Oct 15, 2021
Six Finnish cities using biogas vehicles to transport sludge, biowaste
Biogas News
Oct 15, 2021
Food waste recycler Warrens Group is lobbying local authorities in the North East of England to turn food into fuel.
The Environmental Bill is set to mandate household food recycling by 2023. Warrens is working to ensure North East councils are at the forefront of implementing the service and making strides towards the UK’s 2050 net-zero goal.
By starting conversations... [Read More]
Other News
Oct 15, 2021
EQTEC has signed an agreement for the proposed acquisition of a 5 MWe project in Greece.
The agreement concerns a project in Drama, north-eastern Greece, and was made through the recently established EQTEC Synergy Projects, a joint venture (JV) between EQTEC and its Greek strategic partners, German EPC company ewerGy (operating in Greece via its local partner, ECO Hellas... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 14, 2021
Australian firm Blue Lake Milling will offset almost all its monthly energy costs by converting oat husks into bioenergy.
The company completed construction of its $8.1 million (€5.1 million) biogas plant last week, the Border Chronicle reported. The facility will generate enough bioenergy to power both the plant and nearby homes.
The mill processes more than 24,000... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 13, 2021
Saoradh Enterprise Partners (SEP) and one of its portfolio companies, X3Energy, have partnered to enhance the availability of RNG in Colorado.
SEP, a cleantech venture capital and research firm based in Boulder, acquired a minority ownership interest in X3CNG Colorado through its advanced fuel vehicles and technologies fund. X3Energy, a global energy partner specialising... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 13, 2021
Veolia has started renewable electricity production through biogas valorisation on its landfill sites in Brazil.
The company brought on-stream three new thermoelectric power plants in Brazil located in Iperó, Sao Paulo and Biguacu, in three of its sanitary landfills in the country.
The units will produce 12,400 kW (12.4 MW) of renewable electricity from biogas produced... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 11, 2021
The Swiss company CO2 Energie AG has commissioned Hitachi Zosen Inova to construct an installation to separate and liquefy renewable carbon dioxide at an existing biogas plant.
This renewable by-product will be made available for industrial purposes, avoiding the use of fossil carbon dioxide, and contribute to global climate protection and decarbonisation efforts in a... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 8, 2021
Zero-emissions transport and energy infrastructure company Nikola Corporation has joined forces with OPAL Fuels to develop hydrogen fuelling stations and use RNG in hydrogen production.
OPAL Fuels, which specialises in delivering RNG and renewable fuelling infrastructure for heavy-duty truck fleets, will work with Nikola to co-develop and co-market hydrogen refuelling... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 8, 2021
Residents of a village in Bressingham, Norfolk are attempting to block the development of a biogas plant.
Around 70 residents attended a meeting to oppose the completion of Deal Farm Biogas – an anaerobic digestion (AD) plant in Kenninghall Road.
Deal Farm Biogas will be an agricultural by-products, crop and manure biomethane-to-grid project located near the town... [Read More]
Features
Oct 8, 2021
Andrius Smaliukas, CEO of Baltpool, talks to Bioenergy Insight about biomass trading, SBP certification, and sustainability.
Baltpool International Biomass Exchange (Baltpool) is an online trading platform, where buyers and sellers meet to trade in biomass and timber products. Currently operating in Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Poland, Denmark, Sweden, and Finland,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 8, 2021
Construction of EnviTec Biogas’s eighth plant in China is well underway, just five months after signing the contract with East China Engineering Science and Technology.
The detailed design of the plant, which will produce 37,000 Nm3 per day of biogas, including the upgrading technology at the city of Tunliu in the province of Shanxi, is complete. The plant’s four... [Read More]
Pellets News
Oct 7, 2021
Drax is just one of 12 companies selected to take part in the UK Government’s Global Investment Summit next week.
The event, hosted by Prime Minister Boris Johnson and the Royal Family, will showcase the opportunities for investment in the UK, demonstrating the government’s commitment to ‘building back better’ post-COVID.
Drax will showcase its multi-million-pound... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 7, 2021
WELTEC BIOPOWER (Weltec) has entered into a service partnership with Bristola, based in Iowa, US.
The common goal is to promote the expansion of renewable energies by building and servicing efficient biogas plants. Both firms have over 20 years of experience in the industry. During this time, Weltec has designed and built over 350 biogas and RNG plants in 25 countries... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 7, 2021
Xebec has signed the first set of task orders under an agreement with Brightmark RNG Holdings to provide 18 BGX-Biostream™ units.
The master service agreement signed with Brightmark RNG, a joint venture between Brightmark and Chevron U.S.A., a subsidiary of Chevron Corporation, will see the units used to produce and market dairy biomethane.
These first task orders... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 6, 2021
Nacero has launched a new RNG acquisition platform – Nacero NEON™.
Nacero NEON is the strategic growth engine for the production of Nacero Green Gasoline™, an affordable net-zero carbon footprint gasoline (petrol) for everyday drivers.
Methane is 80 times more harmful over 20 years than CO2. A significant amount of global warming is caused by fugitive and flared... [Read More]
Biogas News
Oct 6, 2021
Repsol has produced renewable hydrogen using biomethane as a raw material for the first time.
The renewable hydrogen was used to manufacture fuels with a low carbon footprint, such as petrol, diesel, or kerosene for aviation.
Ten tons of renewable hydrogen was produced at Repsol’s Cartagena Industrial Complex from 500 MWh of biomethane, preventing emissions of... [Read More]
Other News
Oct 6, 2021
RWE has invested £200,000 (€234,900) on new noise abatement technology for its Markinch Power Station in Fife, Scotland.
The 55 MW combined heat and power (CHP) biomass plant can generate power for 100,000 homes and has been operational since 2015. Most recently, RWE invested in a state-of-the-art Energy Centre that provides heat to the Glenrothes Energy Network... [Read More]
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Unilever has begun using biomethane derived from palm oil waste to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at its largest facility in Indonesia, marking the country’s first commercial biomethane offtake
A renewable energy company in Brown County, Wisconsin, US, has sought bankruptcy protection after struggling with years of financial and operational setbacks
U.S. landfill biogas facilities are achieving record levels of energy capture and investment, according to new analysis released Wednesday by the American Biogas Council (ABC)
