Mar 12, 2021
Clean Energy Fuels opens new RNG station in California
Biogas News
Mar 12, 2021
The Energy Networks Association (ENA) has published the programme for its Gas Goes Green programme for the rest of the year, highlighting the crucial role biomethane will play in decarbonising the gas network.
The Gas Goes Green Pathway to Net Zero is the response of the UK's five gas network companies - Cadent, Northern Gas Networks, SGN, Wales & West Utilities,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 12, 2021
Greenlane Renewables has reported record revenue of $8.8 million (€5.8 million) for the fourth quarter of 2020, an increase of 167% compared to the same period in 2019.
The company announced its financial results for Q4 and the fiscal year ending 31 December 2020, reporting a gross margin of $2.4 million (€1.6 million) and a positive adjusted EBITDA of $0.2 million... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 11, 2021
Funding of up to $116,800 (€77,500) has been allocated to the Canadian Biogas Association (CBA) to boost sustainable agricultural development, including biogas.
Canada’s Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Marie-Claude Bibeau, announced the funding on 9 March.
Bibeau met with Jennifer Green, executive director of the CBA, and Rob McKinlay of Harcolm Farms... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 11, 2021
More than 100 tonnes of food waste was collected in the first week of a new waste service in a UK borough.
The food waste came from around 41,000 caddies and totalled 111.3 tonnes, meaning each household contributed roughly 2.7 kilograms of food waste.
Bracknell Forest Council's food waste collection service started on 1 March and will enable food waste to be diverted... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 11, 2021
Snam and SIAD have signed a framework agreement to start a technological collaboration in the small-scale and mid-scale liquefaction sector.
The aim of the agreement between energy infrastructure operators Snam, and SIAD, a chemical group specialising in the production and supply of industrial gases, is to foster the use of LNG and bio-LNG as alternative fuels for sustainable... [Read More]
Biomass News
Mar 11, 2021
Ørsted, Microsoft, and Aker Carbon Capture have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to explore ways to support the development of carbon capture and storage (CCS) at biomass-fired heat and power plants in Denmark, also known as BECCS.
CCS is ‘widely accepted’ as an important instrument to meet both the Danish climate targets of 70% carbon reduction by 2030... [Read More]
Features
Mar 10, 2021
Delving into the integration of biogas and bioethanol production in Argentina with Krieg & Fischer Ingenieure and Bioelectrica.
Rio Cuarto biogas plant in Argentina demonstrates that biogas can successfully be included in the bioethanol value chain. Based on this project, anaerobic digestion (AD) offers a proven solution for thin stillage from corn-based ethanol... [Read More]
Biomass News
Mar 10, 2021
UK biomass projects will receive £4 million (€4.6 million) in government funding as part of a £92 million (€107 million) investment to support three new ‘innovation challenges’ in the green energy sector.
The government funding will drive forward the next generation of technologies that will help the UK transition to clean, green energy to tackle climate change,... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 10, 2021
Praj Industries has received a ‘breakthrough’ order from Hindustan Petroleum Corporation (HPCL) to set up a compressed biogas (CBG) project in Uttar Pradesh, India.
The project, using Praj’s unique RenGas™ technology, will be able to process 35,000 MT of rice straw as a feedstock to generate 5,250 MT of CBG annually. Additionally, the project will generate 23,000... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 10, 2021
Clean Energy Fuels Corporation has finalised a joint venture (JV) with BP Products North America, a subsidiary of bp, to develop, own, and operate new RNG projects at dairies and other agriculture facilities.
Each company will retain 50% voting control in the JV, which will be initially funded with $50 million (€42 million) previously provided by bp and another $30... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 9, 2021
Jemena, an Australian energy infrastructure firm, has signed a collaboration agreement with Italgas to share knowledge and experiences in distribution network management, with a focus on technological innovation and decarbonisation.
Italgas and Jemena specialise in the field of natural gas in Italy and Australia respectively. Italgas manages 73,000 kilometres (km) of... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 9, 2021
Enbridge Gas and the City of Hamilton have introduced the first RNG-fuelled bus in Ontario.
Hamilton Street Railway (HSR) is now the first public transport authority in Ontario to use RNG to transport customers. In one year, the HSR RNG bus will use and divert 450 tonnes of organic waste from landfill, equivalent to 38 refuse collection trucks, while also displacing... [Read More]
Other News
Mar 9, 2021
Excess heat recovered from the sewage treatment process could be used to power more than 2,000 homes in London.
A new partnership between Thames Water and Kingston Council, dubbed the ‘poo power’ scheme, is the first of its kind in England and has the potential to provide clean, green heating to new homes as part of the regeneration of Kingston’s Cambridge Road... [Read More]
Biogas News
Mar 8, 2021
A distillery has committed to offsetting half of its natural gas usage with Vermont Gas’s (VGS) RNG to produce its craft spirits.
Appalachian Gap Distillery made the announcement as part of its journey to becoming certified by Climate Neutral, a net-zero certification for consumer brands through a non-profit organisation whose mission it is to decrease global carbon... [Read More]
Pellets News
Mar 8, 2021
Magazyn Biomasa, publisher of the ‘Pellet Market’ and organiser of the Pellet Forum conference, is preparing the first comprehensive publication in Poland on the domestic pellet sector.
The ‘Wood pellet in Poland’ report will be released in April. The scope of the study will cover a wide range of aspects related to the industry: pellet emissivity compared to... [Read More]
Biomass News
Mar 8, 2021
Bühler Group, a Swiss plant equipment manufacturer, has partnered with Belgian thermal energy plant firm Vyncke to offer integrated solutions to transform biomass side stream products into clean process energy.
Both firms have set a goal of reducing energy consumption in all new food plants by at least 50% by 2025. The first focus of the partnership is in the cocoa,... [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
