Spire and KC Water are partnering on Kansas City, Missouri's first renewable natural gas (RNG) facility, a project that will capture methane emissions from the wastewater treatment process to generate renewable energy. KC Water selected Spire after an extensive proposal process to construct the RNG facility, which is an extension of a current KC Water project. The project... [Read More]

Erdemir, the largest steel producer in Turkey, has pledged $3.2 billion (€2.9 billion) of green investment to cut its emissions by a quarter before 2030, reported Reuters. The Erdemir integrated steel mill will utilise biomass and natural gas to reduce coal consumption. In the meantime, the company will build new electric arc furnaces at its facilities in the north... [Read More]

The world added 50% more renewable capacity in 2023 than in 2022 and the next five years will see fastest growth yet, but lack of financing for emerging and developing economies is a key issue, according to the International Energy Agency (IEA). Its Renewables 2023: Analysis and forecasts to 2028 report details how the world’s capacity to generate renewable electricity... [Read More]

AIT-STEIN, a major French decarbonisation player, has secured a license agreement with Danish green-tech company Dall Energy for steam plants. AIT-STEIN produces high-steam boilers, and this licensing agreement will see Dall Energy integrate its gasification technology with AIT-STEIN's portfolio. The Danish company said its unique biomass gasification technology is in... [Read More]

Wales-based waste-to-hydrogen company Compact Syngas Solutions (CSS) has demonstrated the viability of producing hydrogen gas from syngas generated from the gasification of waste. The company recently secured almost £4 million (€4.6 million) in government funding to make its biomass and waste-to-hydrogen plants even greener by using carbon capture. Waste-to-energy... [Read More]

Following the announcement of the renewable CO2 project at Granville Eco Park in Northern Ireland, UK company Bio Capital Ltd. is to deploy further enhancements at two more of its plants, in collaboration with Swiss company Hitachi Zosen Inova (HZI) - following the recent signing of construction contracts. Its East London biogas plant is adding biomethane production and... [Read More]

Pacolet Milliken, LLC (Pacolet), a sustainability-focused firm, has acquired 100% of Piedmont Green Power (Piedmont) from an affiliate of Atlantic Power & Utilities. Piedmont is a 55 MW biomass-fired power plant located in Barnesville, Georgia in the US. Piedmont utilises approximately 600,000 tons of woody biomass feedstock annually, 100% of which is wood waste. It... [Read More]

Tan Delta Systems, a global disruptor in real-time oil quality monitoring, has announced the appointment of Nick LaBar as VP of business development for North America. LaBar will cover the whole of the US and Canada territories for Tan Delta, with a focus on all industry sectors. In a biogas plant in Germany, annual savings of €3,000 per engine have been achieved by... [Read More]

Cheshire West & Chester Council in the North West of England has approved plans by EET Hydrogen for the first large-scale, low-carbon hydrogen production plant (HPP1) in the UK, located at the Stanlow Manufacturing Complex in Ellesmere Port, Cheshire. Consisting of two plants (HPP1 and HPP2), the hydrogen hub will enable local industrial and power generation businesses... [Read More]

Croatian oil and gas company INA has announced plans to invest €40 million into a biomethane plant utilising agricultural waste, in its intention to transform central Croatia's Sisak industrial zone into a renewable energy hub. INA plans to self-finance the majority of the project, but also seeks co-financing from the EU's Recovery and Resilience Facility. In a written... [Read More]

Renewi, a leading waste-to-product company, and Swedish energy company Vattenfall have announced a new partnership. Vattenfall will purchase more than 7.5 million m3 of green gas annually from Renewi. The green gas, which is made from food waste, will be added to the Dutch gas grid, where it can combine with natural gas for enhanced sustainability. The green gas for... [Read More]

Gasum and Nordic Ren-Gas have signed an e-methane offtake agreement, the companies announced today (9 January). Nordic Ren-Gas’s Power-to-Gas plant in Tampere, Finland will produce 160 GWh of renewable e-methane annually, which Gasum will procure and distribute it to its customers. The long-term sales agreement means Gasum will purchase all e-methane produced at the... [Read More]

Technology group Wärtsilä has announced that its Operation & Maintenance (O&M) agreement with Sindh Nooriabad Power Company (SNPC), a Pakistan-based independent power producer (IPP), has been extended for a further 12 years. The agreement has been in place since 2017, and the extension reflects SNPC’s satisfaction with Wärtsilä’s capabilities in providing... [Read More]

Waga Energy, a global expert in the production of renewable natural gas (RNG) from landfills, has signed an agreement with Decatur Hills Landfill to produce RNG at the Greensburg landfill in Indiana, US. As part of this agreement, Waga Energy will fund construction of an RNG production facility using its patented WAGABOX® technology, to upgrade landfill gas (LFG) into... [Read More]

The UK government is expected to approve a multi-billion-pound CO2 carbon capture scheme that will bolt two carbon capture plants onto Drax's four generating units in North Yorkshire, reported The Telegraph. Drax said this would help it become the world's first cabon-negative power station, and that it would make the organisation a hub of the UK's first zero-carbon industrial... [Read More]

NOVEC Energy Production Halifax County Biomass, a South Boston energy company, has renewed the Operation and Maintenance Agreement (O&M Agreement) with PIC Group for its Halifax County 49.9MW biomass power station until 2026. Under the terms of the O&M Agreement, PIC Group will be fully responsible for day-to-day operation and maintenance services of the biomass... [Read More]