Dec 15, 2022
Zimbabwe’s National Domestic Biogas programme brings 150 biogas digesters
Biogas News
Dec 14, 2022
Renewable energy firm Acorn Bioenergy has unveiled proposals which, if given the green light by Moray Council planners, would see two plants built in Moray, one near Hill of Rathven by Buckie at the junction of March Road and the A98 and other at Longmorn, on the outskirts of Elgin, reported Grampian Online. The Buckie plant would occupy around seven hectares of land.
The... [Read More]
Biomass News
Dec 14, 2022
The governments of Ontario and Canada are investing more than $11.3 million (€10.6m) to expand CHAR Technologies’ facility in Thorold to produce renewable natural gas (RNG) and biocarbon – creating the largest facility of its kind in Canada. It will be the only RNG facility in the country to exclusively use woody biomass. Expanding CHAR’s Thorold facility will... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 14, 2022
Construction on the third phase of a bioenergy recycling project in Shanghai, China, began on 11 December.
With an investment of 1.65 billion yuan (€222 million), the third phase of the Shanghai bioenergy recycling centre will cover nearly 20 hectares in the Laogang ecological and environmental protection base in Pudong New Area.
The project, scheduled for completion... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 13, 2022
Turkey's energy ministry has started the implementation of a micro project, which envisions farmer-obtained animal waste from three cows as being able to produce enough natural gas to eventually meet cooking needs.
The project has been launched in 17 cities as a pilot study, and it aims to support farmers unable to access gas in rural areas.
Turkish Electromechanic Industries... [Read More]
Biomass News
Dec 13, 2022
The Romande Energie Group, which owns the Enerbois biomass plant in Rueyres (Vaud canton), Switzerland, has announced it is expanding in this field by investing in Proxipel - a start-up offering a solution producing pellets from biomass material.
Biomass is a useful source of clean energy for advancing the energy transition that is so vital for
The Enerbois plant in... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 13, 2022
The European Investment Bank (EIB) has signed a €40 million loan agreement with recycling company Renewi to invest in recycling in the Netherlands and Belgium.
The funding will be divided between three key projects. The first is the construction of three new high-tech sorting lines for residual, commercial and industrial waste in Flanders, Belgium, allowing more materials... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 12, 2022
Last week, Mainspring, Yolo County staff and stakeholders gathered to celebrate and recognise their partnership, according to Daily Democrat.
Mainspring, a clean power generation provider, announced that the product will run on biogas produced by the landfill to generate electricity that can be used for site operations and exported to the grid. Landfill biogas, a natural... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 12, 2022
A leading planning officer has recommended plans for an anaerobic digestion plant in Bressingham should be refused, giving campaigners cautious hope, reported Diss Express.
Planning officer Tim Barker made his recommendation to South Norfolk Council, with a report echoing the concerns set forth by groups and individuals opposed to the plans for Deal Farm.
So far, 363... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 12, 2022
Cypark Resources said its indirect subsidiaries have been awarded feed-in approval certificates from the government to carry out biogas projects with a total capacity of 2.7 MW in Johor and Terengganu, Malaysia.
The feed-in approval certificates were awarded by the Sustainable Energy Development Authority (Seda) for a period of 21 years, Cypark said. Tenaga Nasional will... [Read More]
Biomass News
Dec 12, 2022
A new £4.8M project funded by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) to increase biomass crops grown in the UK, will launch at Low Carbon Agriculture Show at the NAEC, Stoneleigh, on 7 February 2023.
Biomass Connect is a new initiative that intends to showcase best-practice and innovations in biomass feedstock production at sites across the... [Read More]
Features
Dec 12, 2022
Bioenergy Insight spoke to Kevin Vandewalle, sales director at VYNCKE, who gave a comprehensive picture of its business model, its agility during challenging times and ongoing technological innovations.
VYNCKE was established in 1912 in Flanders by Louis Vyncke, a blacksmith by trade. As Flanders’ flax industry was flourishing by the 1920s, so demand for steam boilers... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 9, 2022
The flexible Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plant, supplied and built by the technology group Wärtsilä for the German public utility SachsenEnergie, has been commissioned and handed over for commercial operation. The plant was extensively tested to verify its reliability and performance before the hand-over in November 2022, the company said, and it will supply both 94... [Read More]
Biomass News
Dec 9, 2022
A European-Union (EU)-imposed ban on imports of woody biomass from Russia has resulted in a seven-fold spike in Turkey's exports of wood pellets to EU Member States.
This has caused concern that the bulk could be recertified material from Russia, Montel reported.
The embargo was imposed in April 2022 as part of the EU's fifth round of sanctions against Russia. At that... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 9, 2022
Gasum is part of a consortium of three parties, which is planning the construction of a new biogas plant in the municipality of Vormstad near Trondheim in Norway. The consortium has started the zoning process for the chosen site with the municipality of Vormstad.
The consortium is called Trondelag Biogass and the two other members are Norwegian investment companies... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 8, 2022
This recently launched EU project will demonstrate an innovative pathway for biomethane production at scale, based on the integration of sorption-enhanced gasification, methanation via catalytic fluidised-bed and high-temperature electrolysis, with the aim to contribute to the ambitious objectives of the REPowerEU Plan
A multi-disciplinary and international team that... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 8, 2022
Green Rock Energy Partners LLC, a sustainable infrastructure-focused private equity firm, has announced an addition to its expanding portfolio of investments in the renewable energy space.
It has acquired PSA South Hills Landfill Gas Venture LLC, a renewable natural gas (RNG) production facility located in South Park Township, Pennsylvania, and the purchase closed in... [Read More]
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The facility will be BSOGE’s first project in the sector and is intended to act as a model for further large-scale biomethane developments across the country
Packaging and paper group Mondi is set to significantly increase energy self-sufficiency at its integrated pulp and paper mill in Ružomberok, Slovakia, through the construction of a new biomass power plant
Loick Bioenergie has strengthened its renewable energy portfolio with the addition of two new EnviThan gas upgrading plants, commissioned from long-standing partner EnviTec Biogas
