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Located in Austin, Texas, SeekOps is trusted by top operators in both traditional and renewable energy industries for its accurate sensor technology and actionable reporting. Its customer-focused team, including its innovative engineers and FAA-certified pilots, work closely with clients to provide tailored, cost-effective, safe, and efficient emissions monitoring solutions with…
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With 1 Vision Biogas’ acquisition of st1 Nordic Oy’s biogas assets, 1Vision Biogas is optimistic for its prospects. Earlier this year, 1Vision Biogas – a joint venture between St1, HitecVision and Aneo – announced the closing of the acquisition of St1 Nordic Oy’s biogas business. This adds to its acquisition earlier this year, when it took 100% ownership of Biokraft International – a…
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Timothé Husser, manager at Blunomy, delves into biomethane investment risks, opportunities and models. Blunomy provides strategic consulting services, with a large part of its work in the industrial sector. It started to work on renewable gas more than 12 years ago. Husser is in charge of Blumony’s renewable gas activity, and spends all of his time with players in the renewable gas value…
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Maurice Markerink, managing director of EnviTec Plant Construction, and Stefan Laumann, head of gas upgrading go into detail about the EnviThan gas upgrading system. EnviTec – a family-owned business – is Germany’s largest biogas producer, as it owns and operates 80 plants there and 7 abroad. It covers the entire value chain for biogas production, including the planning and construction of…
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px Group recently entered another contract with Gren, for the operations and maintenance of a biomass plant. Neil Grimley, managing director of downstream operations at px Group, tells Bioenergy Insight more px Group is a leading energy infrastructure solutions provider specialising in operations and management of complex industrial facilities across a wide range of sectors, including energy,…
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Colin Ley gives an overview of the sector in Africa and Asia. Any assessment of bioenergy prospects across Africa and Asia is almost certainly destined to be at least 40% wrong. By the same token, the vast and diverse nature of both continents means that the same assessment will likely be 40% correct, with the 20% in the middle best described as entering ‘toss-up’ territory. The…
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BMW Group Plant Steyr is switching entirely to district heating for warmth, as the Austrian engine facility utilises heat from a nearby biomass plant. Bioenergy Insight finds out more. For over 40 years, BMW has built diesel and petrol engines at BMW Group Plant Steyr. It recently announced that it is switching to renewable heat sources. Tanja Hornbachner, energy manager of BMW Group Plant…
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Marc Fetten, founder and owner of GreenGasUSA, tells Bioenergy Insight about the company’s approach, growth and partnership with Wayne-Sanderson Farms. Fetten founded GreenGasUSA (GreenGas) four years ago, with the mission of reducing as many carbon emissions as possible via the production of renewable natural gas (RNG), and other renewable energy commodities. Today, GreenGas is a fully…
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Bioenergy Insight learns more about the recently announced partnership to develop four RNG projects in the US. Bright Renewables is a global technology provider for biogas upgrading systems, CO2 liquefaction plants, and Bio LNG & Bio CNG solutions. Its US head office is located in Vancouver, Washington, and it has sold around 35 biogas upgrading units in the country. It is poised to add…
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Urszula Szalkowska, managing director, Europe EcoEngineers, outlines the challenges and opportunities for US suppliers. The European energy sector’s landscape is evolving rapidly, particularly in the biomethane market. The European Commission's recent deployment of the Union Database (UDB) signifies a crucial step toward the transparent traceability of renewable fuels within the European Union…
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BE&E examines how to maximise a pellet mill’s profitability. Warren Buffett is quoted as saying: ‘Price is what you pay. Value is what you get’. Never a truer statement, said BE&E. Its conveyors aren’t cheap. To which its customer replied: ‘I can’t afford cheap’. After decades in the business, this mill owner had learned that cheap costs more than quality. In BE&E’s…
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Colin Ley analyses the market in Canada. Bioenergy use in Canada could more than double in step with the country’s drive towards net-zero by 2050 according to market projections compiled by the Canada Energy Regulator (CER).  Growth for bioenergy from its current 7% share of the country’s energy mix is forecast to be more rapid when viewed from a Canada net-zero (CNZ) perspective than if…
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Vogelsang outlines some of its innovative machines that enable effective recycling. The circular economy is growing in the UK. As people and businesses consciously step away from a linear manufacturing process to a circular model, considerably less waste is being disposed of at the end of its life. Rather than being a fad or ‘greenwashing’, companies and local authorities are adopting a…
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In 2021, Berkes acquires Burmeister & Wain Energy (BWE), a company with almost 180 years of history and solid experience in the design and manufacturing of steam boilers. This acquisition has represented a turning point for Berkes, enabling the company to enter new markets and expand its footprint across Europe and other strategic regions. The acquisition of BWE has been a strategic move for…
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