Mar 11, 2022
Fraikin delivers 10 CNG-powered tractor units to AO
Biogas News
Mar 10, 2022
Aemetis has started the commissioning of its $12 million (€10.8 million) biogas-to-RNG facility in California.
The facility will be connected to the PG&E gas pipeline interconnection unit located at Aemetis’s Keyes ethanol plant site. The full commissioning process including PG&E’s interconnection unit is expected to be completed in April, enabling the... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 10, 2022
Food company Valio and energy firm St1 have formed a joint venture (JV) to produce biogas as a transport fuel in Finland.
Using dairy farm manure and agricultural by-products, the JV will produce the biogas while creating significant climate benefits and strengthening Finland’s energy and fuel self-sufficiency.
The JV aims to build 8-10 biogas production and liquefaction... [Read More]
Policy News
Mar 10, 2022
Bioenergy DevCo’s CEO and founder, Shawn Kreloff, has praised US President Biden’s announcement on banning Russian oil imports.
A developer of anaerobic digestion (AD) facilities, Bioenergy DevCo transforms organic waste into RNG and green hydrogen, which could help the US end its reliance on fossil fuels.
“Today’s announcement from President Biden is a critical... [Read More]
Features
Mar 9, 2022
As CEO of Nature Energy, Ole Hvelplund plays an important role in the global biogas sector.
Where were you educated, and what was your first job?
I hold a master’s degree in economics from Aarhus University in Denmark. My first job was as a marketing coordinator for a Danish telephone company. Back then, the internet wasn’t developed and digital transformation... [Read More]
Policy News
Mar 9, 2022
The biomethane sector will deliver 20% of current EU gas imports from Russia by 2030, the European Commission has announced.
The Commission’s REPowerEU plan, released on 8 March, marks a decisive step towards the rapid development of Europe’s biomethane industry. In its statement, the Commission said that to boost EU production of biomethane, the REPowerEU plan... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 9, 2022
Hitachi Zosen Inova USA has been awarded a contract by WTE to build a biogas upgrading facility in Wyoming.
The project, starting up this summer, will upgrade biogas into a carbon-negative vehicle fuel. The membrane-based gas upgrading facility will have a nominal throughput capacity of over 960 Nm3 per hour. It will take biogas produced through the anaerobic digestion... [Read More]
Biomass News
Mar 8, 2022
Danish utility HOFOR is seeking to reduce or eliminate the share of Russian biomass used in its Amager power plant and has pledged to not buy any Russian biomass in the future.
The company currently has agreements in place meaning the Amager facility could receive biomass sourced from Russia to produce district heating and electricity.
In a statement, HOFOR’s CEO... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 8, 2022
Anaergia and its partner Continuus Materials have signed a contract project development agreement (PDA) to convert solid waste to products, fertiliser and RNG in Michigan, US.
Under the terms of the PDA with the Board of the Kent County Department of Public Works, the parties agreed a potential project under which an approximately $280 million (€257 million) material... [Read More]
Other News
Mar 8, 2022
BECoop, a project funded by the Horizon 2020 programme, has released a bioenergy self-assessment tool for community projects.
Horizon 2020 was the EU's research and innovation funding programme from 2014-2020 with a budget of nearly €80 billion. The initiative has been succeeded by Horizon Europe.
Earlier studies by BECoop have shown that the knowledge and acceptance... [Read More]
Pellets News
Mar 7, 2022
Pacific BioEnergy (PacBio) has closed its plant in Prince George, British Columbia.
The plant was shut down at 4 am on 4 March, following an announcement by PacBio in December. At the time, the company said it had reached an agreement to assign some of its assets, including the wood pellet long-term sales contracts, to Drax Group.
The closure of the PacBio pellet... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 7, 2022
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has allocated $2 million (€1.84 million) to 11 organisations to divert food waste from landfills by expanding nationwide anaerobic digestion (AD) capacity.
The EPA is ensuring nearly half the funds will be given to projects or recipients located in underserved communities. Specifically, the Agency considered the effects... [Read More]
Pellets News
Mar 7, 2022
Drax has stopped sourcing biomass from Russia in response to the invasion of Ukraine.
The company said it has ceased the supply of a “very small percentage” of Russian biomass used at its power station in Yorkshire and is working with its suppliers and customers to identify any further links to Russia.
Drax also announced it is donating £280,000 (€339,000)... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 4, 2022
OPAL Fuels has started commercial operations at its new landfill gas-to-RNG facility in Ohio, US.
The facility extracts and captures waste methane from Rumpke Waste & Recycling’s Noble Road Landfill, transforming it into RNG and transporting it through Chesapeake Utilities Corporation’s wholly-owned subsidiary, Aspire Energy. An affiliate of NextEra Energy Resources... [Read More]
Biomass News
Mar 4, 2022
Researchers at Brigham Young University (BYU) in Utah, US, are utilising dead trees from wildfires as biomass suitable for power plants.
Wildfires are becoming more prevalent in the Western US. One contributing factor to these fires is bark beetles – small beetles that burrow and reproduce under the bark of trees and eventually cause the tree to decay and die, if... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 4, 2022
Waga Energy reported consolidated revenue of €12.3 million in 2021, a year-on-year increase of 29.6%.
The revenue increase was driven by a rise in RNG production and cryogenic distillation module sales to Air Liquide. Without the equipment sales to Air Liquide, Waga Energy’s revenue growth would have stood at 14.7%. Most of the revenue generated in France came from... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 3, 2022
CNG Fuels has opened the world’s largest public access biomethane refuelling station in Avonmouth near Bristol, UK.
The site will meet the growing demand from major brands such as Amazon and Royal Mail to cut emissions from haulage and save money while supporting the decarbonisation of the UK’s road haulage sector, which is responsible for 18% of total UK road transport... [Read More]
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