Nov 1, 2022
Vietnam’s wood pellet exports could attract US$1 billion in 2023
Biogas News
Nov 1, 2022
A fruit juice producer company located in Afyonkarahisar obtains electrical energy from the biogas of approximately 100 tons of fruit waste per day, and converts the remaining waste into fertiliser for its orchards, reported Daily Sabah. The company's general manager, while sharing the objectives of the company, outlined their plan to meet energy needs from renewable energy... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 1, 2022
A year from the launch of the Global Methane Pledge (GMP) at the Conference of Parties 26 (COP26) in Glasgow, UK, the World Biogas Association (WBA) has joined forces with the Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives (GAIA) to host a panel discussion focusing on how to reduce methane emissions – the greenhouse gas 86 times as potent as CO2 when released into the... [Read More]
Biomass News
Oct 31, 2022
Acciona Energía has announced it will build a biomass plant with a capacity of 49,9MW in the municipality of Logrosán (Cáceres) in Spain.
The company was an awardee in the third auction for the grant of the economic regime for renewable energies tendered by the Ministry for Ecological Transition and the Demographic challenge. This guarantees a sale price for the electricity... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 31, 2022
Ørsted and Equinor have signed an agreement under which Equinor will supply Norwegian gas to Denmark via Baltic Pipe. The agreement covers the period from 1 January 2023 to 1 April 2024, and the total volumes of gas supplied during the period will be approximately 8 TWh, corresponding to roughly a quarter of the expected total Danish gas consumption.
The completion of... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 31, 2022
Macquarie Asset Management’s Green Investment Group (GIG) has acquired specialist biogas platform BayWa r.e. Bioenergy, via its Macquarie GIG Energy Transition Solutions fund.
Active across the full asset lifecycle, BayWa r.e. Bioenergy develops, constructs and operates biogas projects that provide biomethane and power to local energy companies, industrial companies... [Read More]
Features
Oct 31, 2022
Jorg-Peter Lindner, technical sales manager - mixing technology specialist at SPX FLOW, explores technology surrounding mixing processes.
There are now over 9,600 biogas plants in Germany. A large part of Germany's power supply is generated through renewable energy sources (42.1% through renewable energy in the power, heating and transport sectors).
Biogas alone provided... [Read More]
Biomass News
Oct 28, 2022
Over 550 scientists have signed a letter to the European Commission, notifying them of the "deteriorating state of European forests" and calling for climate-smart forestry practices – including wood harvesting for bioenergy – to consolidate their resilience to global warming.
“Hot and dry weather in many parts of Europe and the world makes us worry about the future... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 28, 2022
SunGas Renewables, a global provider of gasification systems for low-carbon fuel production, has announced an agreement with Arbor Renewable Gas for supply of its SunGas System 1000 technology and equipment package to Arbor Gas' Spindletop Renewable Gasoline Project located in Beaumont, Texas, UA.
SunGas is an outgrowth from GTI Energy, an organisation advancing decarbonisation... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 28, 2022
An Ireland South MEP has said that a pilot scheme for anaerobic digestion (AD) is unnecessary as the technology is already scientifically proven, reported Agriland.
Speaking at the recent AXA National Dairy Show in the Green Glens Arena, Millstreet, County Cork, Billy Kelleher expressed his frustration at the lack of progress in this country in rolling out AD facilities.
“We’re... [Read More]
Biomass News
Oct 27, 2022
Spain’s ministry for the ecological transition awarded 177 MW of capacity in Tuesday’s auction for 520 MW of mixed renewables, selecting only small-scale solar PV and biomass-based power projects and leaving bidders on concentrated solar power (CSP) empty-handed.
On 26 October the ministry said 146 MW worth of projects for biomass-fired capacity and 31 MW of solar... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 27, 2022
Biogas equipment firm Sistema.bio has obtained Sh1.2 billion (€10 million) from American impact business firm Native to run a carbon biogas programme in East Africa targeting smallholder farmers, reported Business Daily Africa.
Under the three-year programme Sistema.bio will supply biodigesters affordably to small and medium dairy farms in Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda to... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 27, 2022
To date, the European Union has invested €6.9m in 112 energy and biomass projects in Moldova in cooperation with the United Nations Development Program (UNDP), according to the EU Delegation to the Republic of Moldova.
A total of 225 kindergartens, schools, community and cultural centres have been equipped with biomass heating systems thanks to EU financial support,... [Read More]
Other News
Oct 27, 2022
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has released its annual World Energy Outlook for 2022. The report emphasised the global energy crisis as "a shock of unprecedented breadth and complexity", with Russia's invasion of Ukraine turning "a rapid economic recovery from the pandemic" into "full-blown energy turmoil", as Russia - the world's largest exporter of fossel... [Read More]
Biomass News
Oct 26, 2022
USA BioEnergy and Ecostrat have announced the issuance of a new ‘AA’ rated Bioeconomy Development Opportunity (BDO) Zone designation for Bon Wier, Texas.
The ‘AA’ BDO Zone rating supports the siting decision and the capital raise for USA Bioenergy’s development of an advanced biorefinery through its subsidiary Texas Renewable Fuels (TRF). The facility will convert... [Read More]
Features
Oct 26, 2022
Colin Ley examines the challenges and optimism within the Canadian biomass industry.
Bioenergy developers in Canada have pretty much had to make their own opportunities in the past, often working to advance the industry without the focus of funding and regulatory attention often given to other parts of the climate change and renewable energy community.
How much... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 25, 2022
If we took a short trip forward in time to 2040, and then looked back at how some organisations in the water industry successfully achieved Carbon Net Zero, it’s likely you’ll see a large four-letter word: NIGG.
This Scottish Water treatment centre in Aberdeen is currently leading the way as a centre of excellence for biogas production (from sludge), with its dedicated... [Read More]
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Moeve has announced a €600 million investment plan for the construction of up to 30 new biomethane plants by 2030
During the signing ceremony, Sweden’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Maria Malmer Stenergard, announced a donation of USD 1.5 million for prefeasibility and detailed engineering studies
ADTechOptima’s technologies aim to solve two key problems: the underperformance of anaerobic digesters and the quality of the digestate produced as part of the process
