Customers of Enchanted Rock, a major provider of electrical resiliency microgrids, now have the option to choose RNG to achieve their net-zero goals. RNG, derived from methane emissions from decomposing waste at landfills, agricultural waste, and water treatment, can be injected into the existing natural gas pipeline system and displace the use of fossil-based gas. “We’re... [Read More]

Bright Biomethane will build its first biogas upgrading system in Hungary. The upgrader will be installed at a farm 100 kilometres east of Budapest. A PurePac Compact will be used to upgrade the biogas, produced from waste, to biomethane, which will then be added to the gas grid. For this project, Bright has joined forces with local partner Omnis Epito Kft, the construction... [Read More]

A new paper released by the European Biogas Association (EBA) has mapped the opportunities of gasification’s contribution to reducing carbon emissions. By producing cleaner energy, biochar and biofuels from biomass and wastes, gasification is a key enabler to decarbonise EU energy consumption, said the EBA. Gasification is a ‘highly promising’ and already commercialised... [Read More]

Amazon is increasing the number of CNG (biomethane) vehicles available to its partners across Europe, following successful trials with CNG Fuels. Amazon has already taken over more than 200 IVECO S-WAY CNG trucks to be handed over to partners across Europe. Additionally, the retail giant has ordered more than 800 CNG trucks from IVECO to be made available to its European... [Read More]

Minister for Energy and Emissions Reduction Angus Taylor has unveiled Australia’s Bioenergy Roadmap. The Roadmap marks the first of its kind in Australia and a record commitment from the Australian Government to bioenergy. It includes new analysis which confirms the adoption of key technologies, which would see $10 billion (€6.7 billion) added to Australia’s GDP... [Read More]

Work on a biogas plant in Norfolk, UK has been halted by the local council following complaints from residents. The construction of an anaerobic digester in Bressingham is scheduled to end this week, after South Norfolk Council raised concerns about the legality of the development. Deal Farm Biogas will be an agricultural by-product, crop and manure biomethane-to-grid... [Read More]

EverGen Infrastructure Corp (EverGen) said it does not expect a material impact to its business as a result of severe flooding surrounding Fraser Valley Biogas facility or its Net Zero Waste Abbotsford facility. The company confirmed that as of 17 November, the areas surrounding the Fraser Valley Biogas facility have been subject to an evacuation order and, as a result,... [Read More]

Austria-based Polytechnik is helping New Zealand sawmills cut emissions with innovative biomass technology. With more than 3,300 plants installed worldwide and an export rate of 95%, Austrian firm Polytechnik has become a global player and leading supplier of customised solutions for any application, be it warm water, thermal oil or steam, from co-generation plants... [Read More]

Wood pellets remain a reliable and affordable solution for the decarbonisation of the EU economy, according to a new report. Bioenergy Europe has published the fifth chapter of its Statistical Report 2021, focusing on wood pellets and their key role in achieving sustainability targets. Global pellet production remains on the path of constant and stable growth, with... [Read More]

Lynemouth Power Station joined other leading bioenergy organisations in launching the ‘Glasgow Declaration on Sustainable Bioenergy’ at COP26 in Glasgow. The signed declaration outlines the important role that bioenergy will play in net-zero ambitions agreed by the international community during the summit, a conclusion backed up by independent analysis from the... [Read More]

Around 300 buses in Indore, Madhya Pradesh, will run on bio-CNG produced at a wet waste management plant in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore City. The 550-tonne per day capacity plant will become functional soon. “This is a first-of-its-kind plant in the country, which is based on the concept of earning from waste, and is a classic example of the circular economy,”... [Read More]

Enviva will supply wood biomass from its manufacturing facilities in the US Southeast to Electric Power Development Co’s (J-Power) coal-fired power plants in Japan. Through a memorandum of understanding (MoU) signed with Tokyo-based J-Power, Enviva will build new infrastructure to produce and deliver up to 5 million tonnes of sustainable wood pellets to permanently... [Read More]

Clean Energy Fuels Corp has broken ground on an RNG digester at Del Rio Dairy in Texas. This marks the first in a joint venture with TotalEnergies to produce the ultra-clean transportation fuel, which will be negative carbon-intensive. All the RNG fuel produced at Del Rio Dairy in Friona will make its way into Clean Energy’s nationwide network of RNG stations. Once... [Read More]

Bioenergy accounted for around 3.52 million of the total 12 million global renewable energy jobs in 2020, down from 3.58 million in 2019. Figures released by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) showed that the renewable energy sector employed 12 million people, directly and indirectly, in 2020. The number has continued to grow globally, with the solar... [Read More]

North East England Chamber of Commerce has called on the UK Government to support the region’s potential to be a world leader in energy production as part of its ‘levelling-up’ policy. Chamber members Northumbrian Water, EDF Energy, and Lynemouth Power, a biomass facility, all contributed to the Chamber report. Expertise from these three companies included generating... [Read More]