Sep 27, 2021
Gasum opens new gas filling station in Norway
Biogas News
Sep 27, 2021
MAKEEN Energy and biogas supplier Nature Energy will build and operate the first Danish biogas liquefaction plant in Frederikshavn, Denmark.
The two companies have come together to form a joint company, NORDLIQ (Nordic Liquefaction), to build and operate the first Danish LBG plant.
The facility will initially be able to produce 20,000 tonnes of LBG every year. The... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 23, 2021
Keenan Recycling has celebrated full national waste collection coverage in the UK, despite nationwide driver shortages.
The waste management firm, which reduces the amount of waste going to landfill by collecting and recycling organic material, has invested over £4 million in new trucks in the last 12 months, adding six new depots, and recruiting around 25% more drivers.
Following... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 23, 2021
Water company Aqualia is now producing biogas at the Guijuelo wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) in Spain.
The new biofactory project in Salamanca, north-western Spain, transforms waste generated by the agri-food industry, together with sludge from the WWTP, into energy, biofuels, bioplastics and biofertilisers.
The 3,000 tons of biowaste treated at the facility,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 23, 2021
Industry associations and businesses in the UK anaerobic digestion (AD) sector have written to COP26 President Alok Sharma, urging him to support the industry.
Organisations including ADBA, CNG Fuels, the National Farmers’ Union, Severn Trent and the Energy Networks Association are among the signatories of the letter, which highlights AD’s potential in achieving... [Read More]
Policy News
Sep 22, 2021
Green sources of CO2 captured at bioenergy with carbon and capture and storage (BECCS) and green gas plants could bolster the UK's CO2 supply, according to the Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology (REA).
Volatile global gas prices have demonstrated the urgent need to diversify and decarbonise the UK’s domestic energy system, said the Association.... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 22, 2021
Arla Sweden and Gasum have decided to expand their current biogas partnership, following increased support for the industry from the Swedish Government
On 17 September, the government announced biogas production investment support of kr500 million (€49 million) by 2022, followed by kr700 million (€68 million) by 2023-2024, proposed in the autumn budget this year.... [Read More]
Biomass News
Sep 21, 2021
Burmeister & Wain Scandinavian Contractor (BWSC), a global power plant operation and maintenance and technical service provider, has signed a major contract with district heating company Fjernvarme Fyn for the gas conversion of an old coal-fired boiler unit at its facility in Odense, Denmark.
Unit 7 at Fyn Power Station, originally built by Burmeister and Wain Energy,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 21, 2021
Energy infrastructure company Redexis will supply renewable gas (biomethane) to Zaragoza Transport Consortium buses in the city of Zaragoza, the capital of Spain’s Aragon region.
The new Scania buses are operated by Alsa Agreda in its gas station at the Zaragoza Taxi Cooperative Service Station. The station is connected to the Redexis gas pipeline network, ensuring... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 21, 2021
Ireland needs a ‘whole of energy’ approach to the future, including repurposing the gas network to carry biomethane and hydrogen, Ervia’s CEO, Cathal Marley, told a conference last week.
Ervia provides strategic national gas and water infrastructure and services through its subsidiaries, including Gas Networks Ireland (GNI). The company appointed Marley as CEO... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 21, 2021
FortisBC Energy has reopened its RNG programme to customers, following a temporary pause due to soaring demand.
FortisBC first launched the RNG initiative in 2011 and was the first utility in North America to offer RNG to its customers as a simple way to lower their greenhouse gas emissions. As more customers saw the value of RNG as a carbon-neutral energy source, demand... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 20, 2021
Dutch energy storage company VTTI has acquired a bioenergy project on an industrial site in Tilburg, the Netherlands, from Re-N Technology Group.
Following the acquisition, announced on 11 August, VTTI will construct a new state-of-the-art bioenergy facility of industrial scale and is expected to be commissioned in the third quarter of 2023.
The new facility will... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 17, 2021
Foodservice provider Moy Park has placed the largest single order of IVECO natural gas trucks in the UK.
The Northern Irish firm has committed to the mass decarbonisation of its transport operation with 50 bio-LNG IVECO Stralis NP trucks.
As concerns grow over the vehicular impact on the environment, Moy Park has turned to bio-LNG fuelled trucks to help ‘green’... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 17, 2021
Greenlane Biogas has signed a $6.1 million (€4.08 million) supply contract with Green Impact Partners for an RNG project in Colorado.
Greenlane will supply a biogas upgrading system for the GreenGas Colorado project, which consists of two dairy farms and broke ground in July. The project will utilise two of Greenlane’s pressure swing adsorption upgrading systems,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 17, 2021
UGI Energy Services (UGIES) has joined forces with California Bioenergy (CalBio) and Sevana Bioenergy to develop RNG dairy digester projects in South Dakota.
Through a new joint venture (JV), MBL Bioenergy, the companies will develop several clusters of dairy farm digester projects to produce RNG.
The projects are expected to produce 650 million cubic feet of RNG... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 16, 2021
GLS, one of Italy’s main express couriers, will add 120 new LNG and bio-LNG powered vehicles to its fleet.
The new IVECO S-WAY vehicles, which will replace a diesel vehicle fleet made up of 70% Euro VI vehicles and 30% Euro V vehicles, will have a significantly positive impact on the environment.
Switching to fossil methane will result in a reduction of CO2 amounting... [Read More]
Biogas News
Sep 16, 2021
Packaging firm DS Smith has invested €7.5 million in expanding the anaerobic treatment facility at its paper mill in northern France.
The investment enables Rouen Paper Mill to generate green energy from 100% of its wastewater and improve the quality of discharged water – building the circular economy and taking another step towards DS Smith’s carbon goals.
The... [Read More]
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Indonesia’s transition towards environmentally friendly, zero-emission energy took centre stage this week as experts from seven countries convened at IPB University for high-level discussions on biomass and bioenergy
