Aug 24, 2020
SIMEC Atlantis Energy in debt financing agreement for Uskmouth project
Biogas News
Aug 24, 2020
Aemetis has completed the construction of the first two dairy digesters and a four-mile pipeline for the production of renewable natural gas (RNG).
The advanced renewable fuel and biochemicals firm will supply below-zero carbon intensity RNG to displace petroleum-based natural gas used at the Keyes ethanol production facility, and to provide fuel for RNG trucks and... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 24, 2020
Veolia has retained its recycling and waste services contract with Folkestone & Hythe and Dover District Councils in the UK.
The firm has been providing these services to both councils since 2011 and the new eight-year contract will start on 16 January 2021.
The renewed agreement will also see the introduction of several initiatives to help achieve their objectives... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 24, 2020
The City of Cockburn in Western Australia has launched a three-month commercial food waste trial.
Local food retailers and restaurants are encouraged to apply to join what is the first free commercial food waste trial in the region.
It has been supported by an $18,257 (€11,000) State Government Community and Industry Engagement grant, with 20 local businesses already... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 21, 2020
Northern Gas Networks (NGN) has secured a £770,000 (€860,000) grant for essential work to link Bradford’s Alternative Fuel Centre to the gas network.
The work on the facility in Bradford, UK, will bring the development of a compressed natural gas (CNG) filling station one step closer, by linking it to the local gas transmission system operated by NGN.
Ofgem... [Read More]
Features
Aug 21, 2020
As a feedstock, straw has a long retention time due to its high fibre content. Pretreatment technology can provide a solution for biogas producers.
The ever-increasing need to reduce production costs or comply with increasingly stringent biomethane regulations is pushing biogas plants — particularly those that use agricultural biomass — to re-use by-products that... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 21, 2020
Green Era has partnered with bp to sell renewable energy produced at its anaerobic digestion (AD) facility in Chicago, US.
The collaboration forms part of a $32 million (€27.1 million) revitalisation project to bring renewable energy, jobs, and sustainable food to a historic Chicago community.
A $3 million (€2.5 million) state investment has been allocated to... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 20, 2020
Major US grocer Kroger has outlined its new stakeholder priorities and operational improvements in its environmental, social and governance (ESG) 2020 report.
In its ESG report, Kroger highlights the firm reduced retail food waste generated by 4% in 2019 and improved food waste diversion from landfill by 5%. Since introducing its Zero Hunger | Zero Waste initiative... [Read More]
Policy News
Aug 19, 2020
Veolia has outlined plans to increase the rollout of solutions to combat climate change, including low carbon and renewable energy, in its Impact 2023 report.
The company’s latest sustainability strategy reveals it is currently managing over two million tonnes of reclaimed material, but planning to expand its ‘pioneering’ new technologies that lower resource use.... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 19, 2020
Cambi has agreed to deliver a thermal hydrolysis plant to the Washington Suburban Sanitation Commission’s (WSSC) Piscataway Bioenergy Project.
The new plant will be located 20 kilometres south of the DC Water site and treat sewage sludge from five wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) in the Montgomery and Prince George’s counties in Maryland, US.
The Piscataway... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 19, 2020
DP Clean Tech has signed an exclusive agreement with NorthTec in Italy to market DP’s advanced biogas solutions – ADOS Mill and SEDI Tank.
According to DP, Italy has an established biogas industry which is among the more developed in Europe. It has been given a major boost by recent subsidy initiatives from the Italian Government to promote the development and production... [Read More]
Other News
Aug 19, 2020
UK Power Networks has launched a new project to promote decarbonised heat and help communities reach net-zero.
The electricity distributor is launching a ‘first-of-a-kind’ project to help local communities map out their net-zero carbon future. The Heat Street initiative will take a data-driven look into the future to help local authorities in London, the south and... [Read More]
Biomass News
Aug 18, 2020
The UK Government has opened a £10 million (€11 million) fund to kick-start green innovation across Scotland’s distillery industry.
Thanks to this new support, distilleries will be able to harness energy sources such as biomass, low-carbon hydrogen, and repurposed waste to power their operations.
Currently, there are 133 malt and grain distilleries operating... [Read More]
Biomass News
Aug 18, 2020
Aalborg Energie Technik (AET) has secured an order for a biomass-fired boiler in France.
The firm will supply the 65 MWt boiler to NOVAWOOD, a company formed through a partnership between ENGIE Solutions, Novacarb, and French railway firm SNCF.
The NOVAWOOD project began in 2014 with talks between Novacarb, Engie, and SNCF, followed by talks at local and national... [Read More]
Pellets News
Aug 18, 2020
Waste Knot Energy has secured funding to build its first alternative fuel pelleting plant in Teesside, UK.
The funding from Gresham House’s British Strategic Investment Fund (BSIF) will enable the firm to produce an alternative fuel to replace coal and pet-coke, reducing emissions.
The facility will produce Waste Knot’s branded pellets – Green Knot pellets... [Read More]
Biogas News
Aug 17, 2020
UK rail firm Eversholt Rail and Alstom, a multinational rail company based in France, have invested a further £1 million (€1.1 million) in its hydrogen trains.
In 2019, the firms unveiled the design of a new hydrogen train for the UK market. Named ‘Breeze’, the train is a conversion of existing Class 321 trains, re-engineering some of the UK’s ‘most reliable... [Read More]
Features
Aug 17, 2020
“In Lithuania, the share of biomass in residential district heating has increased from 30% to 70% over the last five years”
Bioenergy plans and developments across Scandinavia and the Baltics appear well-equipped to capitalise on any post-COVID-19 surge in public support for clean energy to replace fossil fuels.
In the midst of coping with the devastating human... [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
ADTechOptima’s technologies aim to solve two key problems: the underperformance of anaerobic digesters and the quality of the digestate produced as part of the process
