Feb 16, 2022
Pearl Infrastructure Capital has invested €50m in Croatian biomass plants
Biogas News
Feb 15, 2022
USA BioEnergy is to develop an advanced biorefinery that will convert 1 million green tonnes of wood waste into 34 million gallons of transportation fuel.
This includes sustainable aviation fuel (SAF), renewable diesel and renewable naphtha developed through its subsidiary, Texas Renewable Fuels (TRF).
Future expansion will double the plant’s production capacity to... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 14, 2022
Swedish shipping company Furetank has signed a letter of intent with Eskilstuna Biogas to procure liquefied biogas (LBG).
Furetank became the first shipping company in Sweden and second in the world to bunker LBG in 2018. The company has developed a new series of vessels that are ‘best in class’ globally, according to the climate standards for shipping set by the... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 14, 2022
US company Pennant Midstream has signed several agreements with a subsidiary of Energy Developments Pty (EDL) to accept delivery of RNG into its natural gas system.
Pennant is a partnership between UGI Energy Services (UGIES), Harvest Midstream I, and a subsidiary of Williams Companies. Under the agreement, Pennant will transport the RNG from the Carbon Limestone Landfill... [Read More]
Features
Feb 14, 2022
A state-of-the-art care home in York, UK, has taken a fresh approach to sustainable food waste management with ReFood.
The Oaks is a stateof- the-art care home in New Earswick, York, run by the Joseph Rowntree Housing Trust (JRHT). It is an integral part of the Hartrigg Oaks retirement village, a community of around 400 people, and now, working with ReFood, the care... [Read More]
Biomass News
Feb 11, 2022
A consortium of Japanese companies has agreed to acquire Solariant Capital’s 52.7 MWp biomass power plant – Fukuyama Biomass Power Plant GK.
Chubu Electric Power Co, Inabata & Co, Taihei Dengyo Co, Tokyo Sangyo Co and Hitachi Zosen Corporation entered into an agreement with Solariant, a renewable investment and development company based in Pasadena, California,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 11, 2022
U.S. Gain has announced that its RNG supply will be used as a feedstock for hydrogen production.
The company, a leader in the development and distribution of alternative fuel and renewable thermal energy, said the move would enable a greener fuelling solution for the California transportation market.
Hydrogen producers are quickly learning the importance of feedstock... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 11, 2022
Gasunie, Dutch energy infrastructure firm and operator of the Dutch gas pipeline network has formed a 50/50 joint venture with torrefaction technology specialist Perpetual Next to produce green gas.
The two companies will further develop and build the Torrgas Delfzijl project – a new plant to produce and distribute green gas made from syngas. The facility will use... [Read More]
Features
Feb 10, 2022
BLAZE is a Horizon 2020 project aimed at developing a biomass low-cost, advanced and zero-emission (BLAZE) CHP plant – the first of its kind. This will be achieved by developing a dual fluidised bed technology integrated with high-temperature gas cleaning and conditioning systems and solid oxide fuel cells.
The technology is designed to utilise a wide range of biomass... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 10, 2022
EverGen Infrastructure Corp (EverGen) announced that its Sea to Sky Soils organic waste processing and composting facility processed around 160% of its budgeted tonnage in the second half of last year.
The Sea to Sky Soils facility in British Columbia serves as a source of valuable feedstock for EverGen’s existing and future RNG operations.
The plant processed... [Read More]
Policy News
Feb 10, 2022
The UK Government will increase the frequency of auctions for funding through the Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme, to boost investment and jobs in renewable energy.
CfD auctions will now take place every year rather than every two years. This will support renewable electricity producers and boost the UK’s renewable energy infrastructure.
The Association for... [Read More]
Pellets News
Feb 10, 2022
Pinnacle Renewable Energy and Drax Group’s US pellet business, Drax Biomass, are rebranding to ‘Drax’.
The move supports the group’s growth strategy, climate goals and relationships with people, including colleagues, communities, partners, customers and suppliers.
Drax Group acquired Pinnacle, which has operations across British Columbia and Alabama, US,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 10, 2022
Republic Services (Republic) will acquire US Ecology, a leading provider of environmental solutions offering treatment, recycling and disposal of hazardous, non-hazardous and speciality waste.
Republic is active in the US biogas market, working with partners including Aria Energy, OPAL Fuels, and U.S. Gain to produce RNG. The company owns several landfills, from which... [Read More]
Pellets News
Feb 10, 2022
Drax Group is ramping up to full production at Leola – the first of three new satellite pellet plants planned for Arkansas.
Leola, in Grant County, Arkansas, is part of a $40 million (€34.8 million) investment by Drax in the state. Including Leola, Drax operates six pellet plants in the US, which use biomass sourced from sustainably managed working forests in Louisiana,... [Read More]
Features
Feb 9, 2022
By Ole Hvelplund, CEO, Nature Energy.
In many ways, we at Nature Energy have an exciting year ahead of us. In 2021, we announced a new, ambitious growth strategy which means Nature Energy will invest heavily in the construction of new large-scale biogas plants internationally. This will be our key focus in the year to come. A few years ago, the large-scale production... [Read More]
Biogas News
Feb 9, 2022
Clean Methane Systems (CMS) and Ammongas have introduced new amine technology to North American RNG customers.
The Danish technology simplifies biogas upgrading by minimising the steps required to prepare and inject RNG into the grid. Amine technology also reduces operational costs in the novel way it manages hydrogen sulphide and other contaminants in the gas stream.
Both... [Read More]
Pellets News
Feb 9, 2022
Sawlog supply in the US South is tightening, but a surplus of small logs and residues creates opportunities for pulp and wood pellet expansion.
Wood Resources International (WRI) shared its new focus report, ‘US South Softwood Industry – Outlook for the World’s Most Important Softwood Fiber Basket’, establishing a fact base around forest resources and industry... [Read More]
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