Aug 19, 2021
Canadian Gov’t invests in Indigenous-led biomass projects
Biogas News
Aug 18, 2021
RoadEX, a major California drayage company, is adding 16 new natural gas trucks to its fleet through Chevron and Clean Energy Fuels’ Adopt-A-Port programme.
In switching from diesel fuel to RNG, RoadEX has committed to approximately 960,000 gallons of RNG over the contract term.
In May, Chevron invested an additional $20 million (€16.9 million) in Clean Energy’s... [Read More]
Pellets News
Aug 18, 2021
Wood pellet production in the Czech Republic is increasing every year, with domestic and foreign demand growing.
Česká Peleta (the Czech Pellet Cluster) is a national association for all those dealing with wood fuels, such as pellets or briquettes, or boilers and stoves. The organisation said in the first half of 2021, a total of 254,000 tons of biomass fuel was produced.... [Read More]
Biomass News
Aug 18, 2021
Australian firm Sweetman Renewables said it has made progress in ensuring outgoing log supplies from sustainably managed forests and plantations for the improved utilisation of biomass for domestic and international bioenergy projects.
The company’s chairman John Halkett confirmed that, based on advice from the Forestry Corporation of New South Wales, deputy premier... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 18, 2021
Privilege Finance and Investec Bank have announced a long-term partnership that will release up to £90 million (€105 million) worth of funds for UK climate change projects.
The funding will be offered to existing anaerobic digestion (AD) customers to refinance their projects as they hit operations, providing interest savings to borrowers and freeing up Privilege’s... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 17, 2021
The Biofertiliser Certification Scheme (BCS) has welcomed its 100th anaerobic digestion (AD) operator.
Barkip AD plant in North Ayrshire has joined the BCS as the 100th member of the scheme, which was established in 2007 and is administered by Renewable Energy Assurance Limited (REAL).
The scheme continues to grow, and around half of the total number of waste-fed... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 17, 2021
Flogas Britain has received its first shipment of bio-LPG, marking the latest step in achieving its 2040 Vision.
Bio-LPG produces far fewer carbon emissions than other off-grid traditional fossil fuels such as oil, and delivers low levels of nitrous oxides, sulphur oxides, and particulate matter – some of the main contributors to air pollution.
“As a market leader... [Read More]
Other News
Aug 17, 2021
A ‘ booming’ UK-wide hydrogen economy could be worth £900 million (€1 billion) and create over 9,000 jobs by 2030, according to the UK Government's first-ever Hydrogen Strategy.
The Hydrogen Strategy drives forward the commitments laid out in Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s 10 Point Plan for a green industrial revolution, setting the foundation for how the government... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 17, 2021
Clean Energy Fuels has announced several new deals in response to high RNG demand.
RNG represents more than 74% of the 26 million gallons of fuel Clean Energy expects to provide through these newly signed agreements.
The company signed a multi-year agreement with the City of Pasadena in California for an anticipated 1.5 million gallons of RNG to fuel 53 vehicles,... [Read More]
Features
Aug 16, 2021
Dryers are a crucial piece of equipment in the AD industry, helping operators turn their waste into a lucrative business.
Anaerobic digestion is an increasingly popular way to dispose of animal and food wastes. The big advantage is obvious: the ability to generate a gaseous biofuel that can offset natural gas usage. But, many people operating anaerobic digesters inadvertently... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 16, 2021
Anaerobic digestion (AD) plant operators are being offered a new opportunity to benefit from an ‘innovative’ carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) model, proposed by BioCarbonics.
The UK-based green CO2 company has created a new channel to market for the biogas industry to enable CO2 captured from biogas facilities to be taken to market.
Green CO2 produced from... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 16, 2021
Monarch Bioenergy, a joint venture (JV) between Smithfield Foods and Roeslein Alternative Energy (RAE), has installed manure-to-energy technology on nearly all of Smithfield’s Northern Missouri hog finishing farms.
The new technology, completed ahead of the JV’s 10-year anniversary, captures methane emissions and converts them into carbon-negative RNG to power homes,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 16, 2021
UK energy provider Flogas has added two new compressed natural gas (CNG) vehicles to its growing fleet.
The new IVECO trucks, which offer up to an 85% CO2e reduction from diesel to bio-CNG, are helping Flogas on the road towards a lower carbon future, as it commits to reducing its direct carbon emissions by 20% by 2025.
Fully operational from August, the new CNG-powered... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 13, 2021
The Prince of Wales opened J V Energen’s newly installed CO2 capture facility in Dorset on 9 June, where green CO2 is supplied to its new joint venture business, BioCarbonics.
The green CO2 is captured at J V Energen’s Rainbarrow Farm anaerobic digestion (AD) and biomethane-to-grid plant. It is processed into a food and beverage-grade product, where it is used for... [Read More]
Features
Aug 13, 2021
A decision by the Norwegian Parliament to equalise biogas with hydrogen and electricity has provided a boost for the country’s bioenergy sector.
The Norwegian Parliament’s decision in May to equalise biogas with electricity and hydrogen in all public policies was undoubtedly a major step forward for the bioenergy industry in Norway and also, potentially, for the... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 13, 2021
FortisBC Energy is now receiving carbon-neutral RNG from Alberta-based Lethbridge Biogas.
Following the expansion of its facility to add a biogas upgrading system, Lethbridge Biogas has signed an agreement to provide FortisBC with up to 350,000 gigajoules of RNG annually. This is FortisBC’s third source of RNG from outside of British Columbia to date, as the firm... [Read More]
Biomass News
Aug 13, 2021
Clare County Council in Ireland has given the green light for the construction of a biomass plant in Stonehall.
In September 2020, Carbon Sole Group submitted plans for the construction of a biomass processing and storage area, a gasification and methanation facility for the production of advanced biofuels, and a gasification and combined heat and power facility.
Carbon... [Read More]
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Moeve has announced a €600 million investment plan for the construction of up to 30 new biomethane plants by 2030
During the signing ceremony, Sweden’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Maria Malmer Stenergard, announced a donation of USD 1.5 million for prefeasibility and detailed engineering studies
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