Dec 20, 2024
EnviTec Biogas signs contract for fourth project in Estonia
Dec 20, 2024
Bioenergy Insight wishes a happy and restful festive period to all of our readers, subscribers and advertisers.
Thank you for supporting us, and we look forward to resuming activity on 2 January 2025.... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 19, 2024
AleAnna has completed the purchase of majority working interests in three Italian biogas plants, and has also announced the first corporate revenue generation from its plant operations.
This demonstrates its ability to secure Italian government capital incentives to construct biogas plants and convert them to biomethane facilities, according to the company.
The Campagnatico... [Read More]
Biomass News
Dec 19, 2024
Macquarie Asset Management, on behalf of its institutional clients, has provided approximately €420 million of debt financing to Nadara, one of Europe’s largest renewable independent power producers (IPP).
Nadara is a developer, owner and operator of a diverse portfolio of more than 200 biomass, wind, solar, and energy storage assets across Europe and the US.
The... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 19, 2024
TruAlt Bioenergy has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Sumitomo Corporation Asia & Oceania (SCAO), a leading global trading and investment solutions provider, to collaborate on the development of bioenergy business across India.
TruAlt Bioenergy and SCAO are exploring a strategic collaboration in the bioenergy sector in India, focusing on a range of... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 18, 2024
Toray Industries, Inc., will install a pilot facility for its all-carbon carbon dioxide (CO2) separation membrane at its Shiga Plant.
The new facility should become operational in the fiscal year starting April 1, 2025.
Toray will use it to establish mass production technology for CO2 separation membranes.
The company will collaborate with biogas and natural gas production... [Read More]
Policy News
Dec 18, 2024
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, an estimated €1.7 billion Danish scheme to support the production of renewable gas to be injected into the grid.
The scheme will contribute to the EU's climate targets in line with the European Green Deal, as well as the objectives of the REPowerEU Plan to reduce dependence on Russian fossil fuels and accelerate... [Read More]
Biomass News
Dec 18, 2024
A biochar processing plant in Upper Lake, California, has had its permit approved, following months of opposition.
The project, which is led by Scotts Valley Energy Corporation with the Habematolel Pomo Tribal Nation, will convert forest woodchips into syngas to power generators.
Approval was granted on 12 December by four votes to none, with one commissioner absent.
Laura... [Read More]
Features
Dec 17, 2024
px Group recently entered another contract with Gren, for the operations and maintenance of a biomass plant. Neil Grimley, managing director of downstream operations at px Group, tells Bioenergy Insight more
px Group is a leading energy infrastructure solutions provider specialising in operations and management of complex industrial facilities across a wide range of sectors,... [Read More]
Biomass News
Dec 17, 2024
North American organisations have written an open letter to request that Japanese banks and power generation companies adopt a wood biomass climate and sustainability policy, or strengthen existing policies.
This will ensure communities' rights are better protected, fully disclose emissions from biomass use and ensure that primary or natural forests are not cut down for... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 17, 2024
German manufacturer WELTEC BIOPOWER has been commissioned by the English recycling company Eco Sustainable Solutions Ltd. to build a biomethane plant.
The plant will be located near Bournemouth Airport in the south of England.
Eco Sustainable will operate the plant and fill the stainless steel tanks with household waste and agricultural residues from nearby businesses... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 17, 2024
Last week, the founding meeting of the Chamber of Commerce for Biogas and Biomethane (IGBiB) in Poland took place.
This is the first biogas and biomethane association in the country, and as many as 150 organisations have joined.
The new institution will focus on representing the interests of the industry in dialogue with public administrations, as well as on supporting... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 16, 2024
Hydron Energy has signed a collaboration agreement with FortisBC to evaluate the feasibility of using Hydron Energy's biogas upgrading equipment at locations in British Columbia, Canada — potentially improving costs related to renewable natural gas (RNG) purification.
"The INTRUPTor™ solution recovers 99.8% of biomethane at targeted RNG purity. Our current mobile... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 16, 2024
During this year's festive season, Severn Trent Green Power is anticipating more than 10,000 tonnes of leftover food to arrive at its 10 UK food waste plants across the Midlands, Home Counties, South Wales and South West – where it will be recycled into clean energy.
When recycled properly, traditional Christmas trappings such as turkey, roast potatoes and Brussels... [Read More]
Biomass News
Dec 16, 2024
Vietnam's Mekong Delta region offers an affordable and sustainable resource for biomass power generation, according to Tomoki Kakuta, CEO of Erex.
In particular, its abundance of straw and rice husks makes it an attractive prospect.
Kakuta was speaking at the Mekong Connect 2024 press meeting in the southern An Giang province, reported Viet Nam News.
He went on to say... [Read More]
Biomass News
Dec 13, 2024
New Zealand's Genesis Energy plans to generate electricity utilising biomass at its Huntly facility in three to four years.
It will back local biomass production to reduce reliance on imported coal and decilining gas reserves.
Chief executive Malcolm Johns said Genesis will work with local investors and forest owners to facilitate domestic production, and provided long-term... [Read More]
Biogas News
Dec 13, 2024
As part of an environmental project, Valorizon and Avergies have chosen Waga Energy to recover biogas from the Albié non-hazardous landfill in Monflanquin in Southwestern France.
The future WAGABOX® unit will produce around 12 GWh of Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) per year, equivalent to the energy consumption of 3,000 households.
Scheduled to be operational by the end... [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
