-users. A... [Read More]

A WELTEC BIOPOWER (Weltec) biogas plant in Japan’s Saitama Prefecture is now operational. The facility, equipped with a 450 kW co-generation power plant, is the fourth project rolled out by the German manufacturer in Japan. The plant uses organic leftovers from the vicinity – 40 kilometres north of Tokyo. As the plant’s raw material mix varies, Weltec ensures... [Read More]

Fitec Environmental Technologies (Fitec), a Canadian biogas design and engineering company, has signed a contract to build a biogas facility for an avocado oil processing facility – the first of its kind in the world. Fitec will build the plant for Villa Avocado in the Michoacan province of Mexico. The facility will provide a sustainable disposal solution for the... [Read More]

Southern California Gas Co (SoCalGas) has revealed that 14 billion cubic feet of RNG produced from organic waste was distributed via its pipeline system in 2021. This amount of RNG is equivalent to removing 166,896 cars from roads annually and is 2 billion cubic feet more than was distributed by SoCalGas in 2020. Additionally, the utility completed five RNG interconnection... [Read More]

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has set biomethane procurement targets for utilities to reduce short-lived climate pollutant (SLCP) emissions. The decision establishes a biomethane procurement programme carefully crafted to help achieve California’s SLCP goals, which call for a 40% reduction in methane and other SLCPs by 2030. Renewable gas procurement... [Read More]

Hy24, the world’s largest investment platform in clean hydrogen infrastructure, will become a shareholder of Enagás Renovable. The company signed an agreement with Spanish energy infrastructure Enagás and will accelerate the development of its renewable gas platform. Enagás has expertise in hydrogen and biomethane. In May last year, the company formed a partnership... [Read More]

INNIO has signed an agreement with the Concord Group to develop four biogas power plants in Malaysia using palm oil waste. INNIO and Concord Group signed a memorandum of understanding to build the four facilities in various parts of Malaysia. The project emphasises Malaysia’s efforts to achieve its COP26 commitments in moving away from fossil fuels and increasing... [Read More]

A food waste-to-energy operation has increased its biogas yields by around 43%, thanks to a new digester mixing system. After evaluating the performance of the facility’s first digester, built 10 years ago, engineering component specialists Hayley Group were consulted about the availability of an alternative, superior mixing system for its customer’s second digesters.... [Read More]

Food Tank, a non-governmental organisation (NGO) dedicated to eradicating hunger, poverty and obesity, has joined the Farm Powered Strategic Alliance (FPSA), which aims to avoid food waste and repurpose what can not be eliminated into renewable energy. The FPSA was founded in 2020 by Vanguard Renewables, Unilever, Starbucks, and Dairy Farmers of America. Food Tank is... [Read More]

Consolidated Asset Management Services (CAMS) has been contracted to support Aerogy, a renewable fuels platform backed by Macquarie Capital focused on RNG projects. Aerogy recently announced it has successfully co-developed, closed financing and commenced construction on an anaerobic digestion (AD) facility at Zahn’s Farm near Gillett, Wisconsin. The facility will... [Read More]

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi inaugurated Asia’s biggest bio-CNG plant on 19 February. Speaking at the virtual inauguration event, Prime Minister Modi said the Gobar-Dhan plant is “very important”, adding that in the next two years, work will be undertaken to build similar facilities in 75 major municipalities in India. The facility will have the capacity... [Read More]