Nov 17, 2021
DHL Freight, Shell’s bio-LNG trial proves a success
Biogas News
Nov 16, 2021
Scientists from UK utility Thames Water, in partnership with the University of Surrey, have ‘perfected the art’ of transforming sewage into green electricity at peak times.
The UK uses the most power between 4pm and 7pm, when many families are at home using energy-hungry appliances like ovens, dishwashers and kettles. At this time of day, particularly during the... [Read More]
Pellets News
Nov 16, 2021
In 2020, wood pellet production in Europe was up 4% from the previous year, and was 34% higher than in 2016, according to recent figures.
Data released by the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe revealed that despite the increase, production has not kept up with consumption, resulting in higher net imports to the continent over the past few years. To fill... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 16, 2021
Archaea Energy’s subsidiary, Archaea Holdings, has entered into a 21-year RNG purchase and sale agreement with Northwest Natural Gas Company (NW Natural), which serves around 2.5 million people in Oregon and Southwest Washington.
Under the agreement, NW Natural will purchase the environmental attributes generated by Archaea related to up to one million MMBtu of RNG... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 16, 2021
Yorkshire Water is working with Anglian Water to ensure sludge can be treated efficiently, using anaerobic digestion (AD).
As part of the short-term partnership, sludge will be transported from Anglian’s treatment works in Great Billing to Yorkshire Water’s wastewater treatment facilities. Yorkshire Water can accept the additional sludge after increasing its treatment... [Read More]
Biomass News
Nov 16, 2021
Workers at the MGT Teesside biomass plant in the North of England were told to stay away from the site as fire crews tackled a major blaze yesterday.
Smoke was seen pouring from one of the silos at Tees Renewable Energy Plant. The plant owner, MGT Teesside, said the fire was caused by ‘smouldering fuel’.
According to Teesside Live, Cleveland Fire Brigade is now... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 15, 2021
OPAL Fuels has celebrated the ribbon-cutting ceremony of its new Sunoma Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) Facility at Paloma Dairy in Arizona.
OPAL Fuels is a merger of Fortistar’s leading RNG production and renewable transport fuel distribution portfolio companies.
The new facility will produce 1.6 million gasoline gallon equivalents (GGE) of renewable vehicle fuel... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 15, 2021
The City of Richmond in British Columbia is piloting a programme to collect leftover household cooking grease and convert it to RNG.
The $115,000 (€80,100) pilot will collect grease, such as from deep frying or frying foods like meats and vegetables, from up to 10 multi-family complexes (around 500-800 units) for one year.
By collecting and converting the grease,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 15, 2021
Capstone Green Energy (Capstone) announced its distributor in Romania - Servelect - will provide a CHP system to a wastewater treatment plant (WWTP) operator.
The new utility grid-connected system will be built for Compania Aquaserv using one Capstone C600S microturbine and one C200S microturbine. All the energy produced on-site at the plant in Mures County will be... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 12, 2021
Clean Energy Fuels Corp and bp have announced their joint venture (JV) will build on previously announced plans to finance and develop new projects at dairy farms, starting in the US Midwest.
Located in South Dakota and Iowa, the dairy farms – with more than 30,000 cows – have the estimated potential to convert methane produced from waste into more than 7 million... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 11, 2021
The CMA CGM Group has partnered with ENGIE to decarbonise the shipping industry.
Together, the companies will work to advance the energy transition by championing the industrial-scale production and distribution of synthetic methane and bio-LNG.
The long-term strategic and industrial cooperation has the ambition to support the development of a synthetic methane production... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 10, 2021
Plans to create Scotland’s lowest-carbon grain distillery have been approved by planners.
St Boswells Distillery in the Scottish Borders will take local cereals from the surrounding Tweed Valley and process them with renewable energy into the spirit. Once spent, they will be passed to the adjacent anaerobic digestion plant, where they will be converted into methane,... [Read More]
Biomass News
Nov 10, 2021
The RFS Power Coalition commended Representative John Garamendi for introducing the ‘Biomass and Biogas for Electric Vehicles Act’ late last week.
If passed, this bill will require the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to finally process the outstanding project and pathway applications for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) which have been waiting for the... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 10, 2021
Independent clean energy producer, Envest Corp, has successfully commissioned a significant expansion of its wholly owned subsidiary, Seacliff Energy Corp.
Seacliff is the first privately-owned, commercial-scale anaerobic digester in Canada. Envest is a pioneer of the Canadian biogas industry as an early private commercial processor of industrial, commercial and institutional... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 10, 2021
Burnham RNG, a Virginia-based developer of RNG facilities, has closed on an investment by affiliates of Edge Natural Resources to build, acquire, own and operate RNG assets across the US.
Edge Natural Resources is a Dallas-based private equity company that invests in the small-cap North American energy sectors.
Burnham has built a pipeline of RNG development assets... [Read More]
Features
Nov 10, 2021
As practice manager of the Climate Change Fund Management Unit, Marc Sadler oversees the World Bank’s climate and carbon finance portfolio. These funds invest in and provide results-based finance for programmes covering sustainable forestry and land use, renewable energy, energy efficiency, and national policy.
The unit also includes climate finance programmes administered... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 10, 2021
Bioenergy Devco has secured $100 million (€86 million) in financing from Irradiant Partners, to develop multiple anaerobic digestion (AD) facilities in North America.
Irradiant, an alternative investment manager, joins Bioenergy Devco’s existing investor base that includes Newlight Partners, a growth equity investment firm, and Sagewind Capital, a New York-based... [Read More]
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Germany's Federal Network Agency (Bundesnetzagentur) has awarded a total of 187.3 megawatts (MW) to 244 biomass projects in the latest round of its competitive tendering process
Veolia and Waga Energy have inaugurated a renewable natural gas (RNG) facility at the Granges landfill site in Burgundy, eastern France
Repsol is preparing to begin producing biomethane and hydrogen at its industrial complex in Sines, Portugal, with operations expected to start in 2026
