Biogas News

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 energy will be…
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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 emissions conversion…
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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, producing up to 4.5…
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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 BioCNG plants commissioned,…
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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 capital will be used for…
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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 Synthica’s…
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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 showcasing the novel…
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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 with traditional…
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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 (VKU), which represents…
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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 of the parties'…
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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 Landfill. The new…
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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 country. UGI Energy…
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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 operations in South…
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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 energy security,…
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