Jul 26, 2022
Chennai Corporation to set up waste plant
Biomass News
Jul 25, 2022
The Davao Oriental provincial government is pursuing partnerships to speed up electrification in remote communities and possibly create a biomass facility for cheaper power rates.
In a statement, the local government said that Governor Corazon Malanyaon met with officials of Davao Oriental Electric Cooperative (DORECO), the province’s sole distributor, to discuss... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 25, 2022
ENEOS Corporation, Suzuki Motor Corporation, Subaru Corporation, Daihatsu Motor Company, Toyota Motor Corporation and Toyota Tsusho Corporation established the Research Association of Biomass Innovation for Next Generation Automobile Fuels on July 1, 2022, to study ways to optimise the process of producing fuel.
It is crucial to provide diverse energy options to meet... [Read More]
Other News
Jul 25, 2022
A Pennsylvania farm has partnered with a nearby microbrewery to create an alternative fuel produced with brewer’s waste and organic matter.
The Dickinson College Farm in Pennsylvania joined with Molly Pitcher Brewing Company and other local farms to create large quantities of sustainable biogas from materials that would otherwise be discarded.
Matt Steiman, the... [Read More]
Features
Jul 24, 2022
Simon Dawkins BEc, director, Oil Mallee Association, on the future of bioenergy in Western Australia.
Western Australia (WA) is a the largest of the Australian States and has a 20-million-hectare wheatbelt. Most of the grain is exported including a million tonnes of canola to Europe for biofuel. However, it is the recent promotion of lignocellulosic biomass to produce... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 22, 2022
The 40MW power station entered commercial operation in 2019 and uses waste wood to generate renewable electricity for homes and businesses via the National Grid.
It was the first power station of its type to be built in Wales and is owned by funds managed by Greencoat Capital, one of Europe’s largest fund managers that focuses exclusively on investment in clean... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 22, 2022
According to a new study by researchers in the University of Georgia’s Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources, replacing coal in Georgia’s power plants with woody biomass could not only meet Georgia’s power needs, but reduce carbon emissions.
The research calculated both economic and environmental factors to provide a comprehensive picture of the... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 22, 2022
A new drive to produce degradable plastic has come from the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) in Switzerland.
It has developed a plastic from non-edible plant parts that disintegrates into harmless sugars In the environment.
The plastic has properties close to conventional plastics, meaning it is a promising prospect for food and beverage packaging.... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 22, 2022
New research has found fertile conditions for the potential of producing bioenergy from hazelnut residues in Azerbaijan.
Preliminary results for a project entitled “Catalysing the Efficeiency and Sustainability of Azerbaijan’s Hazelnut Sector” have been released.
The report found that a large part of hazelnut shells and pruning residues could be mobilised for... [Read More]
Policy News
Jul 22, 2022
Proposals for a renewable energy development in north Mayo, Ireland has received appeals to the country’s national independent planning body An Bord Pleanála.
The proposed development, which has been approved by Mayo County Council, is an anaerobic digestion biogas facility and associated gas pipeline.
It would use locally sourced silage and slurry as feedstock... [Read More]
Other News
Jul 22, 2022
Four workers are dead and one hospitalised after an accident involving a biogas pit at Miwon Việt Nam's plant in Việt Trì, Phú Thọ.
The four casualties were identified as Vũ Sa Huỳnh, 38; Lê Hùng Vinh, 42; Trần Văn Thắm, 59 and Dương Văn Sau, 38.
Nguyễn Trung Kiên, 35, survived and was sent to Phú Thọ General Hospital until his condition... [Read More]
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Jul 21, 2022
Investment management firm BlackRock is buying Vanguard Renewables, a company that produces renewable natural gas for utilities and energy firms such as Dominion Energy and Enbridge.
Massachusetts-based Vanguard Renewables works with dairy farmers and food companies to convert food waste and cow manure into an energy source.
The transaction is valued at $700m (€686m)... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 21, 2022
Renewable energy technology developer Comstock Inc. has announced a significant expansion of its cellulosic technology portfolio by filing for a new patent covering breakthrough pathways to produce renewable diesel, marine, sustainable aviation fuel and gasoline from woody biomass.
Production would come at dramatically improved yield, efficiency and cost in comparison... [Read More]
Biomass News
Jul 21, 2022
EUROAPI has announced a €24 million investment for the construction of a state-of-the-art biomass boiler at its Seine-Maritime, France site that is planned to be activated in 2025.
EUROAPI said the investment should reduce its CO2 emissions by almost 76% in 2026 compared to 2020, and support the Group’s strategy towards greater energy autonomy. The new generation... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 21, 2022
Gas produced from landfill waste entered Portugal’s supply network for the first time, through an innovative project underway in Mirandela, Bragança district.
Duarte Cordeiro, Portugal’s minister of environment and climate action, was on site to witness the first injection of biomethane into the natural gas network.
The moment took place in the Autonomous... [Read More]
Other News
Jul 21, 2022
An Australian-first trial injecting biomethane derived from wastewater into the grid to supplement natural gas is underway at Sydney Water’s Malabar Wastewater Resource Recovery Plant.
The project is worth an estimated $16 million in total. $5.9 million in grant support from the Australian Renewable Energy Agency was announced in November 2020.
NSW Minister for... [Read More]
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Jul 21, 2022
A $16 million trial by Sydney Water and Jemena will convert wastewater into renewable biomethane in an Australian first trial that could eventually power up to 6,300 NSW homes.
Sydney Water’s Malabar Wastewater Resource Recovery Plant will see wastewater converted into carbon-neutral gas for use across New South Wales.
The Malabar Biomethane project, co-funded... [Read More]
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