Mar 31, 2021
Certarus signs five-year delivery contract with RNG Moovers
Pellets News
Mar 31, 2021
Enviva has partnered with Mitsui O.S.K Lines (MOL), a global marine transport group, to develop and deploy an environmentally friendly bulk carrier.
Under the memorandum of understanding agreement, the firms will aim to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the ocean transportation of sustainable wood pellets.
In the initial stage, the partnership will explore... [Read More]
Other News
Mar 30, 2021
The UK Government has been urged to reallocate some of the £100 million (€117 million) of unspent budget to save more than 31,000 tonnes of CO2 per annum.
With the Non-Domestic Renewable Heat Incentive (RHI) set to close this week, the Association for Renewable Energy and Clean Technology (REA) is calling for the reallocation of unspent budget to help support 19... [Read More]
Biomass News
Mar 30, 2021
Clydesdale Bank has announced a £6 million (€7 million) investment to support North Yorkshire’s poultry sector using renewable energy.
The funding, a collaborative effort between the bank’s renewable and agricultural divisions, has allowed biomass boiler company, Biomass Group, to acquire Richard Maxwell Ltd and provide renewable heating to poultry sheds.
Owning... [Read More]
Features
Mar 30, 2021
Bruks Siwertell’s new conveyor technology bypasses traditional limits and has helped a wood pellet production facility in Quebec, Canada.
Innovative air-cushioned conveyor technology from Bruks Siwertell is gaining momentum in the market due to its reduced operating and maintenance costs, as well as its clean, safe, and reliable materials handling capability.
The... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 29, 2021
EverGen, Canada’s renewable natural gas (RNG) infrastructure platform, has completed raising an additional $17 million (€11.4 million) to address a ‘significant gap’ in renewable infrastructure across the country.
The drive focused specifically on acquiring and building RNG and sustainable waste-to-energy projects. EverGen has raised $8 million (€5.3 million)... [Read More]
Pellets News
Mar 29, 2021
USTC has acquired 60% of CM Biomass, a major independent wood pellet trading company.
USTC, which has a long history in commodity trade, shipping, and logistics, acquired the stake of CM Biomass, a company within the Copenhagen Merchants Group. The remaining 40% will be held by the existing owners.
CM Biomass will form a new, separate entity in the USTC portfolio... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 29, 2021
Green gas heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) hold the key to decarbonising UK roads, but the transition must start now to achieve net-zero by 2050, according to a new report.
The Future Role of Gas in Transport sets out a clear pathway showing how the UK’s heavy goods sector can start to achieve a major reduction in emissions in the next few years, with the use of hydrogen... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 29, 2021
SFP Group and SWEN Capital Partners, through its renewable gas impact fund, have jointly acquired a biomethane plant in the Netherlands.
The two companies have established a long-term partnership to pursue investments in large-scale biomethane projects across the Netherlands, starting with the 2,200 normal cubic metres per hour (nm3/h) facility in Westdorpe, owned by... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 29, 2021
Veolia Water Technologies Italia has been awarded a contract to engineer and procure a new wastewater treatment plant (WWTP).
Riso Scotti, a major Italian rice production company, commissioned the plant for its factory in Pavia, Milan. Biogas produced during the treatment process will be reused within a ‘circular and integrated production cycle’.
With a treatment... [Read More]
Features
Mar 26, 2021
The early signs of the Biden Administration are encouraging for the bioenergy industry.
Bioenergy leaders in the US once again have a President in the White House who believes in climate change and is committed to doing everything within his power to combat its impact on the world.
While it is impossible, at this stage, to calculate what such a commitment will mean... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 26, 2021
UK food waste recycler Andigestion has been awarded an eight-year contract by Gloucestershire County Council to process around 24,000 tonnes per year of household food waste.
The waste will be taken via kerbside collection to Andigestion’s Bishops Cleeve site, where it will help generate 31,000,000 kWh of renewable energy annually – enough to power 2,500 homes.
Andigestion... [Read More]
Biomass News
Mar 26, 2021
Volvo Cars’s manufacturing plant in Daqing, China, is now powered by 100% climate-neutral electricity, with 83% coming from biomass.
With the addition of the Daqing plant, the company’s global manufacturing network is now powered by close to 90% climate-neutral electricity, a key step towards its goal of making its manufacturing operations climate-neutral by 2025.
The... [Read More]
Biomass News
Mar 26, 2021
A grant from the Forest Enhancement Society of BC (FESBC) is helping to convert wood fibre to generate electricity.
The funding will allow speciality transport company Valley Carriers to bring 24,000 cubic metres of wood fibre into the city of Merritt to be utilised as bioenergy instead of burning it in slash piles.
Valley Carriers initially explored an opportunity... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 25, 2021
Seville’s iconic oranges are being transformed into biogas under a new initiative.
Emasesa, a public water company, is running a pilot project to generate clean energy from the bitter oranges the city is famous for, at its wastewater treatment plant (WWTP).
Currently, the streets of Seville are home to around 50,000 orange trees and the forecast for the orange... [Read More]
Biomass News
Mar 25, 2021
Sulzer will supply pumps and mixers to a new €1.6 billion bioproduct mill project in Finland.
Metsä Fibre, part of the Finnish forest industry company Metsä Group, which specialises in wood-based bioproducts such as pulp, sawn timber, bioenergy, and biochemicals, and Sulzer Pumps Finland, signed an agreement for the supply of process pumps, medium-consistency pumps... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 25, 2021
CNG Fuels has started building Scotland’s first public access renewable biomethane refuelling station for heavy goods vehicles (HGVs).
The new station, near Glasgow, will allow fleet operators to run their vehicles on low-carbon fuel, support net-zero plans, and save money. It will refuel up to 450 lorries per day when it opens in November, enabling HGVs to make low-carbon... [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
