Biogas News

Plans have been outlined to build 130 anaerobic digestion (AD) biomethane plants in rural Ireland by 2030, reported Independent.ie. Members of the Renewable Gas Forum Ireland (RGFI) outlined that they have an ambition to achieve 2.5TWh of biomethane by 2030 and 9.5TWh by 2050. These plans would see the construction of 130 biomethane plants in rural Ireland by 2030, and 9.5TWh by 2050, with an…
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BIOGEST has announced it will receive growth capital from Eiffel Gaz Vert for a 25% minority stake. Eiffel Gaz Vert thus finances the ambitious development of the BIOGEST Group and the plants to be developed, built or operated by BIOGEST. In total, this partnership will enable BIOGEST to commission more than a hundred biogas and biomethane units in the coming years and become a global player in…
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Chairman and CEO of the CMA CGM Group, Rodolphe Saadé, recently announced the rollout of seven new container ships powered by biogas to enhance and modernise services to the French West Indies. The ships will be delivered gradually as of 2024. They will comprise four 7,300 TEU vessels and three 7,900 TEU vessels, each with 1,385 Reefer plugs, and will serve Guadeloupe and Martinique. The…
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Orege is an international business specialising in the development and marketing of solutions for conditioning, treatment and valourisation of sludge. It has announced its first sale to Severn Trent Water of three containerised sludge conditioning and thickening solutions for approximately €1 million. The news comes following eight months of rental on three wastewater treatment plants of the…
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Denmark's first plant to produce hydrogen by catalytic pyrolysis of biogas is due to be ready in three years. The technology can convert carbon - captured via photosynthesis - into solid form and simultaneously produce hydrogen very energy-efficiently Carbon capture and storage are necessary if the world is to have any chance at all of reaching the 1.5° C target in the Paris Agreement. And…
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At 37.66 metres in length, 4.80 meters in diameter and weighing 130 tonnes, the arrival of the LNG tank at BioEnergie Park Güstrow, scheduled for mid-December this year will mark another important – and above all, imposing – milestone in the conversion project for Germany’s biggest biogas plant with integrated bio-LNG unit to date, according to EnviTec. “So far, we have already…
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Following the withdrawal of a subsidy under the Indian government's National Biogas and Manure Management Programme (NBMMP) for setting up a biogas plant in 2020, there has been a marked decline in number of farmers opting to install family-type biogas plants in the past two years in the Malwa region, reported The Tribune. The scheme, which run under the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy was…
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Community Council members for Balintore and Hilton have signalled they will oppose plans for a 100GW per year anaerobic digestion plant, after claiming that residents are "totally against it", reported Ross-Shire Journal. Acorn Bioenergy submitted a planning application to Highland Council last week, to be built at a site 350m south of Fearn Aerodrome near Balintore. Mmebers of Balintore and…
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In the UK, amid concern about the cost of energy and preparations for potential shortages of power in the coming months, farmers from the UK’s biggest dairy cooperative, Arla, has issued a call to action for the Government to tap into a major unused source of energy from farms and the wider food supply chain. The organisation said figures show that, with support, nearly 91 million metric tons…
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Having completed a successful previous project in Scotland, Bright Renewables has been contracted by the same client for five new projects in Scotland. For four of these projects, Bright will realise biogas upgrading systems. For the fifth project, Bright will realise a biogas upgrader and a CO2 liquefaction system. The liquid bio-CO2 will be marketed by the client and the biomethane will be…
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San Francisco Public Utilities (SFPUC) has selected three Cambi thermal hydrolysis technology systems for new biosolids digester facilities. The technology will allow the SFPUC to enhance odour control, boost energy recovery and reduce the plant’s environmental footprint. The SFPUC is investing over $3 billion (€3bn) to upgrade and modernize the Southeast Treatment Plant, the city’s…
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Smart energy solutions company Ignitis will start to import biomethane and supply it to business customers in November. The first company replacing natural gas with biomethane is “SG dujos". Haroldas Nausėda, head of B2B clients and expansion, said that biomethane is a "more sustainable alternative" to fossil fuels, which meets the natural gas standard completely. It possesses an equivalent…
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Malaysian Engineering and energy solutions provider Kejuruteraan Asastera Bhd (KAB) is expanding its sustainable energy solutions segment through the proposed acquisition of the entire equity of Future Biomass Gasification (FBG) for RM15 million (€3.2m). In a Bursa Malaysia filing on 9 November, KAB said FBG, a wholly owned subsidiary of Future NRG (FNSB), owns a biogas power plant in Kedah…
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ALFA, a new project for unlocking the biogas potential of Agriculture and Livestock Farming has just started and will host a launch meeting in Thessaloniki, Greece on 26 and 27 November. This project aims to enhance the wider uptake of Renewable Energy Systems (RES) and increase the share of bioenergy as a baseload energy source. In doing so it intends to ensure emissions reduction from…
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