
Aug 2, 2021
Enviva reports strong quarterly results, shares plant expansion updates
Biogas News
Jul 30, 2021
Cresta Fund Management (Cresta) and LF BiOenergy have joined forces to develop, own and operate RNG production facilities in the US.
LF BiOenergy has extensive experience in RNG and agriculture industry relationships, while Cresta is a growth-oriented private equity firm investing in sustainable and conventional energy and industrial infrastructure.
LF’s RNG facilities... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 30, 2021
A new biogas project by Innovating Energy in New South Wales, Australia will be operational in 12-14 months.
The project in Nowra will use manure food waste to generate electricity, according to a report by Farm Online National.
Federal Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction, Angus Taylor, visited the site of the biogas plant in Shoalhaven on 27 July and spoke... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 30, 2021
Green Genius has started building its first biogas plant in Poland, with the support of Bank Pekao.
At the beginning of May, Green Genius, an international company with years of experience in developing renewable energy projects, started construction on the PLN 26 million (€5.69 million) project.
The new plant is being built in the village of Turowiec in south-eastern... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 29, 2021
CNG Fuels has opened a new low-carbon heavy-goods vehicle (HGV) refuelling station in Nottinghamshire, UK, allowing vehicles to run on 100% biomethane.
The announcement comes as the UK Government sets out plans to ban the sale of new petrol and diesel HGVs from 2040 under its transport decarbonisation plan.
CNG fuels already operates six stations across the UK and... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 29, 2021
UK water company Anglian Water said it will maximise the value of biogas as part of its route to reach net zero by 2030.
The target will cover all of the firm’s operational activities and those of its supply chain, as well as a commitment to cut capital carbon by 70% against a 2010 baseline.
Under the plans, Anglian Water plans maximise the value of biogas by... [Read More]
Other News
Jul 29, 2021
UK gas distribution company SGN has partnered with Vital Energi to develop low- and zero-carbon heat networks.
Under the ‘ground-breaking’ 50:50 joint venture, SGN and renewable energy solutions provider Vital Energi will develop, own and operate low- and zero-carbon heat networks.
The joint venture will create an Energy Services Company, representing the UK’s... [Read More]
Pellets News
Jul 29, 2021
Drax Group has cut the carbon emissions from its power generation by over 90% in less than a decade, the company reported in its half-year results.
With this reduction, Drax has become one of Europe’s lowest-carbon intensity power generators, moving it closer to achieving its ambition to be carbon negative by 2030.
Formerly the largest coal power station in Western... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 28, 2021
Waga Energy and Veolia have joined forces again for their fourth biomethane injection project.
Veolia, specialising in optimised resource management and Waga Energy, a European leader in recovering gas from landfill waste in the form of biomethane, will recover gas from the Chatuzange energy storage centre in southeastern France.
This is the fourth renewable gas... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 28, 2021
Scottish whisky producer Glenfiddich has announced it will run its vehicles on biogas generated from whisky waste.
The distiller’s parent company, William Grant & Sons, launched the closed-loop system at the site in Dufftown, Moray, converting the residues from the distilling process into biogas. The technology converts production waste into an ultra-low carbon... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 28, 2021
Foresight, through the Foresight Italian Green Bond Fund, has invested €7.5 million to finance the construction of an anaerobic digestion (AD) plant in Sardinia, Italy.
Biogas Sardegna Green, the construction-ready AD plant, will have the capacity to process 30,000 tonnes of animal waste annually and generate 0.6 MW of combined heat and power.
The plant will produce... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 27, 2021
Weber GreenTech will become an operating partner of and an investor in Renergon International, a Swiss biogas technology company.
The merger between Renergon and Weber GreenTech, owned by the Marksdorf-based Weber entrepreneur family, will create a new major player in the construction and operation of organic waste processing plants, as well as in the field of healthy... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 27, 2021
Government officials, county staff, and contractors gathered at Tajiguas Landfill on 16 July to open the Santa Barbara County ReSource Center.
The new $130 million (€110 million) centre will divert an additional 60% of waste from the landfill, bringing the region to a diversion rate of 85%. Additionally, the facility will create enough energy to power 2,000 homes.
The... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 27, 2021
The City of Toronto will generate RNG from green bin organics, working in partnership with Enbridge Gas.
The City of Toronto’s Solid Waste Management Services Division has installed infrastructure at Dufferin Solid Waste Management Facility that will enable the city to take raw biogas produced from processing green bin organics, turn it into RNG, and inject it into... [Read More]
Pellets News
Jul 27, 2021
Following the opening of Fonterra’s wood pellet boiler at its Te Awamutu site, the dairy cooperative revealed plans to convert another of its sites from coal to biomass.
Fonterra, a multinational dairy cooperative based in New Zealand, officially opened Te Awamutu’s pellet boiler facility with the Minister for Energy and Resources, Dr Megan Woods. At the same time,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 26, 2021
Bipartisan legislation has been introduced by US Senators to encourage investment in biodigester and nutrient recovery systems while establishing a new market for farmers.
The Agricultural Environmental Stewardship Act, a bill brought forward by US Senators John Thune and Sherrod Brown, will help expand the market for renewable biogas by providing a 30% investment tax... [Read More]
Biogas News
Jul 26, 2021
CHAR Technologies will develop a high-temperature pyrolysis-to-green hydrogen system at Hitachi Zosen Inova’s (HZI) anaerobic digestion (AD) facility in California.
The test project at HZI’s San Luis Obispo (SLO) facility will see CHAR’s high-temperature pyrolysis system process 18,000 tonnes per year of solid anaerobic digestate into 1,320 tonnes of green hydrogen... [Read More]