Nov 20, 2020
SUEZ, bp to explore CCUS from EfW in Teesside, UK
Biogas News
Nov 19, 2020
Renewi, Nordsol, and Shell have started construction on the first bio-LNG installation in Amsterdam Westpoort.
The new bio-LNG installation is an extension for the current processing of, among other things, outdated supermarket products.
With a multi-million-euro investment, technical partner Nordsol will be the first to produce bio-LNG in the Netherlands. Renewi... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 19, 2020
Gas Network Ireland has opened the country’s second publicly-accessible, fast-fill compressed natural gas (CNG) station.
Strategically located off the M8 (Dublin to Cork) motorway, the new facility at Circle K’s forecourt in County Tipperary can fill 50 heavy goods vehicles (HGVs) per day, with each fill taking no more than five minutes.
The new station allows... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 19, 2020
BiON is to establish a consortium to accelerate the expansion of biogas activities in Malaysia.
The environmental engineering, wastewater treatment, and renewable energy solutions firm signed several non-binding memorandums of understanding (MoUs) with three parties with complementary expertise and resources in the biogas industry in Malaysia.
The parties will now... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 19, 2020
Renewable fuels provider Gasrec said results of a recent major study have highlighted the ‘significant’ environmental and financial benefits of gas over diesel, particularly in long-haul applications.
The Low Emissions Freight Trial (LEFT) report, published following a £20 million government-funded programme to trial, develop, and demonstrate low-emission vehicles... [Read More]
Biomass News
Nov 18, 2020
‘Cutting-edge’ green energy technologies in the UK’s Humber region could create tens of thousands of jobs, boost skills, and transform the area’s fortunes in the face of economic uncertainty caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to a new report.
The report from Vivid Economics was commissioned by Drax Group, a founding member of the Zero Carbon Humber partnership,... [Read More]
Biomass News
Nov 18, 2020
Burning wood is ‘significantly’ more climate-friendly than coal and ‘slightly’ more climate-friendly than natural gas in the long-run, according to a new report.
The analysis by the University of Copenhagen saw researchers quantify what the conversion of 10 Danish co-generation plants from coal or natural gas to biomass has meant for their greenhouse gas emissions.
A... [Read More]
Policy News
Nov 18, 2020
UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has set out a 10-point plan for a green industrial revolution, incorporating carbon capture and storage (CCS) and hydrogen.
Covering clean energy, transport, nature, and innovative technologies, the Prime Minister’s blueprint will allow the UK to push ahead with its net-zero targets, particularly in the run-up to the COP26 Climate Summit... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 18, 2020
Greenlane Renewables has announced its third-quarter financial results, reporting record revenues.
The firm, based in Vancouver, Canada, generated record revenue of $6.5 million (€4.19 million) in Q3 2020, a 30% year-over-year increase from $5 million (€3.2 million) in Q3 2019.
Greenlane reported a gross margin of $1.7 million (€1.09 million), 31% higher than... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 17, 2020
The world’s largest containership powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG) has completed its first LNG bunkering with Total’s LNG bunker vessel, the Gas Agility, at the Port of Rotterdam in the Netherlands.
The 23,000 TEU1 CMA CGM JACQUES SAADE containership received around 17,300 m3 of LNG, incorporating 13% biomethane. making it the largest LNG bunkering operation... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 17, 2020
The energy weighted carbon intensity (CI) value of California’s natural gas vehicle portfolio in the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) programme achieved carbon-negative status for the first time in 2020.
Data from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) for the second quarter of 2020 shows the CI value was below zero at 0.85 gCO2e/MJ – the first time in the history... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 17, 2020
Food waste recycler Andigestion’s site in Gloucestershire has become one of just four anaerobic digestion (AD) plants in the UK to be certified under a new scheme which recognises operational and environmental excellence.
The company’s Bishop’s Cleeve site near Cheltenham recycles up to 34,000 tonnes of household and commercial food waste each year. Biomethane... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 17, 2020
A University of Texas at Arlington (UT Arlington) environmental engineering professor is helping the North Central Texas Council of Governments (NCTCOG) determine how much more energy can be generated by diverting food waste from landfills to anaerobic digesters.
The US Environmental Protection Agency (US EPA) recently awarded NCTCOG $300,000 (€252,000) to help reduce... [Read More]
Other News
Nov 17, 2020
On 13 November, the bioenergy industry celebrated ‘European Bioenergy Day’, meaning from that date, bioenergy alone would be able to cover all the energy needs of EU Member States until the end of the year.
To coincide with this milestone, Bioenergy Europe announced the launch of the fourth edition of the European Bioenergy Day campaign, which aims to shed a light... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 17, 2020
Normec Group has acquired OWS, a company specialising in the digestion and treatment processes for the biological treatment of household waste organics, and the biodegradability and compostability of plastic packaging materials.
OWS, based in Gent, Belgium, designs and builds municipal solid waste treatment plants using anaerobic digestion (AD) to produce compost and... [Read More]
Biogas News
Nov 16, 2020
Gasum has opened its Turku biogas plant – the first in Finland to produce liquefied biogas (LBG).
The plant opened on 12 November and will produce LBG for the transport, industrial, and maritime sectors.
The major expansion and modernisation of the facility in Topinoja, Turku, was one of the Sipilä’s Finnish Government’s key projects, bioeconomy and clean... [Read More]
Biomass News
Nov 16, 2020
Spanish firm Duro Felguera has won a new contract for the operation and maintenance of the ENCE biomass plant in Huelva, Andalusia.
Duro Felguera, which specialises in the delivery of turnkey projects and the provision of specialised services in the energy mining and handling, and oil & gas sectors, will be in charge of the operation and maintenance of ENCE’s... [Read More]
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Moeve has announced a €600 million investment plan for the construction of up to 30 new biomethane plants by 2030
During the signing ceremony, Sweden’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Maria Malmer Stenergard, announced a donation of USD 1.5 million for prefeasibility and detailed engineering studies
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