Nov 25, 2022
Biomass facility receives go-ahead in Fruitvale, Canada
Biogas News
Nov 24, 2022
Through its CI Advanced Bioenergy Fund I, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) has secured two sites to construct two large industrial-scale biogas plants in Catalonia, Spain (La Sentiu and Linyola).
The La Sentiu project has been appointed a project of strategic importance by the Catalan government, which CIP said mplies that the permit application for the plant... [Read More]
Biomass News
Nov 24, 2022
EQTEC plc, a global technology innovator that powers distributed, decarbonised, new energy infrastructure through its waste-to-value solutions for hydrogen, biofuels and energy generation has announced that its Market Development Centre (MDC) in Italy is set to commence operations in December.
The plant will showcase EQTEC technology to prospective clients including industrial,... [Read More]
Biomass News
Nov 24, 2022
Diageo Plc’s East African unit is using macadamia shells, sugar bagasse and coffee and rice husks to produce electricity at factories in Kenya and Uganda, moving it closer to net-zero status eight years ahead of schedule, according to Bloomberg.
East African Breweries Plc, which contributes about 1% of Kenya’s gross domestic product, had a 2030 target to run operations... [Read More]
Biomass News
Nov 23, 2022
The former site of the Great Northern paper mill in Millinocket, Maine, US, could be a new hub for the production of industrial-grade wood pellets to be sold on a global scale, reported BDN.
Our Katahdin, the non-profit group that owns the site, announced on 21 November that it is making plans to turn the former site of the Great Northern paper mill into a forest products... [Read More]
Biomass News
Nov 23, 2022
Rio Tinto said it has proven the effectiveness of its low-carbon iron-making process using ores from its mines in Australia in a small-scale pilot plant in Germany, and is now planning the development of a larger-scale pilot plant to further assess its potential to help decarbonise the steel value chain.
The process, known as BioIron™, uses raw biomass instead of metallurgical... [Read More]
Other News
Nov 23, 2022
Japanese trading house Mitsui is seeking carbon storage sites across Asia Pacific as it aims to sequester 15 million tonnes per year by 2035 for companies in Japan.
To date, Japan has shown limited potential for carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects, which has prompted Mitsui - and other Japanese firms, such as Inpex - to hunt for suitable sites across Asia Pacific.... [Read More]
Features
Nov 23, 2022
Lauma Kazuša, head of market analysis at SUEZ, analyses the state of the wood waste markets.
Keeping people warm and businesses open is at the forefront of nearly every publication these days. We had winters and cold temperatures before, yet the world economy and geopolitical situation differed considerably.
Wood waste is a commodity of choice in a few bioenergy and... [Read More]
Features
Nov 23, 2022
Bioenergy Insight attended the European Biogas Conference 2022, which took place in Brussels, Belgium, in October. There was a buzz in the atmosphere, and a real sense that now is the time for the industry to seize the agenda.
One of the stand-out plenary sessions consisted of an EU Member State-specific update – from Denmark, Italy, the Netherlands and Spain (although... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 22, 2022
The owners of two North American renewable natural gas (RNG) producers have put them up for sale, after new US tax incentives and recent big investments in the sector incentivised them to leave at a time when profits would be maximised, according to Reuters.
While the price of RNG remains much higher than traditional natural gas, more energy companies and investment firms... [Read More]
Biomass News
Nov 22, 2022
Babcock & Wilcox (B&W) has signed an agreement with NRG Korea to study the applicability of B&W’s BrightLoop™ technology for a hydrogen generation facility using biomass fuel in South Korea.
B&W’s BrightLoop chemical looping technology is part of its ClimateBright™ suite of decarbonisation and hydrogen technologies. The BrightLoop process uses... [Read More]
Biomass News
Nov 22, 2022
Flinders Shire Council in North Queensland, Australia, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Frontier Impact Group to investigate a project to harvest and convert woody weeds into renewable fuel and other valuable byproducts.
Flinders Shire CEO, Hari Boppudi, said he was thrilled that Flinders Shire Council had signed the MOU to conduct a feasibility study on... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 22, 2022
Philipp Lukas, CEO and founder of Future Biogas, on the best means to unleash the biogas sector's potential.
With the latest United Nations’ report warning that the world’s ability to limit global warming to 1.5°C – the goal of the Paris Agreement – is quickly fading, we must urgently accelerate all efforts to reach net zero.
However, in this pivotal moment,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 21, 2022
Ag-Grid Energy has opened its newest biogas system at Hytone Farms in Coventry, Connecticut (CT), US. The system recycles manure and food waste into renewable electricity, heat, animal bedding, and a natural fertiliser.
The project will help meet CT’s renewable electricity goals by producing 4.5 million kWh/year of renewable electricity under a 10-year agreement with... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 21, 2022
The Final Conference of the EU-funded project REGATRACE was held last week, and was a "great success", according to the European Biogas Association.
Over 100 participants and 20 speakers gathered in Brussels on 16 November 2022 to discuss the latest developments to boost biomethane trading across Europe. Cross-border trading of biomethane will be essential to ensure... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 21, 2022
Bright Renewables has been contracted for a new biogas upgrading project with membrane technology in the province of Barcelona, Spain. Two waste streams produce 500 Nm3 biogas per hour: 320 Nm3 from a municipality waste stream and 150 Nm3 from a wastewater treatment plant stream. This will be purified by the upgrader to 270 Nm3 of biomethane per hour and fed into the gas... [Read More]
Features
Nov 21, 2022
Colin Ley examines the complications of the bioenergy sector in Asia and Africa.
Assessing the late-2022 state of bioenergy progress in Africa and Asia inevitably involves looking at how these two multi-country continents are managing to cope with the eight-month-old energy shock created by Russia's invasion of Ukraine alongside the longer-term impact of climate change... [Read More]
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